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Company directory · Leicester

Trade and construction companies in Leicester

4,845 active trade and construction companies registered in Leicester, Leicestershire, by trade.

Trade companies in Leicester in numbers

From the Companies House register and filed balance sheets, as of 1 Oct 2026. The longest-established is W.& J.Parker,Limited, incorporated in 1927.

Companies
4,845
Active, small or micro accounts
New in the last 12 months
905
19% of the total
Typical net assets
£7,102
Median of 3,248 latest balance sheets
Typical size
1 employee
Median average headcount
Accounts due in the next 3 months
1,038
Companies House deadlines

Still trading, by year incorporated

Active trade companies in Leicester by year of incorporation02505007502017: 147 incorporated (still active)14720172018: 184 incorporated (still active)18420182019: 227 incorporated (still active)22720192020: 235 incorporated (still active)23520202021: 254 incorporated (still active)25420212022: 306 incorporated (still active)30620222023: 325 incorporated (still active)32520232024: 397 incorporated (still active)39720242025: 725 incorporated (still active)72520252026: 697 incorporated (still active)6972026
Active trade companies in Leicester by year of incorporation02505007502017: 147 incorporated (still active)147'172018: 184 incorporated (still active)184'182019: 227 incorporated (still active)227'192020: 235 incorporated (still active)235'202021: 254 incorporated (still active)254'212022: 306 incorporated (still active)306'222023: 325 incorporated (still active)325'232024: 397 incorporated (still active)397'242025: 725 incorporated (still active)725'252026: 697 incorporated (still active)697'26

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

Trades in Leicester

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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