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Gardening or landscaping companies in the Peterborough area

324 gardening or landscaping companies have a registered office in the Peterborough area (PE postcodes), and 96 of them were formed in 2025 or 2026. In their latest accounts, the typical one held £4,287 in cash and owed £24,030 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 PE postcodes, including Peterborough, Kings Lynn, King's Lynn.

The numbers

Gardening or landscaping companies in the Peterborough area (PE postcodes) compared with the same category across the UK. Typical figures are medians.
MeasurePeterboroughUK
Registered companies32418,517
Formed in 2025 or 202696 (30%)23%
Being struck off or in liquidation14 (4.3%)8.3%
Typical cash at year end£4,28795 accounts£12,493
Typical amount owed at year end£24,030191 accounts£21,784
Typical number of employees2191 accounts1

What this means if you’re starting one

Cash is tight in this trade

At year end the typical gardening or landscaping company in the Peterborough area (PE postcodes) holds £4,287 in cash and owes £24,030; 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.

the Peterborough area (PE postcodes) already has more of these businesses than most places

Gardening or landscaping companies are 0.55% of companies registered in the Peterborough area (PE postcodes), against 0.34% UK-wide (1.6× the national share).

Demand here is proven, but so is choice. Customers can compare you with several nearby options.

Most of your competition will be other newcomers

30% of the 324 gardening or landscaping companies in the Peterborough area (PE postcodes) were formed in 2025–26, against 21% of all companies in the Peterborough area (PE 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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