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Real estate

629,003 UK companies classified under real estate. Public register information only.

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Real estate 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.

629,003Companies on the register
11%of UK companies5,503,259 across all sectors
5 yearsMedian company age6 years across all sectors
0.8%In insolvency proceedings1.9% across all sectors

New companies per year

050k100k2012: 7,61220122013: 9,7622014: 11,94220142015: 15,6482016: 20,66320162017: 25,3852018: 27,85420182019: 33,2132020: 39,18120202021: 44,6282022: 44,95320222023: 49,3292024: 66,79920242025: 85,8892026: 40,728 (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. 31% are under three years old, against 30% across all sectors.

How old they are

Real estate
All sectors
  • Under 3 years 31%
  • 3 to 9 years 42%
  • 10 to 19 years 15%
  • 20 years or more 12%

3.2% 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 letting and operating of own or leased real estate SIC 68209
    281,82945%
  2. Buying and selling of own real estate SIC 68100
    257,46441%
  3. Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis SIC 68320
    52,8018.4%
  4. Real estate agencies SIC 68310
    28,1094.5%
  5. Renting and operating of Housing Association real estate SIC 68201
    8,0791.3%
  6. Letting and operating of conference and exhibition centres SIC 68202
    7210.1%
The main activity each company registered, largest first.

Where they are registered

  1. 133,04921%
  2. 14,1912.3%
  3. 13,0222.1%
  4. 8,8051.4%
  5. 7,0511.1%
  6. 6,6441.1%
  7. 6,4751.0%
  8. 6,2181.0%
  9. 6,1111.0%
  10. 5,3360.8%
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
    616,78398%
  2. PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
    10,6411.7%
  3. Community Interest Company
    605<0.1%
  4. Private Unlimited Company
    423<0.1%
  5. PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
    410<0.1%
  6. Public Limited Company
    137<0.1%

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Companies

CompanyTownIncorporated
!Nspired Investments LtdAberdeen2018
" Triple D" Properties LimitedBirmingham2021
"4RENT Estates" LtdNottingham2023
"Bede Investment Properties Limited"1993
"Beechbank Court" Management Company LimitedNorwich1978
"Duke of Wellington" (High Bridge) LimitedSunbury-On-Thames1964
"Lady Fair" (Llandudno) LimitedColwyn Bay1964
"Luxura Homes LtdGloucester2021
"Purple Emperor" LtdUplyme1995
"Realty" the London Property Brokers LimitedLondon1984
"Sylenta" Properties LimitedChatham1959
"THE Grove" Elmcourt Road LimitedBromley2004
"THE Media House" Ltd.Bedford2019
$AND Properties LtdGateshead2024
& Daughters Property LtdLeighton Buzzard2026
& What Chester LimitedChester2024
&Aplace LimitedLondon2009
&Assets LtdRadstock2022
&Broad LimitedLondon2021
&Move Agents LtdBeverley2021
&Offices Euston LimitedHertford2016
&Teon LimitedHeath & Reach2022
'AVE a Butchers LimitedBowness-On-Windermere1970
'C' Products LimitedExeter1955
'New Life' Property Hub LtdLynch Wood, Peterborough2016
'New Life' Property Management Group LtdLynch Wood, Peterborough2016
'Po'Roperties LtdBraintree2014
'R' Froglets LtdChesterfield2026
'THE Wave' Management Company LimitedNewcastle Upon Tyne2008
'Threestone Developments' LimitedMaldon2017
(A) Property Sales LimitedGloucester1978
(HFI) Holloway Family Investments LimitedManchester2021
(KD) Pearl Holding LtdIlford2018
(L)Aloha LtdLondon2020
(SPG) Spring Property Group LtdCrewe2020
(UK) Buy in Turkey LtdApsley Way2021
(UK) C&L Properties LtdBury St. Edmunds2022
(UK) Sweet Homes LtdMilton Keynes2019
(WSS) Work Spectrum Property Services LimitedStockport2018
(YCL) Yacht Club London LimitedLondon2022
-CRM- Homes LtdGlasgow2024
-CX- Tigris Atlas LtdLondon2026
-Rampersaud Holdings LimitedSurrey2025
... and Relax Cottages LtdSudbury2025
.COM Properties Ltd.Lanarkshire2000
0'DWYER Property Management LtdNorthfields2024
0001 P HAY Exeter Headl (Freeholdco) LimitedShirebrook2019
0002 Phay Exeter Resi Freeholdco LimitedShirebrook2023
0003 Leisure Park Cambridge (Freeholdco) LimitedShirebrook2026
0007 Holdings LtdSaundersfoot2024
000786 LtdLondon2025
0008 LtdUxbridge2019
0008 Popes Brixton (Freeholdco) LimitedShirebrook2014
0011RENTALS LimitedShepton Mallet2024
0012 LimitedBirmingham2024
0015 Demandeville RP Enfield (Freeholdco) LimitedShirebrook2016
0019 Abar Southampton (Freeholdco) LimitedShirebrook2013
002 Hardy LimitedDerby2021
0020 Milsom Bathgh (Leaseco) LimitedShirebrook2025
0021 George ST Stranraer (Freeholdco) LimitedShirebrook2025
0021 New Cthdrl MCR (Freeholdco) LimitedShirebrook2026
0022 Wharfside Mailbox Bham (Leaseco) LimitedShirebrook2026
0024 TFS Mart Minehead (Freeholdco) LimitedShirebrook2025
0025 Fore ST Redruth Cornwall (Freeholdco) LimitedShirebrook2023
0027 Philadelphia CC Quakers Bristol HN (Leaseco) LimitedShirebrook2026
0032 North END Fulham (Freeholdco) LimitedShirebrook2011
0034 Castle Place Belfast (Freeholdco) LimitedShirebrook2015
0035 Kettlebridge JW Sheff (Leaseco) LimitedShirebrook2019
0041 H ST East HAM (Freeholdco) LimitedShirebrook2015
0041 Redhill Surrey (Freeholdco) LimitedShirebrook2024
0062 Broad ST BGH (Leaseco) LimitedShirebrook2025
007 Developments LtdKnaresborough2026
007 Estates LtdGravesend2024
007 Holdings LtdSaundersfoot2024
0071 (Propcoso) LimitedShirebrook2019
0074 Union ST Aberdeen (Freeholdco) LimitedShirebrook2013
0075 Popes Road Brixton (Freeholdco) LimitedShirebrook2018
0077 Doncaster Frenchgate (Freeholdco) LimitedShirebrook2018
0078 (Propcoso) LimitedShirebrook2011
0078 Treloggan RD Newquay (Freeholdco) LimitedShirebrook2016
0082 Southampton RD Salisbury (Freeholdco) LimitedShirebrook2016
0083 QST Newton Abbott (Freeholdco) LimitedMansfield2009
0092 Cornmill Centre Darlington (Freeholdco) LimitedShirebrook2017
0093 (Propcoso) LimitedShirebrook2018
00971 LtdDewsbury2022
01 Design & Build LtdCowfold2009
01 Investment LtdSlough2022
01 Lettings LimitedBournemouth2014
01 Management Services LtdChigwell2016
01 Meadlake Place LimitedLondon2023
01 Prestige LimitedBournemouth2023
01 Property Group LtdCowfold1991
01 Property Investment LtdCowfold2007
01 Protection Holding LtdLondon2017
01 Protection LimitedLondon2015
01 Storage LimitedLichfield2015
01 Twenty-First Century Homes LtdReading2020
010 Rentals LimitedShepton Mallet2021
0107 Regent ST Swindon (Freeholdco) LimitedShirebrook2015
011 Property LimitedLondon2023
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