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Companies in Swansea

Swansea is the 55th biggest place on the UK company register, with 14,035 live companies, or 0.2% of the UK total. 1,688 of those were formed in 2025. 1,036 (7.4%) have a proposal to strike off on file, close to the UK figure of 7.3%. Compared with the UK as a whole, Swansea stands out for sea and coastal passenger water transport: 32 companies, 12.9 times the national share.

What Swansea has more of than the rest of the UK

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

• Sea and coastal passenger water transport (32 companies)12.9×
• Other building and industrial cleaning activities (15 companies)2.5×
• Repair of electrical equipment (32 companies)2.4×
• Quantity surveying activities (38 companies)2.2×
• Public houses and bars (173 companies)2.1×

Biggest trades in Swansea

• Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate963
• Buying and selling of own real estate633
• Management consultancy activities other than financial management419
• Development of building projects373
• Take-away food shops and mobile food stands286
• Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet275
• Hairdressing and other beauty treatment256
• Licensed restaurants244

Live Swansea 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	261
2013	350
2014	373
2015	412
2016	487
2017	576
2018	642
2019	813
2020	697
2021	719
2022	752
2023	1,012
2024	1,182
2025	1,688
2026	1,435

Oldest active companies in Swansea

Nearest in size

• Chelmsford
• Hull
• Solihull
• Altrincham
• Exeter
• Walsall

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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