{
 "name": "lettingagentsoftware.co.uk UK Letting Agent Register",
 "title": "UK Letting Agent Register",
 "url": "https://lettingagentsoftware.co.uk/datasets/uk-letting-agent-register/",
 "csv": "https://lettingagentsoftware.co.uk/datasets/uk-letting-agent-register.csv",
 "markdown": "https://lettingagentsoftware.co.uk/datasets/uk-letting-agent-register/index.md",
 "computed_at": "2026-11-13",
 "license": "https://lettingagentsoftware.co.uk/terms",
 "headline": "The UK Letting Agent Register carries 3 published figures read from 3 sources' own pages, from 19,000 to 400,000 members, read 11 November 2026.",
 "quotes": [
  "The UK Letting Agent Register carries 3 published figures read from 3 sources' own pages, from 19,000 to 400,000 members, read 11 November 2026.",
  "3 of the 24 named sources read in full publish a figure; 21 publish none, read 11 November 2026.",
  "UK Letting Agent Register, scheme mydeposits: median 400,000 members across 1 source, read 11 November 2026.",
  "UK Letting Agent Register, scheme Propertymark: median 19,000 members across 1 source, read 11 November 2026.",
  "UK Letting Agent Register, scheme NRLA: median 110,000 members across 1 source, read 11 November 2026."
 ],
 "citation": "\"lettingagentsoftware.co.uk UK Letting Agent Register\", updated 2026-11-13, https://lettingagentsoftware.co.uk/datasets/uk-letting-agent-register/.",
 "changed_since": null,
 "national": {
  "unit": "members",
  "n": 3,
  "median": 110000,
  "min": 19000,
  "max": 400000,
  "p25": 19000,
  "p75": 400000,
  "mean": 176333.3333,
  "units": {
   "members": 3
  },
  "published_sources": 3,
  "named_sources": 24,
  "read_sources": 24,
  "not_published": 21,
  "published_share": 0.125
 },
 "by_axis": {
  "scheme": {
   "mydeposits": {
    "members": {
     "n": 1,
     "median": 400000,
     "min": 400000,
     "max": 400000,
     "p25": 400000,
     "p75": 400000,
     "mean": 400000
    }
   },
   "Propertymark": {
    "members": {
     "n": 1,
     "median": 19000,
     "min": 19000,
     "max": 19000,
     "p25": 19000,
     "p75": 19000,
     "mean": 19000
    }
   },
   "NRLA": {
    "members": {
     "n": 1,
     "median": 110000,
     "min": 110000,
     "max": 110000,
     "p25": 110000,
     "p75": 110000,
     "mean": 110000
    }
   }
  }
 },
 "rows": [
  {
   "source": "mydeposits: www.mydeposits.co.uk",
   "url": "https://www.mydeposits.co.uk/",
   "figure": "400,000 members",
   "value": 400000,
   "unit": "members",
   "vat": null,
   "axis": {
    "scheme": "mydeposits"
   },
   "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12",
   "quote": "As experts in all things deposits, we have over 400,000 members and protect over £1.3 billion of tenants’ deposits across all regions in the UK.",
   "source_class": "first-party-index",
   "text_sha256": "13e146328c1e91f8c7e711d36798fe07a1e441b09ae5beeffcb48e82062e776a"
  },
  {
   "source": "Propertymark: about-us.html",
   "url": "https://www.propertymark.co.uk/about-us.html",
   "figure": "19,000 members",
   "value": 19000,
   "unit": "members",
   "vat": null,
   "axis": {
    "scheme": "Propertymark"
   },
   "retrieved_at": "2026-11-11",
   "quote": "With over 19,000 members, our purpose is simple: raise standards and improve outcomes for consumers and the sector - acting in the public interest.",
   "source_class": "first-party-index",
   "text_sha256": "5b241677d3467a691657713d052569541faf64158bf180500e10827ebe0a2038"
  },
  {
   "source": "NRLA: redress-schemes-agents",
   "url": "https://www.nrla.org.uk/resources/pre-tenancy/redress-schemes-agents",
   "figure": "110,000 members",
   "value": 110000,
   "unit": "members",
   "vat": null,
   "axis": {
    "scheme": "NRLA"
   },
   "retrieved_at": "2026-11-11",
   "quote": "The National Residential Landlords Association is the UK's largest membership organisation for private residential landlords, supporting and representing over 110,000 members.",
   "source_class": "secondary",
   "text_sha256": "1ebe99dfdfffb30bbaf8d3607afb9a21e8a80c0c5117d03620606e7f39dc6927"
  }
 ],
 "not_published": [
  {
   "source": "The Property Ombudsman: find-a-member",
   "url": "https://www.tpos.co.uk/find-a-member",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
  },
  {
   "source": "Propertymark: find-an-expert.html",
   "url": "https://www.propertymark.co.uk/find-an-expert.html",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
  },
  {
   "source": "Rent Smart Wales: en",
   "url": "https://www.rentsmart.gov.wales/en/",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
  },
  {
   "source": "Scottish Letting Agent Register: www.lettingagentregistration.gov.scot",
   "url": "https://www.lettingagentregistration.gov.scot/",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
