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Company directory · Chelmsford

Trade and construction companies in Chelmsford

1,856 active trade and construction companies registered in Chelmsford, Essex, by trade.

Trade companies in Chelmsford in numbers

From the Companies House register and filed balance sheets, as of 1 Oct 2026. The longest-established is Woodcote Grove Estate Limited, incorporated in 1904.

Companies
1,856
Active, small or micro accounts
New in the last 12 months
245
13% of the total
Typical net assets
£10K
Median of 1,400 latest balance sheets
Typical size
1 employee
Median average headcount
Accounts due in the next 3 months
446
Companies House deadlines

Still trading, by year incorporated

Active trade companies in Chelmsford by year of incorporation01002003002017: 73 incorporated (still active)20172018: 72 incorporated (still active)20182019: 87 incorporated (still active)20192020: 86 incorporated (still active)20202021: 115 incorporated (still active)20212022: 103 incorporated (still active)20222023: 94 incorporated (still active)20232024: 131 incorporated (still active)20242025: 188 incorporated (still active)20252026: 201 incorporated (still active)2012026
Active trade companies in Chelmsford by year of incorporation01002003002017: 73 incorporated (still active)'172018: 72 incorporated (still active)'182019: 87 incorporated (still active)'192020: 86 incorporated (still active)'202021: 115 incorporated (still active)'212022: 103 incorporated (still active)'222023: 94 incorporated (still active)'232024: 131 incorporated (still active)'242025: 188 incorporated (still active)'252026: 201 incorporated (still active)201'26

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

Trades in Chelmsford

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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