5,609,246 registered companies
Current | Previous | Change | |
---|---|---|---|
Active |
5,149,721
91.81% |
5,162,192
91.99% |
-12,471
-0.18% |
|
|||
Active proposal to strike off |
343,245
6.12% |
333,483
5.94% |
9,762
0.17% |
|
|||
Liquidation |
109,897
1.96% |
109,645
1.95% |
252
0.00% |
|
|||
In administration |
3,396
0.06% |
3,360
0.06% |
36
0.00% |
|
|||
Live with receiver manager, and at least one charge |
1,679
0.03% |
1,663
0.03% |
16
0.00% |
|
|||
Voluntary arrangement |
538
0.01% |
538
0.01% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
In administration, with administrative receiver |
306
0.01% |
304
0.01% |
2
0.00% |
|
|||
Receivership |
187
0.00% |
187
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Administration order |
123
0.00% |
123
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Administrative receiver |
107
0.00% |
106
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
In administration, with receiver manager |
35
0.00% |
35
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Receiver manager and administrative receiver |
9
0.00% |
10
0.00% |
-1
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 |
5,197,903
92.67% |
5,200,659
92.68% |
-2,756
0.00% |
|
|||
Private limited by guarantee (no share capital) |
117,108
2.09% |
117,205
2.09% |
-97
0.00% |
|
|||
Limited partnership |
58,679
1.05% |
58,573
1.04% |
106
0.00% |
|
|||
Limited liability partnership |
52,664
0.94% |
52,851
0.94% |
-187
0.00% |
|
|||
Private limited by guarantee (no share capital), no use of limited exemption |
38,586
0.69% |
38,697
0.69% |
-111
0.00% |
|
|||
Charitable incorporated organisation |
35,993
0.64% |
35,673
0.64% |
320
0.00% |
|
|||
Community interest company |
33,207
0.59% |
33,032
0.59% |
175
0.00% |
|
|||
Overseas entity |
30,985
0.55% |
30,885
0.55% |
100
0.00% |
|
|||
Other |
14,893
0.27% |
14,876
0.27% |
17
0.00% |
|
|||
Registered society |
10,574
0.19% |
10,563
0.19% |
11
0.00% |
|
|||
Scottish charity incorporated organisation |
6,510
0.12% |
6,454
0.12% |
56
0.00% |
|
|||
Public limited company |
5,310
0.09% |
5,343
0.10% |
-33
0.00% |
|
|||
Private unlimited company |
4,489
0.08% |
4,488
0.08% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Royal charter company |
898
0.02% |
898
0.02% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Investment company with variable capital |
614
0.01% |
616
0.01% |
-2
0.00% |
|
|||
Scottish partnership |
266
0.00% |
266
0.00% |
0
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% |
28
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Private limited company (section 30) |
16
0.00% |
16
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
United Kingdom societas |
12
0.00% |
15
0.00% |
-3
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 | |
---|---|---|---|
Private limited by guarantee (no share capital) → Private limited by guarantee (no share capital), no use of limited exemption |
22
29.33% |
13
15.29% |
9
14.03% |
|
|||
Public limited company → Private limited company |
15
20.00% |
14
16.47% |
1
3.52% |
|
|||
Private limited by guarantee (no share capital), no use of limited exemption → Private limited by guarantee (no share capital) |
10
13.33% |
15
17.65% |
-5
-4.31% |
|
|||
Private limited company → Community interest company |
8
10.67% |
14
16.47% |
-6
-5.80% |
|
|||
Private limited company → Private unlimited company |
8
10.67% |
7
8.24% |
1
2.43% |
|
|||
Private limited by guarantee (no share capital) → Community interest company |
5
6.67% |
14
16.47% |
-9
-9.80% |
|
|||
Private limited company → Public limited company |
3
4.00% |
2
2.35% |
1
1.64% |
|
|||
Private unlimited company → Private limited company |
3
4.00% |
4
4.71% |
-1
-0.70% |
|
|||
Community interest company → Private limited by guarantee (no share capital) |
1
1.33% |
|
|
|
Current | Previous | Change | |
---|---|---|---|
Micro entity |
1,700,958
30.32% |
1,696,047
30.22% |
4,911
0.10% |
|
|||
No accounts filed |
1,565,756
27.91% |
1,572,906
28.03% |
-7,150
-0.11% |
|
|||
Total exemption full |
1,278,882
22.80% |
1,277,952
22.77% |
930
0.02% |
|
|||
Dormant |
660,884
11.78% |
661,898
11.80% |
-1,014
-0.01% |
|
|||
Unaudited abridged |
169,161
3.02% |
169,241
3.02% |
-80
0.00% |
|
|||
Full |
94,247
1.68% |
94,291
1.68% |
-44
0.00% |
|
|||
Small |
71,190
1.27% |
71,418
1.27% |
-228
0.00% |
|
|||
Group |
26,334
0.47% |
26,280
0.47% |
54
0.00% |
|
|||
Audit exemption subsidiary |
23,704
0.42% |
23,437
0.42% |
267
0.00% |
|
|||
Total exemption small |
11,536
0.21% |
11,635
0.21% |
-99
0.00% |
|
|||
Unknown |
3,821
0.07% |
3,819
0.07% |
2
0.00% |
|
|||
Audited abridged |
1,505
0.03% |
1,521
0.03% |
-16
0.00% |
|
|||
Medium |
890
0.02% |
826
0.01% |
64
0.00% |
|
|||
Filing exemption subsidiary |
337
0.01% |
335
0.01% |
2
0.00% |
|
|||
Partial exemption |
36
0.00% |
36
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Initial |
5
0.00% |
7
0.00% |
-2
0.00% |
|
Current | Previous | Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United Kingdom |
5,564,680
99.21% |
5,567,197
99.21% |
-2,517
0.00% |
|
|||
British Virgin Islands |
9,555
0.17% |
9,543
0.17% |
12
