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Company directory · Watford

Trade and construction companies in Watford

2,015 active trade and construction companies registered in Watford, Hertfordshire, by trade.

Trade companies in Watford in numbers

From the Companies House register and filed balance sheets, as of 1 Oct 2026. The longest-established is Watford Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Limited, incorporated in 1948.

Companies
2,015
Active, small or micro accounts
New in the last 12 months
330
16% of the total
Typical net assets
£6,651
Median of 1,411 latest balance sheets
Typical size
1 employee
Median average headcount
Accounts due in the next 3 months
430
Companies House deadlines

Still trading, by year incorporated

Active trade companies in Watford by year of incorporation01002003002017: 61 incorporated (still active)20172018: 111 incorporated (still active)20182019: 114 incorporated (still active)20192020: 85 incorporated (still active)20202021: 99 incorporated (still active)20212022: 113 incorporated (still active)20222023: 125 incorporated (still active)20232024: 172 incorporated (still active)20242025: 277 incorporated (still active)20252026: 265 incorporated (still active)2652026
Active trade companies in Watford by year of incorporation01002003002017: 61 incorporated (still active)'172018: 111 incorporated (still active)'182019: 114 incorporated (still active)'192020: 85 incorporated (still active)'202021: 99 incorporated (still active)'212022: 113 incorporated (still active)'222023: 125 incorporated (still active)'232024: 172 incorporated (still active)'242025: 277 incorporated (still active)'252026: 265 incorporated (still active)265'26

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

Trades in Watford

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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