Who owns UK companies in Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis?

35,085 of the 131,382 companies registered under SIC 68320 (Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis) filed a list of shareholders with their most recent confirmation statement. Between them, those lists name 153,491 individual shareholders and 22,790 companies, trusts and other entities.

In this industry:

• 18% have six or more shareholders, compared with 9.6% of all UK companies — about twice the national rate.
• 4.8% file full, group or medium-sized accounts, a sign of larger businesses, compared with 8.2% of all UK companies.
• 18% have a single shareholder, compared with 23% of all UK companies.

How companies in this industry are owned

* Among the 11,258 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 7.7 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
• Buying and selling of own real estate SIC 68100 · 70,738 companies · 21% 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 68320, out of 21,767 named as shareholders on those companies' latest confirmation statements. 2,477 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 13 December 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.