3rd to 9th Nov 2025 Company Formation Statistics
During the week of 3rd November to 9th November 2025, there were 15,916 companies formed in the UK with addresses that have valid postcodes associated with them. This is a 6.1% increase on last week's total of 15,008 and 9.3% up on an average week of 14,563.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Central London [ EC ] | 928 | 796 | 16.6% | 779 | 19.1% |
| East London [ E ] | 722 | 652 | 10.7% | 560 | 28.9% |
| West Central London [ WC ] | 720 | 765 | -5.9% | 786 | -8.4% |
| North London [ N ] | 636 | 621 | 2.4% | 578 | 10% |
| West London [ W ] | 601 | 564 | 6.6% | 540 | 11.3% |
| Birmingham [ B ] | 539 | 491 | 9.8% | 502 | 7.4% |
| Manchester [ M ] | 489 | 476 | 2.7% | 422 | 15.9% |
| South East London [ SE ] | 316 | 312 | 1.3% | 276 | 14.5% |
| South West London [ SW ] | 264 | 298 | -11.4% | 271 | -2.6% |
| Harrow [ HA ] | 259 | 273 | -5.1% | 247 | 4.9% |
| Glasgow [ G ] | 233 | 251 | -7.2% | 233 | 0% |
| Belfast [ BT ] | 222 | 229 | -3.1% | 211 | 5.2% |
| Coventry [ CV ] | 216 | 211 | 2.4% | 185 | 16.8% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne [ NE ] | 212 | 156 | 35.9% | 163 | 30.1% |
| Ilford [ IG ] | 211 | 171 | 23.4% | 179 | 17.9% |
| Leicester [ LE ] | 209 | 207 | 1% | 201 | 4% |
| North West London [ NW ] | 203 | 188 | 8% | 206 | -1.5% |
| Liverpool [ L ] | 196 | 215 | -8.8% | 175 | 12% |
| Ipswich [ IP ] | 190 | 191 | -0.5% | 171 | 11.1% |
| Sheffield [ S ] | 189 | 164 | 15.2% | 190 | -0.5% |
| Hereford [ HR ] | 179 | 162 | 10.5% | 124 | 44.4% |
| Bristol [ BS ] | 177 | 157 | 12.7% | 151 | 17.2% |
| Cardiff [ CF ] | 176 | 162 | 8.6% | 142 | 23.9% |
| Leeds [ LS ] | 175 | 168 | 4.2% | 162 | 8% |
| Edinburgh [ EH ] | 172 | 180 | -4.4% | 140 | 22.9% |
| Nottingham [ NG ] | 170 | 180 | -5.6% | 172 | -1.2% |
| Twickenham [ TW ] | 170 | 123 | 38.2% | 140 | 21.4% |
| Romford [ RM ] | 163 | 178 | -8.4% | 175 | -6.9% |
| Southall [ UB ] | 161 | 132 | 22% | 142 | 13.4% |
| Northampton [ NN ] | 148 | 130 | 13.8% | 120 | 23.3% |
| Warrington [ WA ] | 144 | 132 | 9.1% | 121 | 19% |
| Brighton [ BN ] | 140 | 118 | 18.6% | 139 | 0.7% |
| Reading [ RG ] | 139 | 103 | 35% | 126 | 10.3% |
| Enfield [ EN ] | 136 | 93 | 46.2% | 102 | 33.3% |
| Chelmsford [ CM ] | 135 | 141 | -4.3% | 132 | 2.3% |
| Bradford [ BD ] | 134 | 122 | 9.8% | 124 | 8.1% |
| Tunbridge Wells [ TN ] | 133 | 122 | 9% | 111 | 19.8% |
| Doncaster [ DN ] | 132 | 107 | 23.4% | 118 | 11.9% |
| Peterborough [ PE ] | 131 | 152 | -13.8% | 136 | -3.7% |
| Portsmouth [ PO ] | 131 | 116 | 12.9% | 127 | 3.1% |
| Luton [ LU ] | 129 | 106 | 21.7% | 99 | 30.3% |
| Stoke on Trent [ ST ] | 126 | 113 | 11.5% | 90 | 40% |
| Stockport [ SK ] | 125 | 100 | 25% | 126 | -0.8% |
| Medway [ ME ] | 125 | 98 | 27.6% | 105 | 19% |
| Croydon [ CR ] | 120 | 102 | 17.6% | 115 | 4.3% |
| Southampton [ SO ] | 117 | 116 | 0.9% | 98 | 19.4% |
| Guilford [ GU ] | 117 | 115 | 1.7% | 110 | 6.4% |
| Milton Keynes [ MK ] | 116 | 136 | -14.7% | 117 | -0.9% |
| Chester [ CH ] | 116 | 102 | 13.7% | 92 | 26.1% |
| Derby [ DE ] | 116 | 120 | -3.3% | 117 | -0.9% |