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Companies in Doncaster

Doncaster is the 34th biggest place on the UK company register, with 19,583 live companies, or 0.3% of the UK total. 2,702 of those were formed in 2025. 1,634 (8.3%) have a proposal to strike off on file, above the UK figure of 7.3%. Compared with the UK as a whole, Doncaster stands out for public order and safety activities: 69 companies, 24.6 times the national share.

What Doncaster has more of than the rest of the UK

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

• Public order and safety activities (69 companies)24.6×
• Treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste (48 companies)8.4×
• Pension funding (23 companies)8.1×
• Freight transport by road (1,061 companies)4.5×
• Construction of railways and underground railways (48 companies)4.1×

Biggest trades in Doncaster

• Freight transport by road1,061
• Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate952
• Buying and selling of own real estate792
• Management consultancy activities other than financial management606
• Development of building projects411
• Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet404
• Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles326
• Take-away food shops and mobile food stands314

Live Doncaster 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	333
2013	397
2014	500
2015	582
2016	631
2017	681
2018	823
2019	1,033
2020	923
2021	976
2022	1,111
2023	1,403
2024	1,762
2025	2,702
2026	2,913

Oldest active companies in Doncaster

Nearest in size

• Wolverhampton
• Warrington
• Peterborough
• Slough
• Brighton
• York

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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