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Companies House · Hull

UK companies in Hull

Hull is a port city on the Humber, with maritime, logistics and renewable energy firms alongside retail and trades. 12,618 active companies have their registered office here, and 2,159 new ones were set up in the last twelve months.

At a glance

Key facts

  • 12,618 active companies are registered to a Hull post town on the Companies House snapshot of August 2026.
  • 2,159 new companies started here in the last twelve months, about 180 a month, and 174 in August 2026.
  • The most common code is Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate (SIC 68209), with 688 companies.
  • The busiest postcode districts are HU1, HU3, HU5, HU9.
Measured

New companies in Hull

2,159 new companies were set up with a Hull registered office in the last twelve full months, about 180 a month. 174 of them were set up in August 2026. That sits on top of 12,618 active companies already registered here.

Sept 25: 214Oct 25: 198Nov 25: 162Dec 25: 143Jan 26: 195Feb 26: 150Mar 26: 223Apr 26: 183May 26: 164Jun 26: 154Jul 26: 199Aug 26: 174
Sept 25 to Aug 26. Companies still on the register, counted from the Companies House snapshot.

What the new ones do: Take-away food shops and mobile food stands leads, with 108 new companies in the year.

  1. 56103Take-away food shops and mobile food stands108
  2. 68100Buying and selling of own real estate107
  3. 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via the internet102
  4. 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate86
  5. 62012Business and domestic software development66
For agencies and suppliers

Selling to new Hull 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 Hull 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 Hull

Counting active companies whose registered office is a Hull 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 688 companies. It is worth reading against the sectors below: the authored view is what Hull is known for, this is what its companies actually filed.

  1. 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate688
  2. 68100Buying and selling of own real estate587
  3. 56103Take-away food shops and mobile food stands325
  4. 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.298
  5. 70229Other management consultancy activities (not financial)285
  6. 96020Hairdressing and other beauty treatment281
  7. 64209Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.281
  8. 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via the internet264

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 Hull

SIC 68209, Other letting and operating of own or leased real estateView SIC 68209→
688 active companies in Hull
SIC 68100, Buying and selling of own real estateView SIC 68100→
587 active companies in Hull
SIC 56103, Take-away food shops and mobile food standsView SIC 56103→
325 active companies in Hull
SIC 82990, Other business support service activities n.e.c.View SIC 82990→
298 active companies in Hull
SIC 70229, Other management consultancy activities (not financial)View SIC 70229→
285 active companies in Hull
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Postcode filter

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

HU1, HU3, HU5, HU9, HU8, HU7

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 Hull on Companies House

How many companies are registered in Hull?

12,618 active companies have a registered office in Hull, counted from the Companies House snapshot of August 2026. Dissolved companies are not counted.

How many new businesses start in Hull each month?

2,159 new companies were set up in Hull in the last twelve full months, about 180 a month. 174 were set up in August 2026.

What do new Hull companies do?

The most common code among companies set up in Hull in the last year is Take-away food shops and mobile food stands (SIC 56103), with 108 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 Hull companies before anyone else?

Set a Leadistry agent to the Hull postcode districts (HU1, HU3, HU5) 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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