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Companies in Nottingham

Nottingham is the 11th biggest place on the UK company register, with 46,298 live companies, or 0.8% of the UK total. 5,975 of those were formed in 2025. 3,388 (7.3%) have a proposal to strike off on file, close to the UK figure of 7.3%. Compared with the UK as a whole, Nottingham stands out for sale of new cars and light motor vehicles: 86 companies, 2.2 times the national share.

What Nottingham has more of than the rest of the UK

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

• Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles (86 companies)2.2×
• Residential care activities for learning difficulties, mental health and substance abuse (144 companies)2.2×
• Residential nursing care facilities (99 companies)2.0×

Biggest trades in Nottingham

• Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate2,964
• Buying and selling of own real estate2,534
• Management consultancy activities other than financial management1,706
• Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet1,215
• Development of building projects1,079
• Information technology consultancy activities921
• Other human health activities877
• Take-away food shops and mobile food stands801

Live Nottingham 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	898
2013	1,100
2014	1,181
2015	1,364
2016	1,474
2017	1,668
2018	1,965
2019	2,343
2020	2,361
2021	2,387
2022	2,626
2023	3,210
2024	3,997
2025	5,975
2026	5,318

Oldest active companies in Nottingham

Funny company names registered in Nottingham

Nearest in size

• Leeds
• Liverpool
• Leicester
• Sheffield
• Harrow
• Coventry

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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