Who owns UK companies in Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles?

1,359 of the 5,085 companies registered under SIC 45111 (Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles) filed a list of shareholders with their most recent confirmation statement. Between them, those lists name 2,776 individual shareholders and 711 companies, trusts and other entities.

In this industry:

• 25% file full, group or medium-sized accounts, a sign of larger businesses, compared with 8.2% of all UK companies — about 3 times the national rate.
• 34% are majority-owned by another company (among companies with one class of shares), compared with 22% of all UK companies.
• 20% file micro-entity accounts, compared with 38% of all UK companies.
• The median company is 19.1 years old, against 8.5 years across all UK companies.

How companies in this industry are owned

* Among the 397 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 19.1 years ago (all UK companies: 8.5 years).

Related industries

• Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles SIC 45200 · 13,822 companies · 16% majority-owned by a company
• Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles SIC 45112 · 7,367 companies · 14% majority-owned by a company
• Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories SIC 45320 · 3,080 companies · 17% majority-owned by a company
• Wholesale trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories SIC 45310 · 1,671 companies · 26% majority-owned by a company
• Sale of other motor vehicles SIC 45190 · 1,557 companies · 19% majority-owned by a company
• Sale, maintenance and repair of motorcycles and related parts and accessories SIC 45400 · 802 companies · 14% majority-owned by a company

Corporate shareholders in this industry

All 605 companies and other entities named as shareholders on the latest confirmation statements of companies under SIC 45111, ranked by how many of those companies they hold shares in. 59 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 20 December 2020 and 10 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.