Bars over time
UK New Companies per Month
Companies and other bodies incorporated on the UK Companies House register each month
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. Each month is counted in the first snapshot after it ends.
How many companies are set up in the UK each month, counted from the Companies House register itself a month after the month ends.
What this chart reads
- UK New Companies (Monthly, All Registered Bodies)as “New companies”latest 2026-09-01
Sources
UK New Companies (Monthly, All Registered Bodies). 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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