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Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles: 4,934 live UK companies with SIC code 45111
Updated November 7, 2026. Source: Companies House Free Company Data Product.
4,934 live UK companies list SIC code 45111, sale of new cars and light motor vehicles, in the Companies House snapshot dated 1 November 2026. 665 of them were incorporated in the last 12 months and 345 have an accounts due date that had passed, and 449 have a proposal to strike them off the register.
The request: Every UK company with SIC code 45111, sale of new cars and light motor vehicles, incorporated since 2025, with registered address, accounts due dates and status. $10 of work on sign-up, no card.
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- 4,934Live companies
- 665Incorporated in the last 12 months
- 345Accounts overdue
- 449Strike off proposed
- 45111SIC 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 | 170 |
| 2023 | 246 |
| 2024 | 281 |
| 2025 | 586 |
| 2026 so far | 564 |
By region
| Region | Live companies |
|---|---|
| London | 1,087 |
| South East | 713 |
| West Midlands | 474 |
| North West | 463 |
| East of England | 416 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 350 |
| East Midlands | 345 |
| South West | 299 |
| Wales | 230 |
| Scotland | 228 |
| Northern Ireland | 217 |
| North East | 110 |
Towns with the most sale of new cars and light motor vehicles 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 | 706 |
| Manchester | North West | 95 |
| Nottingham | East Midlands | 84 |
| Cardiff | Wales | 83 |
| Birmingham | West Midlands | 78 |
| Leicester | East Midlands | 75 |
| Coventry | West Midlands | 42 |
| Leeds | Yorkshire and The Humber | 41 |
| Milton Keynes | South East | 40 |
| Bradford | Yorkshire and The Humber | 38 |
| Bristol | South West | 35 |
| Glasgow | Scotland | 32 |
| Liverpool | North West | 30 |
| Maidstone | South East | 29 |
| Southampton | South East | 28 |
| Belfast | Northern Ireland | 27 |
| Harrow | London | 27 |
| Slough | South East | 26 |
| Beckenham | London | 25 |
| Northampton | East Midlands | 25 |
| Bolton | North West | 24 |
| Peterborough | East of England | 24 |
| Wolverhampton | West Midlands | 24 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | West Midlands | 23 |
| Swindon | South West | 23 |
Newest sale of new cars and light motor vehicles 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.