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Companies House · Bradford

UK companies in Bradford

Bradford is a large West Yorkshire city with deep manufacturing roots, a busy food and retail trade, and many family-run firms. 21,729 active companies have their registered office here, and 4,681 new ones were set up in the last twelve months.

At a glance

Key facts

  • 21,729 active companies are registered to a Bradford post town on the Companies House snapshot of August 2026.
  • 4,681 new companies started here in the last twelve months, about 390 a month, and 410 in August 2026.
  • The most common code is Retail sale via mail order houses or via the internet (SIC 47910), with 1,194 companies.
  • The busiest postcode districts are BD1, BD7, BD4, BD8.
Measured

New companies in Bradford

4,681 new companies were set up with a Bradford registered office in the last twelve full months, about 390 a month. 410 of them were set up in August 2026. That sits on top of 21,729 active companies already registered here.

Sept 25: 426Oct 25: 446Nov 25: 342Dec 25: 327Jan 26: 400Feb 26: 350Mar 26: 410Apr 26: 398May 26: 354Jun 26: 400Jul 26: 418Aug 26: 410
Sept 25 to Aug 26. Companies still on the register, counted from the Companies House snapshot.

What the new ones do: Retail sale via mail order houses or via the internet leads, with 472 new companies in the year.

  1. 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via the internet472
  2. 68100Buying and selling of own real estate222
  3. 56103Take-away food shops and mobile food stands222
  4. 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate172
  5. 56102Unlicenced restaurants and cafes115
For agencies and suppliers

Selling to new Bradford companies

A company in its first months is still choosing who it works with. Reaching it then, with a short email that names what it has just started, is often the easiest time to win them as a client.

  • Marketing agenciesA new company needs a website, a logo and its first customers, usually before it has picked anyone to help.
  • AccountantsEvery new company owes a first set of accounts and a confirmation statement, and many have no accountant yet.
  • IT and software firmsEmail, devices and security get set up in the first months, and the choices made then tend to stick.
  • Insurance brokersEmployers' liability, professional indemnity and van cover are bought early, often in a hurry.
  • RecruitersThe first hires come quickly once a new company wins work.

Leadistry reads the new Bradford registrations every morning, keeps the ones with a working website and a real email, and writes the first email for you to approve. The first 25 leads are free.

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Measured

The most registered SIC codes in Bradford

Counting active companies whose registered office is a Bradford post town, these are the codes that come up most often on the August 2026 Companies House snapshot. Retail sale via mail order houses or via the internet leads with 1,194 companies. It is worth reading against the sectors below: the authored view is what Bradford is known for, this is what its companies actually filed.

  1. 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via the internet1,194
  2. 68100Buying and selling of own real estate1,050
  3. 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate1,034
  4. 86900Other human health activities615
  5. 56103Take-away food shops and mobile food stands604
  6. 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.458
  7. 45112Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles437
  8. 96090Other service activities n.e.c.433

Pick a code, then narrow by postcode and date. Every company you pull carries a working website and a real email, and we never charge for the ones we cannot complete.

Why do these counts add up to more than the total?

A company may register up to four SIC codes and these counts include every position, so a business filed under two of them appears twice.

Where the volume sits

Dominant sectors in Bradford

SIC 47910, Retail sale via mail order houses or via the internetView SIC 47910→
1,194 active companies in Bradford
SIC 68100, Buying and selling of own real estateView SIC 68100→
1,050 active companies in Bradford
SIC 68209, Other letting and operating of own or leased real estateView SIC 68209→
1,034 active companies in Bradford
SIC 86900, Other human health activitiesView SIC 86900→
615 active companies in Bradford
SIC 56103, Take-away food shops and mobile food standsView SIC 56103→
604 active companies in Bradford
Search recipe

Postcode filter

To target Bradford on Leadistry, set the postcode prefix filter to:

BD1, BD7, BD4, BD8, BD3, BD5

The search returns companies with a registered office in any of these postcode areas. Add a SIC code filter from the table above to narrow by sector.

Answers

About Bradford on Companies House

How many companies are registered in Bradford?

21,729 active companies have a registered office in Bradford, counted from the Companies House snapshot of August 2026. Dissolved companies are not counted.

How many new businesses start in Bradford each month?

4,681 new companies were set up in Bradford in the last twelve full months, about 390 a month. 410 were set up in August 2026.

What do new Bradford companies do?

The most common code among companies set up in Bradford in the last year is Retail sale via mail order houses or via the internet (SIC 47910), with 472 of them. Next come Buying and selling of own real estate and Take-away food shops and mobile food stands.

How do I reach new Bradford companies before anyone else?

Set a Leadistry agent to the Bradford postcode districts (BD1, BD7, BD4) and the trades you sell to. Each morning it finds the new companies that match, checks each one has a working website and a real email, and writes the first email for you to read and approve.

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