Companies in Liverpool
Liverpool is the 9th biggest place on the UK company register, with 49,584 live companies, or 0.9% of the UK total. 7,180 of those were formed in 2025. 5,115 (10.3%) have a proposal to strike off on file, above the UK figure of 7.3%. Compared with the UK as a whole, Liverpool stands out for construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications: 100 companies, 2.8 times the national share.
What Liverpool has more of than the rest of the UK
Each trade's share of Liverpool companies, compared with its share across the UK.
Biggest trades in Liverpool
Live Liverpool companies, by year formed
Only companies still live are counted, so older years look smaller. 2026 stops on 1 November 2026.
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| Year | Live companies |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 938 |
| 2013 | 966 |
| 2014 | 1,146 |
| 2015 | 1,307 |
| 2016 | 1,551 |
| 2017 | 1,901 |
| 2018 | 2,235 |
| 2019 | 2,844 |
| 2020 | 2,418 |
| 2021 | 2,560 |
| 2022 | 2,743 |
| 2023 | 3,466 |
| 2024 | 4,338 |
| 2025 | 7,180 |
| 2026 | 6,603 |
Oldest active companies in Liverpool
- Liverpool Law SocietyFormed 1869
- The Liverpool College FoundationFormed 1869
- Liverpool Commercial Sale-Room CompanyFormed 1878
- The Liverpool and Glasgow Association for the Protection of Commercial Interests As Respects Wrecked and Damaged PropertyFormed 1881
- The Liverpool Underwriters and Maritime AssociationFormed 1882
Funny company names registered in Liverpool
- Thanks a LatteFormed 2019
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.