Business Services in Chorley

Chorley Company Scorecard

Out of Chorley's 5,840 total incorporated companies, 417 were formed in the last 12 months.

Chorley's Business Profile

The most common business sectors in Chorley include the 420 companies working in wholesale and retail trade including repair of motor vehicles, 385 companies working in construction, and 336 companies working in administrative and support service activities. The business sectors with the least activity include public administration and defence; compulsory social security with 13 active companies, water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities with 11 active companies, and electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply with 1 active companies.

Company Trends in Chorley

Looking at the big changes in Chorley'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 6.28% of active businesses, a total of 195 companies. The next big increase was buying and selling of own real estate which now makes up 3.29% of active businesses in Chorley, a change of 83% from the 1.8% percentage share seen in 2018. Activities of other holding companies also saw positive growth, currently representing 2.48% of Chorley's active companies.

Notable changes in Chorley's business sectors include a rise of 53% in real estate activities since 2018, a rise of 18% in wholesale and retail trade including repair of motor vehicles, and rise of 25% in financial and insurance activities.