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Companies in Solihull

Solihull is the 54th biggest place on the UK company register, with 14,036 live companies, or 0.2% of the UK total. 1,398 of those were formed in 2025. 867 (6.2%) have a proposal to strike off on file, below the UK figure of 7.3%. Compared with the UK as a whole, Solihull stands out for distribution of electricity: 32 companies, 13.2 times the national share.

What Solihull has more of than the rest of the UK

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

• Distribution of electricity (32 companies)13.2×
• Credit granting by non-deposit taking finance houses and other specialist consumer credit grantors (27 companies)9.3×
• Wholesale of furniture, carpets and lighting equipment (17 companies)2.5×
• Quantity surveying activities (41 companies)2.4×
• Tax consultancy (19 companies)2.2×

Biggest trades in Solihull

• Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate1,025
• Buying and selling of own real estate1,018
• Management consultancy activities other than financial management685
• Information technology consultancy activities416
• Development of building projects394
• Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet268
• Construction of domestic buildings258
• Other human health activities236

Live Solihull 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	335
2014	399
2015	449
2016	520
2017	502
2018	677
2019	749
2020	711
2021	827
2022	992
2023	934
2024	1,095
2025	1,398
2026	1,243

Oldest active companies in Solihull

Funny company names registered in Solihull

Nearest in size

• Swindon
• Chelmsford
• Hull
• Swansea
• Altrincham
• Exeter

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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