5,645,095 registered companies
Current | Previous | Change | |
---|---|---|---|
Active |
5,130,873
90.89% |
5,112,887
90.87% |
17,986
0.02% |
|
|||
Active proposal to strike off |
395,412
7.00% |
396,116
7.04% |
-704
-0.03% |
|
|||
Liquidation |
112,009
1.98% |
110,876
1.97% |
1,133
0.01% |
|
|||
In administration |
3,504
0.06% |
3,534
0.06% |
-30
0.00% |
|
|||
Live with receiver manager, and at least one charge |
1,856
0.03% |
1,852
0.03% |
4
0.00% |
|
|||
Voluntary arrangement |
548
0.01% |
544
0.01% |
4
0.00% |
|
|||
In administration, with administrative receiver |
439
0.01% |
365
0.01% |
74
0.00% |
|
|||
Receivership |
182
0.00% |
183
0.00% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Administration order |
122
0.00% |
122
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Administrative receiver |
106
0.00% |
106
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
In administration, with receiver manager |
33
0.00% |
34
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 |
5,224,487
92.55% |
5,208,603
92.57% |
15,884
-0.02% |
|
|||
Private limited by guarantee (no share capital) |
119,071
2.11% |
118,620
2.11% |
451
0.00% |
|
|||
Limited partnership |
59,603
1.06% |
59,478
1.06% |
125
0.00% |
|
|||
Limited liability partnership |
52,108
0.92% |
51,992
0.92% |
116
0.00% |
|
|||
Charitable incorporated organisation |
39,231
0.69% |
38,929
0.69% |
302
0.00% |
|
|||
Private limited by guarantee (no share capital), no use of limited exemption |
37,806
0.67% |
37,824
0.67% |
-18
0.00% |
|
|||
Community interest company |
36,864
0.65% |
36,317
0.65% |
547
0.00% |
|
|||
Overseas entity |
30,271
0.54% |
30,286
0.54% |
-15
0.00% |
|
|||
Other |
15,240
0.27% |
15,217
0.27% |
23
0.00% |
|
|||
Registered society |
10,584
0.19% |
10,583
0.19% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Scottish charity incorporated organisation |
6,915
0.12% |
6,888
0.12% |
27
0.00% |
|
|||
Public limited company |
4,972
0.09% |
5,004
0.09% |
-32
0.00% |
|
|||
Private unlimited company |
4,557
0.08% |
4,533
0.08% |
24
0.00% |
|
|||
Authorised company service provider |
1,033
0.02% |
|
|
|
|||
Royal charter company |
905
0.02% |
904
0.02% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Investment company with variable capital |
631
0.01% |
631
0.01% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
United Kingdom economic interest grouping |
264
0.00% |
264
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Scottish partnership |
256
0.00% |
260
0.00% |
-4
0.00% |
|
|||
Industrial and provident society |
160
0.00% |
160
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Investment company with variable capital umbrella |
68
0.00% |
68
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 |
9
0.00% |
9
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 |
17
19.32% |
16
23.88% |
1
-4.56% |
|
|||
Private limited company → Community interest company |
16
18.18% |
16
23.88% |
0
-5.69% |
|
|||
Private limited by guarantee (no share capital) → Private limited by guarantee (no share capital), no use of limited exemption |
13
14.77% |
7
10.45% |
6
4.32% |
|
|||
Private limited by guarantee (no share capital), no use of limited exemption → Private limited by guarantee (no share capital) |
13
14.77% |
7
10.45% |
6
4.32% |
|
|||
Private limited company → Private unlimited company |
12
13.64% |
7
10.45% |
5
3.18% |
|
|||
Private limited by guarantee (no share capital) → Community interest company |
11
12.50% |
8
11.94% |
3
0.55% |
|
|||
Private limited company → Public limited company |
3
3.41% |
|
|
|
|||
Private unlimited company → Private limited company |
2
2.27% |
2
2.99% |
0
-0.71% |
|
|||
Community interest company → Private limited by guarantee (no share capital) |
1
1.14% |
1
1.49% |
0
-0.35% |
|
Current | Previous | Change | |
---|---|---|---|
Micro entity |
1,775,525
31.45% |
1,765,365
31.38% |
10,160
0.07% |
|
|||
No accounts filed |
1,486,815
26.34% |
1,485,719
26.41% |
1,096
-0.06% |
|
|||
Total exemption full |
1,305,164
23.12% |
1,301,273
23.13% |
3,891
0.00% |
|
|||
Dormant |
675,532
11.97% |
672,049
11.94% |
3,483
0.02% |
|
|||
Unaudited abridged |
166,108
2.94% |
166,268
2.96% |
-160
-0.01% |
|
|||
Full |
92,053
1.63% |
92,413
1.64% |
-360
-0.01% |
|
|||
Small |
69,952
1.24% |
70,046
1.24% |
-94
0.00% |
|
|||
Audit exemption subsidiary |
28,154
0.50% |
27,955
0.50% |
199
0.00% |
|
|||
Group |
27,323
0.48% |
27,232
0.48% |
91
0.00% |
|
|||
Total exemption small |
10,440
0.18% |
10,526
0.19% |
-86
0.00% |
|
|||
Unknown |
3,824
0.07% |
3,834
0.07% |
-10
0.00% |
|
|||
Medium |
2,533
0.04% |
2,254
0.04% |
279
0.00% |
|
|||
Audited abridged |
1,319
0.02% |
1,343
0.02% |
-24
0.00% |
|
|||
Filing exemption subsidiary |
327
0.01% |
327
0.01% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Partial exemption |
21
0.00% |
21
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Initial |
5
0.00% |
5
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
Current | Previous | Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United Kingdom |
5,600,886
99.22% |
5,582,435
99.22% |
18,451
0.00% |
|
|||
British Virgin Islands |
9,160
0.16% |
9,186
0.16% |
-26
0.00% |
|
|||
Jersey |
6,776
0.12% |
6,750
0.12% |
26
0.00% |
|
|||
Isle of Man |
3,639
0.06% |
3,646
0.06% |
-7
0.00% |
|
|||
United States of America |
3,298
0.06% |
3,289
0.06% |
