Companies House · Bristol

UK companies in Bristol

The South West's largest business hub is Bristol. Tech is strong here, much of it tied to aerospace or creative work. Professional services are strong too. The city also holds an unusual cluster of B-Corps and ethical SMEs. BS covers Bristol itself. BA covers Bath and the North East Somerset area.

At a glance

Key facts

Bristol (BS postcode) has about 50,000 active UK ltds
The South West (BS, BA, EX, TQ, PL) holds ~6% of UK active companies in total
BS1, BS2 and BS8 are the central commercial postcodes. BS5 and BS6 hold the creative quarter and most of the startups

Measured

New companies in Bristol

6,670 new companies were set up with a Bristol registered office in the last twelve full months, about 556 a month. 480 of them were set up in August 2026. That sits on top of 54,163 active companies already registered here.

Sept 25 to Aug 26. Companies still on the register, counted from the Companies House snapshot.

What the new ones do: Retail sale via mail order houses or via the internet leads, with 335 new companies in the year.

47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via the internet335
68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate307
68100Buying and selling of own real estate292
70229Other management consultancy activities (not financial)269
62012Business and domestic software development257

For agencies and suppliers

Selling to new Bristol companies

A company in its first months is still choosing who it works with. Reaching it then, with a short email that names what it has just started, is often the easiest time to win them as a client.

Marketing agenciesA new company needs a website, a logo and its first customers, usually before it has picked anyone to help.
AccountantsEvery new company owes a first set of accounts and a confirmation statement, and many have no accountant yet.
IT and software firmsEmail, devices and security get set up in the first months, and the choices made then tend to stick.
Insurance brokersEmployers' liability, professional indemnity and van cover are bought early, often in a hurry.
RecruitersThe first hires come quickly once a new company wins work.

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Measured

The most registered SIC codes in Bristol

Counting active companies whose registered office is a Bristol post town, these are the codes that come up most often on the August 2026 Companies House snapshot. Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate leads with 5,137 companies. It is worth reading against the sectors below: the authored view is what Bristol is known for, this is what its companies actually filed.

68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate5,137
98000Residents property management3,114
70229Other management consultancy activities (not financial)2,505
99999Dormant Company1,525
68320Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis1,450
96090Other service activities n.e.c.1,273
41100Development of building projects1,254
62012Business and domestic software development1,224

Pick a code, then narrow by postcode and date. Every company you pull carries a working website and a real email, and we never charge for the ones we cannot complete.

Why do these counts add up to more than the total?

A company may register up to four SIC codes and these counts include every position, so a business filed under two of them appears twice.

Where the volume sits

Dominant sectors in Bristol

SIC 62012, Software developmentView SIC 62012 →

Where aerospace and creative tech meet

SIC 70229, Management consultancyView SIC 70229 →

SIC 73110, Advertising / creative agenciesView SIC 73110 →

SIC 47910, E-commerce retailView SIC 47910 →

SIC 30300, Manufacture of air and spacecraftView SIC 30300 →

Search recipe

How Bristol is counted

A company counts for Bristol on this page when its registered office is in one of these postcode areas:

BS, BA

To find companies here on Leadistry, tell an agent you sell in Bristol and say what you sell. It chooses the kinds of business for you and shows them before it starts. The sector table above shows which trades are busiest.

Answers

About Bristol on Companies House

Are Bristol startups more visible on Companies House?

Yes. The Bristol startup scene (Engine Shed, Runway East and others) puts a steady stream of new ltds on the public record. Filter SIC 62012, the BS postcode and age 0–3 years to see them.

Can I tell Bristol and Bath apart in postcode filtering?

Yes. BS is Bristol and BA is Bath. The two catchments overlap, but the sector mix differs. BA leans tourism and professional services. BS leans tech and industry.

Does Bristol have an aerospace cluster I can target?

Yes. Filton (BS34) hosts Airbus and a wide supplier network. Filter SIC 30300 or 30400 with the BS prefix to get the local aerospace supply chain.

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Companies House · Bristol

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Each lead is written individually, inside your own template with your logo, pictures, video and links: the opening line is about that company and the specific reason it turned up, so no two emails are the same, and your own words carry the offer. Everything waits for you to approve it, unless you switch Autopilot on, in which case your agents' cards go out on their own in your sending hours. Sending starts at five a day from your own mailbox and warms up slowly, and a reply lands in your own inbox, stops the follow-ups and shows on your Desk.

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