General business services
3,614 companies
SIC 7389
Companies in London
Behind every street in London sits a business. 52,787 of them, to be exact, all registered in the United Kingdom business register. The biggest single industry is general business services with 3,614 companies, roughly 7% of everything that does business in the city.
52,787 businesses indexed
Societe GeneraleSociete Generale
| Company Name | Country | City | Address 1 | State/Province | Postal Code | Website | Founding Year | Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars | Employees Total | Business Legal Type - Description | Number of Companies in Group | Company Registration Number | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Societe Generale | Unitedkingdom | London | One Bank Street | London | E14 4SG | securities-services.***** | 1871 | $114,688,857,616 | 48,130 | Foreign company | 3821 | FC000268 |
| 2 | Lyondellbasell Industries N.V. | Unitedkingdom | London | 4th Floor | London | W1J 0AH | lyondellbasell.***** | 2013 | $39,133,000,000 | 18 | Foreign company | 267 | FC031430 |
| 3 | Rolls-Royce PLC | Unitedkingdom | London | Kings Place | London | N1 9FX | rolls-royce.***** | 1884 | $28,047,911,646 | 42,600 | Corporation | 362 | 01003142 |
| 4 | Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC | Unitedkingdom | London | Kings Place | London | N1 9FX | rolls-royce.***** | 1906 | $28,047,911,646 | 42,600 | Corporation | 362 | 07524813 |
| 5 | Chanel LIMITED | Unitedkingdom | London | 400 Oxford Street | London | W1A 1AB | chanel.***** | 1925 | $19,269,100,000 | 38,045 | Corporation | 509 | 00203669 |
| 6 | Shell Global Lng LIMITED | Unitedkingdom | London | Shell Centre | London | SE1 7NA | shell.***** | 1976 | $14,596,236,000 | 235 | Corporation | 5826 | 01287989 |
| 7 | Network Rail LIMITED | Unitedkingdom | London | Waterloo General Office | London | SE1 8SW | networkrail.***** | 2002 | $14,351,254,825 | 41,331 | Corporation | 122 | 04402220 |
| 8 | Shell U.K. LIMITED | Unitedkingdom | London | Shell Centre | London | SE1 7NA | shell.***** | 1946 | $10,555,988,014 | 1,733 | Corporation | 5826 | 00140141 |
| 9 | Transport For London | Unitedkingdom | London | 9th Floor | London | E20 1JN | tfl.***** | 2000 | $8,813,782,988 | 29,206 | 72 | N/A | |
| 10 | British Broadcasting CORPORATION | Unitedkingdom | London | 2nd Floor Egton Wing | London | W1A 1AA | bbc.***** | 1927 | $7,463,411,500 | 21,773 | Corporation | 335 | RC000057 |
| 11 | Nadezhda LIMITED | Unitedkingdom | London | 54 Wolfe House | London | W14 8QA | N/A | 2014 | $5,512,569,892 | 1,322 | Corporation | 17 | 09066117 |
| 12 | Attijariwafa Bank | Unitedkingdom | London | Mohamed Chami | London | NW1 6RN | N/A | 2006 | $4,278,390,464 | 5 | Foreign company | 95 | FC027221 |
| 13 | Allen Overy Shearman Sterling Llp | Unitedkingdom | London | One Bishops Square | London | E1 6AD | aoshearman.***** | 2005 | $3,612,900,176 | 6,961 | Partnership of unknown type | 53 | OC306763 |
| 14 | London Underground LIMITED | Unitedkingdom | London | Railway Arches Midland Road | London | E10 6JT | tfl.***** | 1985 | $3,532,091,117 | 16,932 | Corporation | 72 | 01900907 |
| 15 | Clifford Chance Llp | Unitedkingdom | London | 29 10 Upper Bank | London | E14 5JJ | cliffordchance.***** | 2006 | $3,047,693,803 | 7,350 | Partnership of unknown type | 54 | OC323571 |
| 16 | Diageo Scotland LIMITED | Unitedkingdom | London | 16 Great | London | W1F 7HS | diageo.***** | 1877 | $3,023,449,035 | 3,467 | Corporation | 576 | SC000750 |
| 17 | Refinitiv LIMITED | Unitedkingdom | London | Five Canada Square | London | E14 5AQ | lseg.***** | 1916 | $2,925,810,056 | 1,926 | Corporation | 284 | 00145516 |
| 18 | Financial & Risk Organisation LIMITED | Unitedkingdom | London | Five Canada Square Canary Wharf | London | E14 5AQ | N/A | 2018 | $2,900,121,572 | 14 | Corporation | 284 | 11273377 |
| 19 | Shell International Petroleum Company LIMITED | Unitedkingdom | London | Shell Centre | London | SE1 7NA | shell.***** | 1959 | $2,856,087,546 | 623 | Corporation | 5826 | 00621148 |
| 20 | Bbc Commercial LIMITED | Unitedkingdom | London | 1 Television Centre | London | W12 7FA | bbcglobalnews.***** | 2002 | $2,726,042,675 | 4,242 | Corporation | 335 | 04463534 |
