5,637,210 registered companies
Current | Previous | Change | |
---|---|---|---|
Active |
5,127,067
90.95% |
5,144,939
91.02% |
-17,872
-0.07% |
|
|||
Active proposal to strike off |
391,756
6.95% |
388,389
6.87% |
3,367
0.07% |
|
|||
Liquidation |
111,624
1.98% |
112,181
1.98% |
-557
0.00% |
|
|||
In administration |
3,533
0.06% |
3,512
0.06% |
21
0.00% |
|
|||
Live with receiver manager, and at least one charge |
1,847
0.03% |
1,830
0.03% |
17
0.00% |
|
|||
Voluntary arrangement |
559
0.01% |
548
0.01% |
11
0.00% |
|
|||
In administration, with administrative receiver |
358
0.01% |
377
0.01% |
-19
0.00% |
|
|||
Receivership |
184
0.00% |
184
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Administration order |
122
0.00% |
122
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Administrative receiver |
107
0.00% |
107
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
In administration, with receiver manager |
42
0.00% |
41
0.00% |
1
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 |
5,220,319
92.60% |
5,235,820
92.63% |
-15,501
-0.02% |
|
|||
Private limited by guarantee (no share capital) |
118,432
2.10% |
118,479
2.10% |
-47
0.00% |
|
|||
Limited partnership |
59,331
1.05% |
59,179
1.05% |
152
0.00% |
|
|||
Limited liability partnership |
52,221
0.93% |
52,327
0.93% |
-106
0.00% |
|
|||
Charitable incorporated organisation |
38,313
0.68% |
38,056
0.67% |
257
0.00% |
|
|||
Private limited by guarantee (no share capital), no use of limited exemption |
38,023
0.67% |
38,083
0.67% |
-60
0.00% |
|
|||
Community interest company |
35,696
0.63% |
35,450
0.63% |
246
0.00% |
|
|||
Overseas entity |
30,419
0.54% |
30,429
0.54% |
-10
0.00% |
|
|||
Other |
15,104
0.27% |
15,079
0.27% |
25
0.00% |
|
|||
Registered society |
10,592
0.19% |
10,575
0.19% |
17
0.00% |
|
|||
Scottish charity incorporated organisation |
6,821
0.12% |
6,780
0.12% |
41
0.00% |
|
|||
Public limited company |
5,060
0.09% |
5,115
0.09% |
-55
0.00% |
|
|||
Private unlimited company |
4,531
0.08% |
4,525
0.08% |
6
0.00% |
|
|||
Royal charter company |
903
0.02% |
902
0.02% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Investment company with variable capital |
621
0.01% |
617
0.01% |
4
0.00% |
|
|||
United Kingdom economic interest grouping |
264
0.00% |
264
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Scottish partnership |
260
0.00% |
261
0.00% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Industrial and provident society |
161
0.00% |
161
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 |
10
0.00% |
10
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Investment company with variable capital securities |
9
0.00% |
9
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Protected cell company |
4
0.00% |
4
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Further education and sixth form college |
2
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Converted closed |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
Current | Previous | Change | |
---|---|---|---|
Public limited company → Private limited company |
31
35.23% |
18
23.68% |
13
11.54% |
|
|||
Private limited by guarantee (no share capital) → Private limited by guarantee (no share capital), no use of limited exemption |
13
14.77% |
8
10.53% |
5
4.24% |
|
|||
Private limited company → Community interest company |
13
14.77% |
8
10.53% |
5
4.24% |
|
|||
Private limited by guarantee (no share capital) → Community interest company |
10
11.36% |
8
10.53% |
2
0.83% |
|
|||
Private limited by guarantee (no share capital), no use of limited exemption → Private limited by guarantee (no share capital) |
9
10.23% |
16
21.05% |
-7
-10.82% |
|
|||
Private limited company → Private unlimited company |
7
7.95% |
8
10.53% |
-1
-2.57% |
|
|||
Private limited by guarantee (no share capital), no use of limited exemption → Community interest company |
4
4.55% |
3
3.95% |
1
0.59% |
|
|||
Private unlimited company → Private limited company |
1
1.14% |
3
3.95% |
-2
-2.81% |
|
Current | Previous | Change | |
---|---|---|---|
Micro entity |
1,758,843
31.20% |
1,748,871
30.94% |
9,972
0.25% |
|
|||
No accounts filed |
1,507,143
26.74% |
1,537,107
27.19% |
-29,964
-0.45% |
|
|||
Total exemption full |
1,299,035
23.04% |
1,294,167
22.90% |
4,868
0.14% |
|
|||
Dormant |
669,513
11.88% |
668,968
11.84% |
545
0.04% |
|
|||
Unaudited abridged |
166,873
2.96% |
167,932
2.97% |
-1,059
-0.01% |
|
|||
Full |
93,200
1.65% |
93,535
1.65% |
-335
0.00% |
|
|||
Small |
70,336
1.25% |
70,289
1.24% |
47
0.00% |
|
|||
Group |
27,054
0.48% |
26,849
0.48% |
205
0.00% |
|
|||
Audit exemption subsidiary |
26,959
0.48% |
26,405
0.47% |
554
0.01% |
|
