How many management consultancies are there in London?

There are 80,550 active management consultancies with a registered office in London, according to Companies House records. 28,452 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: 80,550
With recent accounts, not dormant: 28,452
Employees reported in accounts: 40,501
Median net assets: £5,773
Data as of: 31 Jan 2026

Of the 80,550 active management consultancies registered in London, 6,805 are dormant and 28,452 are not dormant and have filed accounts in the last 21 months. The figures below describe those 28,452 companies, unless a table says otherwise.

Together, the 18,649 companies that reported at least one employee reported 40,501 employees in their latest accounts. The median among them is 1.

By size of accounts

Management consultancies in London by accounts category
Accounts category	Companies	Share
Micro-entity accounts	16,635	58.5%
Small company accounts	11,712	41.2%
Medium company accounts	12	0.0%
Category not known	93	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

Management consultancies in London by average number of employees
Average employees	Companies	Share
None or not reported	9,803	34.5%
1 to 4	17,591	61.8%
5 to 9	622	2.2%
10 to 49	388	1.4%
50 to 249	47	0.2%
250 or more	1	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 management consultancies in London by years since incorporation
Years since incorporation	Companies	Share
Under 2 years	33,722	41.9%
2 to 4 years	16,228	20.1%
5 to 9 years	17,610	21.9%
10 to 19 years	10,278	12.8%
20 years or more	2,712	3.4%

All active companies, dormant ones included.

By year of incorporation

Active management consultancies in London by year of incorporation
Incorporated in	Companies
2021	4,640
2022	4,788
2023	6,567
2024	8,182
2025	13,128

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 management consultancies in London, with the number of companies each median is taken from
Figure	Median	Companies reporting it
Net assets	£5,773	23,266
Employees (companies with one or more)	1	18,649
Cash at bank	£13,874	10,091
Cash at bank per employee	£10,994	7,544
Fixed assets per employee	£1,548	8,288

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.

9,504 of the 20,196 companies with net assets for two consecutive years (47.1%) 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 7022 – Business and other management consultancy activities

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

15,617 of the 28,452 companies with recent accounts (54.9%) are registered at an address shared by 50 or more companies, such as an accountant's office. Those companies may trade somewhere else.