Sector
Education
112,298 UK companies classified under education. Public register information only.
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Education in the United Kingdom
Counts over the Companies House register as loaded on 2026-09-14. Dissolved companies are excluded. No financial figures are involved.
112,298Companies on the register
2.0%of UK companies5,503,259 across all sectors
5 yearsMedian company age6 years across all sectors
0.9%In insolvency proceedings1.9% across all sectors
New companies per year
How old they are
Education
All sectors
- Under 3 years 34%
- 3 to 9 years 36%
- 10 to 19 years 21%
- 20 years or more 8.6%
5.5% carry a proposal to strike off (7.3% across all sectors). That is mostly dormant companies being removed, so it is not counted as insolvency.
What they do
- Other education n.e.c. SIC 8559040,29936%
- Educational support services SIC 8560021,63319%
- Sports and recreation education SIC 8551013,96612%
- Pre-primary education SIC 851008,8687.9%
- Cultural education SIC 855207,3426.5%
- Primary education SIC 852005,3864.8%
- Technical and vocational secondary education SIC 853203,9693.5%
- Driving school activities SIC 855303,8103.4%
- General secondary education SIC 853103,1862.8%
- First-degree level higher education SIC 854211,3891.2%
- Post-secondary non-tertiary education SIC 854101,3101.2%
- Post-graduate level higher education SIC 854221,0520.9%
Where they are registered
- 23,86921%
- 2,5152.2%
- 2,3362.1%
- 1,2561.1%
- 1,2131.1%
- 1,1551.0%
- 1,1531.0%
- 1,0140.9%
- 9550.9%
- 9360.8%
Legal forms
- Private Limited Company84,80676%
- Community Interest Company11,98111%
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)8,3807.5%
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)7,0886.3%
- Private Unlimited Company18<0.1%
- Public Limited Company13<0.1%
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