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Formation Index · Wales · week of 19 October 2026

New companies in Carmarthenshire

Carmarthenshire saw 18 new companies incorporated in the week of 19 October to 25 October 2026, 7% below the year-earlier weekly average (adjusted for companies dissolved since). About 8 of them are expected to trade, judging by what happened to similar companies. Among companies formed in the last 8 weeks, 14 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 · RSS · JSON

18companies incorporated 19 to 25 Oct 2026
−7% vs the year-earlier weekly average, 19
8expected to trade (historical rates for similar companies)
14verified websites among the 151 companies formed in the last 8 weeks and checked so far
6registered food premises among the 151 companies formed in the last 8 weeks and checked so far

Of this week's 18: 15 operating businesses formed at their own or a home address; 0 at a mass-formation or virtual-office address; 3 property or holding companies; 13 of the 18 checked so far have no website yet.

For accountants, accounts due: 1,276 companies in Carmarthenshire have accounts due in the next three months and are not registered at an accountant's address. They've filed trading accounts before, are current on their confirmation statement and are registered at their own address (188 within a month, 194 in one to two, 894 in two to three); 40 more are already overdue but not yet in strike-off. The free Monday email names five of them; the accountancy subscription has them with due date and registered office, in a weekly batch of the ones due about twelve weeks out. Register of 2026-10.

For accountants, companies that may be changing accountant: 4 established Carmarthenshire companies moved their registered office away from an accountancy firm's address between 2 October 2026 and 30 October 2026, which can mean they've parted with that firm. The accountancy subscription names them each week, on the Something changed sheet. Counted from the office changes filed at Companies House, against the addresses where accountancy firms are registered.

Ranked by the model this week:  A 1 B 7 C 4 D 6 E 0  · 13 operating businesses. Band A companies went on to trade about 67% of the time on held-out tests of companies formed since the 2024 fee rise, band E about 15%. Followed for three years, 89% of the companies we ranked A were still registered, against 49% of all new companies (why a ranked lead is worth more). Which company is in which band, and how to reach it, is in the paid list; see a real week.

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incorporated per weekthe year-earlier weekly average (adjusted for companies dissolved since)disturbed week (hover for why)

What they do

Primary SIC code of the 18 companies incorporated this week.

Retail & wholesale
3
Property
3
Hospitality & food
3
Arts & leisure
2
Business support
2
Professional services
1
Construction
1
Health & social care
1

What happens to them

Of the 1,789 companies formed in Carmarthenshire between January 2022 and September 2023 at their own address, 57% were still on the register three years later and 40% had filed trading accounts, ranking 143rd of 357 councils (UK: 51% and 35%; Wales: 53% and 36%). 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.

What's being started here

New companies registered in Carmarthenshire in twelve high street trades, 2019 and 2025, counting only addresses with fewer than ten companies of the same trade. Registered office, not trading address. Source: Companies House register, read 10 October 2026.

Carmarthenshire ranks joint 159th of 361 councils for the number of new high street companies in 2025.

Trade (SIC code)20192025Change
Hairdressing and beauty 96020923up 14
Takeaways and food stands 561031835up 17
Vehicle repair and servicing 452001626up 10
Other education 855901019up 9
Other human health 869001139up 28
Cleaning of buildings 8121053down 2
Convenience stores 47110616up 10
Cafés 561021817down 1
Roofing 4391024up 2
Gyms and sports facilities 9311015up 4
Driving schools 8553021down 1
Pharmacies 4773010down 1
All twelve trades99188up 89

Across the UK, the trade codes chosen by new companies rose 36% between 2019 and 2025, partly because founders now pick more codes for each company, so a rise in one trade can simply keep pace with the register. A company can choose up to four trade codes, so one company can appear in two rows and is counted in the total once for each. What Britain starts now has the national figures, the method and the caveats.

Pubs and bars here

Pub and bar sites in Carmarthenshire registered for VAT or PAYE, as counted by the Office for National Statistics each March (UK Business Counts, SIC 56302, rounded to 5). In March 2026, 58% of them were run by a company.

Pub and bar sitesMarch 2013March 2019March 2026
Carmarthenshire165145120

Nationally there were 37,350 pub and bar sites in March 2026, down 4.6% from March 2019 and down 16.4% from 2010; the fall has run at the same pace since 2019 as in the six years before, and about one registered pub in five closed for good in each of the last two periods, the same share before and after 2019. The pubs piece has the method, the caveats and every council's figures as CSV.

Every new company in Carmarthenshire, ranked: the 8 likely to trade at the top, with verified websites and contacts.The whole week's list, every band, so you have everything a raw feed would give you and the judgement on top. Two weeks free, then £29 a month for this council (founding price, locked for twelve months; £49 standard). No director names, no home addresses.
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The companies

Every company incorporated in Carmarthenshire 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).

CompanyNumberIncorporatedSIC sector
Rocks Angling Limited175306382026-10-20Retail & wholesale
Oldways Developments Limited175306402026-10-20Construction
Fast Fix MOT and Repairs Ltd175310602026-10-20Retail & wholesale
B&B Plant Hire and Attachments Ltd175318252026-10-20Business support
Jeff Logistics Ltd175320602026-10-20Transport & logistics
Your Male Health Limited175306392026-10-20Health & social care
Howgillsfairview Ltd175325432026-10-21Property
Cynyrchiadau Bara Cyf.175342622026-10-21IT & media
Mini Yards R Us Ltd175340622026-10-21Business support
Smith Consulting Group Limited175325522026-10-21Professional services
Howgillsfairvale Ltd175324982026-10-21Property
Howgillsfairhome Ltd175325832026-10-21Property
The Strongher Collective Ltd175359012026-10-22Arts & leisure
Kidwelly Indian Limited175354622026-10-22Hospitality & food
Arjin One Ltd175386792026-10-23Hospitality & food
NXTLVL Fitness Drefach Limited175404502026-10-24Arts & leisure
Terracotta Rose Community Interest Company175404082026-10-24Hospitality & food
Black Mountain Biltong Ltd175411212026-10-25Retail & wholesale