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Overview

This dataset provides a comprehensive view of UK companies, including their registration details, financial information, ownership, management, and recent filings for up to the 31st December 2023. The data has been meticulously processed using dbt (Data Build Tool) scripts to ensure accuracy and relevance.

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Contents

The dataset comprises the following tables:

1. companies
2. companies_sic_codes
3. filings
4. officers_and_owners

Below is a detailed description of each table.

1. companies

Description: Contains detailed information about companies registered in the UK up to January 1, 2024.

Columns:

• company_number: Unique identifier for each company.
• company_type: Type of company (e.g., private limited, public limited).
• office_address: Registered office address.
• incorporation_date: Date of company incorporation.
• jurisdiction: Legal jurisdiction of the company.
• company_status: Current status (e.g., active, dissolved).
• account_type: Type of accounts filed.
• company_name: Official name of the company.
• sic_codes: Standard Industrial Classification codes.
• date_of_cessation: Date when the company ceased operations (if applicable).
• next_accounts_overdue: Indicator if the next accounts are overdue.
• confirmation_statement_overdue: Indicator if the confirmation statement is overdue.
• owners: Number of registered owners (persons with significant control).
• officers: Number of officers (directors, secretaries) associated with the company.
• average_number_employees_during_period: Average number of employees during the last accounting period.
• current_assets: Current assets as per the last accounts.
• last_accounts_period_end: End date of the last accounting period.
• company_url: Where you can check the up-to-date company information. Free registration is required.

Data Generation Process:

• Aggregated counts of owners and officers from the ch_psc and ch_officers tables.
• Joined with the ch_accounts table to include financial information.
• Filtered to include companies incorporated on or before January 1, 2024.

2. companies_sic_codes

Description: Provides detailed SIC (Standard Industrial Classification) codes for each company.

Columns:

• company_number: Company identifier.
• sic_code: SIC code assigned to the company.
• sic_description: Description of the SIC code.
• sic_section: Section of the SIC code.
• sic_division: Division of the SIC code.
• company_url: Where you can check the up-to-date company information. Free registration is required.

Data Generation Process:

• Joined ch_companies_sic_codes with the sic_codes table to enrich SIC code information.

3. filings

Description: Lists up to the five most recent filings for each company as of January 1, 2024.

Columns:

• All relevant filing information excluding transaction_id.
• company_number: Company identifier.
• date: Date of the filing.

Data Generation Process:

• Selected the latest filings from the ch_filings table.
• Applied a window function to rank filings by date for each company.
• Limited to the top five filings per company.

4. officers_and_owners

Description: Details up to five most recent officers and owners for each company, including their roles and personal information.

Columns:

• company_number: Company identifier.
• name: Full name of the officer or owner.
• kind: Type of person (individual or corporate entity).
• officer_role: Role within the company.
• occupation: Occupation of the individual.
• date: Date of appointment or notification.
• is_owner: Boolean indicating if the person is an owner.
• country_of_residence: Country where the individual resides.
• nationality: Nationality of the individual.
• company_country: Country of the company (for corporate persons).
• person_id: Unique identifier for the person.
• person_url: Where you can check the up-to-date company information. Free registration is required.

Data Generation Process:

• Combined data from ch_officers and ch_psc tables.
• Applied filters to include active officers and owners as of January 1, 2024.
• Used a window function to limit to the top five entries per company.

Segments Included:

• Companies
• Owners and Officers
• Filings

Data Generation Process:

• Aggregated counts and latest record dates from respective tables.

Data Sources

• Companies House Data: Official UK government register of UK companies.
• SIC Codes: Standard classification codes for industries.

Data Processing Details

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Numbers of enterprises and local units produced from a snapshot of the Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR) taken on 14 March 2025.

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UK Companies House - Basic Company Data This dataset contains 850,000 registered companies from the official UK Companies House registry - the government agency responsible for incorporating and dissolving limited companies in the United Kingdom. What's Included ColumnDescriptionCompanyNameRegistered name of the companyCompanyNumberUnique 8-character identifierRegAddress.*Registered office address (street, city, postcode, country)CompanyCategoryType: Private Limited, PLC, LLP, etc.CompanyStatusCurrent status: Active, Dissolved, Liquidation, etc.IncorporationDateDate company was registeredSICCode.SicText_1/2Industry classification codesAccounts.*Financial filing information and due datesURIDirect link to company page on Companies House Dataset Stats

Rows: 849,999 companies Columns: 24 (cleaned from original 55) File Format: Parquet (57 MB, compressed from 398 MB CSV) Date: January 2026 snapshot

Source Official data from UK Companies House (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/companies-house), released under the Open Government License (OGL). Download original: https://download.companieshouse.gov.uk/en_output.html Use Cases

Market Research - Analyze industries, company formation trends Lead Generation - Find businesses by location, sector, size Economic Analysis - Track UK business growth over time Compliance - Verify company registration details Machine Learning - Classification, clustering, NLP on company names

Acknowledgements Data provided by UK Companies House under the Open Government License v3.0.

In 2025, there were approximately 5.7 million private businesses operating in the United Kingdom, an increase when compared with the previous year, but down from a peak of 5.98 million businesses reported in 2020. There has been a net increase of around 2.2 million business enterprises since 2000, when there were 3.47 million. During the provided time period, the largest annual rise in the number of businesses occurred between 2013 and 2014, which saw a net increase of approximately 340,000 private enterprises. Employment in the UK Of the almost 34 million people employed in the UK in 2025 almost 28 million are employed in the private sector, highlighting their key role in the UK economy. Additionally, a significant share of the UK workforce are employed by around 4,000 large companies which employ over 500 people. In 2024, large companies employed over 9.65 million people, despite only composing a fraction of the total number of UK private enterprises. During the same time period, the UK public sector employed around 6.1million people, approximately 17.9 percent of the workforce. Retail and wholesale dominate Over 4.9 million people were employed in retail and wholesale in the UK in 2024, the most of any sector. After the retail sector, administrative, and support service businesses were the next biggest employer, at just over 3.09 million people. Retail and wholesale enterprises were also responsible for the highest combined turnover of UK businesses, at more than 1.8 trillion British pounds. The sector with the most enterprises, was the construction sector with over 870,000 enterprises belonging to this industry in 2024.

Net rate of return on capital employed for UK PNFCs’ related to their UK operations. Source agency: Office for National Statistics Designation: National Statistics Language: English Alternative title: Profitability of UK Companies

Annual and quarterly data for the latest profitability estimates of UK companies.

Rates of return and revision tables of UK private non-financial corporations by quarter.

Latest data on domestic and overseas acquisitions, disposals and mergers. Source agency: Office for National Statistics Designation: National Statistics Language: English Alternative title: Mergers and Acquisitions involving UK companies

In 2025, the vast majority of private business enterprises in the United Kingdom were those with zero employees, with just ***** businesses that employed more than 1,000 people.

A survey of senior executives of companies in the United Kingdom (UK) conducted in February 2023 found that 33 percent anticipated a significant increase in cyberattacks against cloud management interfaces. Furthermore, 27 percent expected a notable increase in business e-mail compromise (BEC) attacks. About a quarter of surveyed executives anticipated a significant increase in ransomware attacks.

The Free Company Data Product is a downloadable data snapshot containing basic company data of live companies on the register.

The latest snapshot will be updated within 5 working days of the previous month end.

As of the fourth quarter of 2025, approximately 29 percent of businesses in the United Kingdom had seen domestic sales, custom, or bookings increase in the previous three months, compared with 42 percent who advised it had stayed the same and 28 percent who had seen sales decline.