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Furniture And Home Furnishings Businesses in Essex

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

12
Businesses
100%
Active
8.9 yrs
Avg company age
COLCHESTER
Top Location · 3
Analysis

What the numbers actually tell us

8.3% of furniture and home furnishings 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 Furniture and home furnishings, 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 95240 · 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 Furniture and home furnishings. 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: 8.9 YRS

      Key companies

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

      £410,250
      £110,260
      £105,258
      £87,087

      Where they are: top locations

      Ranked by the number of active Furniture and home furnishings businesses registered in each location.

      01Colchester325% of sector
      02Leigh-on-sea325% of sector
      03Braintree216.7% of sector
      04Southend-on-sea216.7% of sector
      05Hertford18.3% of sector