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Companies House · Chester

UK companies in Chester

Chester is a walled city in Cheshire, with financial services, retail and hospitality among its main employers. 9,878 active companies have their registered office here, and 1,187 new ones were set up in the last twelve months.

At a glance

Key facts

  • 9,878 active companies are registered to a Chester post town on the Companies House snapshot of August 2026.
  • 1,187 new companies started here in the last twelve months, about 99 a month, and 112 in August 2026.
  • The most common code is Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate (SIC 68209), with 639 companies.
  • The busiest postcode districts are CH1, CH4, CH3, CH2.
Measured

New companies in Chester

1,187 new companies were set up with a Chester registered office in the last twelve full months, about 99 a month. 112 of them were set up in August 2026. That sits on top of 9,878 active companies already registered here.

Sept 25: 115Oct 25: 99Nov 25: 102Dec 25: 64Jan 26: 104Feb 26: 92Mar 26: 124Apr 26: 94May 26: 79Jun 26: 103Jul 26: 99Aug 26: 112
Sept 25 to Aug 26. Companies still on the register, counted from the Companies House snapshot.

What the new ones do: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate leads, with 88 new companies in the year.

  1. 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate88
  2. 70229Other management consultancy activities (not financial)87
  3. 64209Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.69
  4. 68100Buying and selling of own real estate67
  5. 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via the internet36
For agencies and suppliers

Selling to new Chester 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 Chester 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 Chester

Counting active companies whose registered office is a Chester post town, these are the codes that come up most often on the August 2026 Companies House snapshot. Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate leads with 639 companies. It is worth reading against the sectors below: the authored view is what Chester is known for, this is what its companies actually filed.

  1. 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate639
  2. 70229Other management consultancy activities (not financial)542
  3. 68100Buying and selling of own real estate470
  4. 98000Residents property management345
  5. 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.341
  6. 64209Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.289
  7. 41100Development of building projects259
  8. 96090Other service activities n.e.c.250

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 Chester

SIC 68209, Other letting and operating of own or leased real estateView SIC 68209→
639 active companies in Chester
SIC 70229, Other management consultancy activities (not financial)View SIC 70229→
542 active companies in Chester
SIC 68100, Buying and selling of own real estateView SIC 68100→
470 active companies in Chester
SIC 98000, Residents property managementView SIC 98000→
345 active companies in Chester
SIC 82990, Other business support service activities n.e.c.View SIC 82990→
341 active companies in Chester
Search recipe

Postcode filter

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

CH1, CH4, CH3, CH2, CH5, CH64

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 Chester on Companies House

How many companies are registered in Chester?

9,878 active companies have a registered office in Chester, counted from the Companies House snapshot of August 2026. Dissolved companies are not counted.

How many new businesses start in Chester each month?

1,187 new companies were set up in Chester in the last twelve full months, about 99 a month. 112 were set up in August 2026.

What do new Chester companies do?

The most common code among companies set up in Chester in the last year is Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate (SIC 68209), with 88 of them. Next come Other management consultancy activities (not financial) and Activities of other holding companies n.e.c..

How do I reach new Chester companies before anyone else?

Set a Leadistry agent to the Chester postcode districts (CH1, CH4, CH3) 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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