Who owns UK companies in Activities of collection agencies?

184 of the 845 companies registered under SIC 82911 (Activities of collection agencies) filed a list of shareholders with their most recent confirmation statement. Between them, those lists name 373 individual shareholders and 105 companies, trusts and other entities.

In this industry:

• 81% have a shareholder holding 75% or more (among companies with one class of shares), compared with 60% of all UK companies.
• 43% have at least one company among their shareholders, compared with 33% of all UK companies.
• 28% are majority-owned by another company (among companies with one class of shares), compared with 22% of all UK companies.

How companies in this industry are owned

* Among the 47 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 9.0 years ago (all UK companies: 8.5 years).

Related industries

• Other business support service activities n.e.c. SIC 82990 · 59,985 companies · 26% majority-owned by a company
• Combined office administrative service activities SIC 82110 · 3,204 companies · 20% majority-owned by a company
• Activities of exhibition and fair organisers SIC 82301 · 1,261 companies · 19% majority-owned by a company
• Activities of conference organisers SIC 82302 · 1,124 companies · 20% majority-owned by a company
• Packaging activities SIC 82920 · 769 companies · 29% majority-owned by a company
• Photocopying, document preparation and other specialised office support activities SIC 82190 · 396 companies · 14% majority-owned by a company
• Activities of call centres SIC 82200 · 374 companies · 33% majority-owned by a company
• Activities of credit bureaus SIC 82912 · 32 companies

Corporate shareholders in this industry

All 101 companies and other entities named as shareholders on the latest confirmation statements of companies under SIC 82911, ranked by how many of those companies they hold shares in. 7 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 21 January 2021 and 5 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.