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Freight transport by road: 76,968 live UK companies with SIC code 49410
Updated November 7, 2026. Source: Companies House Free Company Data Product.
76,968 live UK companies list SIC code 49410, freight transport by road, in the Companies House snapshot dated 1 November 2026. 12,979 of them were incorporated in the last 12 months and 10,354 have an accounts due date that had passed, and 12,441 have a proposal to strike them off the register.
The request: Every UK company with SIC code 49410, freight transport by road, incorporated since 2025, with registered address, accounts due dates and status. $10 of work on sign-up, no card.
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- 76,968Live companies
- 12,979Incorporated in the last 12 months
- 10,354Accounts overdue
- 12,441Strike off proposed
- 49410SIC 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 | 3,930 |
| 2023 | 4,600 |
| 2024 | 6,222 |
| 2025 | 11,364 |
| 2026 so far | 11,216 |
By region
| Region | Live companies |
|---|---|
| London | 12,300 |
| West Midlands | 11,802 |
| South East | 10,269 |
| East of England | 9,173 |
| North West | 7,877 |
| East Midlands | 7,437 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 7,299 |
| South West | 3,616 |
| Scotland | 2,584 |
| Wales | 1,989 |
| Northern Ireland | 1,349 |
| North East | 1,248 |
Towns with the most freight transport by road 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 | 6,044 |
| Birmingham | West Midlands | 2,242 |
| Leicester | East Midlands | 1,500 |
| Coventry | West Midlands | 1,406 |
| Peterborough | East of England | 1,212 |
| Northampton | East Midlands | 1,181 |
| Manchester | North West | 1,180 |
| Doncaster | Yorkshire and The Humber | 1,165 |
| Luton | East of England | 929 |
| Wolverhampton | West Midlands | 917 |
| Slough | South East | 831 |
| Leeds | Yorkshire and The Humber | 798 |
| Spalding | East of England | 797 |
| Liverpool | North West | 779 |
| Bristol | South West | 756 |
| Ipswich | East of England | 733 |
| Southampton | South East | 715 |
| Bolton | North West | 686 |
| Rugby | West Midlands | 675 |
| Nottingham | East Midlands | 666 |
| Grays | London | 633 |
| Cardiff | Wales | 627 |
| Derby | East Midlands | 602 |
| Milton Keynes | South East | 585 |
| Glasgow | Scotland | 562 |
Newest freight transport by road 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.