New companies in SM

The SM postcode area saw 54 new companies incorporated in the week of 19 October to 25 October 2026, 4% below the year-earlier weekly average (adjusted for companies dissolved since). About 21 of them are expected to trade, judging by what happened to similar companies. Rising this week: Construction, Retail & wholesale, Property. Among companies formed in the last 8 weeks, 33 already have a website verified as theirs and 6 have registered food premises.

Updated 30 October 2026 · covers Monday 19 October to Sunday 25 October 2026 · next update Monday · JSON

Of this week's 54: 40 operating businesses formed at their own or a home address; 8 at a mass-formation or virtual-office address; 7 property or holding companies; 42 of the 54 checked so far have no website yet.

What they do

Primary SIC code of the 54 companies incorporated this week. Rising against the previous 12 weeks: Construction, Retail & wholesale, Property.

What happens to them

Of the 4,610 companies formed in the SM postcode area between January 2022 and September 2023 at their own address, 57% were still on the register three years later and 39% had filed trading accounts (UK: 51% and 35%). Most of the rest never traded: they missed their first confirmation statement and were struck off at about seventeen months. The Business Survival Index: every council and constituency compared · how this is measured, why it agrees with the ONS, and why it excludes the roughly 4% of companies whose address the registrar has since removed · CSV.

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The companies

Every company incorporated in SM in the week of 19 October, from the public register. Which ones will trade, what each one is, whether it already has an accountant, and how to reach it are in the paid list (see a sample week).