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Every UK public limited company

All 4,506 of them, as at 2026-09-01, listed alphabetically. 3,793 are active; the rest are dissolved, in liquidation or otherwise no longer trading, and they stay on the list because knowing a PLC has gone is as useful as knowing it exists.

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The oldest on the register

Twenty-five companies incorporated before the rest, the oldest of them in 1865. 72 PLCs on the register today were incorporated before 1900.

IncorporatedCompanyNumberStatus
20/04/1865 Lloyds Bank PLC 00002065 Active
14/11/1868 The Investment Company PLC 00004205 Active
22/07/1872 Barnagore Jute Factory Plc(The) 00006480 Active
19/06/1872 Methodist Insurance Public Limited Company 00006369 Active
29/03/1873 The Scottish American Investment Company P L C SC000489 Active
01/05/1876 Penrith Farmers And Kidds Public Limited Company(The) 00010553 Active
22/09/1877 Ulverston Auction Mart Public Limited Company(The) 00011717 Active
24/03/1879 Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust PLC SC000881 Active
15/03/1879 F&C Investment Trust PLC 00012901 Active
01/07/1880 Hsbc Bank PLC 00014259 Active
18/06/1881 Jpmorgan American Investment Trust PLC 00015543 Active
24/10/1881 Newton Chambers & Company Public Limited Company 00015997 Active
16/08/1883 Titaghur PLC SC001273 Active
20/02/1884 Pz Cussons PLC 00019457 Active
08/12/1884 The Mercantile Investment Trust PLC 00020537 Active
22/12/1885 Harland And Wolff, Public Limited Company R0000283 Active
31/05/1886 Cardiff Property Public Limited Company(The) 00022705 Active
21/10/1886 Diageo PLC 00023307 Active
09/04/1886 Wynnstay Properties Public Limited Company 00022473 Active
03/08/1887 Ecclesiastical Insurance Office Public Limited Company 00024869 Active
21/04/1887 Jpmorgan Global Growth & Income PLC 00024299 Active
16/12/1887 The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC 00025526 Active
27/07/1887 The Scottish Investment Trust PLC SC001651 Liquidation
21/04/1888 Alliance Witan PLC SC001731 Active
27/11/1888 Antofagasta Railway Company PLC 00027767 Active

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