Datscha’s ranking of the capital’s biggest 100 commercial landlords by square footage owned.
Canary Wharf Group Investment Holdings (co-owned by Brookfield and Qatar Holding) - 21,452,796 sq ft
- The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London - 17,447,701
- Transport for London - 14,889,025
- Aviva 8,964,857
- BNP Paribas 7,457,253
- The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Right of Her Crown [The Crown Estate] 7,266,023
- Legal & General Group 6,782,525
- SEGRO 6,589,014
- British Land Company 6,410,015
- Network Rail 4,903,713
- Royal London Mutual Insurance Society 4,536,939
- Land Securities Group 4,453,968
- The Government of the United Kingdom 4,453,182
- Greater London Authority 3,919,193
- The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Newham 3,650,067
- Government of Kuwait 3,646,359
- London and Amsterdam Trust Company 3,533,466
- WGTC Nominees 3,375,552
- Tesco 3,356,647
- Grosvenor (Mayfair) Estate 3,112,294
- Royal Mail 3,056,657
- Universities Superannuation Scheme 3,054,483
- Derwent London 3,032,989
- Prudential 3,025,344
- The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Southwark 2,999,248
- HSBC Holdings 2,936,885
- The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Enfield 2,926,657
- Car Giant 2,870,241
- Big Yellow Group 2,860,510
- BT Pension Scheme 2,325,472
- State Street Corp 2,311,527
- Trustees of Lazari Family Trust 2,288,761
- National Grid 2,255,933
- Berkeley Group Holdings 2,187,048
- Howard de Walden Estates Holdings 2,047,913
- Ford Motor Company 2,044,527
- Ameriprise Financial 2,024,755
- The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Barnet 2,015,822
- Coal Pension Properties 1,984,117
- The Portman Estate Nominees (One) 1,962,785
- The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Waltham Forest 1,937,589
- Mount Eden Land 1,900,791
- Standard Life Share Account 1,870,059
- Oddo et Compagnie 1,868,536
- The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham 1,861,188
- Diageo Pension Trust (Property Custodian) 1,853,565
- The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Sutton 1,831,953
- Cadogan Settled Estates Shareholding Company 1,829,188
- Jermyn Street Com Real Estate Fund 3 1,825,694
- Canneth BM (Shareholder) 1,803,678
- The Government of Qatar 1,800,903
- The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Bromley 1,755,276
- The Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime 1,721,846
- John Lewis Partnership Trust 1,721,367
- Zurich Insurance Group 1,712,979
- The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Haringey 1,694,152
- The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Hackney 1,635,364
- The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Hillingdon 1,535,004
- FCP Topco 1,520,772
- The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Merton 1,461,595
- The Wardens and Commonalty of the Mystery of Mercers of the City of London 1,445,724
- The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Camden 1,436,293
- CIP Property (AIPT) 1,435,751
- The Whitgift Foundation 1,422,529
- The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets 1,418,528
- The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Bexley 1,381,021
- The Lord Mayor and Citizens of the City of Westminster 1,371,428
- Canal and River Trust 1,314,153
- CLS Holdings 1,313,428
- Shurgard European Holdings 1,311,015
- Secretary of State for Transport 1,301,207
- The Wardens and Commonalty of the Mystery of Goldsmiths of the City of London 1,298,537
- Hammerson 1,242,273
- Shaftesbury 1,227,167
- St James’s Place 1,211,711
- American Sugar Holdings 1,209,385
- Glasgow City Council 1,204,646
- Daejan Holdings 1,203,811
- The Mayor and Burgesses of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 1,198,855
- Bestway (Holdings) 1,198,827
- Barnett Waddingham 1,186,852
- The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Wandsworth 1,172,783
- Roundwood Holdings 1,114,709
- Banco Santander 1,090,232
- Caretown 1,079,682
- The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Lambeth 1,076,532
- Church Commissioners for England 1,075,466
- The Mayor and Burgesses of the Royal Borough of Kigston upon Thames 1,062,325
- Walmart Stores 1,061,687
- Royal Borough of Greenwich 1,054,712
- The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Hounslow 1,053,012
- The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Brent 1,048,810
- Lancer Property Holdings 1,042,955
- Grosvenor Group 1,039,950
- Stichting INGKA Foundation 1,029,629
- Strand Nominees 1,016,618
- The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Lewisham 1,008,826
- London and Quadrant Housing Trust 998,930
- Barclays 996,348
- Euroclear 981,021
Methodology
The list has been compiled using data taken from the Land Registry, the Valuation Office and Companies House and includes all properties in the London region (NUTS 1). The list includes nominee companies (such as banks and financial advisers). If the property is owned by a joint venture, Datscha can only connect it to the largest owner (>30%) - so if two companies own 50% each, the database doesn’t match it to an ultimate owner. The company names used in the table are the names of the legal entities registered with the Land Registry.
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