How many companies are there in Leeds?

There are 51,522 active companies with a registered office in Leeds, according to Companies House records. 18,971 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: 51,522
With recent accounts, not dormant: 18,971
Employees reported in accounts: 73,340
Median net assets: £9,900
Data as of: 31 Jan 2026

Of the 51,522 active companies registered in Leeds, 4,205 are dormant and 18,971 are not dormant and have filed accounts in the last 21 months. The figures below describe those 18,971 companies, unless a table says otherwise.

Together, the 12,919 companies that reported at least one employee reported 73,340 employees in their latest accounts. The median among them is 2.

By size of accounts

Companies in Leeds by accounts category
Accounts category	Companies	Share
Micro-entity accounts	9,144	48.2%
Small company accounts	9,639	50.8%
Medium company accounts	23	0.1%
Medium or large company accounts	6	0.0%
Category not known	159	0.8%

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 Leeds by average number of employees
Average employees	Companies	Share
None or not reported	6,052	31.9%
1 to 4	10,340	54.5%
5 to 9	1,278	6.7%
10 to 49	1,118	5.9%
50 to 249	170	0.9%
250 or more	13	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 Leeds by years since incorporation
Years since incorporation	Companies	Share
Under 2 years	16,646	32.3%
2 to 4 years	9,774	19.0%
5 to 9 years	11,409	22.1%
10 to 19 years	8,845	17.2%
20 years or more	4,848	9.4%

All active companies, dormant ones included.

By year of incorporation

Active companies in Leeds by year of incorporation
Incorporated in	Companies
2021	2,739
2022	3,129
2023	3,746
2024	4,591
2025	6,884

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 Leeds, with the number of companies each median is taken from
Figure	Median	Companies reporting it
Net assets	£9,900	15,201
Employees (companies with one or more)	2	12,919
Cash at bank	£18,769	8,276
Cash at bank per employee	£8,109	6,227
Fixed assets per employee	£4,250	6,828

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.

7,218 of the 13,439 companies with net assets for two consecutive years (53.7%) 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 Leeds.
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: 4,081 of the 18,971 companies with recent accounts (21.5%) are registered at an address shared by 50 or more companies, such as an accountant's office. Those companies may trade somewhere else.