Sector
Transport & logistics
157,766 UK companies classified under transport & logistics. Public register information only.
Sector insights
Transport & logistics 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.
157,766Companies on the register
2.9%of UK companies5,503,259 across all sectors
5 yearsMedian company age6 years across all sectors
2.7%In insolvency proceedings1.9% across all sectors
New companies per year
How old they are
Transport & logistics
All sectors
- Under 3 years 34%
- 3 to 9 years 39%
- 10 to 19 years 17%
- 20 years or more 9.3%
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
- Freight transport by road SIC 4941068,97844%
- Taxi operation SIC 4932019,82513%
- Other transportation support activities SIC 5229015,6539.9%
- Other passenger land transport SIC 493908,3825.3%
- Unlicensed carrier SIC 532028,0565.1%
- Operation of warehousing and storage facilities for land transport activities SIC 521036,5204.1%
- Removal services SIC 494205,4773.5%
- Licensed carriers SIC 532013,2042.0%
- Other service activities incidental to land transportation, n.e.c. SIC 522192,8681.8%
- Sea and coastal freight water transport SIC 502002,3041.5%
- Postal activities under universal service obligation SIC 531001,6611.1%
- Non-scheduled passenger air transport SIC 511021,5581.0%
Where they are registered
- 18,25712%
- 4,1372.6%
- 2,8231.8%
- 2,4291.5%
- 1,9781.3%
- 1,8861.2%
- 1,6741.1%
- 1,6491.0%
- 1,6141.0%
- 1,5941.0%
Legal forms
- Private Limited Company156,50599%
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)7860.5%
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)2000.1%
- Community Interest Company1910.1%
- Public Limited Company55<0.1%
- Private Unlimited Company19<0.1%
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