Business Services in Chester

Chester Company Scorecard

Out of Chester's 13,770 total incorporated companies, 866 were formed in the last 12 months.

Chester's Business Profile

The most common business sectors in Chester include the 1,132 companies working in professional, scientific and technical activities, 1,075 companies working in wholesale and retail trade including repair of motor vehicles, and 790 companies working in real estate activities. The business sectors with the least activity include public administration and defence; compulsory social security with 15 active companies, electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply with 10 active companies, and mining and quarrying with 6 active companies.

Company Trends in Chester

Looking at the big changes in Chester's businesses over the last five years, the biggest increase was in other letting and operating of own or leased real estate now making up 6.4% of active businesses, a total of 423 companies. The next big increase was buying and selling of own real estate which now makes up 4.42% of active businesses in Chester, a change of 46% from the 3.02% percentage share seen in 2018. Activities of other holding companies also saw positive growth, currently representing 1.98% of Chester's active companies.

Notable changes in Chester's business sectors include a rise of 44% in real estate activities since 2018, a rise of 18% in wholesale and retail trade including repair of motor vehicles, and rise of 27% in accommodation and food service activities.