Who owns UK companies in Freight transport by road?

11,010 of the 77,408 companies registered under SIC 49410 (Freight transport by road) filed a list of shareholders with their most recent confirmation statement. Between them, those lists name 19,831 individual shareholders and 2,899 companies, trusts and other entities.

In this industry:

• 2.4% have six or more shareholders, compared with 9.6% of all UK companies — less than half the national rate.
• 5.3% file dormant-company accounts, compared with 10% of all UK companies.
• 24% have at least one company among their shareholders, compared with 33% of all UK companies.

How companies in this industry are owned

* Among the 3,507 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 7.8 years ago (all UK companies: 8.5 years).

Related industries

• Taxi operation SIC 49320 · 3,564 companies · 10% majority-owned by a company
• Other passenger land transport SIC 49390 · 2,017 companies · 18% 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

The 1,000 companies and other entities holding shares in the most companies under SIC 49410, out of 2,749 named as shareholders on those companies' latest confirmation statements. 280 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 29 November 2018 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.