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Companies in Coventry

Coventry is the 14th biggest place on the UK company register, with 30,088 live companies, or 0.5% of the UK total. 4,398 of those were formed in 2025. 2,687 (8.9%) have a proposal to strike off on file, above the UK figure of 7.3%. Compared with the UK as a whole, Coventry stands out for mining of chemical and fertilizer minerals: 40 companies, 17.3 times the national share.

What Coventry has more of than the rest of the UK

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

  • Mining of chemical and fertilizer minerals (40 companies)17.3×
  • Manufacture of other machine tools (18 companies)6.6×
  • Manufacture of motor vehicles (34 companies)5.2×
  • Retail sale of bread, cakes, flour confectionery and sugar confectionery in specialised stores (111 companies)4.0×
  • Freight transport by road (1,295 companies)3.6×

Biggest trades in Coventry

Live Coventry companies, by year formed

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

20122026
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YearLive companies
2012529
2013636
2014763
2015899
2016973
20171,095
20181,413
20191,531
20201,463
20211,500
20221,712
20232,142
20242,749
20254,398
20263,885

Oldest active companies in Coventry

  1. Birmingham Medical InstituteFormed 1874
  2. Suffolk Sheep SocietyFormed 1886
  3. Oxford Down Sheep Breeders' AssociationFormed 1889
  4. Rmc EuropeFormed 1892
  5. Church Pastoral Aid TrustFormed 1894

Funny company names registered in Coventry

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.

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