Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities: UK companies
23,544 live UK companies list engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities as their main trade, or 0.4% of the register. It ranks 40th among the 60 trades we cover. 3,120 of those companies were formed in 2025, against 554 still live from 2015. 1,252 (5.3%) have a proposal to strike off on file, below the UK figure of 7.3%.
Where they're registered
Where this trade is unusually common
The town's share of this trade, compared with its share of all UK companies.
By year formed
Only companies still live are counted, so older years look smaller. 2026 stops on 1 November 2026.
20122026
See every year as a table
| Year | Live companies |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 448 |
| 2013 | 490 |
| 2014 | 486 |
| 2015 | 554 |
| 2016 | 655 |
| 2017 | 905 |
| 2018 | 1,234 |
| 2019 | 1,352 |
| 2020 | 1,240 |
| 2021 | 1,288 |
| 2022 | 1,609 |
| 2023 | 1,988 |
| 2024 | 2,281 |
| 2025 | 3,120 |
| 2026 | 3,270 |
Oldest active companies in this trade
- Keighley LaboratoriesFormed 1920
- B.i.e. InternationalFormed 1934
- C.ramon & Co.Formed 1951
- Kinder-Janes EngineersFormed 1957
- Acoustical Investigation & Research OrganisationFormed 1958
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Trade means the first Standard Industrial Classification code (SIC 71122) a company declares. Companies choose their own codes. Figures come from Companies House on 1 November 2026.