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PLCs by decade of incorporation

When the companies on today's register were created, and how much of each decade's cohort is still standing. The biggest surviving cohort is the 2010s.

2010sLargest surviving cohort, 1009 companies

1,393Incorporated since 2016

72Incorporated before 1900

17Decades represented on the register

This is survivorship, not formation. It counts only companies on the register today, so an old decade looks small largely because most of its companies have since been dissolved and left the register altogether. It is not a record of how many PLCs were created in each decade. For that, see the register activity series on the method page.

Each decade

2020s

Oldest still registered: Wildcat Gold PLC, 08/01/2020

943
846 active

2010s

Oldest still registered: Merchant Turnaround PLC, 05/01/2010

1,009
846 active

2000s

Oldest still registered: Xp Power PLC, 06/01/2000

873
762 active

1990s

Oldest still registered: Mitsubishi Electric Finance Europe PLC, 08/01/1990

608
499 active

1980s

Oldest still registered: Christie Group PLC, 09/01/1980

437
325 active

1970s

Oldest still registered: Columbia Flooring PLC, 15/01/1970

157
129 active

1960s

Oldest still registered: Rs Group PLC, 22/01/1960

94
81 active

1950s

Oldest still registered: Vp PLC, 05/05/1950

63
46 active

1940s

Oldest still registered: Rio Tinto Finance PLC, 19/01/1940

40
28 active

1930s

Oldest still registered: 00244974 PLC, 09/01/1930

64
53 active

1920s

Oldest still registered: Dyson Group PLC, 21/01/1920

60
49 active

1910s

Oldest still registered: Kinta Kellas Rubber Estates PLC, 23/02/1910

33
26 active

1900s

Oldest still registered: James Latham Public Limited Company, 07/04/1900

53
38 active

1890s

Oldest still registered: Heavitree Brewery Plc(The), 07/02/1890

36
30 active

1880s

Oldest still registered: Hsbc Bank PLC, 01/07/1880

27
26 active

1870s

Oldest still registered: Methodist Insurance Public Limited Company, 19/06/1872

7
7 active

1860s

Oldest still registered: Lloyds Bank PLC, 20/04/1865

2
2 active