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Licensed clubs: 2,850 live UK companies with SIC code 56301
2,850 live UK companies list SIC code 56301, licensed clubs, in the Companies House snapshot dated 1 November 2026. 488 of them were incorporated in the last 12 months and 321 have an accounts due date that had passed, and 342 have a proposal to strike them off the register.
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- 2,850Live companies
- 488Incorporated in the last 12 months
- 321Accounts overdue
- 342Strike off proposed
- 56301SIC 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 | 127 |
| 2023 | 178 |
| 2024 | 230 |
| 2025 | 373 |
| 2026 so far | 440 |
By region
| Region | Live companies |
|---|---|
| London | 639 |
| North West | 342 |
| South East | 301 |
| West Midlands | 253 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 226 |
| South West | 204 |
| East of England | 195 |
| Scotland | 194 |
| East Midlands | 183 |
| Wales | 169 |
| North East | 129 |
| Northern Ireland | 12 |
Towns with the most licensed clubs 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 | 484 |
| Cardiff | Wales | 68 |
| Manchester | North West | 65 |
| Birmingham | West Midlands | 58 |
| Glasgow | Scotland | 53 |
| Leicester | East Midlands | 47 |
| Liverpool | North West | 44 |
| Nottingham | East Midlands | 39 |
| Bristol | South West | 36 |
| Sheffield | Yorkshire and The Humber | 32 |
| Leeds | Yorkshire and The Humber | 31 |
| Coventry | West Midlands | 27 |
| Aberdeen | Scotland | 25 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | North East | 24 |
| Wolverhampton | West Midlands | 21 |
| Milton Keynes | South East | 20 |
| Northampton | East Midlands | 16 |
| Edinburgh | Scotland | 15 |
| Brighton | South East | 14 |
| Norwich | East of England | 14 |
| Southampton | South East | 14 |
| Croydon | London | 13 |
| Hull | Yorkshire and The Humber | 13 |
| Preston | North West | 13 |
| Bedford | South East | 12 |
Newest licensed clubs companies
Newest first. Each row links to the Companies House record.
Updated November 7, 2026. Read from Companies House Free Company Data Product. 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.