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Companies House · Leeds

UK companies in Leeds

Leeds runs the biggest financial-services centre outside London. Legal services, accountancy and asset management all cluster here. The LS postcode area is mainly professional services. The wider West Yorkshire postcodes (WF, BD, HD, HX) lean more on manufacturing and textiles.

At a glance

Key facts

  • Leeds (LS postcode) is the second-largest UK legal hub after London, with over 4,000 active solicitor firms registered
  • West Yorkshire (LS, WF, BD, HD, HX) holds ~3% of UK active companies
  • LS1 and LS2 cover the Leeds central business district. LS11 and LS12 hold more industrial and wholesale firms
Measured

New companies in Leeds

7,373 new companies were set up with a Leeds registered office in the last twelve full months, about 614 a month. 517 of them were set up in August 2026. That sits on top of 47,921 active companies already registered here.

Sept 25: 678Oct 25: 723Nov 25: 592Dec 25: 494Jan 26: 646Feb 26: 593Mar 26: 713Apr 26: 626May 26: 541Jun 26: 604Jul 26: 646Aug 26: 517
Sept 25 to Aug 26. Companies still on the register, counted from the Companies House snapshot.

What the new ones do: Buying and selling of own real estate leads, with 424 new companies in the year.

  1. 68100Buying and selling of own real estate424
  2. 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate356
  3. 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via the internet353
  4. 64209Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.280
  5. 56103Take-away food shops and mobile food stands253
For agencies and suppliers

Selling to new Leeds 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.

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Measured

The most registered SIC codes in Leeds

Counting active companies whose registered office is a Leeds post town, these are the codes that come up most often on the August 2026 Companies House snapshot. Buying and selling of own real estate leads with 3,150 companies. It is worth reading against the sectors below: the authored view is what Leeds is known for, this is what its companies actually filed.

  1. 68100Buying and selling of own real estate3,150
  2. 62020IT consultancy activities1,633
  3. 64209Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.1,514
  4. 68320Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis1,351
  5. 86900Other human health activities1,249
  6. 41100Development of building projects1,036
  7. 73110Advertising agencies510
  8. 78109Other activities of employment placement agencies454

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 Leeds

SIC 69201, Accounting, auditing, and tax consultancyView SIC 69201→
SIC 69101, SolicitorsView SIC 69101→
SIC 70229, Management consultancyView SIC 70229→
SIC 62012, Software developmentView SIC 62012→
SIC 66220, Insurance brokerageView SIC 66220→
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Postcode filter

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

LS, WF, BD, HD, HX

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 Leeds on Companies House

Is Leeds a good base for legal-services lead generation?

Yes. No UK area outside London is denser for law firms. Filter SIC 69101 (solicitors) with the LS postcode. Lots of London firms already sell to this group, so make your first line count.

How does Leeds compare to Manchester for B2B SaaS targeting?

Leeds leans financial services and legal. Manchester leans digital and media. Pick the postcode that matches your ideal customer.

Can I get named director emails for Leeds-area firms?

Yes, where the firm publishes one. Every lead ships with a verified website and a verified email, checked against the company's own domain. Smaller LS-postcode firms often publish a direct email for the founding director.

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Companies House · Leeds

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