5,621,958 registered companies
Current | Previous | Change | |
---|---|---|---|
Active |
5,145,058
91.52% |
5,154,030
91.69% |
-8,972
-0.16% |
|
|||
Active proposal to strike off |
359,317
6.39% |
349,893
6.22% |
9,424
0.16% |
|
|||
Liquidation |
110,993
1.97% |
111,052
1.98% |
-59
0.00% |
|
|||
In administration |
3,483
0.06% |
3,434
0.06% |
49
0.00% |
|
|||
Live with receiver manager, and at least one charge |
1,781
0.03% |
1,715
0.03% |
66
0.00% |
|
|||
Voluntary arrangement |
547
0.01% |
536
0.01% |
11
0.00% |
|
|||
In administration, with administrative receiver |
312
0.01% |
315
0.01% |
-3
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% |
107
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
In administration, with receiver manager |
39
0.00% |
37
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
|
|||
Receiver manager and administrative receiver |
9
0.00% |
9
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Voluntary arrangement, with administrative receiver |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Voluntary arrangement, with receiver manager |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
Current | Previous | Change | |
---|---|---|---|
Private limited company |
5,209,442
92.66% |
5,209,532
92.67% |
-90
-0.01% |
|
|||
Private limited by guarantee (no share capital) |
117,455
2.09% |
117,376
2.09% |
79
0.00% |
|
|||
Limited partnership |
58,861
1.05% |
58,754
1.05% |
107
0.00% |
|
|||
Limited liability partnership |
52,453
0.93% |
52,687
0.94% |
-234
0.00% |
|
|||
Private limited by guarantee (no share capital), no use of limited exemption |
38,433
0.68% |
38,512
0.69% |
-79
0.00% |
|
|||
Charitable incorporated organisation |
36,633
0.65% |
36,154
0.64% |
479
0.00% |
|
|||
Community interest company |
33,990
0.60% |
33,639
0.60% |
351
0.00% |
|
|||
Overseas entity |
30,451
0.54% |
30,624
0.54% |
-173
0.00% |
|
|||
Other |
14,956
0.27% |
14,920
0.27% |
36
0.00% |
|
|||
Registered society |
10,576
0.19% |
10,565
0.19% |
11
0.00% |
|
|||
Scottish charity incorporated organisation |
6,611
0.12% |
6,553
0.12% |
58
0.00% |
|
|||
Public limited company |
5,261
0.09% |
5,292
0.09% |
-31
0.00% |
|
|||
Private unlimited company |
4,492
0.08% |
4,486
0.08% |
6
0.00% |
|
|||
Royal charter company |
898
0.02% |
898
0.02% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Investment company with variable capital |
615
0.01% |
616
0.01% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Scottish partnership |
265
0.00% |
266
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% |
28
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Private limited company (section 30) |
16
0.00% |
16
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
United Kingdom societas |
11
0.00% |
11
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 | |
---|---|---|---|
Private limited company → Community interest company |
18
20.00% |
11
12.09% |
7
7.91% |
|
|||
Private limited by guarantee (no share capital) → Private limited by guarantee (no share capital), no use of limited exemption |
17
18.89% |
9
9.89% |
8
8.99% |
|
|||
Private limited by guarantee (no share capital) → Community interest company |
16
17.78% |
19
20.88% |
-3
-3.10% |
|
|||
Public limited company → Private limited company |
14
15.56% |
21
23.08% |
-7
-7.52% |
|
|||
Private limited company → Private unlimited company |
10
11.11% |
8
8.79% |
2
2.31% |
|
|||
Private limited by guarantee (no share capital), no use of limited exemption → Private limited by guarantee (no share capital) |
7
7.78% |
14
15.38% |
-7
-7.60% |
|
|||
Private limited company → Public limited company |
5
5.56% |
5
5.49% |
0
0.06% |
|
|||
Private limited by guarantee (no share capital), no use of limited exemption → Community interest company |
3
3.33% |
2
2.20% |
1
1.13% |
|
Current | Previous | Change | |
---|---|---|---|
Micro entity |
1,717,824
30.56% |
1,709,778
30.42% |
8,046
0.14% |
|
|||
No accounts filed |
1,553,917
27.64% |
1,564,698
27.83% |
-10,781
-0.19% |
|
|||
Total exemption full |
1,283,596
22.83% |
1,281,698
22.80% |
1,898
0.03% |
|
|||
Dormant |
663,754
11.81% |
662,508
11.79% |
1,246
0.02% |
|
|||
Unaudited abridged |
169,117
3.01% |
169,259
3.01% |
-142
0.00% |
|
|||
Full |
93,979
1.67% |
94,032
1.67% |
-53
0.00% |
|
|||
Small |
70,808
1.26% |
70,876
1.26% |
-68
0.00% |
|
|||
Group |
26,481
0.47% |
26,390
0.47% |
91
0.00% |
|
|||
Audit exemption subsidiary |
24,387
0.43% |
24,077
0.43% |
310
0.00% |
|
|||
Total exemption small |
11,337
0.20% |
11,464
0.20% |
-127
0.00% |
|
|||
Unknown |
3,825
0.07% |
3,819
0.07% |
6
0.00% |
|
|||
Audited abridged |
1,494
0.03% |
1,482
0.03% |
12
0.00% |
|
|||
Medium |
1,054
0.02% |
978
0.02% |
76
0.00% |
|
|||
Filing exemption subsidiary |
345
0.01% |
342
0.01% |
3
0.00% |
|
|||
Partial exemption |
37
0.00% |
36
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Initial |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
Current | Previous | Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United Kingdom |
5,577,859
99.22% |
5,577,204
99.22% |
655
0.00% |
|
|||
British Virgin Islands |
9,335
0.17% |
9,419
0.17% |
-84
0.00% |
|
|||
Jersey |
6,646
0.12% |
6,646
0.12% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Isle of Man |
3,695
0.07% |
3,706
0.07% |
-11
0.00% |
|
|||
United States of America |
