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IT support or consultancy companies in the Ipswich area

1,549 iT support or consultancy companies have a registered office in the Ipswich area (IP postcodes), and 473 of them were formed in 2025 or 2026. In their latest accounts, the typical one held £17,207 in cash and owed £9,767 at year end.

Companies House register, 1 September 2026, and accounts filed in the last twelve months. Compared with the official category “Information technology consultancy activities” (SIC 62020). Covers companies with a registered office in IP postcodes, including Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds.

The numbers

IT support or consultancy companies in the Ipswich area (IP postcodes) compared with the same category across the UK. Typical figures are medians.
MeasureIpswichUK
Registered companies1,549129,577
Formed in 2025 or 2026473 (31%)22%
Being struck off or in liquidation97 (6.3%)9.1%
Typical cash at year end£17,207185 accounts£20,549
Typical amount owed at year end£9,767755 accounts£14,784
Typical number of employees1792 accounts1

What this means if you’re starting one

You can start without much equipment

The typical it support or consultancy company in the Ipswich area (IP postcodes) carries £1,683 of equipment and other fixed assets after depreciation, lower than 96% of UK industries.

Most of the cost of entry is time and running costs rather than kit, so a small test is cheap.

Most of these businesses are run by one or two people

The typical it support or consultancy company in the Ipswich area (IP postcodes) reports 1 employee; the top quarter has 2 or more (792 filings).

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

Businesses in this trade usually keep a cash buffer

At year end the typical it support or consultancy company in the Ipswich area (IP postcodes) holds £17,207 in cash and owes £9,767; that cash figure is lower than 59% of UK industries.

Typical operators end the year holding more cash than they owe, so there is usually some slack for a slow month.

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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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