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Companies in Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton is the 31st biggest place on the UK company register, with 20,683 live companies, or 0.4% of the UK total. 3,044 of those were formed in 2025. 1,716 (8.3%) have a proposal to strike off on file, above the UK figure of 7.3%. Compared with the UK as a whole, Wolverhampton stands out for packaging activities: 41 companies, 5.9 times the national share.

What Wolverhampton has more of than the rest of the UK

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

• Packaging activities (41 companies)5.9×
• Freight transport by road (837 companies)3.3×
• Medical nursing home activities (56 companies)3.3×
• Licensed carriers (37 companies)3.3×
• Construction of roads and motorways (44 companies)3.0×

Biggest trades in Wolverhampton

• Buying and selling of own real estate1,450
• Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet1,305
• Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate907
• Freight transport by road837
• Information technology consultancy activities458
• Management consultancy activities other than financial management456
• Other human health activities421
• Development of building projects337

Live Wolverhampton 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	279
2013	339
2014	457
2015	475
2016	574
2017	647
2018	788
2019	976
2020	896
2021	991
2022	1,111
2023	1,486
2024	1,946
2025	3,044
2026	3,892

Oldest active companies in Wolverhampton

Funny company names registered in Wolverhampton

Nearest in size

• Luton
• Croydon
• Stockport
• Warrington
• Peterborough
• Doncaster

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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