3,241
0.06% |
3,232
0.06% |
9
0.00% |
|
|||
Guernsey |
2,652
0.05% |
2,666
0.05% |
-14
0.00% |
|
|||
Ireland |
1,557
0.03% |
1,553
0.03% |
4
0.00% |
|
|||
Luxembourg |
1,189
0.02% |
1,199
0.02% |
-10
0.00% |
|
|||
Netherlands |
943
0.02% |
946
0.02% |
-3
0.00% |
|
|||
Hong Kong |
847
0.02% |
852
0.02% |
-5
0.00% |
|
|||
Gibraltar |
821
0.01% |
830
0.01% |
-9
0.00% |
|
|||
Germany |
768
0.01% |
764
0.01% |
4
0.00% |
|
|||
Panama |
760
0.01% |
761
0.01% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Seychelles |
685
0.01% |
689
0.01% |
-4
0.00% |
|
|||
Cayman Islands |
656
0.01% |
664
0.01% |
-8
0.00% |
|
|||
Cyprus |
600
0.01% |
599
0.01% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Channel Islands |
538
0.01% |
539
0.01% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Australia |
535
0.01% |
530
0.01% |
5
0.00% |
|
|||
Bahamas |
440
0.01% |
446
0.01% |
-6
0.00% |
|
|||
Italy |
425
0.01% |
426
0.01% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
France |
416
0.01% |
416
0.01% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Japan |
332
0.01% |
330
0.01% |
2
0.00% |
|
|||
Denmark |
331
0.01% |
331
0.01% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
India |
330
0.01% |
329
0.01% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Singapore |
323
0.01% |
326
0.01% |
-3
0.00% |
|
|||
Switzerland |
317
0.01% |
315
0.01% |
2
0.00% |
|
|||
Canada |
315
0.01% |
313
0.01% |
2
0.00% |
|
|||
Liberia |
289
0.01% |
289
0.01% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Spain |
284
0.01% |
284
0.01% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
United Arab Emirates |
282
0.01% |
283
0.01% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Mauritius |
261
0.00% |
263
0.00% |
-2
0.00% |
|
|||
Belgium |
259
0.00% |
259
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Bermuda |
230
0.00% |
226
0.00% |
4
0.00% |
|
|||
Liechtenstein |
216
0.00% |
214
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
|
|||
Nigeria |
165
0.00% |
166
0.00% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
New Zealand |
156
0.00% |
154
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
|
|||
Belize |
151
0.00% |
154
0.00% |
-3
0.00% |
|
|||
Sweden |
145
0.00% |
144
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Marshall Islands |
143
0.00% |
143
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Malaysia |
134
0.00% |
134
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
China |
133
0.00% |
134
0.00% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Malta |
133
0.00% |
134
0.00% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Israel |
130
0.00% |
128
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
|
|||
Anguilla |
118
0.00% |
123
0.00% |
-5
0.00% |
|
|||
South Korea |
114
0.00% |
114
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
St Kitts & Nevis |
105
0.00% |
105
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Norway |
103
0.00% |
102
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Turks & Caicos Islands |
102
0.00% |
102
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Turkey |
75
0.00% |
74
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Austria |
66
0.00% |
67
0.00% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
South Africa |
61
0.00% |
63
0.00% |
-2
0.00% |
|
|||
Portugal |
60
0.00% |
60
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Russia |
52
0.00% |
52
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Finland |
51
0.00% |
51
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Iran |
43
0.00% |
43
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Samoa |
42
0.00% |
42
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Poland |
40
0.00% |
41
0.00% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Pakistan |
39
0.00% |
39
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
St Vincent |
38
0.00% |
38
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Czech Republic |
37
0.00% |
37
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 |
34
0.00% |
34
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Kuwait |
32
0.00% |
32
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Curacao |
32
0.00% |
33
0.00% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Ghana |
31
0.00% |
31
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Bulgaria |
29
0.00% |
29
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Saudi Arabia |
27
0.00% |
26
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Greece |
27
0.00% |
27
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Estonia |
26
0.00% |
26
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Taiwan |
26
0.00% |
26
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Sri Lanka |
24
0.00% |
24
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Bangladesh |
23
0.00% |
22
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% |
|
|||
Qatar |
20
0.00% |
20
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Romania |
18
0.00% |
18
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% |
|
|||
Lebanon |
17
0.00% |
18
0.00% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Latvia |
16
0.00% |
16
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
StLucia |
16
0.00% |
17
0.00% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Thailand |
16
0.00% |
16
