How many healthcare companies are there in the UK?

There are 197,408 active healthcare companies with a registered office in the UK, according to Companies House records. 87,549 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: 197,408
With recent accounts, not dormant: 87,549
Employees reported in accounts: 264,001
Median net assets: £8,449
Data as of: 31 Jan 2026

Of the 197,408 active healthcare companies registered in the UK, 11,821 are dormant and 87,549 are not dormant and have filed accounts in the last 21 months. The figures below describe those 87,549 companies, unless a table says otherwise.

Together, the 62,259 companies that reported at least one employee reported 264,001 employees in their latest accounts. The median among them is 1.

By size of accounts

Healthcare companies in the UK by accounts category
Accounts category	Companies	Share
Micro-entity accounts	46,304	52.9%
Small company accounts	41,044	46.9%
Medium company accounts	34	0.0%
Medium or large company accounts	3	0.0%
Category not known	164	0.2%

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

By number of employees

Healthcare companies in the UK by average number of employees
Average employees	Companies	Share
None or not reported	25,290	28.9%
1 to 4	54,088	61.8%
5 to 9	3,809	4.4%
10 to 49	3,618	4.1%
50 to 249	702	0.8%
250 or more	42	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 healthcare companies in the UK by years since incorporation
Years since incorporation	Companies	Share
Under 2 years	57,868	29.3%
2 to 4 years	45,091	22.8%
5 to 9 years	43,356	22.0%
10 to 19 years	42,409	21.5%
20 years or more	8,684	4.4%

All active companies, dormant ones included.

By year of incorporation

Active healthcare companies in the UK by year of incorporation
Incorporated in	Companies
2021	11,502
2022	15,589
2023	17,296
2024	17,605
2025	23,377

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 healthcare companies in the UK, with the number of companies each median is taken from
Figure	Median	Companies reporting it
Net assets	£8,449	71,330
Employees (companies with one or more)	1	62,259
Cash at bank	£17,785	34,233
Cash at bank per employee	£8,204	26,784
Fixed assets per employee	£2,604	31,529

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.

35,367 of the 62,538 companies with net assets for two consecutive years (56.6%) 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 86 – Human health activities

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

22,630 of the 87,549 companies with recent accounts (25.8%) are registered at an address shared by 50 or more companies, such as an accountant's office. Those companies may trade somewhere else.