Who owns UK companies in Business and domestic software development?

23,991 of the 120,029 companies registered under SIC 62012 (Business and domestic software development) filed a list of shareholders with their most recent confirmation statement. Between them, those lists name 102,001 individual shareholders and 23,670 companies, trusts and other entities.

In this industry:

• 8.6% have a non-UK company or other foreign entity among their shareholders, compared with 2.2% of all UK companies — about 4 times the national rate.
• 4.9% have a nominee company among their shareholders, compared with 0.7% of all UK companies — about 7 times the national rate.
• 17% have six or more shareholders, compared with 9.6% of all UK companies — about twice the national rate.

How companies in this industry are owned

* Among the 7,652 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 6.5 years ago (all UK companies: 8.5 years).

Related industries

• Information technology consultancy activities SIC 62020 · 36,537 companies · 13% majority-owned by a company
• Other information technology service activities SIC 62090 · 22,813 companies · 23% majority-owned by a company
• Ready-made interactive leisure and entertainment software development SIC 62011 · 2,119 companies · 18% majority-owned by a company
• Computer facilities management activities SIC 62030 · 1,501 companies · 24% majority-owned by a company

Corporate shareholders in this industry

The 1,000 companies and other entities holding shares in the most companies under SIC 62012, out of 22,670 named as shareholders on those companies' latest confirmation statements. 2,868 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 October 2019 and 18 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.