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Company directory · Colchester

Trade and construction companies in Colchester

2,650 active trade and construction companies registered in Colchester, Essex, by trade.

Trade companies in Colchester in numbers

From the Companies House register and filed balance sheets, as of 1 Oct 2026. The longest-established is Foster Contracting Limited, incorporated in 1911.

Companies
2,650
Active, small or micro accounts
New in the last 12 months
341
13% of the total
Typical net assets
£13K
Median of 1,989 latest balance sheets
Typical size
1 employee
Median average headcount
Accounts due in the next 3 months
593
Companies House deadlines

Still trading, by year incorporated

Active trade companies in Colchester by year of incorporation01002003002017: 112 incorporated (still active)11220172018: 133 incorporated (still active)13320182019: 135 incorporated (still active)13520192020: 117 incorporated (still active)11720202021: 149 incorporated (still active)14920212022: 128 incorporated (still active)12820222023: 152 incorporated (still active)15220232024: 166 incorporated (still active)16620242025: 248 incorporated (still active)24820252026: 279 incorporated (still active)2792026
Active trade companies in Colchester by year of incorporation01002003002017: 112 incorporated (still active)112'172018: 133 incorporated (still active)133'182019: 135 incorporated (still active)135'192020: 117 incorporated (still active)117'202021: 149 incorporated (still active)149'212022: 128 incorporated (still active)128'222023: 152 incorporated (still active)152'232024: 166 incorporated (still active)166'242025: 248 incorporated (still active)248'252026: 279 incorporated (still active)279'26

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

Trades in Colchester

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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