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Companies in Northampton

Northampton is the 19th biggest place on the UK company register, with 25,752 live companies, or 0.5% of the UK total. 2,916 of those were formed in 2025. 1,964 (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, Northampton stands out for unlicensed carrier: 168 companies, 4.6 times the national share.

What Northampton has more of than the rest of the UK

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

• Unlicensed carrier (168 companies)4.6×
• Licensed carriers (52 companies)3.7×
• Freight transport by road (1,098 companies)3.5×
• Cargo handling for land transport activities (18 companies)3.2×
• Residential care activities for learning difficulties, mental health and substance abuse (99 companies)2.7×

Biggest trades in Northampton

• Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate1,150
• Freight transport by road1,098
• Buying and selling of own real estate1,062
• Management consultancy activities other than financial management1,023
• Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet617
• Development of building projects603
• Information technology consultancy activities538
• Construction of domestic buildings465

Live Northampton 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	496
2013	578
2014	811
2015	845
2016	1,014
2017	1,056
2018	1,300
2019	1,507
2020	1,315
2021	1,326
2022	1,476
2023	1,831
2024	2,057
2025	2,916
2026	2,773

Oldest active companies in Northampton

Nearest in size

• Milton Keynes
• Norwich
• Bolton
• Southampton
• Reading
• Belfast

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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