Sector
Water & waste
18,706 UK companies classified under water & waste. Public register information only.
Sector insights
Water & waste 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.
18,706Companies on the register
0.3%of UK companies5,503,259 across all sectors
7 yearsMedian company age6 years across all sectors
4.5%In insolvency proceedings1.9% across all sectors
New companies per year
How old they are
Water & waste
All sectors
- Under 3 years 28%
- 3 to 9 years 32%
- 10 to 19 years 23%
- 20 years or more 17%
8.6% 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
- Collection of non-hazardous waste SIC 381107,28739%
- Remediation activities and other waste management services SIC 390003,17217%
- Recovery of sorted materials SIC 383202,18912%
- Treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste SIC 382101,6889.0%
- Water collection, treatment and supply SIC 360001,6498.8%
- Sewerage SIC 370001,4817.9%
- Treatment and disposal of hazardous waste SIC 382203461.8%
- Collection of hazardous waste SIC 381203231.7%
- Other manufacturing SIC 36632011.1%
- Dismantling of wrecks SIC 383101821.0%
- Manufacture of other furniture SIC 3614630.3%
- Manufacture of chairs and seats SIC 3611420.2%
Where they are registered
- 2,08111%
- 3511.9%
- 3411.8%
- 2761.5%
- 2281.2%
- 1891.0%
- 1831.0%
- 1831.0%
- 1730.9%
- 1660.9%
Legal forms
- Private Limited Company18,27198%
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)1961.0%
- Community Interest Company1400.7%
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)610.3%
- Public Limited Company250.1%
- Private Unlimited Company13<0.1%
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