Sector insights
Sectors
Every sector in the UK, Norwegian and Finnish company registers, with the number of companies in each. Open a sector to see how old its companies are, how many are new each year and how the registers compare.
| Sector | United Kingdom | Norway | Netherlands | Finland |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wholesale & retail | 753,756 | 51,737 | 151 | 41,128 |
| Professional & scientific | 687,561 | 58,245 | 886 | 58,117 |
| Real estate | 629,003 | 100,923 | 125 | 32,215 |
| Construction | 575,089 | 42,399 | 23 | 41,743 |
| Information & communication | 472,774 | 28,035 | 82 | 22,606 |
| Administrative & support | 400,892 | 20,778 | 36 | 19,171 |
| Hospitality | 301,595 | 14,757 | 24 | 16,793 |
| Manufacturing | 239,830 | 16,844 | 78 | 21,529 |
| Financial services | 228,315 | 16,071 | 3,074 | 23,702 |
| Other services | 239,421 | 11,793 | 4 | 13,538 |
| Health & social care | 232,895 | 13,054 | 88 | 12,853 |
| Transport & logistics | 157,766 | 13,426 | 27 | 16,021 |
| Arts & recreation | 133,036 | 9,403 | 12 | 9,946 |
| Households | 128,144 | 566 | 0 | 23 |
| Education | 112,298 | 8,777 | 10 | 5,543 |
| Extraterritorial | 110,825 | 1 | 0 | 47 |
| Agriculture & fishing | 44,262 | 10,796 | 52 | 8,103 |
| Water & waste | 18,706 | 2,231 | 4 | 2,366 |
| Energy | 18,017 | 2,153 | 12 | 2,294 |
| Mining & quarrying | 8,623 | 1,765 | 0 | 911 |
| Public administration | 10,451 | 78 | 2 | 103 |