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Gardening or landscaping companies in the Bournemouth area

205 gardening or landscaping companies have a registered office in the Bournemouth area (BH postcodes), and 49 of them were formed in 2025 or 2026. In their latest accounts, the typical one held £10,529 in cash and owed £24,725 at year end.

Companies House register, 1 September 2026, and accounts filed in the last twelve months. Compared with the official category “Landscape service activities” (SIC 81300). Covers companies with a registered office in BH postcodes, including Bournemouth, Poole.

The numbers

Gardening or landscaping companies in the Bournemouth area (BH postcodes) compared with the same category across the UK. Typical figures are medians.
MeasureBournemouthUK
Registered companies20518,517
Formed in 2025 or 202649 (24%)23%
Being struck off or in liquidation13 (6.3%)8.3%
Typical cash at year end£10,52941 accounts£12,493
Typical amount owed at year end£24,725126 accounts£21,784
Typical number of employees2126 accounts1

What this means if you’re starting one

Most of these businesses are run by one or two people

The typical gardening or landscaping company in the Bournemouth area (BH postcodes) reports 2 employees; the top quarter has 2 or more (126 filings).

You are mostly up against owner-operators. Your own hours are likely to be your biggest cost, and the easiest one to undercount.

Cash is tight in this trade

At year end the typical gardening or landscaping company in the Bournemouth area (BH postcodes) holds £10,529 in cash and owes £24,725; that cash figure is lower than 79% of UK industries.

Typical operators end the year holding less cash than they owe, so there is little slack if takings dip or a big bill lands early.

Most of your competition will be other newcomers

24% of the 205 gardening or landscaping companies in the Bournemouth area (BH postcodes) were formed in 2025–26, against 19% of all companies in the Bournemouth area (BH postcodes).

New rivals are arriving faster than in most trades, so your customers already have fresh options. Being new is not a difference on its own.

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What these figures can’t tell you

Companies are counted where their registered office is, which may be an accountant or a home address rather than a shop. Sole traders and partnerships are not on the register, and electronically filed accounts cover roughly 60–75% of accounts filed each year. The figures describe companies that exist; they cannot prove demand for your idea or predict whether it will work. How the figures are built.

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