9
0.00% |
|
|||
Guernsey |
2,662
0.05% |
2,667
0.05% |
-5
0.00% |
|
|||
Ireland |
1,607
0.03% |
1,598
0.03% |
9
0.00% |
|
|||
Luxembourg |
1,153
0.02% |
1,155
0.02% |
-2
0.00% |
|
|||
Netherlands |
932
0.02% |
932
0.02% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Hong Kong |
850
0.02% |
845
0.02% |
5
0.00% |
|
|||
Gibraltar |
808
0.01% |
808
0.01% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Germany |
780
0.01% |
778
0.01% |
2
0.00% |
|
|||
Panama |
736
0.01% |
735
0.01% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Seychelles |
683
0.01% |
687
0.01% |
-4
0.00% |
|
|||
Cayman Islands |
649
0.01% |
650
0.01% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Cyprus |
594
0.01% |
594
0.01% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Australia |
552
0.01% |
550
0.01% |
2
0.00% |
|
|||
Channel Islands |
523
0.01% |
524
0.01% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Bahamas |
433
0.01% |
431
0.01% |
2
0.00% |
|
|||
France |
430
0.01% |
430
0.01% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Italy |
420
0.01% |
423
0.01% |
-3
0.00% |
|
|||
Japan |
337
0.01% |
335
0.01% |
2
0.00% |
|
|||
India |
332
0.01% |
333
0.01% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Denmark |
330
0.01% |
330
0.01% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Singapore |
329
0.01% |
329
0.01% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Switzerland |
325
0.01% |
324
0.01% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Canada |
315
0.01% |
315
0.01% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
United Arab Emirates |
301
0.01% |
301
0.01% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Spain |
292
0.01% |
290
0.01% |
2
0.00% |
|
|||
Liberia |
289
0.01% |
285
0.01% |
4
0.00% |
|
|||
Mauritius |
265
0.00% |
265
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Belgium |
265
0.00% |
264
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Bermuda |
224
0.00% |
224
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Liechtenstein |
213
0.00% |
212
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Nigeria |
175
0.00% |
175
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Marshall Islands |
174
0.00% |
174
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
New Zealand |
154
0.00% |
154
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Sweden |
145
0.00% |
146
0.00% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Belize |
142
0.00% |
142
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Malta |
137
0.00% |
137
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
China |
134
0.00% |
135
0.00% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Malaysia |
132
0.00% |
132
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Israel |
131
0.00% |
130
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
South Korea |
117
0.00% |
117
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Anguilla |
115
0.00% |
115
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
St Kitts & Nevis |
111
0.00% |
111
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Norway |
103
0.00% |
103
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Turks & Caicos Islands |
97
0.00% |
99
0.00% |
-2
0.00% |
|
|||
Turkey |
81
0.00% |
80
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Austria |
69
0.00% |
69
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
South Africa |
65
0.00% |
65
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Portugal |
63
0.00% |
62
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Russia |
50
0.00% |
50
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Finland |
50
0.00% |
50
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Pakistan |
41
0.00% |
40
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Samoa |
41
0.00% |
43
0.00% |
-2
0.00% |
|
|||
Iran |
41
0.00% |
42
0.00% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Poland |
40
0.00% |
41
0.00% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
St Vincent |
38
0.00% |
38
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Monaco |
36
0.00% |
36
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Bahrain |
36
0.00% |
36
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Czech Republic |
35
0.00% |
35
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Curacao |
32
0.00% |
31
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Northern Ireland |
32
0.00% |
32
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Kuwait |
32
0.00% |
33
0.00% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Ghana |
31
0.00% |
31
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Bulgaria |
30
0.00% |
30
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Saudi Arabia |
28
0.00% |
28
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Greece |
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% |
|
|||
Estonia |
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% |
|
|||
Qatar |
21
0.00% |
21
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Holland |
21
0.00% |
21
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
England |
20
0.00% |
20
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Romania |
18
0.00% |
19
0.00% |
-1
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% |
17
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Latvia |
16
0.00% |
16
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
