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UK solicitors and law firms, in numbers

Aggregate figures across the 14,588 law firms on our register review, across 1,140 towns. 100% are SRA-regulated; 70% have a website on record. These figures are cross-referenced and aggregated from official public sources (SRA, HMRC, Companies House) — counts only, no firm is singled out here.

FirmGuard reviews public registers · Generated 21 Jul 2026

Who supervises them

SupervisionFirmsShare
SRA-regulated14,588100%

Source: SRA register of regulated organisations + HMRC AML register.

By area — and how many are SRA-regulated

AreaFirmsSRA-regulated
London430430
LANCASHIRE386386
WEST MIDLANDS284284
WEST YORKSHIRE251251
MIDDLESEX228228
SURREY214214
ESSEX191191
CHESHIRE178178
KENT172172
Lancashire172172
Surrey153153
HERTFORDSHIRE148148
Kent143143
HAMPSHIRE141141
MERSEYSIDE135135
Essex133133
BERKSHIRE126126
Hertfordshire125125
LONDON120120
LEICESTERSHIRE120120
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE100100
TYNE AND WEAR9999
SOUTH YORKSHIRE9898
DEVON9797
Hampshire9393
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE9292
STAFFORDSHIRE8888
Oxfordshire8686
NORTH YORKSHIRE8484
SOUTH GLAMORGAN8181
OXFORDSHIRE7979
West Sussex7676
WEST SUSSEX7575
EAST SUSSEX7373
Middlesex7070
DERBYSHIRE7070
West Midlands6969
GLOUCESTERSHIRE6363
Devon6161
CAMBRIDGESHIRE5959
WARWICKSHIRE5656
NORFOLK5656
Cambridgeshire5555
SOMERSET5454
Gloucestershire5353
DORSET5353
Leicestershire5252
WILTSHIRE5252
SUFFOLK5151
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE5151
West Yorkshire5050
Cheshire4949
Worcestershire4747
CORNWALL4646
BEDFORDSHIRE4646
Lincolnshire4646
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE4545
Berkshire4545
WORCESTERSHIRE4444
Warwickshire4444

Source: SRA register of regulated organisations, aggregated by registered county.

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