|||
Total exemption small |
10,793
0.19% |
10,893
0.19% |
-100
0.00% |
|
|||
Unknown |
3,839
0.07% |
3,842
0.07% |
-3
0.00% |
|
|||
Medium |
1,916
0.03% |
1,604
0.03% |
312
0.00% |
|
|||
Audited abridged |
1,350
0.02% |
1,410
0.02% |
-60
0.00% |
|
|||
Filing exemption subsidiary |
331
0.01% |
340
0.01% |
-9
0.00% |
|
|||
Partial exemption |
21
0.00% |
25
0.00% |
-4
0.00% |
|
|||
Initial |
4
0.00% |
4
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
Current | Previous | Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United Kingdom |
5,592,996
99.22% |
5,608,041
99.22% |
-15,045
0.00% |
|
|||
British Virgin Islands |
9,250
0.16% |
9,264
0.16% |
-14
0.00% |
|
|||
Jersey |
6,728
0.12% |
6,707
0.12% |
21
0.00% |
|
|||
Isle of Man |
3,664
0.06% |
3,677
0.07% |
-13
0.00% |
|
|||
United States of America |
3,284
0.06% |
3,279
0.06% |
5
0.00% |
|
|||
Guernsey |
2,638
0.05% |
2,645
0.05% |
-7
0.00% |
|
|||
Ireland |
1,587
0.03% |
1,583
0.03% |
4
0.00% |
|
|||
Luxembourg |
1,190
0.02% |
1,187
0.02% |
3
0.00% |
|
|||
Netherlands |
934
0.02% |
937
0.02% |
-3
0.00% |
|
|||
Hong Kong |
843
0.01% |
844
0.01% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Gibraltar |
818
0.01% |
822
0.01% |
-4
0.00% |
|
|||
Germany |
777
0.01% |
770
0.01% |
7
0.00% |
|
|||
Panama |
748
0.01% |
751
0.01% |
-3
0.00% |
|
|||
Seychelles |
692
0.01% |
692
0.01% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Cayman Islands |
648
0.01% |
648
0.01% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Cyprus |
597
0.01% |
601
0.01% |
-4
0.00% |
|
|||
Australia |
548
0.01% |
545
0.01% |
3
0.00% |
|
|||
Channel Islands |
528
0.01% |
530
0.01% |
-2
0.00% |
|
|||
Bahamas |
434
0.01% |
431
0.01% |
3
0.00% |
|
|||
Italy |
424
0.01% |
421
0.01% |
3
0.00% |
|
|||
France |
423
0.01% |
422
0.01% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Japan |
335
0.01% |
334
0.01% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Denmark |
334
0.01% |
333
0.01% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
India |
332
0.01% |
333
0.01% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Singapore |
328
0.01% |
329
0.01% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Switzerland |
321
0.01% |
320
0.01% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Canada |
313
0.01% |
314
0.01% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
United Arab Emirates |
299
0.01% |
296
0.01% |
3
0.00% |
|
|||
Spain |
292
0.01% |
291
0.01% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Liberia |
288
0.01% |
287
0.01% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Mauritius |
269
0.00% |
270
0.00% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Belgium |
263
0.00% |
263
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Bermuda |
226
0.00% |
226
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Liechtenstein |
219
0.00% |
215
0.00% |
4
0.00% |
|
|||
Nigeria |
169
0.00% |
169
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
New Zealand |
156
0.00% |
157
0.00% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Sweden |
146
0.00% |
146
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Belize |
145
0.00% |
145
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Marshall Islands |
142
0.00% |
142
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Malta |
138
0.00% |
138
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
China |
135
0.00% |
135
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Malaysia |
132
0.00% |
132
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Israel |
131
0.00% |
131
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
South Korea |
118
0.00% |
117
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Anguilla |
115
0.00% |
116
0.00% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
St Kitts & Nevis |
109
0.00% |
109
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Norway |
103
0.00% |
104
0.00% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Turks & Caicos Islands |
101
0.00% |
101
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Turkey |
79
0.00% |
79
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Austria |
68
0.00% |
68
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
South Africa |
63
0.00% |
63
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Portugal |
61
0.00% |
61
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Russia |
51
0.00% |
51
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Finland |
49
0.00% |
50
0.00% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Iran |
43
0.00% |
43
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Poland |
41
0.00% |
41
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Samoa |
