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Companies House · Derby

UK companies in Derby

Derby is an East Midlands city known for advanced manufacturing, rail engineering and aerospace suppliers. 20,798 active companies have their registered office here, and 3,425 new ones were set up in the last twelve months.

At a glance

Key facts

  • 20,798 active companies are registered to a Derby post town on the Companies House snapshot of August 2026.
  • 3,425 new companies started here in the last twelve months, about 285 a month, and 254 in August 2026.
  • The most common code is Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate (SIC 68209), with 1,489 companies.
  • The busiest postcode districts are DE1, DE24, DE23, DE21.
Measured

New companies in Derby

3,425 new companies were set up with a Derby registered office in the last twelve full months, about 285 a month. 254 of them were set up in August 2026. That sits on top of 20,798 active companies already registered here.

Sept 25: 308Oct 25: 311Nov 25: 247Dec 25: 212Jan 26: 325Feb 26: 275Mar 26: 361Apr 26: 283May 26: 300Jun 26: 228Jul 26: 321Aug 26: 254
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 239 new companies in the year.

  1. 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate239
  2. 68100Buying and selling of own real estate206
  3. 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via the internet204
  4. 64209Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.143
  5. 70229Other management consultancy activities (not financial)128
For agencies and suppliers

Selling to new Derby 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 Derby 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 Derby

Counting active companies whose registered office is a Derby 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 1,489 companies. It is worth reading against the sectors below: the authored view is what Derby is known for, this is what its companies actually filed.

  1. 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate1,489
  2. 68100Buying and selling of own real estate1,299
  3. 70229Other management consultancy activities (not financial)859
  4. 64209Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.812
  5. 62020IT consultancy activities513
  6. 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via the internet501
  7. 41100Development of building projects483
  8. 49410Freight transport by road464

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 Derby

SIC 68209, Other letting and operating of own or leased real estateView SIC 68209→
1,489 active companies in Derby
SIC 68100, Buying and selling of own real estateView SIC 68100→
1,299 active companies in Derby
SIC 70229, Other management consultancy activities (not financial)View SIC 70229→
859 active companies in Derby
SIC 64209, Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.View SIC 64209→
812 active companies in Derby
SIC 62020, IT consultancy activitiesView SIC 62020→
513 active companies in Derby
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Postcode filter

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

DE1, DE24, DE23, DE21, DE22, DE65

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 Derby on Companies House

How many companies are registered in Derby?

20,798 active companies have a registered office in Derby, counted from the Companies House snapshot of August 2026. Dissolved companies are not counted.

How many new businesses start in Derby each month?

3,425 new companies were set up in Derby in the last twelve full months, about 285 a month. 254 were set up in August 2026.

What do new Derby companies do?

The most common code among companies set up in Derby in the last year is Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate (SIC 68209), with 239 of them. Next come Buying and selling of own real estate and Retail sale via mail order houses or via the internet.

How do I reach new Derby companies before anyone else?

Set a Leadistry agent to the Derby postcode districts (DE1, DE24, DE23) 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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