How many companies are there in Liverpool?

There are 37,450 active companies in Liverpool as of Dec 2023. In total, 84,184 companies have been incorporated, and 45,378 have been dissolved.

What is the most common type of company in Liverpool?

Most companies in Liverpool are categorised under: wholesale and retail trade including repair of motor vehicles. This accounts for 5,481 companies.

What are the most common SIC codes in Liverpool?

The most common SIC codes used by companies in Liverpool are: other letting and operating of own or leased real estate; buying and selling of own real estate; and other business support service activities.

Which words do companies in Liverpool use in their names most often?

Businesses and companies in Liverpool most commonly used the words SERVICES, LIVERPOOL, PROPERTY, MANAGEMENT, and NW in their company names.

Liverpool Company Services and Info (Dec 2023)

Out of Liverpool's 84,184 total incorporated companies, 7,200 were formed in the last 12 months.

Liverpool's Business Profile

The most common business sectors in Liverpool include the 5,481 companies working in wholesale and retail trade including repair of motor vehicles, 4,787 companies working in construction, and 4,657 companies working in real estate activities. The business sectors with the least activity include public administration and defence; compulsory social security with 104 active companies, electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply with 103 active companies, and mining and quarrying with 31 active companies.

Business Sector	Current Active Companies	Incorporated Total	Dissolved Total
Wholesale and retail trade including repair of motor vehicles	5,481	12,379	6,681
Construction	4,787	10,457	5,288
Real estate activities	4,657	7,112	2,289
Professional, scientific and technical activities	4,363	9,286	4,723
Administrative and support service activities	3,493	12,016	8,221
Accommodation and food service activities	3,188	7,506	4,143
Other service activities	2,707	6,010	3,205
Information and communication	2,331	5,339	2,872
Human health and social work activities	2,034	4,174	2,086
Transportation and storage	1,413	3,515	2,045
Manufacturing	1,368	3,219	1,674
Arts, entertainment and recreation	1,365	2,822	1,411
Financial and insurance activities	1,243	2,465	1,092
Education	1,151	2,227	1,037
Activities of households as employers	651	944	289
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	142	277	129
Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	120	309	175
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	104	241	136
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	103	193	86
Mining and Quarrying	31	88	44

Company Trends in Liverpool

Looking at the big changes in Liverpool'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 7.48% of active businesses, a total of 2,803 companies. The next big increase was retail sale via mail order houses or via internet which now makes up 3.22% of active businesses in Liverpool, a change of 189% from the 1.11% percentage share seen in 2018. Buying and selling of own real estate also saw positive growth, currently representing 4.73% of Liverpool's active companies.

Notable changes in Liverpool's business sectors include a rise of 43% in wholesale and retail trade including repair of motor vehicles since 2018, a rise of 29% in real estate activities, and rise of 6.38% in construction.

Company Type	Current Active Businesses	Incorporated Total	Dissolved Total
Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate	2,803	3,729	865
Buying and selling of own real estate	1,773	2,720	879
Other business support service activities	1,632	5,424	3,572
Other service activities	1,388	3,499	2,051
Management consultancy activities other than financial management	1,353	2,940	1,527
Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet	1,205	3,090	1,881
Development of building projects	1,013	2,113	977
Take-away food shops and mobile food stands	916	2,260	1,329
Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis	838	1,317	459
Hairdressing and other beauty treatment	822	1,579	733
Construction of domestic buildings	809	1,511	681
Other human health activities	774	1,631	829
Freight transport by road	700	1,920	1,202
Other professional, scientific and technical activities	670	1,172	483
Residents property management	637	892	252
Licensed restaurants	591	1,512	855
Information technology consultancy activities	588	1,373	768
Activities of other holding companies	585	783	172
Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating	505	862	349
Other education	505	902	387

Company Names & Word Choices in Liverpool

The top 5 most popular words used by active companies registered in Liverpool are SERVICES, LIVERPOOL, PROPERTY, MANAGEMENT, and NW.

Liverpool's Oldest Companies

The oldest company in Liverpool is Liverpool Law Society at 154 years, 9 months, and 20 days old.

