Companies in Bristol

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Our Bristol business directory currently lists every registered legal entity with a Bristol address in the official United Kingdom business register. The exact count is shown live at the top of this page.

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Bristol records are sourced directly from the official United Kingdom business register and enriched with 50+ data points: revenue, employees, industry codes, contact details, and ownership.

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Behind every street in Bristol sits a business. 12,278 of them, to be exact, all registered in the United Kingdom business register. The biggest single industry is general business services with 746 companies, roughly 6% of everything that does business in the city.

12,278 businesses indexed

Imperial Tobacco Holdings LIMITEDImperial Tobacco Holdings LIMITED

	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	Imperial Tobacco Holdings LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Bristol	Po Box 244	City of Bristol	BS99 7UJ	N/A	1995	$9,133,531,957	41	Corporation	801	03087180
2	Ovo Energy LTD	Unitedkingdom	Bristol	5 Temple Back	City of Bristol	BS1 6EZ	ovoenergy.*****	2009	$6,917,740,674	4,138	Corporation	23	06890795
3	Imperial Brands Finance PLC	Unitedkingdom	Bristol	Po Box 244	City of Bristol	BS99 7UJ	N/A	1996	$6,519,005,944	9	Corporation	801	03214426
4	Computershare (australia) LTD	Unitedkingdom	Bristol	The Paviliions Bridgwater Road	City of Bristol	BS99 6ZZ	computershare.*****	2016	$3,065,222,000	12,891	Foreign company	216	FC033485
5	Windey European Wind Power Research Centre	Unitedkingdom	Bristol	Regus House 1 Friary	City of Bristol	BS1 6EA	N/A	2018	$3,063,717,229	0	Foreign company	300	FC036117
6	Hargreaves Lansdown LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Bristol	One College Square South Anchor Road	City of Bristol	BS1 5HL	hl.*****	1987	$1,167,330,749	2,487	Corporation	17	02122142
7	Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Bristol	Hargreaves Lansdown	City of Bristol	BS1 5HL	hl.*****	1984	$1,033,045,664	2,229	Corporation	17	01896481
8	Imperial Tobacco Holdings (1) LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Bristol	Po Box 244	City of Bristol	BS99 7UJ	N/A	1989	$996,529,599	101	Corporation	801	02362232
9	Nasa Umbrella LTD	Unitedkingdom	Bristol	5th Floor Castlemead	City of Bristol	BS1 3AG	nasagroup.*****	2009	$996,376,500	4,829	Corporation	N/A	06836385
10	Scopely Explore International LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Bristol	Suite 2 Ground Floor	City of Bristol	BS1 6FL	N/A	2018	$701,004,687	3	Corporation	11	11403737
11	Scopely Explore International Holdings LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Bristol	Suite 2 Ground Floor	City of Bristol	BS1 6FL	N/A	2018	$698,128,173	46	Corporation	11	11403730
12	Imperial Tobacco Overseas Holdings LTD	Unitedkingdom	Bristol	Po Box 244	City of Bristol	BS99 7UJ	imperial-tobacco.*****	1900	$661,309,390	374	Corporation	801	03574128
13	University Hospitals Bristol And Weston Nhs Foundation Trust	Unitedkingdom	Bristol	Marlborough Street	City of Bristol	BS1 3NU	uhbristol.*****	1991	$660,278,164	8,376	Government body	19	N/A
14	Glyn Hopkin Holdings LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Bristol	Saffery Llp	City of Bristol	BS8 1BQ	N/A	2015	$625,107,939	768	Corporation	10	09593994
15	Bnp Paribas 3 Step IT	Unitedkingdom	Bristol	St James Court	City of Bristol	BS1 3LH	N/A	2019	$557,544,352	225	Foreign company	4844	FC036517
16	Gregory Trading Holdings LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Bristol	3rd Floor	City of Bristol	BS2 0EL	N/A	2023	$542,333,150	3,154	Corporation	36	15059844
17	Loungers LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Bristol	26 Baldwin Street	City of Bristol	BS1 1SE	loungers.*****	2002	$513,238,962	9,557	Corporation	21	11910770
18	Loungers UK LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Bristol	26 Baldwin Street	City of Bristol	BS1 1SE	loungers.*****	2002	$513,238,962	9,557	Corporation	21	04595806
19	Corialis Group LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Bristol	C/o Smart Systems Arnolds Way	City of Bristol	BS49 4QN	smartsystems.*****	2016	$498,580,810	2,103	Corporation	25	10491647
20	Gregory Distribution LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Bristol	3rd Floor	City of Bristol	BS2 0EL	gdl.*****	1977	$431,086,458	2,550	Corporation	36	01329163
21	Dyson LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Bristol	1 Cathedral Square	City of Bristol	BS1 5DD	N/A	1991	$386,643,010	285	Corporation	171	02627406
22	Defence Equipment & Support	Unitedkingdom	Bristol	De&s Secretariat Maple0a	City of Bristol	BS34 8JH	des.*****	2000	$371,971,183	12,500		5753	N/A
23	Teleperformance LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Bristol	Teleperformance	City of Bristol	BS1 3LG	teleperformance.*****	1987	$351,007,201	9,886	Corporation	448	02060289
24	Hargreaves Lansdown Group LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Bristol	One College Square South Anchor Road	City of Bristol	BS1 5HL	hl.*****	2024	$337,476,052	2,491	Corporation	17	15812199
25	Circle Topco LIMITED	Unitedkingdom	Bristol	3rd Floor	City of Bristol	BS2 0EL	N/A	2021	$267,162,833	835	Corporation	14	13435798

