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Companies House · Manchester

UK companies in Manchester

Manchester is the largest UK business hub outside London. Tech is strong here, above all near MediaCity. Digital agencies and professional services do well too. The postcodes around the city (OL, BL) still carry plenty of manufacturing and logistics. Greater Manchester holds roughly 5% of active UK companies. It sits in the top 3 for new ltds each month.

At a glance

Key facts

  • Manchester (M postcode) has ~120,000 active UK ltd companies
  • Salford (M3, M5, M50) packs in more UK digital agencies than any area outside London. MediaCity is the reason
  • Greater Manchester (M, OL, BL, BB, WN, SK) makes up roughly 5% of UK incorporations, meaning new companies formed
Measured

New companies in Manchester

20,150 new companies were set up with a Manchester registered office in the last twelve full months, about 1,679 a month. 1,505 of them were set up in August 2026. That sits on top of 97,289 active companies already registered here.

Sept 25: 1,795Oct 25: 1,921Nov 25: 1,484Dec 25: 1,432Jan 26: 2,469Feb 26: 1,399Mar 26: 1,684Apr 26: 1,509May 26: 1,530Jun 26: 1,627Jul 26: 1,795Aug 26: 1,505
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 2,073 new companies in the year.

  1. 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via the internet2,073
  2. 46900Non-specialised wholesale trade1,073
  3. 68100Buying and selling of own real estate1,048
  4. 99999Dormant Company1,006
  5. 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate757
For agencies and suppliers

Selling to new Manchester 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 Manchester

Counting active companies whose registered office is a Manchester 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 9,437 companies. It is worth reading against the sectors below: the authored view is what Manchester is known for, this is what its companies actually filed.

  1. 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate9,437
  2. 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via the internet7,386
  3. 68100Buying and selling of own real estate6,551
  4. 70229Other management consultancy activities (not financial)3,911
  5. 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.3,764
  6. 96090Other service activities n.e.c.3,344
  7. 99999Dormant Company3,190
  8. 46900Non-specialised wholesale trade3,076

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 Manchester

SIC 62012, Software developmentView SIC 62012→
MediaCity and Northern Quarter clusters
SIC 70229, Management consultancyView SIC 70229→
SIC 73110, Advertising agenciesView SIC 73110→
SIC 43210, Electrical installationView SIC 43210→
SIC 47910, Retail sale via mail-order or internetView SIC 47910→
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Postcode filter

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

M, OL, BL, BB, WN, SK

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 Manchester on Companies House

What is the best way to target Greater Manchester businesses?

Use postcode prefixes M, OL, BL, BB, WN, SK as one filter group. Inside Manchester itself, M1–M4 is the city centre. M3, M5 and M50 cover MediaCity and Salford Quays. M14 is the student area, and many tech startups sit there.

Are Manchester directors easier to reach than London directors?

Often, yes. Reply rates tend to run higher outside London. Directors there get less cold email. Leadistry finds named director emails in Manchester just as well as anywhere else. Every lead ships with a verified website and a verified email.

Can I find Manchester-based tech startups specifically?

Filter SIC 62012, postcode prefix M, and company age 0–5 years. M50 and M5 sit next to MediaCity, so they hold far more tech firms than their size suggests.

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Companies House · Manchester

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