Statistics of companies in UK

Companies population in East Midlands

Number of companies in region East Midlands is 548,294, which is 5.8% of all 9,515,855 companies in UK. East Midlands is ranked 8th among 12 regions in the number of companies. Last update of company data was on 30/04/2023.

Companies location and business activity breakdown in East Midlands

The region with the highest number of companies - 133,954 is Leicestershire. Rutland has the lowest number of companies - 3,006. The top three most frequently registered business activities are Wholesale, retail - 14.1%, Science - 13.2% and Construction - 10.6%.

Number of companies by county 548,294 companies with data in East Midlands

Leicestershire
133,954
24.4%
Nottinghamshire
114,424
20.9%
Northamptonshire
104,938
19.1%
Derbyshire
96,105
17.5%
Lincolnshire
95,867
17.5%
Rutland
3,006
0.5%

Business activity overview 525,808 companies with data in East Midlands

Wholesale, retail
77,466
14.1%
Science
72,503
13.2%
Construction
57,886
10.6%
Administrative
54,559
10.0%
Real Estate
36,975
6.7%
ICT
36,852
6.7%
Transportation
35,327
6.4%
Manufacturing
30,640
5.6%
Accommodation
29,689
5.4%
Service
28,885
5.3%
Health
28,723
5.2%
Dormant
16,022
2.9%
Financial
14,651
2.7%
Arts
13,662
2.5%
Education
11,816
2.2%
Home
5,587
1.0%
Agriculture
4,892
0.9%
Water
1,949
0.4%
Public
1,553
0.3%
Energy
1,260
0.2%
Mining
659
0.1%
Extraterritorial
85
0.0%

Industrial classification of companies in East Midlands

The Standard Industrial Classification code (SIC code) is a system of classifying industries in UK by business activities. Each company can operate under multiple SIC codes. The top three business activities for the whole of the UK are Other business support service - 4.9%, Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate - 4.6% and Management consultancy exl. financial - 4.4%.

Distribution of companies by SIC CODE 525,808 companies with data in East Midlands

Companies population incorporation and dissolution trend in East Midlands

The highest number of incorporated companies in any one month is 4,767 in in March 2022. There are usually fewer dissolved companies than incorporated, the highest number recorded being for March 2021 - 6,074 companies were dissolved.

Incorporation and dissolution of companies by month East Midlands

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Persons with significant control
in companies in East Midlands

Persons with Significant Control (PSC) have been registered in Companies House since April 2016. PSC have various functions, e.g. ownership of shares or voting rights. In this section we analyse companies with at least one Person with Significant Control from a foreign country.

Top countries with local PSCs in companies in East Midlands

The most popular country, as regards to PSC origin, is China. In April 2023, there were 901 companies with at least one PCS from China. Other popular countries are United States, France and Ireland.

Top 10 countries with local PSCs East Midlands

Percentage of companies with foreign PSCs being incorporated each month in the East Midlands

The highest proportion of companies with a foreign PSC to be incorporated in one month was in December 2016 - 2.20%. Since 2017 the number of dissolutions has exceeded the number of new incorporations. The highest proportion to be dissolved in one month was 5.26% was in May 2020. The low number of dissolutions in 2016 is the result of only a small number of companies registering their PSC in Company House in that year.

Percentage of companies with foreign persons (PSC) incorporated and dissolved each month East Midlands