Sector
Manufacturing
239,830 UK companies classified under manufacturing. Public register information only.
Sector insights
Manufacturing 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.
239,830Companies on the register
4.4%of UK companies5,503,259 across all sectors
8 yearsMedian company age6 years across all sectors
3.4%In insolvency proceedings1.9% across all sectors
New companies per year
How old they are
Manufacturing
All sectors
- Under 3 years 25%
- 3 to 9 years 32%
- 10 to 19 years 21%
- 20 years or more 23%
7.3% 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 manufacturing n.e.c. SIC 3299018,4047.7%
- Printing n.e.c. SIC 181299,2813.9%
- Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery SIC 162308,9063.7%
- Manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c. SIC 259908,2343.4%
- Repair of other equipment SIC 331906,6342.8%
- Manufacture of other food products n.e.c. SIC 108906,0572.5%
- Manufacture of other furniture SIC 310905,8202.4%
- Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes SIC 107105,7202.4%
- Repair of machinery SIC 331205,6132.3%
- Repair of electrical equipment SIC 331405,5262.3%
- Manufacture of other wearing apparel and accessories n.e.c. SIC 141905,4242.3%
- Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures SIC 251105,2332.2%
Where they are registered
- 32,71114%
- 4,3331.8%
- 3,9641.7%
- 2,9731.2%
- 2,7021.1%
- 2,4321.0%
- 2,3251.0%
- 2,2320.9%
- 2,1760.9%
- 2,1270.9%
Legal forms
- Private Limited Company238,16299%
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)6240.3%
- Community Interest Company5670.2%
- Public Limited Company2600.1%
- Private Unlimited Company123<0.1%
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)89<0.1%
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