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Company directory · Manchester

Trade and construction companies in Manchester

8,050 active trade and construction companies registered in Manchester, Greater Manchester, by trade.

Trade companies in Manchester in numbers

From the Companies House register and filed balance sheets, as of 1 Oct 2026. The longest-established is South West Manchester Cricket Ground Limited(the), incorporated in 1927.

Companies
8,050
Active, small or micro accounts
New in the last 12 months
1,914
24% of the total
Typical net assets
£4,565
Median of 4,741 latest balance sheets
Typical size
1 employee
Median average headcount
Accounts due in the next 3 months
1,666
Companies House deadlines

Still trading, by year incorporated

Active trade companies in Manchester by year of incorporation05001,0001,5002017: 236 incorporated (still active)20172018: 291 incorporated (still active)20182019: 322 incorporated (still active)20192020: 379 incorporated (still active)20202021: 460 incorporated (still active)20212022: 472 incorporated (still active)20222023: 592 incorporated (still active)20232024: 753 incorporated (still active)20242025: 1,498 incorporated (still active)20252026: 1,491 incorporated (still active)1,4912026
Active trade companies in Manchester by year of incorporation05001,0001,5002017: 236 incorporated (still active)'172018: 291 incorporated (still active)'182019: 322 incorporated (still active)'192020: 379 incorporated (still active)'202021: 460 incorporated (still active)'212022: 472 incorporated (still active)'222023: 592 incorporated (still active)'232024: 753 incorporated (still active)'242025: 1,498 incorporated (still active)'252026: 1,491 incorporated (still active)1,491'26

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

Trades in Manchester

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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