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Web design and software companies in Liverpool

659 web design and software companies have a registered office in Liverpool, and 283 of them were formed in 2025 or 2026. In their latest accounts, the typical one held £21,580 in cash and owed £15,506 at year end.

Companies House register, 1 September 2026, and accounts filed in the last twelve months. Compared with the official category “Business and domestic software development” (SIC 62012), which also covers software or saas product.

The numbers

Web design and software companies in Liverpool compared with the same category across the UK. Typical figures are medians.
MeasureLiverpoolUK
Registered companies65996,921
Formed in 2025 or 2026283 (43%)42%
Being struck off or in liquidation45 (6.8%)6.4%
Typical cash at year end£21,58086 accounts£25,881
Typical amount owed at year end£15,506232 accounts£15,248
Typical number of employees1233 accounts1

What this means if you’re starting one

Most of your competition will be other newcomers

43% of the 659 web design and software companies in Liverpool were formed in 2025–26, against 26% of all companies in Liverpool. Nationally, that share of new companies is higher than 98% of UK industries.

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.

You can start without much equipment

The typical web design and software company in Liverpool carries £3,708 of equipment and other fixed assets after depreciation, lower than 90% of UK industries.

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

Liverpool has fewer of these businesses than most places

Web design and software companies are 1.1% of companies registered in Liverpool, against 1.8% UK-wide (0.6× the national share).

That could be a gap or a sign of weak demand. The register cannot tell which.

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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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