Who owns UK companies in Retail sale via stalls and markets of other goods?

1,078 of the 8,192 companies registered under SIC 47890 (Retail sale via stalls and markets of other goods) filed a list of shareholders with their most recent confirmation statement. Between them, those lists name 2,031 individual shareholders and 165 companies, trusts and other entities.

In this industry:

• 7.6% are majority-owned by another company (among companies with one class of shares), compared with 22% of all UK companies — less than half the national rate.
• 13% have at least one company among their shareholders, compared with 33% of all UK companies — less than half the national rate.
• 2.0% have six or more shareholders, compared with 9.6% of all UK companies — less than half the national rate.

How companies in this industry are owned

* Among the 383 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 6.0 years ago (all UK companies: 8.5 years).

Related industries

• Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet SIC 47910 · 25,475 companies · 12% majority-owned by a company
• Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets SIC 47990 · 8,700 companies · 16% majority-owned by a company
• Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating SIC 47110 · 7,809 companies · 10% majority-owned by a company
• Other retail sale in non-specialised stores SIC 47190 · 7,239 companies · 16% majority-owned by a company
• Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores SIC 47710 · 4,960 companies · 14% majority-owned by a company
• Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians) SIC 47789 · 3,470 companies · 21% majority-owned by a company
• Other retail sale of food in specialised stores SIC 47290 · 2,787 companies · 15% majority-owned by a company
• Retail of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised store SIC 47599 · 2,673 companies · 19% majority-owned by a company

Corporate shareholders in this industry

All 157 companies and other entities named as shareholders on the latest confirmation statements of companies under SIC 47890, ranked by how many of those companies they hold shares in. None holds shares in more than one company in this industry: ownership here is not concentrated in corporate groups. 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 30 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.