Companies in Bury St Edmunds
Bury St Edmunds is the 44th biggest place on the UK company register, with 15,400 live companies, or 0.3% of the UK total. 3,019 of those were formed in 2025. 1,044 (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, Bury St Edmunds stands out for other software publishing: 234 companies, 4.6 times the national share.
What Bury St Edmunds has more of than the rest of the UK
Each trade's share of Bury St Edmunds companies, compared with its share across the UK.
Biggest trades in Bury St Edmunds
Live Bury St Edmunds companies, by year formed
Only companies still live are counted, so older years look smaller. 2026 stops on 1 November 2026.
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| Year | Live companies |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 186 |
| 2013 | 226 |
| 2014 | 243 |
| 2015 | 277 |
| 2016 | 341 |
| 2017 | 375 |
| 2018 | 506 |
| 2019 | 553 |
| 2020 | 559 |
| 2021 | 700 |
| 2022 | 802 |
| 2023 | 1,228 |
| 2024 | 1,606 |
| 2025 | 3,019 |
| 2026 | 3,433 |
Oldest active companies in Bury St Edmunds
- St.edmundsbury Masonic Hall CompanyFormed 1889
- Forfarmers UkFormed 1899
- C.olley & SonsFormed 1917
- Rivendell InternationalFormed 1921
- Carfax CardsFormed 1927
Funny company names registered in Bury St Edmunds
- Evil CorpFormed 2021
- Monsters IncFormed 2017
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.