5,562,234 registered companies
Current | Previous | Change | |
---|---|---|---|
Active |
5,118,622
92.02% |
5,098,101
92.20% |
20,521
-0.17% |
|
|||
Active proposal to strike off |
328,172
5.90% |
316,179
5.72% |
11,993
0.18% |
|
|||
Liquidation |
109,218
1.96% |
109,226
1.98% |
-8
-0.01% |
|
|||
In administration |
3,300
0.06% |
3,288
0.06% |
12
0.00% |
|
|||
Live with receiver manager, and at least one charge |
1,654
0.03% |
1,635
0.03% |
19
0.00% |
|
|||
Voluntary arrangement |
531
0.01% |
533
0.01% |
-2
0.00% |
|
|||
In administration, with administrative receiver |
270
0.00% |
254
0.00% |
16
0.00% |
|
|||
Receivership |
188
0.00% |
188
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Administration order |
124
0.00% |
124
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Administrative receiver |
106
0.00% |
106
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
In administration, with receiver manager |
36
0.00% |
36
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Receiver manager and administrative receiver |
10
0.00% |
10
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Voluntary arrangement, with receiver manager |
2
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Voluntary arrangement, with administrative receiver |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
Current | Previous | Change | |
---|---|---|---|
Private limited company |
5,153,084
92.64% |
5,121,968
92.63% |
31,116
0.01% |
|
|||
Private limited by guarantee (no share capital) |
116,618
2.10% |
116,217
2.10% |
401
0.00% |
|
|||
Limited partnership |
58,503
1.05% |
58,406
1.06% |
97
0.00% |
|
|||
Limited liability partnership |
52,688
0.95% |
52,669
0.95% |
19
0.00% |
|
|||
Private limited by guarantee (no share capital), no use of limited exemption |
38,736
0.70% |
38,774
0.70% |
-38
0.00% |
|
|||
Charitable incorporated organisation |
35,388
0.64% |
35,085
0.63% |
303
0.00% |
|
|||
Community interest company |
32,466
0.58% |
32,055
0.58% |
411
0.00% |
|
|||
Overseas entity |
30,740
0.55% |
30,589
0.55% |
151
0.00% |
|
|||
Other |
14,851
0.27% |
14,798
0.27% |
53
0.00% |
|
|||
Registered society |
10,567
0.19% |
10,564
0.19% |
3
0.00% |
|
|||
Scottish charity incorporated organisation |
6,405
0.12% |
6,358
0.11% |
47
0.00% |
|
|||
Public limited company |
5,347
0.10% |
5,357
0.10% |
-10
0.00% |
|
|||
Private unlimited company |
4,487
0.08% |
4,487
0.08% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Royal charter company |
898
0.02% |
897
0.02% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Investment company with variable capital |
617
0.01% |
620
0.01% |
-3
0.00% |
|
|||
Scottish partnership |
267
0.00% |
268
0.00% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
United Kingdom economic interest grouping |
264
0.00% |
264
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Industrial and provident society |
160
0.00% |
160
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Investment company with variable capital umbrella |
69
0.00% |
69
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Old public company |
28
0.00% |
27
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
United Kingdom societas |
17
0.00% |
17
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Private limited company (section 30) |
16
0.00% |
16
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Investment company with variable capital securities |
9
0.00% |
9
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Protected cell company |
5
0.00% |
5
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Further education and sixth form college |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Converted closed |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
Current | Previous | Change | |
---|---|---|---|
Micro entity |
1,688,500
30.36% |
1,677,220
30.33% |
11,280
0.02% |
|
|||
No accounts filed |
1,536,617
27.63% |
1,521,889
27.52% |
14,728
0.10% |
|
|||
Total exemption full |
1,275,426
22.93% |
1,272,181
23.01% |
3,245
-0.07% |
|
|||
Dormant |
659,275
11.85% |
656,455
11.87% |
2,820
-0.01% |
|
|||
Unaudited abridged |
169,056
3.04% |
168,716
3.05% |
340
-0.01% |
|
|||
Full |
94,257
1.69% |
94,377
1.71% |
-120
-0.01% |
|
|||
Small |
71,529
1.29% |
71,556
1.29% |
-27
0.00% |
|
|||
Group |
26,222
0.47% |
26,141
0.47% |
81
0.00% |
|
|||
Audit exemption subsidiary |
23,091
0.42% |
22,868
0.41% |
223
0.00% |
|
|||
Total exemption small |
11,754
0.21% |
11,880
0.21% |
-126
0.00% |
|
|||
Unknown |
3,835
0.07% |
3,829
0.07% |
6
0.00% |
|
|||
Audited abridged |
1,533
0.03% |
1,531
0.03% |
2
0.00% |
|
|||
Medium |
758
0.01% |
660
0.01% |
98
0.00% |
|
|||
Filing exemption subsidiary |
337
0.01% |
337
0.01% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Partial exemption |
37
0.00% |
36
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Initial |
7
0.00% |
7
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
Current | Previous | Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United Kingdom |
5,517,950
99.21% |
5,485,602
99.21% |
32,348
0.00% |
|
|||
British Virgin Islands |
9,511
0.17% |
9,474
0.17% |
37
0.00% |
|
|||
Jersey |
6,605
0.12% |
6,557
0.12% |
48
0.00% |
|
|||
Isle of Man |
3,739
0.07% |
3,730
0.07% |
9
0.00% |
|
|||
United States of America |
3,211
0.06% |
3,196
0.06% |
15
0.00% |
|
|||
Guernsey |
2,688
0.05% |
2,680
0.05% |
8
0.00% |
|
|||
Ireland |
1,532
0.03% |
1,524
0.03% |
8
0.00% |
|
|||
Luxembourg |
1,208
0.02% |
1,205
0.02% |
3
0.00% |
|
|||
Netherlands |
952
0.02% |
951
0.02% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Hong Kong |
850
0.02% |
848
0.02% |
2
0.00% |
|
|||
Gibraltar |
842
0.02% |
841
0.02% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Panama |
765
0.01% |
762
0.01% |
3
0.00% |
|
|||
Germany |
751
0.01% |
744
0.01% |
7
0.00% |
|
|||
Seychelles |
696
0.01% |
691
0.01% |
5
0.00% |
|
|||
Cayman Islands |
667
0.01% |
668
0.01% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Cyprus |
593
0.01% |
591
0.01% |
2
0.00% |
|
|||
Channel Islands |
548
0.01% |
554
0.01% |
-6
0.00% |
|
|||
Australia |
523
0.01% |
521
0.01% |
2
0.00% |
|
|||
Bahamas |
446
0.01% |
444