StLucia |
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% |
|
|||
Hungary |
15
0.00% |
15
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Iraq |
14
0.00% |
13
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Egypt |
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% |
|
|||
Jamaica |
10
0.00% |
10
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Mexico |
10
0.00% |
9
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Croatia |
10
0.00% |
10
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Slovakia |
9
0.00% |
9
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% |
|
|||
Costa Rica |
7
0.00% |
7
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% |
|
|||
Ukraine |
6
0.00% |
6
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Philippines |
6
0.00% |
6
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Trinidad & Tobago |
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% |
|
|||
Morocco |
5
0.00% |
5
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Serbia & Montenegro |
5
0.00% |
5
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Uganda |
5
0.00% |
6
0.00% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Georgia |
5
0.00% |
5
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Oman |
5
0.00% |
6
0.00% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Tanzania |
5
0.00% |
5
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Zambia |
4
0.00% |
4
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Slovenia |
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% |
|
|||
Yugoslavia |
4
0.00% |
4
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Malawi |
4
0.00% |
4
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Vanuatu |
4
0.00% |
4
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Albania |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Faroe Islands |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Azerbaijan |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Ethiopia |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Kosovo |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Uzbekistan |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Nepal |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Argentina |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Peru |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Cameroon |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Uruguay |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Andorra |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Libya |
3
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Venezuela |
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% |
|
|||
Guyana |
2
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Ivory Coast |
2
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Afghanistan |
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% |
|
|||
Niue |
2
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Grenada |
2
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
|
|||
Palestine |
2
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Fiji |
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% |
|
|||
Botswana |
2
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Sudan |
2
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Tajikistan |
2
0.00% |
2
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
American Virgin Islands |
2
0.00% |
3
0.00% |
-1
0.00% |
|
|||
Brunei |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Madagascar |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Kyrgyzstan |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Rwanda |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Belarus |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Ecuador |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Laos |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Eswatini |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Paraguay |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Togo |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
North Macedonia |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Tunisia |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
North Korea |
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% |
|
|||
Northern Mariana Islands |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Guadeloupe |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Niger |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Saint Helena |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Algeria |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Guinea |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Lesotho |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Myanmar |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Moldova |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Mali |
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% |
|
|||
Sierra Leone |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
Burundi |
1
0.00% |
1
0.00% |
0
0.00% |
|
|||
0
0.00% |
|
|
|
|
Current | Previous | Change | |
---|---|---|---|
British Virgin Islands → Jersey |
1
25.00% |
3
37.50% |
-2
-12.50% |
|
|||
United Kingdom → Grenada |
1
25.00% |
|
|
|
|||
American Virgin Islands → British Virgin Islands |
1
25.00% |
|
|
|
|||
Samoa → Curacao |
1
25.00% |
|
|
|