41
0.00% |
42
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% |
|
|||
Monaco |
37
0.00% |
37
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Bahrain |
36
0.00% |
36
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Northern Ireland |
34
0.00% |
34
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Kuwait |
33
0.00% |
33
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Curacao |
32
0.00% |
32
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Ghana |
31
0.00% |
31
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Bulgaria |
29
0.00% |
28
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Saudi Arabia |
28
0.00% |
27
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Greece |
26
0.00% |
26
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 |
26
0.00% |
26
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Bangladesh |
23
0.00% |
23
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Brazil |
23
0.00% |
23
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Holland |
21
0.00% |
21
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Qatar |
21
0.00% |
20
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
England |
20
0.00% |
20
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Romania |
19
0.00% |
19
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Lebanon |
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% |
|
|||
Latvia |
16
0.00% |
16
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% |
|
|||
StLucia |
16
0.00% |
16
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Hungary |
15
0.00% |
15
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% |
|
|||
Kenya |
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% |
|
|||
Kazakhstan |
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% |
10
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Jamaica |
10
0.00% |
11
0.00% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Mexico |
9
0.00% |
9
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Costa Rica |
7
0.00% |
7
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Vietnam |
7
0.00% |
7
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
British Indian Ocean Territory |
7
0.00% |
7
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Slovakia |
7
0.00% |
6
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Cook Islands |
7
0.00% |
7
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Indonesia |
7
0.00% |
7
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Ukraine |
6
0.00% |
6
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Trinidad & Tobago |
6
0.00% |
6
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Philippines |
6
0.00% |
6
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Columbia |
6
0.00% |
6
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Chile |
6
0.00% |
6
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% |
|
|||
Oman |
5
0.00% |
5
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Morocco |
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% |
|
|||
Yugoslavia |
4
0.00% |
4
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Malawi |
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% |
|
|||
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% |
|
|||
Cameroon |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Bosnia Herzegovina |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Libya |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Azerbaijan |
3
0.00% |
4
0.00% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Argentina |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Kosovo |
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% |
|
|||
Uruguay |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Uzbekistan |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Venezuela |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Albania |
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% |
|
|||
Nepal |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Afghanistan |
2
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Fiji |
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% |
|
|||
Botswana |
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% |
|
|||
Mongolia |
2
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Mozambique |
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% |
|
|||
Sierra Leone |
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% |
1
0.00% |
0
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% |
|
|
|
|
Current | Previous | Change | |
---|---|---|---|
Jamaica → Jersey |
1
33.33% |
|
|
|
|||
Singapore → Hong Kong |
1
33.33% |
|
|
|
|||
Cyprus → British Virgin Islands |
1
33.33% |
|
|
|