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Water & waste

18,706 UK companies classified under water & waste. Public register information only.

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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

01.2k2.5k2012: 50220122013: 4902014: 55020142015: 5632016: 54820162017: 6552018: 73520182019: 9332020: 90420202021: 9132022: 83520222023: 1,0762024: 1,37920242025: 2,4842026: 1,343 (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. 28% are under three years old, against 30% across all sectors.

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

  1. Collection of non-hazardous waste SIC 38110
    7,28739%
  2. Remediation activities and other waste management services SIC 39000
    3,17217%
  3. Recovery of sorted materials SIC 38320
    2,18912%
  4. Treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste SIC 38210
    1,6889.0%
  5. Water collection, treatment and supply SIC 36000
    1,6498.8%
  6. Sewerage SIC 37000
    1,4817.9%
  7. Treatment and disposal of hazardous waste SIC 38220
    3461.8%
  8. Collection of hazardous waste SIC 38120
    3231.7%
  9. Other manufacturing SIC 3663
    2011.1%
  10. Dismantling of wrecks SIC 38310
    1821.0%
  11. Manufacture of other furniture SIC 3614
    630.3%
  12. Manufacture of chairs and seats SIC 3611
    420.2%
The main activity each company registered, largest first.

Where they are registered

  1. 2,08111%
  2. 3511.9%
  3. 3411.8%
  4. 2761.5%
  5. 2281.2%
  6. 1891.0%
  7. 1831.0%
  8. 1831.0%
  9. 1730.9%
  10. 1660.9%
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
    18,27198%
  2. PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
    1961.0%
  3. Community Interest Company
    1400.7%
  4. PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
    610.3%
  5. Public Limited Company
    250.1%
  6. Private Unlimited Company
    13<0.1%

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Companies

CompanyTownIncorporated
'Lockode LtdLincoln2025
(GB) Stedetrad Steel LtdSalford2016
00093607 Limited1907
00353901 LimitedBirmingham1939
00559358 LimitedEllesmere Port South Wirral1955
00803368 Limited33 Wellington Street1964
00828897 LimitedPark Square1964
00848288 Limited1965
00908759 LimitedStoke On Trent1967
01237850 LtdGwent1975
01745110 PLC30 Park Place1983
01884741 LimitedNewport1985
02384595 LimitedLincoln Square1989
02388656 LimitedLondon1989
025806121991
03237485 Limited1996
04119527 LimitedOld Hatfield2000
06674132 LtdLeicester2008
0845GOTJUNK LimitedStaines-Upon-Thames2013
1 Ace Skips LimitedMorecambe2007
1 Click Holdings LtdLondon2023
1 Stop Worx LimitedUttoxeter2017
1 Way Recycling LimitedLiverpool2009
1/2 Skips LimitedRamsgate2015
1/3 Aerospace Logistics LtdIlkeston2016
100 Degrees LtdGlasgow2014
1066 Waste Management LimitedBattle2025
10NIGHTY5 LimitedBristol2023
123 Junk LtdPortsmouth2014
1394 Baling LimitedBradford2025
15640083 LtdClitheroe2024
161 Drainage LtdManchester2021
1979 Services LtdLondon2025
1A Power ROD U.K. LimitedColyton1999
1B Environmental LtdWaterlooville2022
1ST 2 Clear LtdLondon2025
1ST Asbestos Survey Kendal LtdKendal2018
1ST ASK LtdKendal2018
1ST Call Clearances LtdGateshead2025
1ST Call Drain Clearance and Technical Services LimitedAxminster1998
1ST Call Tippers LimitedDartford2010
1ST Choice Rubbish Clearance LtdSouthampton2016
1ST Choice Skip & Grab Hire LtdLeicester2011
1ST Choice Skip Hire North East LtdRedcar2003
1ST Choice Waste Management LtdCrowborough2022
1ST Class Disposal LtdSouth Croydon2012
1ST Class Drainage Solutions LtdBournemouth2019
1ST Class Waste and Recycling LimitedBeckenham1974
1ST Class Waste LtdWaterlooville2022
1ST Recycling LtdSunderland2020
1ST Response Group LtdStirling2019
1ST Stop Property Solutions LtdRochester2009
1ST Waste Management LimitedWorcestershire1989
1UKACCESS LtdLondon2025
2 G Environmental LtdAshford2005
2 Recycling LimitedAltrincham2007
2 W Services LtdLondon2024
20/20 Industries LtdOldham2010
2020WASTE LtdGlasgow2017
21ST Century Waste Solutions LtdNottingham2022
24 Pure Water Filling Stations LimitedHorsham2020
24 Waste Management LimitedLondon2026
24-7 Waste Clearance LimitedWimbledon2023
24/7 Blocked Drains LtdLondon2024
24/7 Drain Services LimitedLondon2026
24/7 Waste Disposal Solutions LtdHuddersfield2026
24/7 Wastewater Management LtdHuddersfield2022
247 Drainage Services LtdMulberry Grove2025
247 Emergency Engineers LtdRomford2025
247 Group Facilities LtdEdinburgh2025
247 Leak Detection London LtdIlford2025
247 Northwest Drainage Services LimitedStockport2026
247 Salvage LtdWolverhampton2021
247 Waste and Removals LimitedManchester2023
247SUSTAINABILITY LtdLondon2025
24HRS Drainage LimitedWinnersh2025
2ME Recycling LtdStanmore2026
2TL LimitedConsett2021
2ZLF Ltd.Edinburgh2013
3 Arrows Recycling Solutions LtdCambridge2019
3 C'S Group Liverpool LimitedEllesmere Port2014
3 Counties Waste Removal LtdCamberley2021
3 Flow Drainage LtdWest Malling2018
3 Flow Drainage Solutions LtdWest Malling2017
3 I Stack LtdLondon2026
3 Monkeys Recycling LimitedLeicester2012
3 R Recycling LtdCoatbridge2015
360 - DMG LtdBrownhills2014
360 LtdHalesowen2016
360 Plastics LtdSheffield2021
360 Recycling London LimitedHigh Wycombe2013
360 Waste LimitedStanmore2020
360 Waste Removal LtdHarrow2025
360-RECYCLE LtdLondon2021
365 Digger&Skip Hire LtdStoke-On-Trent2022
365 Tipper Hire LtdBirmingham2021
365 Toilet Hire LtdWalsall2025
365 Waste Solutions LtdBradford2025
369 Commodities LtdWaltham Cross2021
36J Group LtdHolmfirth2024
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