Private companies in the UK

151,895 active limited companies and LLPs that file full, group, medium or small accounts, from Companies House. 40,268 of them were founded before 2000. 12,615 have revenue from their filed accounts.

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By size

Large (full or group accounts)88,687 (58%)
Medium (medium-company accounts)6,059 (4%)
Small (small-company accounts)57,149 (38%)

By year founded

Before 199022,467 (15%)
In the 1990s17,801 (12%)
In the 2000s31,754 (21%)
2010 or later79,873 (53%)

By region

London59,890 (39%)
South East18,525 (12%)
North West13,456 (9%)
East of England9,603 (6%)
West Midlands9,486 (6%)
Yorkshire and The Humber8,894 (6%)
South West8,259 (5%)
Scotland7,504 (5%)
East Midlands6,835 (4%)
Northern Ireland3,331 (2%)
Wales3,049 (2%)
North East2,987 (2%)

Examples from the register

A random sample of established companies. Sign up free to filter, sort and save the full list.

Company	Activity	Location	Founded
KHL ASSETS LLP	—	Wadhurst, South East	2011
LATUS GROUP (IDC) LTD	Other business support service activities n.e.c.	Hull, Yorkshire and The Humber	2003
ADOBE SYSTEMS EUROPE LIMITED	Other business support service activities n.e.c.	Edinburgh, Scotland	1986
RESOUND (MOUNT GOULD) LIMITED	Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate	Birmingham, West Midlands	2004
MERIT SKILLS LIMITED	Technical and vocational secondary education	Yiewsley, London	2009
HAMMER GROUP LIMITED	Other information technology service activities	Basingstoke, South East	1999
CARMIBURN LIMITED	Non-life insurance	London, London	1998
BABCOCK FIRE SERVICES (SW) LIMITED	Fire service activities	London, London	2002

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