How many companies are there in Birmingham?

There are 95,317 active companies with a registered office in Birmingham, according to Companies House records. 31,121 of them are not dormant and have filed accounts in the last 21 months (data to 31 Jan 2026).

These figures last changed on 9 Oct 2026 and were last checked against the data on 9 Oct 2026.

Active companies: 95,317
With recent accounts, not dormant: 31,121
Employees reported in accounts: 96,017
Median net assets: £5,834
Data as of: 31 Jan 2026

Of the 95,317 active companies registered in Birmingham, 8,952 are dormant and 31,121 are not dormant and have filed accounts in the last 21 months. The figures below describe those 31,121 companies, unless a table says otherwise.

Together, the 20,150 companies that reported at least one employee reported 96,017 employees in their latest accounts. The median among them is 2.

By size of accounts

Companies in Birmingham by accounts category
Accounts category	Companies	Share
Micro-entity accounts	17,522	56.3%
Small company accounts	13,466	43.3%
Medium company accounts	30	0.1%
Medium or large company accounts	6	0.0%
Category not known	97	0.3%

The category is the type of accounts a company filed, which follows its size. Micro-entities are the smallest.

By number of employees

Companies in Birmingham by average number of employees
Average employees	Companies	Share
None or not reported	10,971	35.3%
1 to 4	16,373	52.6%
5 to 9	2,056	6.6%
10 to 49	1,524	4.9%
50 to 249	179	0.6%
250 or more	18	0.1%

Average employees in the latest accounts. Many small companies have no employees other than their directors, or do not state a number.

By age

Active companies in Birmingham by years since incorporation
Years since incorporation	Companies	Share
Under 2 years	37,214	39.0%
2 to 4 years	18,713	19.6%
5 to 9 years	20,317	21.3%
10 to 19 years	12,967	13.6%
20 years or more	6,106	6.4%

All active companies, dormant ones included.

By year of incorporation

Active companies in Birmingham by year of incorporation
Incorporated in	Companies
2021	5,065
2022	5,639
2023	7,653
2024	9,440
2025	15,604

Companies incorporated in each year that are still active. Companies that have since closed are not counted, so these are not the numbers formed in each year.

Typical figures

Median figures for companies in Birmingham, with the number of companies each median is taken from
Figure	Median	Companies reporting it
Net assets	£5,834	25,750
Employees (companies with one or more)	2	20,150
Cash at bank	£12,334	11,475
Cash at bank per employee	£5,959	8,244
Fixed assets per employee	£4,113	10,951

The median is the middle company: half report more and half report less. Each median covers only the companies that reported that figure, so it describes those companies and not every company in the industry. A median is shown only when at least 30 companies reported the figure.

12,377 of the 22,534 companies with net assets for two consecutive years (54.9%) reported higher net assets than the year before.

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How these figures were produced

Industry: All industries: every company, whatever its SIC code.
Location: The post town of the registered office address is Birmingham.
Active companies: Companies whose status at Companies House is active. Dissolved companies are not in the data.
Recent accounts: Accounts made up to a date in the 21 months before 31 Jan 2026, the newest accounts date in the data.
Registered addresses: 7,045 of the 31,121 companies with recent accounts (22.6%) are registered at an address shared by 50 or more companies, such as an accountant's office. Those companies may trade somewhere else.