0.01% |
2
0.00% |
|
|||
Italy |
426
0.01% |
425
0.01% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
France |
408
0.01% |
408
0.01% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Denmark |
331
0.01% |
328
0.01% |
3
0.00% |
|
|||
India |
331
0.01% |
330
0.01% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Japan |
329
0.01% |
328
0.01% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Singapore |
325
0.01% |
320
0.01% |
5
0.00% |
|
|||
Switzerland |
310
0.01% |
306
0.01% |
4
0.00% |
|
|||
Canada |
310
0.01% |
309
0.01% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Liberia |
292
0.01% |
279
0.01% |
13
0.00% |
|
|||
Spain |
279
0.01% |
278
0.01% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
United Arab Emirates |
276
0.00% |
270
0.00% |
6
0.00% |
|
|||
Mauritius |
263
0.00% |
262
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Belgium |
258
0.00% |
258
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Bermuda |
231
0.00% |
230
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Liechtenstein |
215
0.00% |
215
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Nigeria |
166
0.00% |
165
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Belize |
158
0.00% |
156
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
|
|||
New Zealand |
152
0.00% |
151
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Sweden |
145
0.00% |
145
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Marshall Islands |
145
0.00% |
145
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Malta |
135
0.00% |
135
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Malaysia |
132
0.00% |
130
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
|
|||
China |
131
0.00% |
130
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Israel |
127
0.00% |
127
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Anguilla |
121
0.00% |
119
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
|
|||
South Korea |
113
0.00% |
111
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
|
|||
St Kitts & Nevis |
104
0.00% |
104
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Turks & Caicos Islands |
102
0.00% |
101
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Norway |
102
0.00% |
102
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Turkey |
71
0.00% |
70
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Austria |
68
0.00% |
68
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
South Africa |
62
0.00% |
62
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Portugal |
60
0.00% |
59
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Russia |
53
0.00% |
53
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Finland |
50
0.00% |
50
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Iran |
43
0.00% |
43
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
St Vincent |
40
0.00% |
39
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Poland |
40
0.00% |
41
0.00% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Samoa |
40
0.00% |
40
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Pakistan |
39
0.00% |
38
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Czech Republic |
37
0.00% |
37
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Bahrain |
35
0.00% |
34
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Northern Ireland |
35
0.00% |
35
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Curacao |
35
0.00% |
35
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Monaco |
31
0.00% |
31
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Kuwait |
29
0.00% |
29
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Bulgaria |
29
0.00% |
30
0.00% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Ghana |
29
0.00% |
29
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Greece |
28
0.00% |
28
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Saudi Arabia |
25
0.00% |
25
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Estonia |
25
0.00% |
25
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Taiwan |
25
0.00% |
25
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Sri Lanka |
24
0.00% |
23
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Brazil |
23
0.00% |
23
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
England |
21
0.00% |
21
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Holland |
21
0.00% |
21
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Bangladesh |
20
0.00% |
20
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Qatar |
19
0.00% |
19
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Latvia |
17
0.00% |
17
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Barbados |
17
0.00% |
17
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Zimbabwe |
17
0.00% |
17
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Romania |
17
0.00% |
17
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Lebanon |
17
0.00% |
17
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
StLucia |
17
0.00% |
17
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Lithuania |
16
0.00% |
16
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Thailand |
16
0.00% |
16
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Hungary |
15
0.00% |
15
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Kenya |
13
0.00% |
13
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Iraq |
13
0.00% |
13
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Iceland |
13
0.00% |
11
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
|
|||
Dominica |
12
0.00% |
12
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Kazakhstan |
12
0.00% |
12
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Egypt |
12
0.00% |
12
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Antigua & Barbuda |
11
0.00% |
10
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Jamaica |
11
0.00% |
11
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Netherlands Antilles |
11
0.00% |
11
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Croatia |
9
0.00% |
9
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Mexico |
9
0.00% |
9
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
British Indian Ocean Territory |
