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Companies House · Wakefield

UK companies in Wakefield

Wakefield is a West Yorkshire city with a large logistics and distribution base beside the M1 and M62. 8,679 active companies have their registered office here, and 1,315 new ones were set up in the last twelve months.

At a glance

Key facts

  • 8,679 active companies are registered to a Wakefield post town on the Companies House snapshot of August 2026.
  • 1,315 new companies started here in the last twelve months, about 110 a month, and 114 in August 2026.
  • The most common code is Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate (SIC 68209), with 581 companies.
  • The busiest postcode districts are WF1, WF2, WF4, WF3.
Measured

New companies in Wakefield

1,315 new companies were set up with a Wakefield registered office in the last twelve full months, about 110 a month. 114 of them were set up in August 2026. That sits on top of 8,679 active companies already registered here.

Sept 25: 131Oct 25: 109Nov 25: 98Dec 25: 89Jan 26: 104Feb 26: 114Mar 26: 123Apr 26: 109May 26: 104Jun 26: 112Jul 26: 108Aug 26: 114
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 84 new companies in the year.

  1. 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate84
  2. 68100Buying and selling of own real estate80
  3. 70229Other management consultancy activities (not financial)54
  4. 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via the internet54
  5. 56103Take-away food shops and mobile food stands37
For agencies and suppliers

Selling to new Wakefield 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 Wakefield 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 Wakefield

Counting active companies whose registered office is a Wakefield 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 581 companies. It is worth reading against the sectors below: the authored view is what Wakefield is known for, this is what its companies actually filed.

  1. 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate581
  2. 68100Buying and selling of own real estate480
  3. 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.298
  4. 70229Other management consultancy activities (not financial)279
  5. 64209Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.184
  6. 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via the internet174
  7. 41100Development of building projects172
  8. 86900Other human health activities167

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 Wakefield

SIC 68209, Other letting and operating of own or leased real estateView SIC 68209→
581 active companies in Wakefield
SIC 68100, Buying and selling of own real estateView SIC 68100→
480 active companies in Wakefield
SIC 82990, Other business support service activities n.e.c.View SIC 82990→
298 active companies in Wakefield
SIC 70229, Other management consultancy activities (not financial)View SIC 70229→
279 active companies in Wakefield
SIC 64209, Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.View SIC 64209→
184 active companies in Wakefield
Search recipe

Postcode filter

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

WF1, WF2, WF4, WF3, WF5, WF6

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 Wakefield on Companies House

How many companies are registered in Wakefield?

8,679 active companies have a registered office in Wakefield, counted from the Companies House snapshot of August 2026. Dissolved companies are not counted.

How many new businesses start in Wakefield each month?

1,315 new companies were set up in Wakefield in the last twelve full months, about 110 a month. 114 were set up in August 2026.

What do new Wakefield companies do?

The most common code among companies set up in Wakefield in the last year is Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate (SIC 68209), with 84 of them. Next come Buying and selling of own real estate and Other management consultancy activities (not financial).

How do I reach new Wakefield companies before anyone else?

Set a Leadistry agent to the Wakefield postcode districts (WF1, WF2, WF4) 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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