How many management consultancies are there in the UK?

There are 306,450 active management consultancies with a registered office in the UK, according to Companies House records. 128,521 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: 306,450
With recent accounts, not dormant: 128,521
Employees reported in accounts: 196,258
Median net assets: £9,112
Data as of: 31 Jan 2026

Of the 306,450 active management consultancies registered in the UK, 24,559 are dormant and 128,521 are not dormant and have filed accounts in the last 21 months. The figures below describe those 128,521 companies, unless a table says otherwise.

Together, the 89,768 companies that reported at least one employee reported 196,258 employees in their latest accounts. The median among them is 1.

By size of accounts

Management consultancies in the UK by accounts category
Accounts category	Companies	Share
Micro-entity accounts	69,186	53.8%
Small company accounts	59,083	46.0%
Medium company accounts	37	0.0%
Medium or large company accounts	5	0.0%
Category not known	210	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

Management consultancies in the UK by average number of employees
Average employees	Companies	Share
None or not reported	38,753	30.2%
1 to 4	85,160	66.3%
5 to 9	2,756	2.1%
10 to 49	1,676	1.3%
50 to 249	165	0.1%
250 or more	11	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 the UK by years since incorporation
Years since incorporation	Companies	Share
Under 2 years	105,166	34.3%
2 to 4 years	58,377	19.0%
5 to 9 years	70,518	23.0%
10 to 19 years	55,107	18.0%
20 years or more	17,282	5.6%

All active companies, dormant ones included.

By year of incorporation

Active management consultancies in the UK by year of incorporation
Incorporated in	Companies
2021	16,072
2022	18,013
2023	23,366
2024	28,355
2025	41,086

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 the UK, with the number of companies each median is taken from
Figure	Median	Companies reporting it
Net assets	£9,112	101,476
Employees (companies with one or more)	1	89,768
Cash at bank	£16,511	48,451
Cash at bank per employee	£11,796	37,558
Fixed assets per employee	£1,524	43,720

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.

42,346 of the 88,980 companies with net assets for two consecutive years (47.6%) 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 7022 – Business and other management consultancy 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

44,319 of the 128,521 companies with recent accounts (34.5%) are registered at an address shared by 50 or more companies, such as an accountant's office. Those companies may trade somewhere else.