Who owns UK companies in Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications?

1,361 of the 5,360 companies registered under SIC 42220 (Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications) filed a list of shareholders with their most recent confirmation statement. Between them, those lists name 2,518 individual shareholders and 834 companies, trusts and other entities.

In this industry:

• 40% are majority-owned by another company (among companies with one class of shares), compared with 22% of all UK companies — about twice the national rate.
• 49% have at least one company among their shareholders, compared with 33% of all UK companies.
• 13% file full, group or medium-sized accounts, a sign of larger businesses, compared with 8.2% of all UK companies.

How companies in this industry are owned

* Among the 452 companies in this industry that have a single class of shares and state the number of shares allotted, where a holding's share of the company can be read directly from the filing. A dash means fewer than 30 companies, too few to report.

Company size and age

The median company in this industry was incorporated 5.5 years ago (all UK companies: 8.5 years).

Related industries

• Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c. SIC 42990 · 5,210 companies · 23% majority-owned by a company
• Construction of roads and motorways SIC 42110 · 1,123 companies · 21% majority-owned by a company
• Construction of railways and underground railways SIC 42120 · 448 companies · 18% majority-owned by a company
• Construction of water projects SIC 42910 · 418 companies · 29% majority-owned by a company
• Construction of utility projects for fluids SIC 42210 · 321 companies · 27% majority-owned by a company
• Construction of bridges and tunnels SIC 42130 · 142 companies · 31% majority-owned by a company

Corporate shareholders in this industry

All 825 companies and other entities named as shareholders on the latest confirmation statements of companies under SIC 42220, ranked by how many of those companies they hold shares in. 83 of them hold shares in more than one company in this industry. Trusts and individuals are not named.

About this data

Figures come from the shareholder lists in each company's most recent Companies House confirmation statement (form CS01) that contained one, filed between 14 December 2020 and 19 June 2026. They are as filed and are not restated for later share transfers. Shares held in treasury are excluded. Shareholders are classed as individuals, companies, non-UK entities, trusts or nominees from the names as filed.

Every company's own shareholder register, officers, filings and accounts are available through the OpenRegistry API and MCP server, live from Companies House.