Sector
Hospitality
301,595 UK companies classified under hospitality. Public register information only.
Sector insights
Hospitality 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.
301,595Companies on the register
5.5%of UK companies5,503,259 across all sectors
4 yearsMedian company age6 years across all sectors
3.5%In insolvency proceedings1.9% across all sectors
New companies per year
How old they are
Hospitality
All sectors
- Under 3 years 41%
- 3 to 9 years 40%
- 10 to 19 years 13%
- 20 years or more 5.7%
13% 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
- Take-away food shops and mobile food stands SIC 5610373,71824%
- Licensed restaurants SIC 5610154,59718%
- Unlicensed restaurants and cafes SIC 5610244,54215%
- Public houses and bars SIC 5630234,30611%
- Event catering activities SIC 5621021,5397.1%
- Hotels and similar accommodation SIC 5510019,9276.6%
- Other food services SIC 5629019,9126.6%
- Other holiday and other collective accommodation SIC 5520913,6714.5%
- Other accommodation SIC 5590012,2804.1%
- Recreational vehicle parks, trailer parks and camping grounds SIC 553002,8951.0%
- Licensed clubs SIC 563012,2600.7%
- Holiday centres and villages SIC 552011,0210.3%
Where they are registered
- 47,90416%
- 7,8922.6%
- 6,6142.2%
- 6,5062.2%
- 3,9271.3%
- 3,3761.1%
- 3,2211.1%
- 3,0761.0%
- 3,0631.0%
- 2,9881.0%
Legal forms
- Private Limited Company296,13398%
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)2,6790.9%
- Community Interest Company2,1150.7%
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)5790.2%
- Public Limited Company46<0.1%
- Private Unlimited Company41<0.1%
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