  },
  {
   "source": "Office for National Statistics: 2025",
   "url": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/bulletins/ukbusinessactivitysizeandlocation/2025",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-10-11",
   "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused"
  },
  {
   "source": "Companies House: search?q=letting+agent",
   "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=letting+agent",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-11-11",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
  },
  {
   "source": "GOV.UK: english-housing-survey",
   "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/english-housing-survey",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-11-11",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
  },
  {
   "source": "Office for National Statistics: latest",
   "url": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/housing/bulletins/privaterentalmarketsummarystatisticsinengland/latest",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
  },
  {
   "source": "The Deposit Protection Service: www.depositprotection.com",
   "url": "https://www.depositprotection.com/",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
  },
  {
   "source": "SAFEagent: www.safeagents.co.uk",
   "url": "https://www.safeagents.co.uk/",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-11-11",
   "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused"
  },
  {
   "source": "Scottish Letting Agent Register (search): search",
   "url": "https://register.lettingagentregistration.gov.scot/search",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
  },
  {
   "source": "mygov.scot: letting-agent-registration",
   "url": "https://www.mygov.scot/letting-agent-registration",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12",
   "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused"
  },
  {
   "source": "Rent Smart Wales: licensing",
   "url": "https://rentsmart.gov.wales/en/licensing/",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12",
   "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused"
  },
  {
   "source": "Rent Smart Wales: licensingdashboard",
   "url": "https://rentsmart.gov.wales/en/licensingdashboard/",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
  },
  {
   "source": "Rent Smart Wales: registrationdashboard",
   "url": "https://rentsmart.gov.wales/en/registrationdashboard/",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
  },
  {
   "source": "Welsh Government: rent-smart-wales",
   "url": "https://www.gov.wales/rent-smart-wales",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
  },
  {
   "source": "Office for National Statistics: 2025",
   "url": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/housing/articles/privaterentedsectorstatisticsfromacrosstheuk/2025",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12",
   "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused"
  },
  {
   "source": "Office for National Statistics: privaterentalmarketsummarystatisticsinengland",
   "url": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/housing/datasets/privaterentalmarketsummarystatisticsinengland",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
  },
  {
   "source": "The Property Ombudsman: businesses",
   "url": "https://www.tpos.co.uk/businesses/",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
  },
  {
   "source": "Propertymark: scottish-letting-agent-register.html",
   "url": "https://www.propertymark.co.uk/professional-standards/uk-regulation/scottish-letting-agent-register.html",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-11-11",
   "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused"
  },
  {
   "source": "The Property Ombudsman: www.tpos.co.uk",
   "url": "https://www.tpos.co.uk/",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12",
   "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page"
  }
 ],
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://www.tpos.co.uk/find-a-member",
   "label": "The Property Ombudsman: find-a-member",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.propertymark.co.uk/find-an-expert.html",
   "label": "Propertymark: find-an-expert.html",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.rentsmart.gov.wales/en/",
   "label": "Rent Smart Wales: en",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.lettingagentregistration.gov.scot/",
   "label": "Scottish Letting Agent Register: www.lettingagentregistration.gov.scot",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/bulletins/ukbusinessactivitysizeandlocation/2025",