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Largest companies in Bristol

Which company is the largest in Bristol 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, Imperial Tobacco Holdings LIMITED comes first in Bristol. It is part of a group with $9.1 billion in yearly revenue. By headcount, Teleperformance LIMITED comes first with 9,886 employees. We only looked at the 7,896 corporations in Bristol for this; sole traders, foundations and other legal forms are left out.

The two tables below show how all 12,278 companies in Bristol are spread across revenue and headcount bands.

Yearly revenue

30.8%of companies have $100,000 to $500,000 in yearly revenue

Revenue (USD)	Count	Share
up to $100,000	3,318	27.0%
$100,000 to $500,000	3,783	30.8%
$500,000 to $1M	924	7.5%
$1M to $5M	1,112	9.1%
$5M to $10M	230	1.9%
$10M to $50M	283	2.3%
$50M to $100M	57	0.5%
$100M to $500M	40	0.3%
$500M to $1B	11	0.1%
$1B or more	7	0.1%
Unknown	2,513	20.5%

Headcount

58.8%of companies have 1 to 4 employees

Employees	Count	Share
1-4	7,222	58.8%
5-9	1,155	9.4%
10-19	686	5.6%
20-49	499	4.1%
50-99	173	1.4%
100-199	108	0.9%
200-499	61	0.5%
500-999	25	0.2%
1,000-4,999	18	0.1%
5,000-9,999	3	<0.1%
10,000+	2	<0.1%
Unknown	2,326	18.9%

Source: business register and CompanyData. "Unknown" means no published figure.

Largest industries in Bristol

The biggest industry groups in Bristol by registered company count, with the top five companies by revenue in each.

General business services

746 companies

SIC 7389

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Restaurants and eating places

592 companies

SIC 5812

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Real estate agents and managers

494 companies

SIC 6531

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Holding firms

432 companies

SIC 6719

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Property developers

385 companies

SIC 6552

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Property lessors

339 companies

SIC 6519

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Electric Services

334 companies

SIC 4911

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Management consulting

324 companies

SIC 8742

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All industries in Bristol

Together, general business services, restaurants and eating places and real estate agents and managers make up the top three industries in Bristol, accounting for 15% of the city's commercial activity. The oldest company we can find in Bristol is Bartwine LIMITED, founded in 1767, with Fussell Wright Solicitors not far behind. They are still here, along with 12,276 other businesses in Bristol.

Merchants sailed from Bristol's harbour for centuries, and the city now builds aircraft wings, animates films and runs one of the strongest regional economies in England. 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 Establishments1,477
Business Services, Not Elsewhere Classified746
Eating Places592
Real Estate Agents and Managers494
Offices of Holding Companies, Not Elsewhere Classified432
Land Subdividers and Developers, Except Cemeteries385
Lessors of Real Property, Not Elsewhere Classified339
Electric Services334
Management Consulting Services324
Computer Related Services, Not Elsewhere Classified301
Other industries6,854

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