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UK New Companies by Sector
Companies incorporated each month in the five largest SIC 2007 sections by their first SIC code
1 of 5 series is above their level a year earlier
Plays the chart through its history. Pauses are where the data set a record or moved most.
Palanor count from Companies House Basic Company Data, the monthly snapshot of every live body on the register: companies, limited liability partnerships, limited partnerships, charitable incorporated organisations and overseas entities. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The sector is the first SIC code a company declares when it registers.
Which industries new UK companies are being formed in, month by month, from the SIC codes companies give Companies House when they register.
What this chart reads
- UK New Companies · Wholesale and Retail Trade (Monthly)as “Wholesale and retail trade”latest 2026-09-01
- UK New Companies · Real Estate (Monthly)as “Real estate”latest 2026-09-01
- UK New Companies · Professional, Scientific and Technical (Monthly)as “Professional, scientific and technical”latest 2026-09-01
- UK New Companies · Information and Communication (Monthly)as “Information and communication”latest 2026-09-01
- UK New Companies · Construction (Monthly)as “Construction”latest 2026-09-01
Sources
UK New Companies · Wholesale and Retail Trade (Monthly). Source: Palanor calculation from Companies House Basic Company Data, the monthly snapshot of every live body on the register (download.companieshouse.gov.uk), from the snapshot of October 2023; regions from the registered-office postcode with the ONS National Statistics Postcode Lookup (Great Britain; Northern Ireland postcodes by their BT prefix). Companies House data and NSPL: Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Companies House; Palanor calculation.
UK New Companies · Real Estate (Monthly). Source: Palanor calculation from Companies House Basic Company Data, the monthly snapshot of every live body on the register (download.companieshouse.gov.uk), from the snapshot of October 2023; regions from the registered-office postcode with the ONS National Statistics Postcode Lookup (Great Britain; Northern Ireland postcodes by their BT prefix). Companies House data and NSPL: Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Companies House; Palanor calculation.
UK New Companies · Professional, Scientific and Technical (Monthly). Source: Palanor calculation from Companies House Basic Company Data, the monthly snapshot of every live body on the register (download.companieshouse.gov.uk), from the snapshot of October 2023; regions from the registered-office postcode with the ONS National Statistics Postcode Lookup (Great Britain; Northern Ireland postcodes by their BT prefix). Companies House data and NSPL: Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Companies House; Palanor calculation.
UK New Companies · Information and Communication (Monthly). Source: Palanor calculation from Companies House Basic Company Data, the monthly snapshot of every live body on the register (download.companieshouse.gov.uk), from the snapshot of October 2023; regions from the registered-office postcode with the ONS National Statistics Postcode Lookup (Great Britain; Northern Ireland postcodes by their BT prefix). Companies House data and NSPL: Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Companies House; Palanor calculation.
UK New Companies · Construction (Monthly). Source: Palanor calculation from Companies House Basic Company Data, the monthly snapshot of every live body on the register (download.companieshouse.gov.uk), from the snapshot of October 2023; regions from the registered-office postcode with the ONS National Statistics Postcode Lookup (Great Britain; Northern Ireland postcodes by their BT prefix). Companies House data and NSPL: Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Companies House; Palanor calculation.
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