Companies in Poole
Poole is the 45th biggest place on the UK company register, with 15,369 live companies, or 0.3% of the UK total. 2,201 of those were formed in 2025. 1,315 (8.6%) have a proposal to strike off on file, above the UK figure of 7.3%. Compared with the UK as a whole, Poole stands out for building of ships and floating structures: 15 companies, 11.9 times the national share.
What Poole has more of than the rest of the UK
Each trade's share of Poole companies, compared with its share across the UK.
Biggest trades in Poole
Live Poole 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 | 320 |
| 2013 | 320 |
| 2014 | 390 |
| 2015 | 438 |
| 2016 | 470 |
| 2017 | 565 |
| 2018 | 677 |
| 2019 | 731 |
| 2020 | 737 |
| 2021 | 842 |
| 2022 | 926 |
| 2023 | 1,049 |
| 2024 | 1,299 |
| 2025 | 2,201 |
| 2026 | 1,741 |
Oldest active companies in Poole
- Blake & Sons (gosport)Formed 1897
- Aeronautical & General InstrumentsFormed 1915
- Emka InvestmentsFormed 1915
- Old & CampbellFormed 1918
- Ernest KniftonFormed 1923
Funny company names registered in Poole
- All Hail AleFormed 2016
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.