List of Real Estate Companies in the UK

Last updated 21 October 2026

There are 636,901 real estate companies in the UK, one in every 14 UK companies. Most of them are small: nearly all have one to four people, and only 1,851 firms employ 50 people or more. Seven in ten of all real estate firms are based in London, South East, North West, East of England and West Midlands. Below you find the largest real estate firms in the UK, the regions where they cluster, how many started this year and which are the oldest. The full list with addresses, phone numbers and email is in our UK company database or through the Companies House API.

636,901 companies indexed · Data counted on 21 October 2026

Companies636,9011 in14 UK companiesRegions12Largest regionLondon 197,556Sole traders1%Employees1-4 (94%)Revenue< $100K (61%)Email8%Phone15%Website15%

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	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	Brambles LIMITED (london Office)	Unitedkingdom	Queen'S Park	160 Victoria Street	London	SW1E 5LB	N/A	2017	$6,669,700,000	12,093	Foreign company	221	FC034546
2	Vistry Group PLC	Unitedkingdom	West Malling	11 Tower View	Kent	ME19 4UY	bovishomes.*****	1885	$4,779,400,119	4,525	Corporation	174	00306718
3	Vistry Homes LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	West Malling	11 Tower View	Kent	ME19 4UY	bovishomes.*****	1945	$2,140,481,057	4,569	Corporation	174	00397634
4	Clearsprings Ready Homes LTD	Unitedkingdom	Rayleigh	26 Brook Road	Essex	SS6 7XJ	ready-homes.*****	2012	$1,744,281,249	413	Corporation	4	07921508
5	Sanctuary Housing Association	Unitedkingdom	Worcester	Sanctuary House	Worcestershire	WR1 3ZQ	sanctuary-care.*****	1969	$1,491,796,811	13,228	Corporation	68	IP19059R
6	Clarion Housing Association LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Hampstead	5th Floor	London	NW1 7QX	myclarionhousing.*****	1968	$1,307,235,499	4,132	Corporation	8	RS007686
7	Peabody Trust	Unitedkingdom	Charlton	Minster Court	London	SE1 7JB	peabodygroup.*****	2018	$1,304,199,535	3,941	Corporation	N/A	RS007741
8	Notting Hill Housing Trust	Unitedkingdom	Hammersmith	1 Sussex Place	London	W6 9EA	nhg.*****	1963	$1,139,136,392	1,643	Corporation	2	IP16558R
9	United Learning LTD	Unitedkingdom	Thorpe Meadows	United Learning	Peterborough	PE3 6SB	unitedlearning.*****	1883	$1,046,164,946	11,294	Corporation	2	00018582
10	Nhs Property Services LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Davenport Park	Regent House	Manchester, Greater Manchester	SK4 1BS	property.*****	2011	$1,025,455,030	5,424	Corporation	5753	07888110
11	Maison Holdco LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Monument-aldgate-fenchurch Street-tower Hill	C/o Alter Domus UK Limited	London	EC3A 8BF	N/A	2021	$981,891,910	1,045	Corporation	34	13515354
12	Maison Bidco LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Hyde Park	The Waterfront	Doncaster, South Yorkshire	DN4 5PL	N/A	2021	$981,891,910	1,045	Corporation	34	13528295
13	Segro Public LIMITED Company	Unitedkingdom	Holborn-strand-covent Garden	1 New Burlington Place	London	W1S 2HR	segro.*****	1920	$960,191,628	454	Corporation	263	00167591
14	Knight Frank Llp	Unitedkingdom	Holborn-strand-covent Garden	55 Baker Street	London	W1U 8AN	knightfrank.*****	1896	$941,382,862	5,831	Partnership of unknown type	94	OC305934
15	Notting Hill Genesis	Unitedkingdom	Islington	Bruce Kenrick House	London	N1 9FL	nhg.*****	2018	$908,132,732	1,580	Corporation	7	RS007746
16	The Riverside Group LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Liverpool Shopping Park	2 Estuary Boulevard	Liverpool, Merseyside	L24 8RF	riverside.*****	2006	$867,899,884	4,808	Corporation	21	IP030938
17	Southern Housing	Unitedkingdom	Finsbury	Fleet House	London	EC1M 5LA	southernhousing.*****	1901	$852,220,395	2,591	Corporation	5	RS008983
18	Hill Residential LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Waltham Abbey	Gunpowder Mill	Essex	EN9 1BN	hill.*****	2001	$808,124,061	249	Corporation	18	04251718
19	Stanley House Accommodation LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Bishop'S Nympton	4 Moxhams Court	Devon	EX32 8HR	N/A	2026	$807,892,102	9	Corporation	2	16962823
20	Fortix Capital LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Cheltenham	145 High Street	Gloucestershire	GL50 1DQ	N/A	2026	$807,892,102	25	Corporation	2	17016145
21	Premier Holdings (nationwide) LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Redruth	Cardew House	Cornwall	TR15 1SP	N/A	2026	$807,892,102	25	Corporation	2	17023255
22	Bromford Flagship Livewest LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Wolverhampton	Exchange Court	Wolverhampton, West Midlands	WV10 6AU	bromford.*****	1963	$768,098,892	3,532	Corporation	10	IP29996R
23	The Guinness Partnership LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Hampstead	7th Floor	London	NW1 3AX	guinnesspartnership.*****	2010	$676,387,480	2,487	Corporation	79	IP031693
24	Home Group LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Newcastle Upon Tyne	1 Strawberry Lane	Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear	NE1 4BX	N/A	1981	$639,368,958	3,460	Corporation	47	IP22981R
25	Londonmetric Property PLC	Unitedkingdom	Holborn-strand-covent Garden	1 Curzon Street	London	W1J 5HB	londonmetric.*****	2010	$629,536,717	53	Corporation	80	07124797

