Companies in Huddersfield
Huddersfield is the 47th biggest place on the UK company register, with 14,780 live companies, or 0.3% of the UK total. 2,021 of those were formed in 2025. 1,013 (6.9%) have a proposal to strike off on file, close to the UK figure of 7.3%. Compared with the UK as a whole, Huddersfield stands out for manufacture of mattresses: 17 companies, 14.4 times the national share.
What Huddersfield has more of than the rest of the UK
Each trade's share of Huddersfield companies, compared with its share across the UK.
Biggest trades in Huddersfield
Live Huddersfield 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 | 262 |
| 2013 | 307 |
| 2014 | 381 |
| 2015 | 399 |
| 2016 | 392 |
| 2017 | 497 |
| 2018 | 615 |
| 2019 | 666 |
| 2020 | 718 |
| 2021 | 877 |
| 2022 | 911 |
| 2023 | 1,197 |
| 2024 | 1,333 |
| 2025 | 2,021 |
| 2026 | 1,886 |
Oldest active companies in Huddersfield
- The Huddersfield and Dewsbury Incorporated Law SocietyFormed 1881
- Almondbury Liberal Club CoFormed 1896
- Brierley BrothersFormed 1896
- Crowther Bruce and CoFormed 1897
- R.beanland & Co.Formed 1900
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.