Data / UK companies / East of England
Companies in the East of England: 464,432 live UK companies by industry and town
Updated November 7, 2026. Source: Companies House Free Company Data Product.
464,432 live companies are registered in the East of England in the Companies House snapshot dated 1 November 2026. 58,704 were incorporated in the last 12 months and 23,730 have an accounts due date that had passed.
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- 464,432Live companies
- 58,704Incorporated in the last 12 months
- 23,730Accounts overdue
- 31,339Strike off proposed
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 | 25,889 |
| 2023 | 31,630 |
| 2024 | 37,727 |
| 2025 | 53,478 |
| 2026 so far | 50,770 |
Biggest industries
Biggest towns
| Town | Region | Live companies |
|---|---|---|
| Norwich | East of England | 23,423 |
| Cambridge | East of England | 22,585 |
| Luton | East of England | 21,294 |
| Peterborough | East of England | 19,678 |
| Bury St Edmunds | East of England | 18,167 |
| Watford | East of England | 17,245 |
| Colchester | East of England | 16,795 |
| Ipswich | East of England | 15,312 |
| Chelmsford | East of England | 14,041 |
| St Albans | East of England | 10,357 |
| Mildenhall | East of England | 9,709 |
| Basildon | East of England | 9,364 |
| Harlow | East of England | 8,979 |
| Borehamwood | East of England | 8,260 |
| Stevenage | East of England | 7,615 |
| Brentwood | East of England | 7,291 |
| Dunstable | East of England | 6,046 |
| Leigh-on-Sea | East of England | 5,884 |
| Spalding | East of England | 5,871 |
| Southend-on-Sea | East of England | 5,725 |
| Hitchin | East of England | 5,653 |
| Huntingdon | East of England | 4,846 |
| King's Lynn | East of England | 4,420 |
| Leighton Buzzard | East of England | 4,307 |
| Bishop's Stortford | East of England | 4,220 |
| Rickmansworth | East of England | 4,119 |
| Hertford | East of England | 4,097 |
| Hatfield | East of England | 4,024 |
| Braintree | East of England | 3,981 |
| Benfleet | East of England | 3,874 |
| Great Yarmouth | East of England | 3,857 |
| Wickford | East of England | 3,736 |
| Billericay | East of England | 3,476 |
| Boston | East of England | 3,389 |
| ELY | East of England | 3,361 |
| Maldon | East of England | 3,253 |
| Harpenden | East of England | 3,070 |
| Lowestoft | East of England | 3,050 |
| Saffron Walden | East of England | 3,026 |
| Wisbech | East of England | 2,967 |
| Welwyn Garden City | East of England | 2,895 |
| Essex | East of England | 2,892 |
| Royston | East of England | 2,795 |
| St Neots | East of England | 2,727 |
| Newmarket | East of England | 2,678 |
| Ware | East of England | 2,534 |
| Letchworth Garden City | East of England | 2,475 |
| Rayleigh | East of England | 2,452 |
| Sudbury | East of England | 2,423 |
| Stamford | East of England | 2,346 |
Newest companies in the East of England
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.