Companies in Ipswich
Ipswich is the 43rd biggest place on the UK company register, with 15,415 live companies, or 0.3% of the UK total. 1,839 of those were formed in 2025. 1,089 (7.1%) have a proposal to strike off on file, close to the UK figure of 7.3%. Compared with the UK as a whole, Ipswich stands out for freight transport by road: 684 companies, 3.7 times the national share.
What Ipswich has more of than the rest of the UK
Each trade's share of Ipswich companies, compared with its share across the UK.
Biggest trades in Ipswich
Live Ipswich 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 | 316 |
| 2013 | 320 |
| 2014 | 392 |
| 2015 | 471 |
| 2016 | 544 |
| 2017 | 581 |
| 2018 | 660 |
| 2019 | 800 |
| 2020 | 759 |
| 2021 | 778 |
| 2022 | 814 |
| 2023 | 1,096 |
| 2024 | 1,234 |
| 2025 | 1,839 |
| 2026 | 1,742 |
Oldest active companies in Ipswich
- RansomesFormed 1884
- Suffolk Chamber of Commerce Industry and Shipping IncorporatedFormed 1884
- Ipswich and Suffolk Club CompanyFormed 1886
- Newton Road Conservative ClubFormed 1902
- CraneFormed 1908
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.