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Engineering Design Activities Businesses in UK

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

9,137
Businesses
91.1%
Active
10.2 yrs
Avg company age
London
Top Location · 1,062
Analysis

What the numbers actually tell us

9.1% of engineering design activities survive beyond 20 years – vs 12.5% 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 Engineering design activities, 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 71121 · 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 Engineering design activities. 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: 10.6 YRS · AGENCIES: 10.2 YRS

      Key companies

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

      DYNISMA LTD.
      Barrow Gurney
      £33.2m
      £31.2m
      £20.9m

      Where they are: top locations

      Ranked by the number of active Engineering design activities businesses registered in each location.

      01London1,06211.6% of sector
      02Warrington1651.8% of sector
      03Aberdeen1641.8% of sector
      04Glasgow1541.7% of sector
      05Manchester1251.4% of sector