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Construction of railways and underground railways: 3,808 live UK companies with SIC code 42120
Updated November 7, 2026. Source: Companies House Free Company Data Product.
3,808 live UK companies list SIC code 42120, construction of railways and underground railways, in the Companies House snapshot dated 1 November 2026. 242 of them were incorporated in the last 12 months and 1,061 have an accounts due date that had passed, and 1,245 have a proposal to strike them off the register.
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- 3,808Live companies
- 242Incorporated in the last 12 months
- 1,061Accounts overdue
- 1,245Strike off proposed
- 42120SIC code
- 1 November 2026Snapshot
Incorporations per year
Companies incorporated in each year that are still live in the 1 November 2026 snapshot. Companies that closed earlier are not counted, so older years read low.
| Year incorporated | Live companies |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 168 |
| 2023 | 252 |
| 2024 | 195 |
| 2025 | 307 |
| 2026 so far | 200 |
By region
| Region | Live companies |
|---|---|
| London | 1,266 |
| South East | 735 |
| East of England | 374 |
| North West | 314 |
| Wales | 261 |
| West Midlands | 201 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 185 |
| Scotland | 180 |
| East Midlands | 137 |
| South West | 89 |
| North East | 54 |
| Northern Ireland | 11 |
Towns with the most construction of railways and underground railways companies
Towns with 100 or more live companies; a link opens the page for this industry in that town.
| Town | Region | Live companies |
|---|---|---|
| London | London | 697 |
| Cardiff | Wales | 69 |
| Liverpool | North West | 61 |
| Glasgow | Scotland | 57 |
| Ashford | South East | 53 |
| Doncaster | Yorkshire and The Humber | 53 |
| Birmingham | West Midlands | 50 |
| Romford | London | 45 |
| Sidcup | South East | 44 |
| Dagenham | London | 43 |
| Manchester | North West | 40 |
| Edgware | London | 38 |
| Barking | London | 37 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | Wales | 34 |
| Nottingham | East Midlands | 33 |
| Waterlooville | South East | 33 |
| Gravesend | South East | 32 |
| Erith | South East | 30 |
| Luton | East of England | 30 |
| Grays | London | 29 |
| Basildon | East of England | 28 |
| Ilford | London | 28 |
| Colchester | East of England | 26 |
| Harrow | London | 25 |
| Chatham | South East | 21 |
Newest construction of railways and underground railways companies
Newest first. Each row links to the Companies House record.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts are of live companies in the Companies House snapshot dated 1 November 2026. The snapshot holds basic company data only: no officers and no persons with significant control. A company is counted under each SIC code it lists, up to four. A region is the part of the UK a postcode area mostly falls in. This page uses Companies House data and is not endorsed by Companies House. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.