69 - LEGAL AND ACCOUNTING ACTIVITIES Companies in United Kingdom
Approximately 211,131 real businesses classified under 69 - Legal and accounting activities in United Kingdom, with officer, shareholder and beneficial ownership records sourced directly from official government registries.
Approximately 211,131 real businesses classified under 69 - Legal and accounting activities operate in United Kingdom. Covers companies officially classified under UK SIC 2007 code 69 (Legal and accounting activities), part of United Kingdom's UK SIC 2007 classification of economic activities. This division is one of the sub-sectors making up the broader Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities sector. Ownership, beneficial-ownership disclosure and company-registration rules for businesses under this specific activity code follow the same general framework that applies across Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities in United Kingdom.
25 companies under this specific code are indexed on Zavia so far, part of a continually growing dataset.
Beneficial-ownership and registration rules for Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities companies in United Kingdom follow the same national framework as every other sector there.
Full United Kingdom beneficial ownership overviewTop 69 - Legal and accounting activities Companies in United Kingdom
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Data Coverage
Record counts for SIC Code M in United Kingdom, as of the last reconciliation.
Section M is 15% of the United Kingdom register by entity count and its 1st largest sector — see all sectors.
Analysis
What this data actually tells you
Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities in the UK includes professions with meaningfully different regulatory structures, which matters for verification. Solicitors in England and Wales are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), which — despite having originally been formed as a board of the Law Society — now regulates and enforces standards completely independently, overseeing more than 125,000 solicitors and other authorised individuals across over 11,000 firms, plus those working in-house.
Other professions in the sector sit differently: architects, for example, are represented by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), a chartered professional membership body rather than a statutory regulator with SRA-equivalent enforcement powers over individual practice. For verification, that distinction matters — confirming a solicitor’s standing means checking the SRA’s own register, while confirming an architect’s professional affiliation means checking RIBA membership, which carries a different kind of assurance.
United Kingdom Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities, by the register
Charts render from live counts. Modules are suppressed where coverage is too thin to be meaningful.
Entities by sub-sector
SIC division level, live from official registries.
Active vs. inactive
Section M entities currently on the register as active, vs. struck off or dormant.
Company size, by disclosed headcount
By number of employees on file, Section M, United Kingdom. 5,134 entities with no disclosed headcount are not counted in any band.
Who uses United Kingdom professional, scientific and technical activities ownership data
The three checks this sector's data is most often run for.
SRA solicitor registration check
The Solicitors Regulation Authority independently regulates over 125,000 solicitors and other authorised individuals across more than 11,000 firms in England and Wales — separately from the Law Society, and separately from a firm’s own company registration.
Professional-body membership vs. statutory regulation
Not every profession in this sector has the same regulatory weight: solicitors are independently regulated by the SRA with statutory authority, while a body like RIBA (architects) is a chartered professional membership institute — confirming which kind of oversight actually applies to a given professional matters for verification.
Fee-based, low-asset exposure
Professional and technical service firms typically carry little in the way of fixed assets, so lenders and counterparties assessing this sector look mainly at partner composition, client concentration and regulatory standing rather than a conventional balance sheet.
Sub-sectors within Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities
SIC divisions inside this section, each with its own United Kingdom company directory.
Legal and accounting activities
211,131 companies
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities
861,236 companies
Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis
280,170 companies
Scientific research and development
49,438 companies
Advertising and market research
180,203 companies
Other professional, scientific and technical activities
867,494 companies
Veterinary activities
12,998 companies
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many companies are classified under 69 - Legal and accounting activities in United Kingdom?
Approximately 211,131 businesses are classified under 69 - Legal and accounting activities in United Kingdom.
What does UK SIC 2007 code 69 cover?
69 - Legal and accounting activities is the official name for this activity under United Kingdom's UK SIC 2007 classification of economic activities. It is a sub-category within the broader Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities sector.
How is this different from the broader Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities category?
Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities is the top-level sector; UK SIC 2007 code 69 identifies one specific activity within it, letting you narrow a search to exactly this business type rather than the whole sector.
What ownership information is available for these companies?
The same beneficial-ownership, shareholder and officer disclosure framework applies as for any other company in United Kingdom, regardless of its specific activity classification. See the individual company profile for the full ownership picture, or the Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities sector overview for the general national framework.
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