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Companies in Cheltenham

Cheltenham is the 46th biggest place on the UK company register, with 14,843 live companies, or 0.3% of the UK total. 1,397 of those were formed in 2025. 689 (4.6%) have a proposal to strike off on file, below the UK figure of 7.3%. Compared with the UK as a whole, Cheltenham stands out for non-scheduled passenger air transport: 22 companies, 5.5 times the national share.

What Cheltenham has more of than the rest of the UK

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

• Non-scheduled passenger air transport (22 companies)5.5×
• Dental practice activities (155 companies)3.1×
• Production of electricity (88 companies)3.1×
• Urban planning and landscape architectural activities (21 companies)2.5×
• Tour operator activities (29 companies)2.4×

Biggest trades in Cheltenham

• Management consultancy activities other than financial management815
• Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate814
• Buying and selling of own real estate535
• Information technology consultancy activities414
• Development of building projects372
• Business and domestic software development269
• Other human health activities224
• Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet218

Live Cheltenham 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	358
2013	390
2014	450
2015	446
2016	499
2017	579
2018	663
2019	721
2020	663
2021	764
2022	869
2023	942
2024	1,096
2025	1,397
2026	1,279

Oldest active companies in Cheltenham

Funny company names registered in Cheltenham

Nearest in size

• Ipswich
• Bury St Edmunds
• Poole
• Huddersfield
• Oldham
• Stoke-on-Trent

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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