Sector
Extraterritorial
110,825 UK companies classified under extraterritorial. Public register information only.
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Extraterritorial 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.
110,825Companies on the register
2.0%of UK companies5,503,259 across all sectors
11 yearsMedian company age6 years across all sectors
0.6%In insolvency proceedings1.9% across all sectors
New companies per year
How old they are
Extraterritorial
All sectors
- Under 3 years 16%
- 3 to 9 years 30%
- 10 to 19 years 33%
- 20 years or more 22%
8.0% 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
- Dormant Company SIC 99999109,99599%
- Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies SIC 990006680.6%
- Dormant company SIC 99991620.1%
Where they are registered
- 21,35719%
- 3,7973.4%
- 2,7542.5%
- 1,5951.4%
- 1,4611.3%
- 1,0661.0%
- 1,0591.0%
- 9990.9%
- 9380.8%
- 9130.8%
Legal forms
- Private Limited Company107,55297%
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)2,4562.2%
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)4350.4%
- Private Unlimited Company1900.2%
- Community Interest Company91<0.1%
- Public Limited Company90<0.1%
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