Company	Name	Business	Incorporated	Age
00004302	Liverpool Law Society	Activities of professional membership organizations	13 Feb 1869	154 years
00004466	The Liverpool College Foundation	General secondary education	02 Jul 1869	154 years
00015147	The Liverpool And Glasgow Association For The Protection Of Commercial Interests As Respects Wrecked And Damaged Property Limited	Other professional, scientific and technical activities	28 Mar 1881	142 years
00017497	The Liverpool Underwriters And Maritime Association	Activities of business and employers membership organizations	07 Nov 1882	141 years
00018301	Liverpool Diocesan Board Of Finance(The)	Activities of religious organizations	10 May 1883	140 years
00019009	Liverpool And Chester Property Company Limited	Buying and selling of own real estate	01 Nov 1883	140 years
00020535	Bibby Marine Limited	Sea and coastal freight water transport	08 Dec 1884	138 years
00022629	The Liverpool Food & Allied Trades Association Limited	Activities of business and employers membership organizations	14 May 1886	137 years
00027726	Liverpool Shipwreck And Humane Society	Other social work activities without accommodation	21 Nov 1888	135 years
00034121	Bibby Line Group Limited	Activities of other holding companies	01 Jun 1891	132 years

Multiple Company Registrations in Liverpool

Counting the number of companies registered at each address in Liverpool, we have found that the top 10 addresses have 5,236 active businesses registered at them.

Addresss	Postcode	Active Companies
48 - 52 Penny Lane Mossley Hill	L18 1DG	1,173
Seymour Chambers, 92 London Road	L3 5NW	942
Penny Lane Business Centre, 374 Smithdown Road	L15 5AN	934
116 Duke Street	L1 5JW	615
C/O Stellar Asset Management Limited, 20 Chapel Street	L3 9AG	340
Hanover Buildings, 11-13 Hanover Street	L1 3DN	258
C/O Stuart Mcbain Ltd (Accountants) Unit 14 Tower Street, Brunswick Business Park	L3 4BJ	257
300 St Mary's Road, Garston	L19 0NQ	247
121 Lark Lane	L17 8UR	240
Trident House, 105 Derby Road	L20 8LZ	230

Liverpool's Most Recently Formed Companies

Company	Name	Business	Incorporated	Age
15320738	Najiih Limited	Other specialist photography	01 Dec 2023	2 days
15320742	Alayaa Limited	Other specialist photography	01 Dec 2023	2 days
15320972	Vk It Services Ltd	Business and domestic software development	01 Dec 2023	2 days
15321137	Redgate Formby Ltd	Take-away food shops and mobile food stands	01 Dec 2023	2 days
15321533	First Out There Ltd	Other education	01 Dec 2023	2 days
15321547	Malabar Bites Limited	Licensed restaurants	01 Dec 2023	2 days
15321719	Carbon Benchmark Ltd	Data processing, hosting and related activities	01 Dec 2023	2 days
15321879	Liosam Properties Ltd	Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate	01 Dec 2023	2 days
15321898	Cullen Vision Ltd	Manufacture of photographic and cinematographic equipment	01 Dec 2023	2 days
15321936	Global Leads And Data Ltd	Other publishing activities	01 Dec 2023	2 days
15321980	Boulal Limited	Other specialist photography	01 Dec 2023	2 days
15322094	Blackstock Lease Ltd	Retail sale via stalls and markets of food, beverages and tobacco products	01 Dec 2023	2 days
15322294	Al- Hadrani Consultants Ltd	Information technology consultancy activities	01 Dec 2023	2 days
15322773	Mdn Parcel Ltd	Postal activities under universal service obligation	01 Dec 2023	2 days
15322875	Cheap Air Limited	Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets	01 Dec 2023	2 days
15322885	M&F Tech Ltd	Other professional, scientific and technical activities	01 Dec 2023	2 days
15323107	Jcs Services Nw Limited	Private security activities	01 Dec 2023	2 days
15318309	Sock Holdings Ltd	Buying and selling of own real estate	30 Nov 2023	3 days
15318410	Jd Holiday Lets Ltd	Other holiday and other collective accommodation	30 Nov 2023	3 days
15318514	A1 Hammond Fabs Ltd	Other construction installation	30 Nov 2023	3 days

Business Services in Liverpool

Liverpool Company Scorecard

84,184

Total Incorporations

37,450

Active Companies

45,378

Total Dissolved