Companies leaving the register, month by month
In October 2026, 60,269 companies left the Companies House register. 24,072 of them (40%) had last filed accounts as a trading business; most of the rest had never filed any. 66,457 companies were formed in the same month, 6,188 more than left.
Published each month once Companies House has issued the next snapshot of the register: how many companies left it, by nation, region, council and constituency, how old they were, how many had filed accounts as a trading business, how many were proposed for strike-off or entered insolvency, and the net against the month's formations. It sits beside the Formation Index, which counts new companies, the Survival Index, which follows a cohort for three years, and the Premises Index, which counts business premises changing hands. Free to quote with attribution to Salenovo. For a custom cut or comment, email hello@salenovo.com.
Coverage
- Plymouth Herald: Plymouth sees 100 business closures in a single month · 2026-11-12 · wrote about it
- Cornwall Live: New research reveals 221 Cornwall companies closed in a month · 2026-11-12 · wrote about it
- Bristol Post: Hundreds of Bristol companies closed down in just one month · 2026-11-12 · wrote about it