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239,830 UK companies classified under manufacturing. Public register information only.

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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

025k50k2012: 5,05720122013: 5,7482014: 6,52520142015: 6,7092016: 7,21120162017: 7,9102018: 9,28920182019: 10,8602020: 11,12320202021: 11,1892022: 11,42620222023: 14,5122024: 17,43820242025: 28,8232026: 13,963 (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. 25% are under three years old, against 30% across all sectors.

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

  1. Other manufacturing n.e.c. SIC 32990
    18,4047.7%
  2. Printing n.e.c. SIC 18129
    9,2813.9%
  3. Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery SIC 16230
    8,9063.7%
  4. Manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c. SIC 25990
    8,2343.4%
  5. Repair of other equipment SIC 33190
    6,6342.8%
  6. Manufacture of other food products n.e.c. SIC 10890
    6,0572.5%
  7. Manufacture of other furniture SIC 31090
    5,8202.4%
  8. Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes SIC 10710
    5,7202.4%
  9. Repair of machinery SIC 33120
    5,6132.3%
  10. Repair of electrical equipment SIC 33140
    5,5262.3%
  11. Manufacture of other wearing apparel and accessories n.e.c. SIC 14190
    5,4242.3%
  12. Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures SIC 25110
    5,2332.2%
The main activity each company registered, largest first.

Where they are registered

  1. 32,71114%
  2. 4,3331.8%
  3. 3,9641.7%
  4. 2,9731.2%
  5. 2,7021.1%
  6. 2,4321.0%
  7. 2,3251.0%
  8. 2,2320.9%
  9. 2,1760.9%
  10. 2,1270.9%
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
    238,16299%
  2. PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
    6240.3%
  3. Community Interest Company
    5670.2%
  4. Public Limited Company
    2600.1%
  5. Private Unlimited Company
    123<0.1%
  6. PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
    89<0.1%

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Companies

CompanyTownIncorporated
"D&C Transport and Logistic LimitedSwanscombe2015
"Eveerge" LimitedCardiff1958
"P.& B."Engineering Company LimitedManchester1932
"U.Vamp" Ltd.Weybridge1999
"V" Installations Mechanical Handling LimitedWarwickshire2002
$MUG LimitedSennen2022
&Go LimitedGloucester2022
&Silver LtdLondon2026
&Sisters LtdPutney2016
&Smile Tablets LimitedBrighton2021
&Sweet LtdLondon2023
'A' Rated Efficiency Heating & Plumbing LtdRotherham2010
'O' Connor Fencing LimitedWhitehaven1982
'Stewart Integrated Systems' LtdEdinburgh2011
'Twood BE LimitedOxford2025
(BE) British Extrusions LtdBarnsley2020
(RMT) Radix Meta Trade LimitedGlasgow2025
(UK) Doors & Shutters LimitedBolton2016
(UK) Oplis Biotechnology Co., LtdLondon2024
(UK) Timberworld LimitedNottingham2005
(UK) Weldex LimitedManchester2015
(Un)Ordinary LimitedWinchester2020
-21 Brewery LtdStoke-On-Trent2026
-Easy FIX- Repair Center LtdGlasgow2020
. . . 24 Hour . . Screen Saver LimitedNuneaton2003
.Hueai LtdLondon2024
0 & 1 LtdCanterbury2017
0 &/OR U? = Infinity Ltd.London2014
0 Sky Motors Ltd.London2023
00 Audio LimitedLiverpool2025
00034239 LimitedManchester1891
00074028 LimitedLincoln1902
00100768 LimitedLeeds1908
00125560 LimitedLancashire1912
00143104 LimitedHull1916
00145493 LimitedCarlisle1916
00150042 PLCLeeds1918
00162828 LimitedSlough1920
00168481 LimitedNorthampton1920
00191478 LimitedLondon1923
00191802 LimitedSouth Yorkshire1923
00203622 LimitedBeds1925
00222139 LimitedLeeds1927
00224382 LimitedLondon1927
00229756 LimitedSurrey1928
00237163 LimitedEast Sussex1929
00257051 LimitedBirmingham1931
00261074West Midlands1931
00261908 LimitedSunderland1932
00269496 LimitedLondon1932
00305345 LimitedLancashire1935
00307346 LimitedBirmingham1935
00323880 LimitedLeeds1937
00359466 LimitedBradford1940
00368376 Limited67 Newhall Street1941
00378826 LimitedGrimsby1943
00392295 LimitedWeybridge1945
00410560 LimitedMilton Keynes1946
00462306 LimitedCardiff1948
00493081 LimitedEssex1951
00498943 LimitedBroadheath1951
00510285 Realisations LimitedBolton1952
00531098 Limited1954
00548299 LimitedLeamington Spa1955
00555199 LimitedShropshire1955
00557167 LimitedLeeds1955
00563798 LimitedReigate1956
00567373 LimitedWeybridge1956
00581048 LimitedSurrey1957
00585987 LimitedWarrington1957
0058D LimitedNewmarket2016
00612546 LimitedManchester1958
00655236 LimitedFareham1960
00675273 LimitedWest Auckland1960
00697522 LimitedSouth Yorkshire1961
007 Automotive LtdLondon2025
00701364 Limited1961
00717814 LimitedPriory St Dudley1962
00732757 LimitedManchester1962
00763852 Limited1963
00861780 LimitedAldridge1965
00885889 LimitedBirmingham1966
00908787 Limited1967
00928766 LimitedCardiff1968
00947582 LimitedParsonage Gardens1969
00947912 LimitedMilton Keynes1969
00959741 LimitedWokingham1969
00962752 LimitedManchester1969
00985998 PLCManchester1970
00993090 LimitedLiverpool1970
01 Medical LtdLondon2026
01033144 LimitedHeybridge1971
01035805 LtdSolihull1971
01040087 Limited1972
01104388 LimitedWednesbury1973
01110500 LimitedLondon1973
01119794 LimitedWatford1973
01174045 Limited110 Albion Street1974
01189835 LimitedCardiff1974
01212029 LimitedBury1975
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