Business Services in Chelmsford

Chelmsford Company Scorecard

Out of Chelmsford's 18,308 total incorporated companies, 1,181 were formed in the last 12 months.

Chelmsford's Business Profile

The most common business sectors in Chelmsford include the 1,290 companies working in professional, scientific and technical activities, 1,104 companies working in construction, and 1,019 companies working in administrative and support service activities. The business sectors with the least activity include water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities with 25 active companies, electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply with 23 active companies, and mining and quarrying with 4 active companies.

Company Trends in Chelmsford

Looking at the big changes in Chelmsford'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 7.64% of active businesses, a total of 669 companies. The next big increase was buying and selling of own real estate which now makes up 4% of active businesses in Chelmsford, a change of 98% from the 2.02% percentage share seen in 2018. Activities of other holding companies also saw positive growth, currently representing 2.06% of Chelmsford's active companies.

Notable changes in Chelmsford's business sectors include a rise of 47% in real estate activities since 2018, a rise of 17% in wholesale and retail trade including repair of motor vehicles, and rise of 23% in financial and insurance activities.