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Companies in Maidstone

Maidstone is the 59th biggest place on the UK company register, with 12,515 live companies, or 0.2% of the UK total. 1,271 of those were formed in 2025. 826 (6.6%) have a proposal to strike off on file, close to the UK figure of 7.3%. Compared with the UK as a whole, Maidstone stands out for unlicensed carrier: 107 companies, 6.1 times the national share.

What Maidstone has more of than the rest of the UK

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

• Unlicensed carrier (107 companies)6.1×
• Publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals (24 companies)4.0×
• Packaging activities (15 companies)3.6×
• Construction of roads and motorways (31 companies)3.5×
• Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles (28 companies)2.6×

Biggest trades in Maidstone

• Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate515
• Management consultancy activities other than financial management469
• Buying and selling of own real estate455
• Freight transport by road376
• Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet320
• Development of building projects296
• Information technology consultancy activities223
• Other human health activities217

Live Maidstone 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	298
2013	301
2014	384
2015	450
2016	441
2017	567
2018	569
2019	642
2020	660
2021	660
2022	708
2023	812
2024	990
2025	1,271
2026	1,222

Oldest active companies in Maidstone

Funny company names registered in Maidstone

Nearest in size

• Altrincham
• Exeter
• Walsall
• Ashford

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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