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Companies House · Plymouth

UK companies in Plymouth

Plymouth is a port city in Devon, with marine engineering, defence suppliers and tourism businesses. 10,766 active companies have their registered office here, and 1,521 new ones were set up in the last twelve months.

At a glance

Key facts

  • 10,766 active companies are registered to a Plymouth post town on the Companies House snapshot of August 2026.
  • 1,521 new companies started here in the last twelve months, about 127 a month, and 118 in August 2026.
  • The most common code is Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate (SIC 68209), with 684 companies.
  • The busiest postcode districts are PL1, PL4, PL6, PL7.
Measured

New companies in Plymouth

1,521 new companies were set up with a Plymouth registered office in the last twelve full months, about 127 a month. 118 of them were set up in August 2026. That sits on top of 10,766 active companies already registered here.

Sept 25: 141Oct 25: 156Nov 25: 104Dec 25: 75Jan 26: 133Feb 26: 124Mar 26: 177Apr 26: 138May 26: 115Jun 26: 114Jul 26: 126Aug 26: 118
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 89 new companies in the year.

  1. 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate89
  2. 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via the internet60
  3. 68100Buying and selling of own real estate54
  4. 64209Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.52
  5. 56103Take-away food shops and mobile food stands49
For agencies and suppliers

Selling to new Plymouth 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 Plymouth 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 Plymouth

Counting active companies whose registered office is a Plymouth 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 684 companies. It is worth reading against the sectors below: the authored view is what Plymouth is known for, this is what its companies actually filed.

  1. 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate684
  2. 98000Residents property management650
  3. 68100Buying and selling of own real estate376
  4. 41100Development of building projects301
  5. 64209Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.300
  6. 70229Other management consultancy activities (not financial)274
  7. 99999Dormant Company218
  8. 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.210

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.

Search recipe

Postcode filter

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

PL1, PL4, PL6, PL7, PL3, PL9

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 Plymouth on Companies House

How many companies are registered in Plymouth?

10,766 active companies have a registered office in Plymouth, counted from the Companies House snapshot of August 2026. Dissolved companies are not counted.

How many new businesses start in Plymouth each month?

1,521 new companies were set up in Plymouth in the last twelve full months, about 127 a month. 118 were set up in August 2026.

What do new Plymouth companies do?

The most common code among companies set up in Plymouth in the last year is Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate (SIC 68209), with 89 of them. Next come Retail sale via mail order houses or via the internet and Buying and selling of own real estate.

How do I reach new Plymouth companies before anyone else?

Set a Leadistry agent to the Plymouth postcode districts (PL1, PL4, PL6) 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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