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472,774 UK companies classified under information & communication. Public register information only.

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Information & communication 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.

472,774Companies on the register
8.6%of UK companies5,503,259 across all sectors
5 yearsMedian company age6 years across all sectors
1.4%In insolvency proceedings1.9% across all sectors

New companies per year

050k100k2012: 11,52220122013: 12,8732014: 14,95820142015: 16,2072016: 16,39220162017: 17,3012018: 20,37020182019: 22,5152020: 21,16520202021: 22,5602022: 25,62820222023: 32,2872024: 41,16020242025: 71,1182026: 44,417 (year to date)2026
Companies still on the register, by the year they were incorporated. 2026 is the year to date. Companies dissolved since are not counted, so earlier years understate how many were formed. 33% are under three years old, against 30% across all sectors.

How old they are

Information & communication
All sectors
  • Under 3 years 33%
  • 3 to 9 years 34%
  • 10 to 19 years 23%
  • 20 years or more 9.6%

6.8% 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

  1. Information technology consultancy activities SIC 62020
    131,65328%
  2. Business and domestic software development SIC 62012
    93,67720%
  3. Other information technology service activities SIC 62090
    56,03012%
  4. Video production activities SIC 59112
    21,7804.6%
  5. Motion picture production activities SIC 59111
    21,2744.5%
  6. Other information service activities n.e.c. SIC 63990
    16,6583.5%
  7. Sound recording and music publishing activities SIC 59200
    16,3473.5%
  8. Other software publishing SIC 58290
    15,6943.3%
  9. Other publishing activities SIC 58190
    13,1922.8%
  10. Television programme production activities SIC 59113
    11,3222.4%
  11. Other telecommunications activities SIC 61900
    9,9942.1%
  12. Book publishing SIC 58110
    9,9532.1%
The main activity each company registered, largest first.

Where they are registered

  1. 146,92931%
  2. 8,0201.7%
  3. 5,8181.2%
  4. 5,7171.2%
  5. 5,3311.1%
  6. 5,0701.1%
  7. 4,2690.9%
  8. 3,7960.8%
  9. 3,6920.8%
  10. 3,3630.7%
Registered town, which is often an accountant's or a director's address rather than where the business trades.

Legal forms

  1. Private Limited Company
    465,42498%
  2. Community Interest Company
    2,9670.6%
  3. PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
    2,8860.6%
  4. PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
    1,1980.3%
  5. Public Limited Company
    205<0.1%
  6. Private Unlimited Company
    78<0.1%

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Companies

CompanyTownIncorporated
!Abridge Tax LtdHatfield2024
!Big Impact Graphics LimitedLondon2018
!Nfogenie LtdLondon2021
!NNOV8 LimitedEdenbridge2017
"Come on" Social Network LimitedSouthampton2018
"Cook With ME" LimitedLondon2015
"Creative Economy" LtdLondon2023
"Dami.Mb" LtdSwanscombe2014
"First Leader (UK) Limited"London1985
"Intouch Communication Services" LimitedIlford1998
"THE Fantasist, the Fraudster & HIS Lordship Publications" LtdGerrards Cross2020
"YES, Dear!" LimitedLondon2005
$ Zero X LtdLondon2023
$Imple Returns LtdSale2026
$Purr LtdLondon2025
$Werve LtdLondon2022
& Atkins LimitedLeeds2023
& Lash LimitedPortsmouth2022
& SON Studio LimitedBromsgrove2017
&AD LimitedLondon2020
&Asian LtdMildenhall2021
&Beyond Studio LtdHarlow2024
&Coach LimitedLondon2018
&Connect LtdLondon2025
&DEV Consulting LimitedCambridge2023
&DEV LimitedCambridge2019
&Dine LtdLondon2020
&E Tech LtdDerby2021
&Friends Global LtdLeigh-On-Sea2022
&I Technologies LtdGlasgow2021
&Merge LimitedLondon2025
&Partners IT LtdShoreham-By-Sea2015
&Passen LtdLondon2016
&Volume LtdEdinburgh2024
'19 by Twenty C.I.C.Liverpool2018
'Alliance Softtech LtdMaidenhead2019
'AN Ordinary MUM' - LA Productions LtdLiverpool2026
'AV IT Media LimitedDerby2018
'Bigloc Films' LtdBerkhamsted2015
'Broken 2' - LA Productions LtdLiverpool2026
'Dallas Media LtdSunbury-On-Thames2025
'ENG PA' LimitedLondon2018
'IN the Chair' LtdWaltham Cross2014
'Luck' KI Love Story LtdHarrow2023
'Q' Practical Electrical Ltd.Ruislip2002
'Rase Solutions' LimitedSolihull2013
'Save OUR Capability Brown Heritage Wimbledon Park' LtdBrighton2022
'Techniliance LtdLondon2025
'TIL WE Drop LtdLondon2025
( the Lion's DEN (TLD ) Ltd.London2012
(A) Right LimitedStanmore2026
(Always) Follow the Money LtdLondon2025
(AQ) LimitedLeeds1998
(AQ) Networks LimitedLeeds2001
(Elcap) East Lancashire Community Action Project LimitedLancashire2007
(ITO) Innovation Technology Office LimitedSouthport2015
(M)Data Analytics LtdLondon2024
(NO Data) LimitedBlackpool2020
(OA) IT Solutions LtdChelmsford2024
(R)Evolution Mind Ltd.London2010
(Ride) Vaulta LtdEdinburgh2026
(Think-Ing.Uk) LimitedPortsmouth2015
(UK) Lunar Systems LimitedGateshead2022
(UK) NV Capital LtdApsley Way2022
(UK) W1G LimitedLondon2011
(Working Title) Technologies LtdTredegar2026
(YET) Another Library LimitedLondon2022
*+ LtdBracknell2004
+ Added Music LimitedSuffolk2006
- LtdLondon2016
- Neuravant AI LimitedPeterborough2024
-Board Genius LtdNorthampton2023
-ISM Magazine LtdGlasgow2021
.GAR Software LimitedWakefield2024
.NET Highland LtdOldmeldrum2015
.Onyx Technical Consulting LimitedBarnet2016
.Pngmedia LtdGravesend2025
.Rutaul LimitedLondon2019
.W8V LtdLondon2022
0 Theory LimitedLondon2026
0 Touch Hosting LtdLondon2024
0-1 Studio LtdReading2023
0.51 Productions LtdNew Malden2018
0.7734 Ltd.London2014
0.99 LimitedGrays2017
0.LINK LtdBlackburn2025
00 Advertising, Ltd.London2026
001 Fuse Ltd.St. Albans2017
001 Technologies LtdLondon2025
001-02092021 LtdTelford2021
001IT LimitedSt Albans2017
00230111 LimitedNewcastle Upon Tyne1928
00368713 LimitedFeltham1941
007 AI LtdLondon2025
007 Tuan LtdSalford2017
008 Holding LimitedLondon2023
00825409 LimitedGreat Yarmouth1964
00O (London) LimitedLondon2022
01 Data LtdLondon2022
01 Digital Solutions LimitedCleveland2002
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