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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics: 9,713 live UK companies with SIC code 46450
Updated November 7, 2026. Source: Companies House Free Company Data Product.
9,713 live UK companies list SIC code 46450, wholesale of perfume and cosmetics, in the Companies House snapshot dated 1 November 2026. 2,227 of them were incorporated in the last 12 months and 635 have an accounts due date that had passed, and 1,138 have a proposal to strike them off the register.
The request: Every UK company with SIC code 46450, wholesale of perfume and cosmetics, incorporated since 2025, with registered address, accounts due dates and status. $10 of work on sign-up, no card.
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- 9,713Live companies
- 2,227Incorporated in the last 12 months
- 635Accounts overdue
- 1,138Strike off proposed
- 46450SIC 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 | 519 |
| 2023 | 856 |
| 2024 | 1,082 |
| 2025 | 2,322 |
| 2026 so far | 1,875 |
By region
| Region | Live companies |
|---|---|
| London | 4,503 |
| South East | 990 |
| North West | 969 |
| West Midlands | 859 |
| East of England | 595 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 388 |
| Wales | 326 |
| East Midlands | 324 |
| South West | 285 |
| Scotland | 230 |
| North East | 125 |
| Northern Ireland | 115 |
Towns with the most wholesale of perfume and cosmetics 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 | 3,475 |
| Manchester | North West | 349 |
| Birmingham | West Midlands | 265 |
| Cardiff | Wales | 210 |
| Beckenham | London | 117 |
| Leicester | East Midlands | 103 |
| West Midlands, England | West Midlands | 103 |
| Ilford | London | 93 |
| Kington | West Midlands | 87 |
| Cambridge | East of England | 85 |
| Glasgow | Scotland | 81 |
| Harrow | London | 79 |
| Ruislip | London | 74 |
| Leeds | Yorkshire and The Humber | 68 |
| Liverpool | North West | 68 |
| Bolton | North West | 63 |
| Coventry | West Midlands | 57 |
| Bradford | Yorkshire and The Humber | 56 |
| Belfast | Northern Ireland | 54 |
| Bury St Edmunds | East of England | 51 |
| Bristol | South West | 48 |
| Nottingham | East Midlands | 48 |
| Sheffield | Yorkshire and The Humber | 46 |
| Watford | East of England | 45 |
| Reading | South East | 44 |
Newest wholesale of perfume and cosmetics 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.