Who owns UK companies in Temporary employment agency activities?

6,256 of the 24,939 companies registered under SIC 78200 (Temporary employment agency activities) filed a list of shareholders with their most recent confirmation statement. Between them, those lists name 13,611 individual shareholders and 2,310 companies, trusts and other entities.

In this industry:

• 3.9% have six or more shareholders, compared with 9.6% of all UK companies — less than half the national rate.
• 66% have a shareholder holding 75% or more (among companies with one class of shares), compared with 60% of all UK companies.
• 93% have a shareholder holding at least half the shares (among companies with one class of shares), compared with 88% of all UK companies.

How companies in this industry are owned

* Among the 1,741 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 6.6 years ago (all UK companies: 8.5 years).

Related industries

• Other activities of employment placement agencies SIC 78109 · 8,931 companies · 20% majority-owned by a company
• Human resources provision and management of human resources functions SIC 78300 · 3,568 companies · 18% majority-owned by a company
• Motion picture, television and other theatrical casting activities SIC 78101 · 346 companies · 13% 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 78200, out of 2,230 named as shareholders on those companies' latest confirmation statements. 236 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 19 June 2019 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.