The Land Registry has provided only it’s second consolidated annual review of the highest volume conveyancers in England and Wales.
In 2012 over 2.8 million applications to change the register were lodged by business customers, which include lenders, law firms and high street solicitors. In 2013 this increased to over 3.1 million The top 50 business customers accounted for 1.2 million of the total 3.1 million applications.
Top 50 conveyancers lodging applications in 2013 were as follows:
| CUSTOMER NAME | COUNT |
| SANTANDER UK PLC | 118428 |
| BARCLAYS BANK PLC | 96482 |
| ENACT CONVEYANCING LIMITED | 75284 |
| HSBC BANK PLC | 73347 |
| NAT WESTMINSTER HOME LOANS LTD | 60642 |
| HBOS PLC | 58596 |
| OPTIMA LEGAL SERVICES LTD | 54649 |
| O’NEILL PATIENT SOLICITORS LLP | 39383 |
| BRADFORD & BINGLEY PLC | 38283 |
| BREEZE & WYLES SOLICITORS LLP | 35167 |
| GORDONS PROPERTY LAWYERS | 25433 |
| GRINDEYS LLP | 24280 |
| CONVEYANCING DIRECT LTD | 24044 |
| EVERSHEDS LLP | 22499 |
| DUCHY OF LANCASTER | 21686 |
| A SHADE GREENER LTD | 21672 |
| MY HOME MOVE LIMITED | 21404 |
| LLOYDS TSB BANK PLC | 20098 |
| BANK OF IRELAND | 19835 |
| THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND | 19043 |
| FASTTRAC SOLICITORS LIMITED | 17633 |
| NATIONWIDE BUILDING SOCIETY | 17584 |
| SHULMANS SOLICITORS | 16737 |
| VIRGIN MONEY PLC | 15959 |
| COOPERATIVE BANK PLC TA BRITANNIA | 15919 |
| SHAKESPEARES LEGAL LLP | 15114 |
| BOND DICKINSON LLP | 14975 |
| NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK PLC | 14727 |
| THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC | 14610 |
| SHOOSMITHS LLP | 14426 |
| COUNTRYWIDE PROPERTY LAWYERS LTD | 14254 |
| SOLEX LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED | 14220 |
| BARNETTS | 14139 |
| YORKSHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY | 12296 |
| TROWERS & HAMLINS LLP | 11142 |
| HUGH JAMES SOLICITORS | 11083 |
| THE MORTGAGE WORKS (UK) PLC | 11006 |
| LINKLATERS | 10146 |
| TOTAL CONVEYANCING SERVICES | 9697 |
| SIMPLY LAW | 9338 |
| DEVONSHIRES | 9129 |
| SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY | 8680 |
| ROBERTSONS | 8157 |
| LANGLEYS LLP | 8108 |
| HOMELOAN MANAGEMENT LTD | 8016 |
| PURE LAW LLP | 7701 |
| PRINCIPALITY BUILDING SOCIETY | 7404 |
| THE INSOLVENCY SERVICE | 7371 |
| BIRCHALL BLACKBURN | 7223 |
| Customer name | Count |
|---|---|
| SANTANDER UK PLC | 106,531 |
| BARCLAYS BANK PLC | 86,295 |
| HSBC BANK PLC | 62,824 |
| ENACT CONVEYANCING LIMITED | 62,076 |
| OPTIMA LEGAL SERVICES LTD | 48,329 |
| NAT WESTMINSTER HOME LOANS LTD | 44,614 |
| HBOS PLC | 43,985 |
| O’NEILL PATIENT SOLICITORS LLP | 37,633 |
| BRADFORD & BINGLEY PLC | 36,180 |
| EVERSHEDS LLP | 27,826 |
| GRINDEYS LLP | 27,254 |
| TROWERS & HAMLINS LLP | 26,803 |
| NORTHERN ROCK PLC | 25,806 |
| BREEZE & WYLES SOLICITORS LLP | 24,659 |
| LLOYDS TSB BANK PLC | 23,886 |
| GORDONS PROPERTY LAWYERS | 23,619 |
| THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND | 20,220 |
| BANK OF IRELAND | 19,559 |
| BARNETTS | 18,753 |
| MY HOME MOVE LIMITED | 18,405 |
| COUNTRYWIDE PROPERTY LAWYERS | 17,942 |
| CONVEYANCING DIRECT LTD | 16,870 |
| A SHADE GREENER LTD | 16,826 |
| COOPERATIVE BANK PLC | 16,309 |
| HUGH JAMES SOLICITORS | 16,156 |
| NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK PLC | 16,005 |
| SOLEX LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED | 15,627 |
| SHOOSMITHS LLP | 15,136 |
| SHULMANS SOLICITORS | 15,098 |
| NATIONWIDE BUILDING SOCIETY | 14,653 |
| YORKSHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY | 13,579 |
| FASTTRAC SOLICITORS LIMITED | 13,064 |
| ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC | 12,365 |
| DEVONSHIRES | 10,742 |
| LEGAL SERVICES COMMISSION | 10,701 |
| LANGLEYS LLP | 9,951 |
| ADDLESHAW GODDARD LLP | 9,111 |
| SIMPLY LAW | 8,870 |
| HOMELOAN MANAGEMENT LTD | 8,844 |
| THE INSOLVENCY SERVICE | 8,793 |
| LMS DIRECT CONVEYANCING LTD | 8,012 |
| STEVENSONS SOLICITORS | 7,465 |
| SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY | 7,056 |
| ROBERTSONS | 6,917 |
| BIRCHALL BLACKBURN | 6,843 |
| THE MORTGAGE WORKS (UK) PLC | 6,734 |
| SHAKESPEARES LEGAL LLP | 6,651 |
| PRINCIPALITY BUILDING SOCIETY | 6,302 |
| BEAUMONT LEGAL | 6,173 |
| RESTONS SOLICITORS LTD | 5,920 |
– See more at: http://www.landregistry.gov.uk/announcements/2013/top-conveyancers-of-2012#sthash.z38ZdrDc.dpuf
| Customer name | Count |
|---|---|
| SANTANDER UK PLC | 106,531 |
| BARCLAYS BANK PLC | 86,295 |
| HSBC BANK PLC | 62,824 |
| ENACT CONVEYANCING LIMITED | 62,076 |
| OPTIMA LEGAL SERVICES LTD | 48,329 |
| NAT WESTMINSTER HOME LOANS LTD | 44,614 |
| HBOS PLC | 43,985 |
| O’NEILL PATIENT SOLICITORS LLP | 37,633 |
| BRADFORD & BINGLEY PLC | 36,180 |
| EVERSHEDS LLP | 27,826 |
| GRINDEYS LLP | 27,254 |
| TROWERS & HAMLINS LLP | 26,803 |
| NORTHERN ROCK PLC | 25,806 |
| BREEZE & WYLES SOLICITORS LLP | 24,659 |
| LLOYDS TSB BANK PLC | 23,886 |
| GORDONS PROPERTY LAWYERS | 23,619 |
| THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND | 20,220 |
| BANK OF IRELAND | 19,559 |
| BARNETTS | 18,753 |
| MY HOME MOVE LIMITED | 18,405 |
| COUNTRYWIDE PROPERTY LAWYERS | 17,942 |
| CONVEYANCING DIRECT LTD | 16,870 |
| A SHADE GREENER LTD | 16,826 |
| COOPERATIVE BANK PLC | 16,309 |
| HUGH JAMES SOLICITORS | 16,156 |
| NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK PLC | 16,005 |
| SOLEX LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED | 15,627 |
| SHOOSMITHS LLP | 15,136 |
| SHULMANS SOLICITORS | 15,098 |
| NATIONWIDE BUILDING SOCIETY | 14,653 |
| YORKSHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY | 13,579 |
| FASTTRAC SOLICITORS LIMITED | 13,064 |
| ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC | 12,365 |
| DEVONSHIRES | 10,742 |
| LEGAL SERVICES COMMISSION | 10,701 |
| LANGLEYS LLP | 9,951 |
| ADDLESHAW GODDARD LLP | 9,111 |
| SIMPLY LAW | 8,870 |
| HOMELOAN MANAGEMENT LTD | 8,844 |
| THE INSOLVENCY SERVICE | 8,793 |
| LMS DIRECT CONVEYANCING LTD | 8,012 |
| STEVENSONS SOLICITORS | 7,465 |
| SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY | 7,056 |
| ROBERTSONS | 6,917 |
| BIRCHALL BLACKBURN | 6,843 |
| THE MORTGAGE WORKS (UK) PLC | 6,734 |
| SHAKESPEARES LEGAL LLP | 6,651 |
| PRINCIPALITY BUILDING SOCIETY | 6,302 |
| BEAUMONT LEGAL | 6,173 |
| RESTONS SOLICITORS LTD | 5,920 |
– See more at: http://www.landregistry.gov.uk/announcements/2013/top-conveyancers-of-2012#sthash.z38ZdrDc.dpuf
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