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Licenced Restaurants Businesses in Essex

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

218
Businesses
80.4%
Active
9.1 yrs
Avg company age
LEIGH-ON-SEA
Top Location · 54
Analysis

What the numbers actually tell us

6.9% of licenced restaurants 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 Licenced restaurants, 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 56101 · 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 Licenced restaurants. 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: 9.1 YRS

      Key companies

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

      £138.3m
      £56.2m
      £28.8m

      Where they are: top locations

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

      01Leigh-on-sea5424.8% of sector
      02Loughton3315.1% of sector
      03Grays2812.8% of sector
      04Southend-on-sea2812.8% of sector
      05Rochford2310.6% of sector

      Towns in Essex

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