20th to 26th Oct 2025 Company Formation Statistics
During the week of 20th October to 26th October 2025, there were 15,486 companies formed in the UK with addresses that have valid postcodes associated with them. This is a 0.1% increase on last week's total of 15,471 and 6.7% up on an average week of 14,511.
An average week looks at the last 12 months and works out an average daily quantity, then multiplies by 7 to get an average weekly quantity.
Below are the top 50 areas of the country where companies have been formed.
| Area | Companies | Last Week | Change | Avg Weekly | vs Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Central London [ WC ] | 851 | 780 | 9.1% | 782 | 8.8% |
| East Central London [ EC ] | 786 | 823 | -4.5% | 778 | 1% |
| East London [ E ] | 645 | 588 | 9.7% | 555 | 16.2% |
| North London [ N ] | 636 | 566 | 12.4% | 577 | 10.2% |
| Birmingham [ B ] | 574 | 556 | 3.2% | 500 | 14.8% |
| West London [ W ] | 555 | 534 | 3.9% | 540 | 2.8% |
| Manchester [ M ] | 504 | 478 | 5.4% | 418 | 20.6% |
| South West London [ SW ] | 295 | 271 | 8.9% | 270 | 9.3% |
| South East London [ SE ] | 285 | 278 | 2.5% | 275 | 3.6% |
| North West London [ NW ] | 249 | 221 | 12.7% | 205 | 21.5% |
| Glasgow [ G ] | 236 | 254 | -7.1% | 232 | 1.7% |
| Harrow [ HA ] | 228 | 245 | -6.9% | 247 | -7.7% |
| Sheffield [ S ] | 222 | 212 | 4.7% | 190 | 16.8% |
| Leeds [ LS ] | 199 | 192 | 3.6% | 161 | 23.6% |
| Nottingham [ NG ] | 194 | 198 | -2% | 171 | 13.5% |
| Ilford [ IG ] | 193 | 211 | -8.5% | 178 | 8.4% |
| Belfast [ BT ] | 191 | 227 | -15.9% | 213 | -10.3% |
| Leicester [ LE ] | 188 | 215 | -12.6% | 201 | -6.5% |
| Liverpool [ L ] | 186 | 181 | 2.8% | 175 | 6.3% |
| Romford [ RM ] | 183 | 202 | -9.4% | 176 | 4% |
| Peterborough [ PE ] | 177 | 143 | 23.8% | 134 | 32.1% |
| Ipswich [ IP ] | 176 | 166 | 6% | 170 | 3.5% |
| Coventry [ CV ] | 171 | 197 | -13.2% | 185 | -7.6% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne [ NE ] | 168 | 182 | -7.7% | 163 | 3.1% |
| Bristol [ BS ] | 158 | 158 | 0% | 151 | 4.6% |
| Warrington [ WA ] | 157 | 132 | 18.9% | 120 | 30.8% |
| Cardiff [ CF ] | 149 | 158 | -5.7% | 140 | 6.4% |
| Hereford [ HR ] | 146 | 166 | -12% | 121 | 20.7% |
| Twickenham [ TW ] | 144 | 130 | 10.8% | 141 | 2.1% |
| Brighton [ BN ] | 142 | 139 | 2.2% | 138 | 2.9% |
| Stockport [ SK ] | 142 | 133 | 6.8% | 126 | 12.7% |
| Reading [ RG ] | 141 | 162 | -13% | 126 | 11.9% |
| Edinburgh [ EH ] | 140 | 135 | 3.7% | 139 | 0.7% |
| Northampton [ NN ] | 138 | 142 | -2.8% | 120 | 15% |
| Southall [ UB ] | 138 | 150 | -8% | 142 | -2.8% |
| Portsmouth [ PO ] | 132 | 141 | -6.4% | 127 | 3.9% |
| Slough [ SL ] | 132 | 118 | 11.9% | 110 | 20% |
| Milton Keynes [ MK ] | 130 | 146 | -11% | 116 | 12.1% |
| Bradford [ BD ] | 130 | 128 | 1.6% | 124 | 4.8% |
| Doncaster [ DN ] | 126 | 132 | -4.5% | 118 | 6.8% |
| Medway [ ME ] | 125 | 127 | -1.6% | 105 | 19% |
| Guilford [ GU ] | 123 | 126 | -2.4% | 109 | 12.8% |
| Chelmsford [ CM ] | 122 | 144 | -15.3% | 132 | -7.6% |
| Bournemouth [ BH ] | 122 | 116 | 5.2% | 121 | 0.8% |
| Derby [ DE ] | 121 | 116 | 4.3% | 116 | 4.3% |
| Luton [ LU ] | 119 | 98 | 21.4% | 99 | 20.2% |
| Croydon [ CR ] | 116 | 127 | -8.7% | 115 | 0.9% |
| Dartford [ DA ] | 114 | 103 | 10.7% | 106 | 7.5% |
| Tunbridge Wells [ TN ] | 113 | 114 | -0.9% | 111 | 1.8% |
| Stoke on Trent [ ST ] | 108 | 81 | 33.3% | 89 | 21.3% |