How many companies are there in London?

There are 1,092,671 active companies with a registered office in London, according to Companies House records. 335,360 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: 1,092,671
With recent accounts, not dormant: 335,360
Employees reported in accounts: 859,930
Median net assets: £4,816
Data as of: 31 Jan 2026

Of the 1,092,671 active companies registered in London, 111,444 are dormant and 335,360 are not dormant and have filed accounts in the last 21 months. The figures below describe those 335,360 companies, unless a table says otherwise.

Together, the 200,993 companies that reported at least one employee reported 859,930 employees in their latest accounts. The median among them is 1.

By size of accounts

Companies in London by accounts category
Accounts category	Companies	Share
Micro-entity accounts	176,727	52.7%
Small company accounts	155,715	46.4%
Medium company accounts	292	0.1%
Medium or large company accounts	54	0.0%
Category not known	2,572	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 London by average number of employees
Average employees	Companies	Share
None or not reported	134,367	40.1%
1 to 4	172,995	51.6%
5 to 9	15,153	4.5%
10 to 49	11,198	3.3%
50 to 249	1,531	0.5%
250 or more	116	0.0%

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 London by years since incorporation
Years since incorporation	Companies	Share
Under 2 years	415,145	38.0%
2 to 4 years	208,867	19.1%
5 to 9 years	223,622	20.5%
10 to 19 years	162,568	14.9%
20 years or more	82,469	7.5%

All active companies, dormant ones included.

By year of incorporation

Active companies in London by year of incorporation
Incorporated in	Companies
2021	59,420
2022	64,479
2023	81,525
2024	100,627
2025	167,837

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 London, with the number of companies each median is taken from
Figure	Median	Companies reporting it
Net assets	£4,816	272,988
Employees (companies with one or more)	1	200,993
Cash at bank	£13,130	130,679
Cash at bank per employee	£8,636	89,164
Fixed assets per employee	£3,038	96,512

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.

117,112 of the 237,828 companies with net assets for two consecutive years (49.2%) 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 London.
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: 154,660 of the 335,360 companies with recent accounts (46.1%) are registered at an address shared by 50 or more companies, such as an accountant's office. Those companies may trade somewhere else.