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Company directory · Bedford

Trade and construction companies in Bedford

2,409 active trade and construction companies registered in Bedford, Bedfordshire, by trade.

Trade companies in Bedford in numbers

From the Companies House register and filed balance sheets, as of 1 Oct 2026. The longest-established is G. Rowlett & Sons Limited, incorporated in 1950.

Companies
2,409
Active, small or micro accounts
New in the last 12 months
347
14% of the total
Typical net assets
£9,116
Median of 1,751 latest balance sheets
Typical size
1 employee
Median average headcount
Accounts due in the next 3 months
562
Companies House deadlines

Still trading, by year incorporated

Active trade companies in Bedford by year of incorporation02004002017: 78 incorporated (still active)7820172018: 104 incorporated (still active)10420182019: 113 incorporated (still active)11320192020: 141 incorporated (still active)14120202021: 126 incorporated (still active)12620212022: 138 incorporated (still active)13820222023: 177 incorporated (still active)17720232024: 173 incorporated (still active)17320242025: 303 incorporated (still active)30320252026: 269 incorporated (still active)2692026
Active trade companies in Bedford by year of incorporation02004002017: 78 incorporated (still active)78'172018: 104 incorporated (still active)104'182019: 113 incorporated (still active)113'192020: 141 incorporated (still active)141'202021: 126 incorporated (still active)126'212022: 138 incorporated (still active)138'222023: 177 incorporated (still active)177'232024: 173 incorporated (still active)173'242025: 303 incorporated (still active)303'252026: 269 incorporated (still active)269'26

Companies still active today, by the year they were incorporated; 2026 is the year so far.

Trades in Bedford

Every company on these pages is an active private limited company that files small or micro-entity accounts. Each one has to deliver accounts to Companies House within 9 months of its year end, pay corporation tax 9 months and 1 day after it, and file a CT600 with HMRC within 12 months.

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