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Companies in Ashford

Ashford is the 60th biggest place on the UK company register, with 12,509 live companies, or 0.2% of the UK total. 1,300 of those were formed in 2025. 846 (6.8%) have a proposal to strike off on file, close to the UK figure of 7.3%. Compared with the UK as a whole, Ashford stands out for sea and coastal passenger water transport: 15 companies, 6.8 times the national share.

What Ashford has more of than the rest of the UK

Each trade's share of Ashford companies, compared with its share across the UK.

• Sea and coastal passenger water transport (15 companies)6.8×
• Construction of railways and underground railways (48 companies)6.5×
• Remediation activities and other waste management services (21 companies)3.1×
• Roofing activities (96 companies)2.8×
• Support activities for crop production (18 companies)2.8×

Biggest trades in Ashford

• Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate579
• Buying and selling of own real estate545
• Management consultancy activities other than financial management495
• Development of building projects367
• Information technology consultancy activities307
• Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet243
• Construction of domestic buildings235
• Other human health activities233

Live Ashford companies, by year formed

Only companies still live are counted, so older years look smaller. 2026 stops on 1 November 2026.

See every year as a table

Year	Live companies
2012	286
2013	276
2014	345
2015	451
2016	449
2017	556
2018	592
2019	673
2020	670
2021	629
2022	724
2023	884
2024	1,050
2025	1,300
2026	1,245

Oldest active companies in Ashford

Nearest in size

• Exeter
• Walsall
• Maidstone

Town means the post town of the registered address, which isn't always where a company trades. Many companies use an accountant's or formation agent's address. Figures come from Companies House on 1 November 2026.

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