Who owns UK companies in Other engineering activities?

9,122 of the 41,506 companies registered under SIC 71129 (Other engineering activities) filed a list of shareholders with their most recent confirmation statement. Between them, those lists name 20,679 individual shareholders and 3,418 companies, trusts and other entities.

In this industry:

• 5.1% file dormant-company accounts, compared with 10% of all UK companies.
• 4.8% have six or more shareholders, compared with 9.6% of all UK companies — less than half the national rate.
• 27% have at least one company among their shareholders, compared with 33% of all UK companies.

How companies in this industry are owned

* Among the 3,167 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 7.8 years ago (all UK companies: 8.5 years).

Related industries

• Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities SIC 71122 · 7,988 companies · 16% majority-owned by a company
• Architectural activities SIC 71111 · 5,371 companies · 17% majority-owned by a company
• Engineering design activities for industrial process and production SIC 71121 · 3,205 companies · 20% majority-owned by a company
• Technical testing and analysis SIC 71200 · 2,138 companies · 26% majority-owned by a company
• Urban planning and landscape architectural activities SIC 71112 · 1,174 companies · 19% 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 71129, out of 3,325 named as shareholders on those companies' latest confirmation statements. 254 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 12 September 2020 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.