Source: every figure comes from Companies House records and the accounts companies file there. How the figures are produced.

How many restaurants and pubs are there in Leeds?

There are 2,469 active restaurants and pubs with a registered office in Leeds, according to Companies House records. 698 of them are not dormant and have filed accounts in the last 21 months (data to 31 Jan 2026).

These figures last changed on and were last checked against the data on .

Active companies
2,469
With recent accounts, not dormant
698
Employees reported in accounts
5,457
Median net assets
£4,969
Data as of

Summary

Of the 2,469 active restaurants and pubs registered in Leeds, 103 are dormant and 698 are not dormant and have filed accounts in the last 21 months. The figures below describe those 698 companies, unless a table says otherwise.

Together, the 550 companies that reported at least one employee reported 5,457 employees in their latest accounts. The median among them is 5.

By size of accounts

Restaurants and pubs in Leeds by accounts category
Accounts category Companies Share
Micro-entity accounts 369 52.9%
Small company accounts 327 46.8%
Category not known 2 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

Restaurants and pubs in Leeds by average number of employees
Average employees Companies Share
None or not reported 148 21.2%
1 to 4 261 37.4%
5 to 9 145 20.8%
10 to 49 136 19.5%
50 to 249 7 1.0%
250 or more 1 0.1%

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 restaurants and pubs in Leeds by years since incorporation
Years since incorporation Companies Share
Under 2 years 1,224 49.6%
2 to 4 years 528 21.4%
5 to 9 years 528 21.4%
10 to 19 years 152 6.2%
20 years or more 37 1.5%

All active companies, dormant ones included.

By year of incorporation

Active restaurants and pubs in Leeds by year of incorporation
Incorporated in Companies
2021 136
2022 148
2023 229
2024 301
2025 499

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 restaurants and pubs in Leeds, with the number of companies each median is taken from
Figure Median Companies reporting it
Net assets £4,969 603
Employees (companies with one or more) 5 550
Cash at bank £15,242 308
Cash at bank per employee £2,259 273
Fixed assets per employee £3,685 323

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.

263 of the 522 companies with net assets for two consecutive years (50.4%) 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 561 – Restaurants and mobile food service activities
  • every code beginning 563 – Beverage serving activities
Location
The post town of the registered office address is Leeds.
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
129 of the 698 companies with recent accounts (18.5%) are registered at an address shared by 50 or more companies, such as an accountant's office. Those companies may trade somewhere else.