Who owns UK companies in Activities of head offices?

12,977 of the 31,941 companies registered under SIC 70100 (Activities of head offices) filed a list of shareholders with their most recent confirmation statement. Between them, those lists name 43,754 individual shareholders and 14,973 companies, trusts and other entities.

In this industry:

• 33% file full, group or medium-sized accounts, a sign of larger businesses, compared with 8.2% of all UK companies — about 4 times the national rate.
• 49% are majority-owned by another company (among companies with one class of shares), compared with 22% of all UK companies — about 2 times the national rate.
• 7.9% have a trust, fund or pension scheme among their shareholders, compared with 1.8% of all UK companies — about 4 times the national rate.
• The median company is 16.3 years old, against 8.5 years across all UK companies.

How companies in this industry are owned

* Among the 3,230 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 16.3 years ago (all UK companies: 8.5 years).

Related industries

• Management consultancy activities other than financial management SIC 70229 · 61,649 companies · 13% majority-owned by a company
• Financial management SIC 70221 · 5,435 companies · 21% majority-owned by a company
• Public relations and communications activities SIC 70210 · 3,406 companies · 12% 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 70100, out of 12,524 named as shareholders on those companies' latest confirmation statements. 1,207 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 24 November 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.