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Where public limited companies are registered

London holds 2,156 of the 4,506 registered offices, about 48 per cent of every PLC in the country. That says less about where the work happens than about where company secretaries and registered office services are: an address for service is not a head office, and plenty of these are a filing cabinet in EC2.

Town or cityPLCs
London2156
Manchester85
Edinburgh76
Birmingham75
Bristol67
Leeds56
Cardiff48
Solihull34
Glasgow33
Basildon33
Newcastle Upon Tyne29
Reading28
Cambridge28
Milton Keynes23
Nottingham20
Dover20
Swanley19
Sheffield18
Preston18
Leicester17
Belfast14
Swindon14
Bradford13
Coventry13
Northampton13
Oxford13
Derby12
Cobham12
Brighton12
Bath12
Egham11
Norwich11
Abingdon11
Fareham11
Liverpool11
Harrow10
Worthing10
Loughton10
Epsom10
Stockport10
Halifax10
Berkshire9
Stoke-On-Trent9
York9
Crawley9
Brentwood9
Gloucester9
Surrey9
Hertfordshire9
Warrington9
Ilford9
Doncaster9
Weybridge9
Worcester9
Maidenhead8
Wigan8
Beaconsfield8
Chelmsford8
Kent8
Essex8
High Wycombe7
Southampton7
Altrincham7
Cheltenham7
33 Wellington Street6
Dartford6
Wakefield6
Rotherham6
Norfolk6
Bolton6
Walsall6
Watford6
Middlesex6
Hemel Hempstead6
Guildford6
Croydon6
Wolverhampton6
West Midlands5
Bracknell5
Suffolk5
West Sussex5
Barnet5
Winchester5
Redditch5
Macclesfield5
Bedford5
Addlestone5
St Albans5
Peterborough5
Loughborough5
Ashford5
Uxbridge5
Wembley5
Newmarket5
Luton5
Ipswich5
Wilmslow5
Woking5
Teignmouth5
Welwyn Garden City5
3,512 companies in the 100 places with five or more Download the full register (CSV)