Business Services in Barnet

Barnet Company Scorecard

Out of Barnet's 156,014 total incorporated companies, 9,236 were formed in the last 12 months.

Barnet's Business Profile

The most common business sectors in Barnet include the 14,346 companies working in real estate activities, 9,161 companies working in professional, scientific and technical activities, and 8,945 companies working in wholesale and retail trade including repair of motor vehicles. The business sectors with the least activity include public administration and defence; compulsory social security with 130 active companies, water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities with 124 active companies, and mining and quarrying with 65 active companies.

Company Trends in Barnet

Looking at the big changes in Barnet'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 11% of active businesses, a total of 7,946 companies. The next big increase was buying and selling of own real estate which now makes up 9.18% of active businesses in Barnet, a change of 53% from the 6.01% percentage share seen in 2018. Retail sale via mail order houses or via internet also saw positive growth, currently representing 3.36% of Barnet's active companies.

Notable changes in Barnet's business sectors include a rise of 37% in real estate activities since 2018, a rise of 25% in wholesale and retail trade including repair of motor vehicles, and rise of 24% in financial and insurance activities.