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Companies in Luton

Luton is the 28th biggest place on the UK company register, with 21,386 live companies, or 0.4% of the UK total. 3,499 of those were formed in 2025. 2,404 (11.2%) have a proposal to strike off on file, above the UK figure of 7.3%. Compared with the UK as a whole, Luton stands out for taxi operation: 319 companies, 4.2 times the national share.

What Luton has more of than the rest of the UK

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

• Taxi operation (319 companies)4.2×
• Other passenger land transport (121 companies)3.8×
• Retail sale of fruit and vegetables in specialised stores (41 companies)3.7×
• Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles (489 companies)3.4×
• Private security activities (163 companies)3.3×

Biggest trades in Luton

• Buying and selling of own real estate1,283
• Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet1,083
• Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate890
• Freight transport by road812
• Construction of domestic buildings515
• Management consultancy activities other than financial management511
• Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles489
• Take-away food shops and mobile food stands475

Live Luton 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	271
2013	371
2014	477
2015	603
2016	622
2017	785
2018	984
2019	1,223
2020	1,034
2021	1,143
2022	1,258
2023	1,724
2024	2,094
2025	3,499
2026	3,371

Oldest active companies in Luton

Nearest in size

• Derby
• Cambridge
• Preston
• Croydon
• Stockport
• Wolverhampton

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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