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Companies House · Sunderland

UK companies in Sunderland

Sunderland is a North East city on the River Wear, with car manufacturing, its supply chain and a growing software sector. 6,203 active companies have their registered office here, and 1,253 new ones were set up in the last twelve months.

At a glance

Key facts

  • 6,203 active companies are registered to a Sunderland post town on the Companies House snapshot of August 2026.
  • 1,253 new companies started here in the last twelve months, about 104 a month, and 98 in August 2026.
  • The most common code is Buying and selling of own real estate (SIC 68100), with 334 companies.
  • The busiest postcode districts are SR1, SR5, SR2, SR6.
Measured

New companies in Sunderland

1,253 new companies were set up with a Sunderland registered office in the last twelve full months, about 104 a month. 98 of them were set up in August 2026. That sits on top of 6,203 active companies already registered here.

Sept 25: 124Oct 25: 126Nov 25: 92Dec 25: 49Jan 26: 92Feb 26: 98Mar 26: 136Apr 26: 126May 26: 94Jun 26: 120Jul 26: 98Aug 26: 98
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 82 new companies in the year.

1,253 new companies started in Sunderland in the twelve months to August 2026, each one choosing its accountant, website and suppliers.
  1. 56103Take-away food shops and mobile food stands82
  2. 68100Buying and selling of own real estate73
  3. 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via the internet65
  4. 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate60
  5. 96020Hairdressing and other beauty treatment45
For agencies and suppliers

Selling to new Sunderland 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 Sunderland 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 Sunderland

Counting active companies whose registered office is a Sunderland 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 334 companies. It is worth reading against the sectors below: the authored view is what Sunderland is known for, this is what its companies actually filed.

  1. 68100Buying and selling of own real estate334
  2. 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate331
  3. 56103Take-away food shops and mobile food stands215
  4. 70229Other management consultancy activities (not financial)198
  5. 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via the internet165
  6. 96020Hairdressing and other beauty treatment154
  7. 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.127
  8. 86900Other human health activities125

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 Sunderland

SIC 68100, Buying and selling of own real estateView SIC 68100→
334 active companies in Sunderland
SIC 68209, Other letting and operating of own or leased real estateView SIC 68209→
331 active companies in Sunderland
SIC 56103, Take-away food shops and mobile food standsView SIC 56103→
215 active companies in Sunderland
SIC 70229, Other management consultancy activities (not financial)View SIC 70229→
198 active companies in Sunderland
SIC 47910, Retail sale via mail order houses or via the internetView SIC 47910→
165 active companies in Sunderland
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Postcode filter

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

SR1, SR5, SR2, SR6, SR4, SR3

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 Sunderland on Companies House

How many companies are registered in Sunderland?

6,203 active companies have a registered office in Sunderland, counted from the Companies House snapshot of August 2026. Dissolved companies are not counted.

How many new businesses start in Sunderland each month?

1,253 new companies were set up in Sunderland in the last twelve full months, about 104 a month. 98 were set up in August 2026.

What do new Sunderland companies do?

The most common code among companies set up in Sunderland in the last year is Take-away food shops and mobile food stands (SIC 56103), with 82 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 Sunderland companies before anyone else?

Set a Leadistry agent to the Sunderland postcode districts (SR1, SR5, SR2) 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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