UK companies in Leicester
Leicester is an East Midlands city with a large textiles, food and retail trade and many independent businesses. 42,050 active companies have their registered office here, and 6,979 new ones were set up in the last twelve months.
Key facts
- 42,050 active companies are registered to a Leicester post town on the Companies House snapshot of August 2026.
- 6,979 new companies started here in the last twelve months, about 582 a month, and 610 in August 2026.
- The most common code is Buying and selling of own real estate (SIC 68100), with 2,805 companies.
- The busiest postcode districts are LE2, LE5, LE4, LE1.
New companies in Leicester
6,979 new companies were set up with a Leicester registered office in the last twelve full months, about 582 a month. 610 of them were set up in August 2026. That sits on top of 42,050 active companies already registered here.
What the new ones do: Retail sale via mail order houses or via the internet leads, with 479 new companies in the year.
Selling to new Leicester 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.
Leadistry reads the new Leicester registrations all day, keeps the ones with a working website and a real email, and writes the first email for you to approve. 100 free leads the moment you sign up, with no card: 50 now and 50 more as their reasons appear. Each shows the company, its email, the director's name, its website and why to get in touch now. Buy your first plan and 400 more leads come free, worth £31. Addresses, phone numbers and social pages show once you buy.
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The most registered SIC codes in Leicester
Counting active companies whose registered office is a Leicester post town, these are the codes that come up most often on the August 2026 Companies House snapshot. Buying and selling of own real estate leads with 2,805 companies. It is worth reading against the sectors below: the authored view is what Leicester is known for, this is what its companies actually filed.
- 68100Buying and selling of own real estate2,805
- 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate2,642
- 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via the internet1,548
- 64209Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.1,276
- 70229Other management consultancy activities (not financial)1,210
- 49410Freight transport by road1,120
- 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.965
- 86900Other human health activities860
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.
Dominant sectors in Leicester
How Leicester is counted
A company counts for Leicester on this page when its registered office is in one of these postcode areas:
LE2, LE5, LE4, LE1, LE3, LE19To find companies here on Leadistry, tell an agent you sell in Leicester 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.
About Leicester on Companies House
How many companies are registered in Leicester?
42,050 active companies have a registered office in Leicester, counted from the Companies House snapshot of August 2026. Dissolved companies are not counted.
How many new businesses start in Leicester each month?
6,979 new companies were set up in Leicester in the last twelve full months, about 582 a month. 610 were set up in August 2026.
What do new Leicester companies do?
The most common code among companies set up in Leicester in the last year is Retail sale via mail order houses or via the internet (SIC 47910), with 479 of them. Next come Buying and selling of own real estate and Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate.
How do I reach new Leicester companies before anyone else?
Set a Leadistry agent to the Leicester postcode districts (LE2, LE5, LE4) and the trades you sell to. Each morning it finds the new companies that match, checks each one has a working website and a real email, and writes the first email for you to read and approve.
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Find Leicester leads
Tell us who you sell to. Leadistry finds Leicester companies that match, each with a working website and a real email. 100 free leads the moment you sign up, with no card: 50 now and 50 more as their reasons appear. Each shows the company, its email, the director's name, its website and why to get in touch now. Buy your first plan and 400 more leads come free, worth £31. Addresses, phone numbers and social pages show once you buy.