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Building Businesses in Essex

Explore the Essex's Building sector. From regional hotspots to turnover breakdowns, discover key intelligence on company performance, market concentration, and growth opportunities across the UK.

442
Businesses
90%
Active
11.5 yrs
Avg company age
Grays
Top Location · 89
Analysis

What the numbers actually tell us

11.5% of building survive beyond 20 years – vs 12.6% cross-sector average. Established players are rarer here than across the UK economy as a whole.

Market: new incorporations, six-year view

New company registrations for Building, 2021-2026 (2026 shown year-to-date). The sector added more companies in 2022 than any year on record.

SOURCE: COMPANIES HOUSE INCORPORATION DATA · SIC 43390 · SYNCED DAILY

Outlook: sector signals

A composite view across six dimensions, scored 0–100.

    What the score means

    Business profile: who runs UK agencies

    Active companies by Building. The sector is overwhelmingly founder-owned private companies

      Structure & age: a young sector

      Age distribution of active businesses. – are under five years old - and only – make it past twenty.

      UK CROSS-SECTOR AVERAGE AGE: 10.7 YRS · AGENCIES: 11.5 YRS

      Key companies

      Largest active Building by latest reported turnover. Click through for filings, directors and group structure.

      Where they are: top locations

      Ranked by the number of active Building businesses registered in each location.

      01Grays8920.1% of sector
      02Leigh-on-sea8118.3% of sector
      03Loughton7116.1% of sector
      04Brentwood5011.3% of sector
      05Braintree398.8% of sector

      Towns in Essex

      Drill down further - view Building business data for individual towns within this county.