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Lithuania |
16
0.00% |
16
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Hungary |
14
0.00% |
14
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% |
|
|||
Iceland |
12
0.00% |
12
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Dominica |
12
0.00% |
12
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Kenya |
12
0.00% |
12
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Kazakhstan |
11
0.00% |
12
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% |
|
|||
Antigua & Barbuda |
11
0.00% |
11
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Croatia |
10
0.00% |
9
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Mexico |
9
0.00% |
9
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Indonesia |
7
0.00% |
7
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
British Indian Ocean Territory |
7
0.00% |
7
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Vietnam |
7
0.00% |
7
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Cook Islands |
7
0.00% |
7
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Ukraine |
6
0.00% |
6
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Columbia |
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% |
|
|||
Oman |
5
0.00% |
5
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Slovakia |
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% |
|
|||
Georgia |
5
0.00% |
5
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Serbia & Montenegro |
5
0.00% |
5
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Philippines |
5
0.00% |
5
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Morocco |
5
0.00% |
5
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Azerbaijan |
4
0.00% |
4
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Gambia |
4
0.00% |
4
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Jordan |
4
0.00% |
4
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Yugoslavia |
4
0.00% |
4
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Malawi |
4
0.00% |
4
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Slovenia |
4
0.00% |
4
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Vanuatu |
4
0.00% |
4
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Zambia |
4
0.00% |
4
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Nepal |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Bosnia Herzegovina |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Argentina |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Libya |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Andorra |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
American Virgin Islands |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Kosovo |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Uruguay |
3
0.00% |
4
0.00% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Uzbekistan |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Venezuela |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Peru |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Faroe Islands |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Ethiopia |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Macau |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Cameroon |
3
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Mozambique |
2
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Fiji |
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% |
|
|||
Congo |
2
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Sierra Leone |
2
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Comoros |
2
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Niue |
2
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Tajikistan |
2
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Guyana |
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% |
|
|||
Mongolia |
2
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Afghanistan |
2
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Algeria |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Laos |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Kyrgyzstan |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Madagascar |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Mali |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Moldova |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Myanmar |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Guinea |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Niger |
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% |
|
|||
Northern Mariana Islands |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
North Korea |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
North Macedonia |
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% |
|
|||
Eswatini |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Ecuador |
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% |
|
|||
Somalia |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Burundi |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Brunei |
1
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Belarus |
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% |
|
|||
Lesotho |
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% |
|
|||
0
0.00% |
|
|
|
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