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Companies House · Preston

UK companies in Preston

Preston is a Lancashire city with a strong base of construction, professional services and public sector suppliers. 19,468 active companies have their registered office here, and 2,944 new ones were set up in the last twelve months.

At a glance

Key facts

  • 19,468 active companies are registered to a Preston post town on the Companies House snapshot of August 2026.
  • 2,944 new companies started here in the last twelve months, about 245 a month, and 222 in August 2026.
  • The most common code is Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate (SIC 68209), with 1,150 companies.
  • The busiest postcode districts are PR2, PR1, PR4, PR3.
Measured

New companies in Preston

2,944 new companies were set up with a Preston registered office in the last twelve full months, about 245 a month. 222 of them were set up in August 2026. That sits on top of 19,468 active companies already registered here.

Sept 25: 285Oct 25: 251Nov 25: 207Dec 25: 187Jan 26: 274Feb 26: 242Mar 26: 271Apr 26: 262May 26: 210Jun 26: 276Jul 26: 257Aug 26: 222
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 202 new companies in the year.

  1. 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via the internet202
  2. 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate171
  3. 68100Buying and selling of own real estate124
  4. 64209Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.109
  5. 70229Other management consultancy activities (not financial)95
For agencies and suppliers

Selling to new Preston 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 Preston 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 Preston

Counting active companies whose registered office is a Preston 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 1,150 companies. It is worth reading against the sectors below: the authored view is what Preston is known for, this is what its companies actually filed.

  1. 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate1,150
  2. 68100Buying and selling of own real estate804
  3. 70229Other management consultancy activities (not financial)699
  4. 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via the internet630
  5. 64209Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.571
  6. 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.536
  7. 96090Other service activities n.e.c.476
  8. 99999Dormant Company440

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 Preston

SIC 68209, Other letting and operating of own or leased real estateView SIC 68209→
1,150 active companies in Preston
SIC 68100, Buying and selling of own real estateView SIC 68100→
804 active companies in Preston
SIC 70229, Other management consultancy activities (not financial)View SIC 70229→
699 active companies in Preston
SIC 47910, Retail sale via mail order houses or via the internetView SIC 47910→
630 active companies in Preston
SIC 64209, Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.View SIC 64209→
571 active companies in Preston
Search recipe

Postcode filter

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

PR2, PR1, PR4, PR3, PR5, PR25

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 Preston on Companies House

How many companies are registered in Preston?

19,468 active companies have a registered office in Preston, counted from the Companies House snapshot of August 2026. Dissolved companies are not counted.

How many new businesses start in Preston each month?

2,944 new companies were set up in Preston in the last twelve full months, about 245 a month. 222 were set up in August 2026.

What do new Preston companies do?

The most common code among companies set up in Preston in the last year is Retail sale via mail order houses or via the internet (SIC 47910), with 202 of them. Next come Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate and Buying and selling of own real estate.

How do I reach new Preston companies before anyone else?

Set a Leadistry agent to the Preston postcode districts (PR2, PR1, PR4) 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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