Companies in Brighton
Brighton is the 36th biggest place on the UK company register, with 18,774 live companies, or 0.3% of the UK total. 1,879 of those were formed in 2025. 1,089 (5.8%) have a proposal to strike off on file, below the UK figure of 7.3%. Compared with the UK as a whole, Brighton stands out for ready-made interactive leisure and entertainment software development: 124 companies, 5.0 times the national share.
What Brighton has more of than the rest of the UK
Each trade's share of Brighton companies, compared with its share across the UK.
Biggest trades in Brighton
Live Brighton 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 | 445 |
| 2013 | 533 |
| 2014 | 643 |
| 2015 | 717 |
| 2016 | 735 |
| 2017 | 750 |
| 2018 | 865 |
| 2019 | 968 |
| 2020 | 872 |
| 2021 | 921 |
| 2022 | 998 |
| 2023 | 1,139 |
| 2024 | 1,268 |
| 2025 | 1,879 |
| 2026 | 1,602 |
Oldest active companies in Brighton
- Brighton CollegeFormed 1873
- Brighton and Hove Albion Football ClubFormed 1904
- London Name Plate Manufacturing CompanyFormed 1919
- J.g.cuttingFormed 1919
- J J PriorFormed 1929
Nearest in size
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.