   "label": "Office for National Statistics: 2025",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=letting+agent",
   "label": "Companies House: search?q=letting+agent",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/english-housing-survey",
   "label": "GOV.UK: english-housing-survey",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/housing/bulletins/privaterentalmarketsummarystatisticsinengland/latest",
   "label": "Office for National Statistics: latest",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.depositprotection.com/",
   "label": "The Deposit Protection Service: www.depositprotection.com",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.mydeposits.co.uk/",
   "label": "mydeposits: www.mydeposits.co.uk",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.safeagents.co.uk/",
   "label": "SAFEagent: www.safeagents.co.uk",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://register.lettingagentregistration.gov.scot/search",
   "label": "Scottish Letting Agent Register (search): search",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.mygov.scot/letting-agent-registration",
   "label": "mygov.scot: letting-agent-registration",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://rentsmart.gov.wales/en/licensing/",
   "label": "Rent Smart Wales: licensing",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://rentsmart.gov.wales/en/licensingdashboard/",
   "label": "Rent Smart Wales: licensingdashboard",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://rentsmart.gov.wales/en/registrationdashboard/",
   "label": "Rent Smart Wales: registrationdashboard",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.gov.wales/rent-smart-wales",
   "label": "Welsh Government: rent-smart-wales",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.propertymark.co.uk/about-us.html",
   "label": "Propertymark: about-us.html",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/housing/articles/privaterentedsectorstatisticsfromacrosstheuk/2025",
   "label": "Office for National Statistics: 2025",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/housing/datasets/privaterentalmarketsummarystatisticsinengland",
   "label": "Office for National Statistics: privaterentalmarketsummarystatisticsinengland",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.tpos.co.uk/businesses/",
   "label": "The Property Ombudsman: businesses",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.propertymark.co.uk/professional-standards/uk-regulation/scottish-letting-agent-register.html",
   "label": "Propertymark: scottish-letting-agent-register.html",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.nrla.org.uk/resources/pre-tenancy/redress-schemes-agents",
   "label": "NRLA: redress-schemes-agents",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.tpos.co.uk/",
   "label": "The Property Ombudsman: www.tpos.co.uk",
   "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment"
  }
 ],
 "methodology": "Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 3 of the 24 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 21 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 0 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in members (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 30 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): the count of letting agents by nation and region, built from the registers that are legally required to exist - the Scottish Letting Agent Register, the Rent Smart Wales licence dashboards - joined to the redress and client-money scheme memberships and to the Companies House SIC 68310 population, so the page can say how many agents there are and what share of them is covered by each scheme; the derivation nobody publishes is the JOIN: a register tells you who is registered, a scheme tells you who is a member, and only the join tells you the gap - and the change in that gap release over release",
 "embed": "<figure style=\"margin:0;padding:16px;border:1px solid #d9d9d9;border-radius:8px;background:#ffffff;color:#111111;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;max-width:480px\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:28px;font-weight:700;color:#111111;background:#ffffff\">19,000 to 400,000 members</p><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:14px;color:#111111;background:#ffffff\">3 published figures, UK Letting Agent Register, across 3 sources, read 11 November 2026</p><figcaption style=\"font-size:12px;color:#444444;background:#ffffff\"><a href=\"https://lettingagentsoftware.co.uk/datasets/uk-letting-agent-register/#median\" style=\"color:#1a4fd6;background:#ffffff\">Source: lettingagentsoftware.co.uk UK Letting Agent Register</a></figcaption></figure>"
}
