Who owns UK companies in Service activities incidental to water transportation?

403 of the 1,391 companies registered under SIC 52220 (Service activities incidental to water transportation) filed a list of shareholders with their most recent confirmation statement. Between them, those lists name 769 individual shareholders and 223 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.
• 6.2% have a non-UK company or other foreign entity among their shareholders, compared with 2.2% of all UK companies — about 3 times the national rate.
• 4.2% 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 122 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 8.8 years ago (all UK companies: 8.5 years).

Related industries

• Other transportation support activities SIC 52290 · 4,111 companies · 21% majority-owned by a company
• Operation of warehousing and storage facilities for land transport activities SIC 52103 · 2,431 companies · 30% majority-owned by a company
• Other service activities incidental to land transportation, n.e.c. SIC 52219 · 803 companies · 25% majority-owned by a company
• Service activities incidental to air transportation SIC 52230 · 469 companies · 33% majority-owned by a company
• Cargo handling for land transport activities SIC 52243 · 450 companies · 16% majority-owned by a company
• Cargo handling for air transport activities SIC 52242 · 338 companies · 19% majority-owned by a company
• Cargo handling for water transport activities SIC 52241 · 280 companies · 29% majority-owned by a company
• Operation of warehousing and storage facilities for water transport activities SIC 52101 · 211 companies · 33% majority-owned by a company

Corporate shareholders in this industry

All 220 companies and other entities named as shareholders on the latest confirmation statements of companies under SIC 52220, ranked by how many of those companies they hold shares in. 20 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 26 February 2021 and 6 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.