UK wholesale and retail companies
14,040 active limited companies and LLPs that file full, group, medium or small accounts in wholesale and retail, from Companies House. 6,178 of them were founded before 2000. 2,195 have revenue from their filed accounts.
By size
- Large (full or group accounts)7,276 (52%)
- Medium (medium-company accounts)1,167 (8%)
- Small (small-company accounts)5,597 (40%)
By year founded
- Before 19903,769 (27%)
- In the 1990s2,409 (17%)
- In the 2000s3,033 (22%)
- 2010 or later4,829 (34%)
By region
- London3,355 (24%)
- South East2,184 (16%)
- North West1,525 (11%)
- West Midlands1,314 (9%)
- East of England1,174 (8%)
- Yorkshire and The Humber1,035 (7%)
- South West907 (6%)
- East Midlands842 (6%)
- Scotland624 (4%)
- Northern Ireland455 (3%)
- Wales344 (2%)
- North East271 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| THOMAS RIDLEY AND SON,LIMITED | Wholesale of wine, beer, spirits and other alcoholic beverages | Slough, South East | 1917 |
| GRACE FOODS UK LIMITED | Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco | Welwyn Garden City, East of England | 1907 |
| MCNEIL HEALTHCARE (UK) LIMITED | Wholesale of pharmaceutical goods | Reading, South East | 1994 |
| NATUZZI SERVICES LIMITED | Retail of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised store | London, London | 2005 |
| UNIVERSAL COMPONENTS UK LIMITED | Wholesale trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories | Barnsley, Yorkshire and The Humber | 2004 |
| WHEELWRIGHT LIMITED | Wholesale trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories | Gillingham, South East | 1985 |
| WYE COMMERCIALS LIMITED | Sale of other motor vehicles | Overross Industrial Estate, West Midlands | 2000 |
| GORGEMEAD LIMITED | Dispensing chemist in specialised stores | Bolton, North West | 1979 |
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Other sectors in the UK
- Financial services 28,806
- Professional services 15,993
- Manufacturing 14,272
- Business services 14,239
- Real estate 10,460
- Construction 10,431
- Software & IT services 7,699
- Hospitality 5,029
- Healthcare & pharma 4,504
- Energy & utilities 4,431
- Transport & logistics 3,810
- Media & telecom 3,324
- Leisure & culture 2,147
- Mining & extraction 1,534
- Education 1,445
- Agriculture 1,392