Who owns UK companies in Buying and selling of own real estate?

70,738 of the 288,419 companies registered under SIC 68100 (Buying and selling of own real estate) filed a list of shareholders with their most recent confirmation statement. Between them, those lists name 148,242 individual shareholders and 25,559 companies, trusts and other entities.

In this industry:

• 5.1% have six or more shareholders, compared with 9.6% of all UK companies.
• 19% have a single shareholder, compared with 23% of all UK companies.
• 53% have a shareholder holding 75% or more (among companies with one class of shares), compared with 60% of all UK companies.

How companies in this industry are owned

* Among the 23,747 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 5.8 years ago (all UK companies: 8.5 years).

Related industries

• Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate SIC 68209 · 128,970 companies · 19% majority-owned by a company
• Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis SIC 68320 · 35,085 companies · 18% majority-owned by a company
• Real estate agencies SIC 68310 · 10,286 companies · 21% majority-owned by a company
• Renting and operating of Housing Association real estate SIC 68201 · 5,698 companies · 16% majority-owned by a company
• Letting and operating of conference and exhibition centres SIC 68202 · 320 companies · 26% 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 68100, out of 23,208 named as shareholders on those companies' latest confirmation statements. 4,069 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 30 June 2016 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.