0.00% |
|
|||
Jersey |
6,671
0.12% |
6,641
0.12% |
30
0.00% |
|
|||
Isle of Man |
3,755
0.07% |
3,751
0.07% |
4
0.00% |
|
|||
United States of America |
3,231
0.06% |
3,224
0.06% |
7
0.00% |
|
|||
Guernsey |
2,705
0.05% |
2,690
0.05% |
15
0.00% |
|
|||
Ireland |
1,546
0.03% |
1,540
0.03% |
6
0.00% |
|
|||
Luxembourg |
1,212
0.02% |
1,212
0.02% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Netherlands |
950
0.02% |
951
0.02% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Hong Kong |
859
0.02% |
855
0.02% |
4
0.00% |
|
|||
Gibraltar |
846
0.02% |
844
0.02% |
2
0.00% |
|
|||
Panama |
769
0.01% |
768
0.01% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Germany |
762
0.01% |
757
0.01% |
5
0.00% |
|
|||
Seychelles |
697
0.01% |
697
0.01% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Cayman Islands |
668
0.01% |
666
0.01% |
2
0.00% |
|
|||
Cyprus |
603
0.01% |
597
0.01% |
6
0.00% |
|
|||
Channel Islands |
542
0.01% |
543
0.01% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Australia |
530
0.01% |
529
0.01% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Bahamas |
447
0.01% |
447
0.01% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Italy |
429
0.01% |
426
0.01% |
3
0.00% |
|
|||
France |
412
0.01% |
412
0.01% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Denmark |
333
0.01% |
332
0.01% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
India |
332
0.01% |
333
0.01% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Japan |
332
0.01% |
331
0.01% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Singapore |
326
0.01% |
328
0.01% |
-2
0.00% |
|
|||
Switzerland |
313
0.01% |
312
0.01% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Canada |
313
0.01% |
311
0.01% |
2
0.00% |
|
|||
Liberia |
292
0.01% |
292
0.01% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Spain |
283
0.01% |
281
0.01% |
2
0.00% |
|
|||
United Arab Emirates |
282
0.01% |
281
0.01% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Mauritius |
264
0.00% |
264
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Belgium |
258
0.00% |
257
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Bermuda |
231
0.00% |
232
0.00% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Liechtenstein |
217
0.00% |
215
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
|
|||
Nigeria |
167
0.00% |
167
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Belize |
158
0.00% |
158
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
New Zealand |
156
0.00% |
153
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
|
|||
Sweden |
146
0.00% |
145
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Marshall Islands |
144
0.00% |
145
0.00% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
China |
136
0.00% |
134
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
|
|||
Malaysia |
134
0.00% |
134
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Malta |
134
0.00% |
135
0.00% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Israel |
127
0.00% |
127
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Anguilla |
123
0.00% |
123
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
South Korea |
114
0.00% |
114
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
St Kitts & Nevis |
106
0.00% |
105
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Norway |
102
0.00% |
102
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Turks & Caicos Islands |
102
0.00% |
102
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Turkey |
74
0.00% |
72
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
|
|||
Austria |
67
0.00% |
67
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
South Africa |
63
0.00% |
62
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Portugal |
60
0.00% |
60
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Russia |
52
0.00% |
53
0.00% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Finland |
50
0.00% |
50
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Iran |
43
0.00% |
43
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Poland |
41
0.00% |
41
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Samoa |
40
0.00% |
40
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
St Vincent |
40
0.00% |
40
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Pakistan |
39
0.00% |
39
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Czech Republic |
38
0.00% |
37
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Curacao |
36
0.00% |
36
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Bahrain |
35
0.00% |
35
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Northern Ireland |
35
0.00% |
35
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Monaco |
33
0.00% |
32
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Kuwait |
31
0.00% |
29
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
|
|||
Ghana |
29
0.00% |
29
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Bulgaria |
29
0.00% |
29
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Greece |
27
0.00% |
28
0.00% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Saudi Arabia |
25
0.00% |
25