| 21 | Bakkavor Foods LIMITED | Unitedkingdom | London | 5th Floor Fitzroy Place | London | W1T 3JJ | bakkavor.***** | 1972 | $2,468,900,700 | 14,473 | Corporation | 75 | 01060806 |
| 22 | Ce Acquisition 1 LIMITED | Unitedkingdom | London | 7th Floor | London | E20 1EJ | N/A | 2004 | $2,197,062,065 | 7,377 | Corporation | 3515 | 05282218 |
| 23 | Coral Eurobet Holdings LIMITED | Unitedkingdom | London | 7th Floor | London | E20 1EJ | N/A | 2002 | $2,188,182,567 | 4,882 | Corporation | 3515 | 04487021 |
| 24 | World Fuel Services Europe, LTD. | Unitedkingdom | London | 28th Floor | London | E14 5AA | rfzservices.***** | 1984 | $2,050,396,000 | 330 | Corporation | 350 | 04846814 |
| 25 | Deutsche Borse Aktiengesellschaft | Unitedkingdom | London | One Canary Wharf | London | E14 5DY | N/A | 1998 | $1,852,309,497 | 2,780 | Foreign company | 190 | FC020868 |
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Request Free SampleLargest companies in London
Which company is the largest in London depends on how you measure. You can look at valuation, at revenue or at how many people work there. Valuations are private for most companies, so here we stick to revenue and headcount.
By revenue, Rolls-Royce PLC comes first in London. It is part of a group with $28 billion in yearly revenue. By headcount, London Underground LIMITED comes first with 16,932 employees. We only looked at the 41,996 corporations in London for this; sole traders, foundations and other legal forms are left out.
The two tables below show how all 52,787 companies in London are spread across revenue and headcount bands.
Yearly revenue
47.0%of companies have less than $100,000 in yearly revenue
| Revenue (USD) | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| up to $100,000 | 24,812 | 47.0% |
| $100,000 to $500,000 | 14,353 | 27.2% |
| $500,000 to $1M | 2,374 | 4.5% |
| $1M to $5M | 2,308 | 4.4% |
| $5M to $10M | 415 | 0.8% |
| $10M to $50M | 606 | 1.1% |
| $50M to $100M | 131 | 0.2% |
| $100M to $500M | 128 | 0.2% |
| $500M to $1B | 27 | 0.1% |
| $1B or more | 49 | 0.1% |
| Unknown | 7,584 | 14.4% |
Headcount
76.8%of companies have 1 to 4 employees
| Employees | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1-4 | 40,566 | 76.8% |
| 5-9 | 2,757 | 5.2% |
| 10-19 | 1,096 | 2.1% |
| 20-49 | 703 | 1.3% |
| 50-99 | 231 | 0.4% |
| 100-199 | 139 | 0.3% |
| 200-499 | 83 | 0.2% |
| 500-999 | 55 | 0.1% |
| 1,000-4,999 | 50 | 0.1% |
| 5,000-9,999 | 4 | <0.1% |
| 10,000+ | 3 | <0.1% |
| Unknown | 7,100 | 13.5% |
Source: business register and CompanyData. "Unknown" means no published figure.
Largest industries in London
The biggest industry groups in London by registered company count, with the top five companies by revenue in each.
Property developers
3,264 companies
SIC 6552
Property lessors
2,324 companies
SIC 6519
Management consulting
2,061 companies
SIC 8742
Real estate agents and managers
1,886 companies
SIC 6531
Restaurants and eating places
1,839 companies
SIC 5812
IT services
1,669 companies
SIC 7379
Holding firms
1,631 companies
SIC 6719
All industries in London
Together, general business services, property developers and property lessors make up the top three industries in London, accounting for 17% of the city's commercial activity. The oldest company we can find in London is Boosey & Hawkes Group Services LIMITED, founded in 1760, with Ncj Media LIMITED not far behind. They are still here, along with 52,785 other businesses in London.
From the Square Mile's banks to Soho's studios and a thousand high streets, London packs global finance, law, media and tech beside centuries of ordinary shopkeeping. All of them are in our data. Look up a company in the table at the top of this page, get the full list delivered as an Excel file, or pull the records straight into your own systems through our API.
- Nonclassifiable Establishments6,778
- Business Services, Not Elsewhere Classified3,614
- Land Subdividers and Developers, Except Cemeteries3,264
- Lessors of Real Property, Not Elsewhere Classified2,324
- Management Consulting Services2,061
- Real Estate Agents and Managers1,886
- Eating Places1,839
- Computer Related Services, Not Elsewhere Classified1,669
- Offices of Holding Companies, Not Elsewhere Classified1,631
- Catalog and Mail-Order Houses1,442
- Other industries26,279
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