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Motor traders: limited companies and filing deadlines

48,518 active motor trade companies that file small or micro-entity accounts, with their Companies House and HMRC deadlines.

Motor trade companies in numbers

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

Companies
48,518
Active, small or micro accounts
New in the last 12 months
10,462
22% of the total
Typical net assets
£8,882
Median of 30,326 latest balance sheets
Typical size
1 employee
Median average headcount
Accounts due in the next 3 months
10,173
Companies House deadlines

Still trading, by year incorporated

Active motor trade companies by year of incorporation05,00010,0002017: 1,387 incorporated (still active)1,38720172018: 1,591 incorporated (still active)1,59120182019: 1,985 incorporated (still active)1,98520192020: 2,264 incorporated (still active)2,26420202021: 2,291 incorporated (still active)2,29120212022: 2,514 incorporated (still active)2,51420222023: 3,382 incorporated (still active)3,38220232024: 4,125 incorporated (still active)4,12520242025: 8,292 incorporated (still active)8,29220252026: 8,076 incorporated (still active)8,0762026
Active motor trade companies by year of incorporation05,00010,0002017: 1,387 incorporated (still active)1,387'172018: 1,591 incorporated (still active)1,591'182019: 1,985 incorporated (still active)1,985'192020: 2,264 incorporated (still active)2,264'202021: 2,291 incorporated (still active)2,291'212022: 2,514 incorporated (still active)2,514'222023: 3,382 incorporated (still active)3,382'232024: 4,125 incorporated (still active)4,125'242025: 8,292 incorporated (still active)8,292'252026: 8,076 incorporated (still active)8,076'26

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

How motor trade companies file

Motor trade companies hold vehicle stock, and how that stock is valued at the year end moves the profit directly. Some use the VAT margin scheme.

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.

Motor traders by town

Newly incorporated

The most recent motor trade companies to register. Their first accounts are due 21 months after incorporation.

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