Business Services in Norwich

Norwich Company Scorecard

Out of Norwich's 28,847 total incorporated companies, 1,901 were formed in the last 12 months.

Norwich's Business Profile

The most common business sectors in Norwich include the 1,795 companies working in professional, scientific and technical activities, 1,602 companies working in wholesale and retail trade including repair of motor vehicles, and 1,556 companies working in real estate activities. The business sectors with the least activity include water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities with 42 active companies, electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply with 35 active companies, and public administration and defence; compulsory social security with 30 active companies.

Company Trends in Norwich

Looking at the big changes in Norwich'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 8.03% of active businesses, a total of 1,071 companies. The next big increase was buying and selling of own real estate which now makes up 3.57% of active businesses in Norwich, a change of 87% from the 1.91% percentage share seen in 2018. Activities of other holding companies also saw positive growth, currently representing 2.55% of Norwich's active companies.

Notable changes in Norwich's business sectors include a rise of 58% in real estate activities since 2018, a rise of 60% in financial and insurance activities, and rise of 13% in wholesale and retail trade including repair of motor vehicles.