16th to 22nd Mar 2026 Newly Formed Companies Data
During the week of 16th March to 22nd March 2026, there were 16,289 companies formed in the UK with addresses that have valid postcodes associated with them. This is a 25.1% increase on last week's total of 13,024 and 10.7% up on an average week of 14,710.
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.
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| Area | Companies | Last Week | Change | Avg Weekly | vs Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Central London [ EC ] | 937 | 764 | 22.6% | 812 | 15.4% |
| West Central London [ WC ] | 785 | 614 | 27.9% | 772 | 1.7% |
| North London [ N ] | 590 | 425 | 38.8% | 545 | 8.3% |
| East London [ E ] | 571 | 549 | 4% | 585 | -2.4% |
| West London [ W ] | 555 | 451 | 23.1% | 535 | 3.7% |
| Birmingham [ B ] | 479 | 435 | 10.1% | 499 | -4% |
| Manchester [ M ] | 451 | 366 | 23.2% | 449 | 0.4% |
| South East London [ SE ] | 280 | 228 | 22.8% | 275 | 1.8% |
| South West London [ SW ] | 274 | 215 | 27.4% | 257 | 6.6% |
| Glasgow [ G ] | 271 | 192 | 41.1% | 238 | 13.9% |
| Harrow [ HA ] | 244 | 187 | 30.5% | 249 | -2% |
| Leicester [ LE ] | 241 | 155 | 55.5% | 195 | 23.6% |
| North West London [ NW ] | 235 | 170 | 38.2% | 200 | 17.5% |
| Belfast [ BT ] | 229 | 176 | 30.1% | 202 | 13.4% |
| Coventry [ CV ] | 218 | 146 | 49.3% | 182 | 19.8% |
| Ipswich [ IP ] | 214 | 146 | 46.6% | 185 | 15.7% |
| Sheffield [ S ] | 204 | 169 | 20.7% | 191 | 6.8% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne [ NE ] | 198 | 144 | 37.5% | 163 | 21.5% |
| Liverpool [ L ] | 193 | 178 | 8.4% | 178 | 8.4% |
| Nottingham [ NG ] | 193 | 164 | 17.7% | 177 | 9% |
| Bristol [ BS ] | 187 | 127 | 47.2% | 152 | 23% |
| Edinburgh [ EH ] | 183 | 142 | 28.9% | 145 | 26.2% |
| Leeds [ LS ] | 179 | 151 | 18.5% | 163 | 9.8% |
| Reading [ RG ] | 178 | 129 | 38% | 128 | 39.1% |
| Brighton [ BN ] | 174 | 119 | 46.2% | 136 | 27.9% |
| Portsmouth [ PO ] | 167 | 136 | 22.8% | 127 | 31.5% |
| Romford [ RM ] | 164 | 161 | 1.9% | 174 | -5.7% |
| Peterborough [ PE ] | 164 | 135 | 21.5% | 137 | 19.7% |
| Chelmsford [ CM ] | 162 | 149 | 8.7% | 133 | 21.8% |
| Ilford [ IG ] | 160 | 133 | 20.3% | 180 | -11.1% |
| Southall [ UB ] | 156 | 116 | 34.5% | 142 | 9.9% |
| Stockport [ SK ] | 156 | 122 | 27.9% | 124 | 25.8% |
| Cardiff [ CF ] | 156 | 136 | 14.7% | 201 | -22.4% |
| Twickenham [ TW ] | 153 | 139 | 10.1% | 142 | 7.7% |
| Northampton [ NN ] | 149 | 119 | 25.2% | 122 | 22.1% |
| Bradford [ BD ] | 147 | 105 | 40% | 125 | 17.6% |
| Doncaster [ DN ] | 145 | 130 | 11.5% | 120 | 20.8% |
| Guilford [ GU ] | 143 | 86 | 66.3% | 112 | 27.7% |
| Derby [ DE ] | 138 | 116 | 19% | 119 | 16% |
| Dartford [ DA ] | 138 | 107 | 29% | 106 | 30.2% |
| Southend on Sea [ SS ] | 133 | 88 | 51.1% | 102 | 30.4% |
| Warrington [ WA ] | 133 | 105 | 26.7% | 122 | 9% |
| Croydon [ CR ] | 133 | 110 | 20.9% | 115 | 15.7% |
| Tunbridge Wells [ TN ] | 129 | 119 | 8.4% | 110 | 17.3% |
| Luton [ LU ] | 128 | 84 | 52.4% | 101 | 26.7% |
| Bournemouth [ BH ] | 128 | 75 | 70.7% | 119 | 7.6% |
| Enfield [ EN ] | 126 | 84 | 50% | 102 | 23.5% |
| Hemel Hempstead [ HP ] | 125 | 94 | 33% | 101 | 23.8% |
| Kingston upon Thames [ KT ] | 124 | 88 | 40.9% | 107 | 15.9% |
| Slough [ SL ] | 124 | 96 | 29.2% | 112 | 10.7% |