How many property companies are there in London?

There are 125,755 active property companies with a registered office in London, according to Companies House records. 44,567 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: 125,755
With recent accounts, not dormant: 44,567
Employees reported in accounts: 32,054
Median net assets: £5,566
Data as of: 31 Jan 2026

Of the 125,755 active property companies registered in London, 11,166 are dormant and 44,567 are not dormant and have filed accounts in the last 21 months. The figures below describe those 44,567 companies, unless a table says otherwise.

Together, the 16,843 companies that reported at least one employee reported 32,054 employees in their latest accounts. The median among them is 1.

By size of accounts

Property companies in London by accounts category
Accounts category	Companies	Share
Micro-entity accounts	18,785	42.2%
Small company accounts	25,691	57.6%
Medium company accounts	6	0.0%
Category not known	85	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

Property companies in London by average number of employees
Average employees	Companies	Share
None or not reported	27,724	62.2%
1 to 4	16,184	36.3%
5 to 9	493	1.1%
10 to 49	155	0.3%
50 to 249	11	0.0%
250 or more	0	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 property companies in London by years since incorporation
Years since incorporation	Companies	Share
Under 2 years	44,361	35.3%
2 to 4 years	30,807	24.5%
5 to 9 years	27,416	21.8%
10 to 19 years	12,893	10.3%
20 years or more	10,278	8.2%

All active companies, dormant ones included.

By year of incorporation

Active property companies in London by year of incorporation
Incorporated in	Companies
2021	9,143
2022	10,134
2023	11,160
2024	14,080
2025	17,866

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 property companies in London, with the number of companies each median is taken from
Figure	Median	Companies reporting it
Net assets	£5,566	37,441
Employees (companies with one or more)	1	16,843
Cash at bank	£6,511	20,756
Cash at bank per employee	£8,151	8,754
Fixed assets per employee	£344,923	10,154

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.

17,337 of the 32,266 companies with net assets for two consecutive years (53.7%) 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 681 – Buying and selling of own real estate
every code beginning 682 – Renting and operating of own or leased real estate

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

22,125 of the 44,567 companies with recent accounts (49.6%) are registered at an address shared by 50 or more companies, such as an accountant's office. Those companies may trade somewhere else.