7
0.00% |
7
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Cook Islands |
7
0.00% |
7
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Indonesia |
7
0.00% |
7
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Vietnam |
7
0.00% |
7
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Slovakia |
6
0.00% |
5
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Ukraine |
6
0.00% |
6
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Costa Rica |
6
0.00% |
6
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Chile |
6
0.00% |
6
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Trinidad & Tobago |
6
0.00% |
6
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Morocco |
5
0.00% |
5
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Philippines |
5
0.00% |
5
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Oman |
5
0.00% |
5
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Georgia |
5
0.00% |
5
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Zambia |
5
0.00% |
6
0.00% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Uganda |
5
0.00% |
5
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Tanzania |
5
0.00% |
5
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Columbia |
5
0.00% |
5
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Malawi |
4
0.00% |
4
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Jordan |
4
0.00% |
4
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Gambia |
4
0.00% |
4
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Serbia & Montenegro |
4
0.00% |
4
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Slovenia |
4
0.00% |
4
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Azerbaijan |
4
0.00% |
4
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Uruguay |
4
0.00% |
4
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Vanuatu |
4
0.00% |
4
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Yugoslavia |
4
0.00% |
4
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
American Virgin Islands |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Ethiopia |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Argentina |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Uzbekistan |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Faroe Islands |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Venezuela |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Kosovo |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Peru |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Libya |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Nepal |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Macau |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Bosnia Herzegovina |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Comoros |
2
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Albania |
2
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Ivory Coast |
2
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Guyana |
2
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Cameroon |
2
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Brunei |
2
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Niue |
2
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Afghanistan |
2
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Sudan |
2
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Botswana |
2
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Belarus |
2
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Tajikistan |
2
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Fiji |
2
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Mozambique |
2
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Sierra Leone |
2
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Congo |
2
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Mongolia |
2
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Andorra |
2
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Laos |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Guadeloupe |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Grenada |
1
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Palestine |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Paraguay |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Myanmar |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|
|||
Rwanda |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Saint Helena |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Eswatini |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Ecuador |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Wales |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Yemen |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Somalia |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Kyrgyzstan |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Moldova |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Burundi |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
North Macedonia |
1
0.00% |
|
|
|
|||
Madagascar |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Togo |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Lesotho |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Tunisia |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Angola |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Turkmenistan |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Algeria |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Mali |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Niger |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
North Korea |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Guinea |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Northern Mariana Islands |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
0
0.00% |
|
|
|
|
Current | Previous | Change | |
---|---|---|---|
Jersey → British Virgin Islands |
2
25.00% |
|
|
|
|||
Guernsey → British Virgin Islands |
2
25.00% |
|
|
|
|||
Grenada → United Kingdom |
1
12.50% |
|
|
|
|||
Mauritius → British Virgin Islands |
1
12.50% |
|
|
|
|||
→ North Macedonia |
1
12.50% |
|
|
|
|||
Jersey → United Kingdom |
1
12.50% |
|
|
|