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Companies in Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes is the 16th biggest place on the UK company register, with 28,118 live companies, or 0.5% of the UK total. 3,470 of those were formed in 2025. 2,138 (7.6%) have a proposal to strike off on file, close to the UK figure of 7.3%. Compared with the UK as a whole, Milton Keynes stands out for repair and maintenance of aircraft and spacecraft: 47 companies, 3.3 times the national share.

What Milton Keynes has more of than the rest of the UK

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

  • Repair and maintenance of aircraft and spacecraft (47 companies)3.3×
  • Cargo handling for land transport activities (17 companies)2.7×
  • Wholesale of computers, computer peripheral equipment and software (51 companies)2.4×
  • Residential care activities for learning difficulties, mental health and substance abuse (96 companies)2.4×
  • Hospital activities (124 companies)2.3×

Biggest trades in Milton Keynes

Live Milton Keynes companies, by year formed

Only companies still live are counted, so older years look smaller. 2026 stops on 1 November 2026.

20122026
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YearLive companies
2012643
2013658
2014822
2015937
2016964
20171,105
20181,353
20191,485
20201,411
20211,451
20221,546
20231,969
20242,441
20253,470
20263,010

Oldest active companies in Milton Keynes

  1. Scripture UnionFormed 1893
  2. Peter Spence & SonsFormed 1900
  3. ExelFormed 1902
  4. Petty, Wood & Co.Formed 1904
  5. T.s. Forster & SonsFormed 1906

Funny company names registered in Milton Keynes

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.

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