Who owns UK companies in Other passenger land transport?

2,017 of the 10,839 companies registered under SIC 49390 (Other passenger land transport) filed a list of shareholders with their most recent confirmation statement. Between them, those lists name 4,748 individual shareholders and 644 companies, trusts and other entities.

In this industry:

• 3.5% have six or more shareholders, compared with 9.6% of all UK companies — less than half the national rate.
• 24% have at least one company among their shareholders, compared with 33% of all UK companies.
• 18% are majority-owned by another company (among companies with one class of shares), compared with 22% of all UK companies.

How companies in this industry are owned

* Among the 581 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 8.7 years ago (all UK companies: 8.5 years).

Related industries

• Freight transport by road SIC 49410 · 11,010 companies · 18% majority-owned by a company
• Taxi operation SIC 49320 · 3,564 companies · 10% majority-owned by a company
• Removal services SIC 49420 · 1,277 companies · 11% majority-owned by a company
• Other urban, suburban or metropolitan passenger land transport (not underground, metro or similar) SIC 49319 · 270 companies · 49% majority-owned by a company
• Passenger rail transport, interurban SIC 49100 · 168 companies · 37% majority-owned by a company
• Freight rail transport SIC 49200 · 124 companies · 31% majority-owned by a company
• Urban and suburban passenger railway transportation by underground, metro and similar systems SIC 49311 · 35 companies
• Transport via pipeline SIC 49500 · 24 companies

Corporate shareholders in this industry

All 618 companies and other entities named as shareholders on the latest confirmation statements of companies under SIC 49390, ranked by how many of those companies they hold shares in. 48 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 1 April 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.