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Field notes from the register: what 5.7 million live companies and 17.7 million company-years of history actually show — written by the people who count it, with every number reproducible.

UK companies, in numbers

Eight facts we counted across 5.7 million live UK companies — the register knows more than it tells, if you read all of it.

12 August 2026

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