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Real estate firms in London

London has 197,556 real estate companies and real estate firms, 10.2% of all 1,945,804 London companies and 41% above the national share. Nearly all London firms have fewer than five people; 535 have 50 or more. 16,225 new firms were entered in 2026, 6,516 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 185,456 · 95%
5-9: 7,830 · 4%
10-19: 1,564 · 0.8%
20-49: 850 · 0.4%
50+: 535 · 0.3%

Legal form

Sole traders: 1,398 · 0.7%
Partnerships: 1,196 · 0.6%
Ltd and PLC: 192,184 · 97%
Other or none: 2,778 · 1%

Of the UK total: 31.0%
Of all London companies: 10.2%
Against the national share: 1.4×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 16,225
Entered 2025: 26,739
Of UK's 2026 entries: 33.0%

Old

Before 1990: 6,516 · 3%
1990 or later: 191,040 · 97%
Of UK's pre-1990 firms: 27.3%

Reachable

Email: 16,659 · 8%
Phone: 31,651 · 16%
Website: 31,921 · 16%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 120,353 · 61%
$100K-$500K: 61,753 · 31%
$500K-$1M: 6,615 · 3%
$1M and more: 7,686 · 4%

Largest

1Foreign company12,093
24,132
33,941
43,519
53,145

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Where in the UK?

London has the most real estate companies in the UK (197,556), ahead of South East (79,508), North West (65,842), East of England (57,616) and West Midlands (50,344). Together the five hold seven in ten of them. Relative to their size, London, North West and West Midlands have the most: 1.0 to 1.4 times the national share.

Regions by number of firms

12 UK regions have at least one real estate firm; 12 have ten or more; 0 have exactly one. Click a region to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Real estate firms per 100 companies, in regions with at least 100 of them. The national share is 7.21. London has 1.4 times the national share.

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Largest real estate firms in the UK

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in London, the biggest newcomers of 2026 and the oldest firms. Click a name for the record.

Brambles Limited (London Office) is the largest real estate firm in the UK by headcount. 1,851 firms employ 50 people or more; 973 employ 100 or more.

1LondonForeign company12,093 staff
2Peterborough11,294 staff
3North Ayrshire · public body6,000 staff
4Manchester5,424 staff
5Worcestershire5,015 staff
6Central Bedfordshire4,650 staff
7Kent4,569 staff
8London4,132 staff
9London3,941 staff
10London3,519 staff

By employee size · 631,693 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	592,192	94%
5-9	28,251	4%
10-19	6,389	1%
20-49	3,010	0.5%
50-99	878	0.1%
100-199	454	<0.1%
200-499	337	<0.1%
500-999	103	<0.1%
1,000+	79	<0.1%

94% have 1 to 4 people; 3,010 have 20 to 49; 1,851 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	383,435	61%
$100K-$500K	209,640	33%
$500K-$1M	18,978	3%
$1M-$5M	13,496	2%
$5M-$10M	1,921	0.3%
$10M-$50M	1,846	0.3%
$50M-$100M	282	<0.1%
$100M-$500M	241	<0.1%
$500M+	37	<0.1%

61% under $100,000; 13,496 between $1M and $5M; 4,327 above $5M.

