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Companies in Romford

Romford is the 39th biggest place on the UK company register, with 17,509 live companies, or 0.3% of the UK total. 2,631 of those were formed in 2025. 1,591 (9.1%) have a proposal to strike off on file, above the UK figure of 7.3%. Compared with the UK as a whole, Romford stands out for construction of commercial buildings: 532 companies, 4.5 times the national share.

What Romford has more of than the rest of the UK

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

• Construction of commercial buildings (532 companies)4.5×
• Construction of railways and underground railways (34 companies)3.3×
• Wholesale of fruit and vegetable juices, mineral water and soft drinks (18 companies)3.1×
• Private security activities (116 companies)2.8×
• Hospital activities (95 companies)2.8×

Biggest trades in Romford

• Buying and selling of own real estate1,250
• Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet817
• Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate742
• Management consultancy activities other than financial management552
• Construction of commercial buildings532
• Construction of domestic buildings527
• Information technology consultancy activities443
• Development of building projects364

Live Romford 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	299
2013	363
2014	414
2015	520
2016	557
2017	647
2018	832
2019	1,009
2020	961
2021	981
2022	1,069
2023	1,374
2024	1,829
2025	2,631
2026	2,413

Oldest active companies in Romford

Nearest in size

• Brighton
• York
• Watford
• Colchester
• Bedford
• Bournemouth

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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