How many estate agents and property managers are there in the UK?

There are 163,581 active estate agents and property managers with a registered office in the UK, according to Companies House records. 63,624 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: 163,581
With recent accounts, not dormant: 63,624
Employees reported in accounts: 99,976
Median net assets: £4,982
Data as of: 31 Jan 2026

Of the 163,581 active estate agents and property managers registered in the UK, 18,428 are dormant and 63,624 are not dormant and have filed accounts in the last 21 months. The figures below describe those 63,624 companies, unless a table says otherwise.

Together, the 33,143 companies that reported at least one employee reported 99,976 employees in their latest accounts. The median among them is 2.

By size of accounts

Estate agents and property managers in the UK by accounts category
Accounts category	Companies	Share
Micro-entity accounts	32,602	51.2%
Small company accounts	30,950	48.6%
Medium company accounts	11	0.0%
Category not known	61	0.1%

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

By number of employees

Estate agents and property managers in the UK by average number of employees
Average employees	Companies	Share
None or not reported	30,481	47.9%
1 to 4	28,734	45.2%
5 to 9	2,923	4.6%
10 to 49	1,393	2.2%
50 to 249	91	0.1%
250 or more	2	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 estate agents and property managers in the UK by years since incorporation
Years since incorporation	Companies	Share
Under 2 years	51,301	31.4%
2 to 4 years	33,761	20.6%
5 to 9 years	35,996	22.0%
10 to 19 years	24,417	14.9%
20 years or more	18,106	11.1%

All active companies, dormant ones included.

By year of incorporation

Active estate agents and property managers in the UK by year of incorporation
Incorporated in	Companies
2021	10,426
2022	10,722
2023	12,143
2024	15,927
2025	20,702

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 estate agents and property managers in the UK, with the number of companies each median is taken from
Figure	Median	Companies reporting it
Net assets	£4,982	51,510
Employees (companies with one or more)	2	33,143
Cash at bank	£9,604	25,570
Cash at bank per employee	£7,261	15,862
Fixed assets per employee	£21,243	18,136

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.

24,468 of the 45,811 companies with net assets for two consecutive years (53.4%) reported higher net assets than the year before.

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How these figures were produced

Industry

Companies with any of these SIC codes on their Companies House record:

every code beginning 6831 – Real estate agencies
every code beginning 6832 – Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Location

Every company on the UK register, wherever its registered office is.

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

18,455 of the 63,624 companies with recent accounts (29.0%) are registered at an address shared by 50 or more companies, such as an accountant's office. Those companies may trade somewhere else.