Firm sizes in the UK

Of the 631,693 UK real estate firms with a known headcount, 592,192 (94%) have one to four people, 28,251 have five to nine, 9,399 have ten to 49 and 1,851 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (383,435, 61%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all UK companies

Micro under 10620,443 98%
Small 10 to 499,399 1%
Medium 50 to 2491,669 0.3%
Large 250+182 <0.1%

Grey line: the share among all UK companies (93% have under ten staff).

4,327

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 2,406 more than $10 million.

49,133

firms were entered in 2026.

How many real estate companies are there in the UK?

Real estate companies and real estate firms in the UK

636,901

21 October 2026

There are 636,901 real estate companies and real estate firms in the UK in our data (21 October 2026). That is one in every 14 UK companies. About 234 new firms are entered in the register every working day this year (49,133 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 603,977 95%
Head offices: 26,186
Branch offices: 6,738

Classification

Our platform filter is the national code 68.

607,162 of the 636,901 are Ltd and PLC (95%); 7,903 are sole traders. They come from Companies House and our UK register data, through the Companies House API.

Sole traders or Ltd: how they are organised

One in eighty-one UK real estate firms work as sole traders, against 7% of all UK companies. Nearly all are Ltd and PLC.

Sole traders7,9031%
Partnerships (partnerships and LLPs)4,4160.7%
Ltd and PLC607,16295%
No form on record or other17,4203%

Single-site: 95%
Head offices: 26,186
Branches: 6,738

All UK companies: 7% sole traders, 3% partnerships, 62% Ltd and PLC.

How they compare

In other countries

The UK has more real estate firms than Belgium or Sweden, and more per company than either.

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The UK	636,901	72.1
Belgium	160,955	67.4
Sweden	125,212	67.6
The Netherlands	92,805	24.0
The Czech Republic	21,993	6.2

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The oldest firms in the UK

Our data holds 413 UK real estate firms from before 1900, 2,905 from before 1950 and 23,829 from before 1990.

1812
1. Rutland
1815
1. West Northamptonshire
1817
1. Surrey
1821
1. Kent
1830
1. Pembrokeshire
1830
1. Surrey

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23,829

UK real estate firms date from before 1990

1,409

were entered in 1990

Newcomers in the UK in 2026

49,133 real estate firms were entered in the UK register so far in 2026, about 234 a working day, after 84,255 in 2025. The UK as a whole saw 534,395 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 9.2% of the inflow.

41,3602022
48,5762023
65,6032024
84,2552025
49,1332026 so far

48,884 of this year's 49,133 are Ltd and PLC.

The biggest newcomers of 2026

The year is the register entry; an established firm that changes legal form appears as new.

1Manchester365 staff
2Devon299 staff
3London95 staff
4London85 staff
5London84 staff

How reachable are they?

Real estate firms are harder to reach than the average UK company: 15% list a phone number and 15% a website.

Email48,190 8%
Phone97,614 15%
Website93,662 15%

Grey line: all UK companies (email 15%, phone 30%, website 30%).

The full list with these fields is in our UK company database.

Frequently asked questions

How many real estate companies are there in the UK?

There are 636,901 real estate companies and real estate firms in the UK in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. That is one in every 14 UK companies.

Which is the largest real estate firm in the UK?

Brambles Limited (London Office) in London, with 12,093 staff. By revenue Vistry Group in Kent leads with $4.8 billion a year.

Which UK region has the most real estate companies?

London, with 197,556, ahead of South East (79,508), North West (65,842), East of England (57,616) and West Midlands (50,344).

How many real estate firms are there in London?

197,556, which is 10.2% of all 1,945,804 London companies and 41% above the national share.

How big is a typical real estate firm?

Small. 94% of the 631,693 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 1,851 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are UK real estate companies sole traders or companies?

One in eighty-one (7,903) are sole traders, 0.7% are partnerships and 95% (607,162) are Ltd and PLC.

How many real estate firms started in 2026?

49,133 were entered in the UK register so far in 2026, after 84,255 in 2025. 48,884 of them are Ltd and PLC.

What is the oldest real estate firm in the UK?

Murray Estate Agents in Rutland, 1812, followed by Merrys in West Northamptonshire (1815) and White & Sons in Surrey (1817). 413 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers real estate companies?

Our platform filters them on the national code 68.

Can I download the full list?

Yes. All 636,901 firms with address, phone, email, legal form, employees, revenue and founding year, as Excel, CSV or through the API.

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