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Taiwan |
25
0.00% |
25
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Estonia |
25
0.00% |
25
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Sri Lanka |
24
0.00% |
24
0.00% |
0
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 |
21
0.00% |
21
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Qatar |
20
0.00% |
19
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Romania |
18
0.00% |
18
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% |
|
|||
Zimbabwe |
17
0.00% |
17
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Barbados |
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% |
|
|||
Latvia |
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% |
|
|||
Egypt |
13
0.00% |
13
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Iraq |
13
0.00% |
13
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Dominica |
12
0.00% |
12
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Iceland |
12
0.00% |
12
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Kazakhstan |
12
0.00% |
12
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Netherlands Antilles |
11
0.00% |
11
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Jamaica |
11
0.00% |
11
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Antigua & Barbuda |
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% |
6
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Costa Rica |
6
0.00% |
6
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Trinidad & Tobago |
6
0.00% |
6
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Ukraine |
6
0.00% |
6
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Chile |
6
0.00% |
6
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Columbia |
6
0.00% |
6
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% |
|
|||
Uganda |
5
0.00% |
5
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Tanzania |
5
0.00% |
5
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Morocco |
5
0.00% |
5
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Serbia & Montenegro |
5
0.00% |
4
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Philippines |
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% |
|
|||
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% |
|
|||
Zambia |
4
0.00% |
4
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Macau |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Ethiopia |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Andorra |
3
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
American Virgin Islands |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Libya |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Bosnia Herzegovina |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Uzbekistan |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Peru |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Venezuela |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Argentina |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Nepal |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Faroe Islands |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Kosovo |
3
0.00% |
3
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% |
|
|||
Niue |
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% |
|
|||
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% |
|
|||
Fiji |
2
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Tajikistan |
2
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Mozambique |
2
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Mongolia |
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% |
|
|||
Comoros |
2
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Albania |
2
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
North Korea |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Guadeloupe |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Grenada |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
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% |
|
|||
Kyrgyzstan |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Wales |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Somalia |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Moldova |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Laos |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Burundi |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Belarus |
1
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Lesotho |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Yemen |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Togo |
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% |
|
|||
Mali |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Algeria |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Madagascar |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Niger |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
North Macedonia |
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 |
1
33.33% |
1
33.33% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
United States of America → United Kingdom |
1
33.33% |
|
|
|
|||
Channel Islands → Jersey |
1
33.33% |
|
|
|