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Companies in Croydon

Croydon is the 29th biggest place on the UK company register, with 21,314 live companies, or 0.4% of the UK total. 2,482 of those were formed in 2025. 1,842 (8.6%) have a proposal to strike off on file, above the UK figure of 7.3%. Compared with the UK as a whole, Croydon stands out for activities of religious organizations: 55 companies, 2.8 times the national share.

What Croydon has more of than the rest of the UK

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

  • Activities of religious organizations (55 companies)2.8×
  • Retail sale of tobacco products in specialised stores (18 companies)2.8×
  • Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating (379 companies)2.7×
  • Residential care activities for learning difficulties, mental health and substance abuse (76 companies)2.5×
  • Retail sale of bread, cakes, flour confectionery and sugar confectionery in specialised stores (43 companies)2.2×

Biggest trades in Croydon

Live Croydon 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
2012491
2013539
2014662
2015768
2016752
2017806
2018926
20191,130
20201,004
20211,050
20221,045
20231,327
20241,576
20252,482
20262,113

Oldest active companies in Croydon

  1. Streatham Manor GardensFormed 1907
  2. Attock Oil CompanyFormed 1913
  3. Carrington Manufacturing Co.Formed 1920
  4. Boyden & Co.Formed 1925
  5. C.b.jackson & CompanyFormed 1926

Funny company names registered in Croydon

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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