How many property companies are there in the UK?

There are 604,358 active property companies with a registered office in the UK, according to Companies House records. 243,200 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: 604,358
With recent accounts, not dormant: 243,200
Employees reported in accounts: 246,663
Median net assets: £12,488
Data as of: 31 Jan 2026

Of the 604,358 active property companies registered in the UK, 50,691 are dormant and 243,200 are not dormant and have filed accounts in the last 21 months. The figures below describe those 243,200 companies, unless a table says otherwise.

Together, the 115,654 companies that reported at least one employee reported 246,663 employees in their latest accounts. The median among them is 2.

By size of accounts

Property companies in the UK by accounts category
Accounts category	Companies	Share
Micro-entity accounts	103,000	42.4%
Small company accounts	139,794	57.5%
Medium company accounts	45	0.0%
Medium or large company accounts	11	0.0%
Category not known	350	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

Property companies in the UK by average number of employees
Average employees	Companies	Share
None or not reported	127,546	52.4%
1 to 4	110,888	45.6%
5 to 9	3,454	1.4%
10 to 49	1,155	0.5%
50 to 249	145	0.1%
250 or more	12	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 the UK by years since incorporation
Years since incorporation	Companies	Share
Under 2 years	200,276	33.1%
2 to 4 years	136,709	22.6%
5 to 9 years	140,712	23.3%
10 to 19 years	64,468	10.7%
20 years or more	62,192	10.3%

All active companies, dormant ones included.

By year of incorporation

Active property companies in the UK by year of incorporation
Incorporated in	Companies
2021	43,388
2022	43,757
2023	48,076
2024	64,536
2025	81,854

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 the UK, with the number of companies each median is taken from
Figure	Median	Companies reporting it
Net assets	£12,488	201,994
Employees (companies with one or more)	2	115,654
Cash at bank	£8,861	115,099
Cash at bank per employee	£7,088	63,073
Fixed assets per employee	£260,475	73,255

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.

104,038 of the 179,256 companies with net assets for two consecutive years (58.0%) 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

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

75,978 of the 243,200 companies with recent accounts (31.2%) are registered at an address shared by 50 or more companies, such as an accountant's office. Those companies may trade somewhere else.