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Formation Index · 11 councils

New companies in Bristol, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire

1,123 companies were formed at their own address in Bristol, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire (11 councils) in the four weeks to 13 September 2026, and about 466 of them are expected to become trading businesses.

Updated 18 September 2026 · next update Monday · these figures, CSV · every council and region

1,123companies formed at their own address, 17 August – 13 September 2026
466expected to trade (historical rates for similar companies)
11councils, each with its own page below
01252503755002026-06-01: 357 at their own address, 363 in all2026-06-08: 181 at their own address, 185 in all (Companies House outage: its register was not updating 11–16 June, so fewer companies were registered this week)2026-06-15: 410 at their own address, 416 in all (catch-up after the Companies House outage: the backlog from 11–16 June was registered this week)2026-06-22: 266 at their own address, 266 in all2026-06-29: 362 at their own address, 369 in all2026-07-06: 274 at their own address, 279 in all2026-07-13: 299 at their own address, 299 in all2026-07-20: 306 at their own address, 310 in all2026-07-27: 302 at their own address, 305 in all2026-08-03: 292 at their own address, 297 in all2026-08-10: 307 at their own address, 309 in all2026-08-17: 236 at their own address, 238 in all2026-08-24: 287 at their own address, 289 in all2026-08-31: 282 at their own address, 285 in all2026-09-07: 318 at their own address, 320 in all1 Jun8 Jun15 Jun22 Jun29 Jun6 Jul13 Jul20 Jul27 Jul3 Aug10 Aug17 Aug24 Aug31 Aug7 Sep
formed at their own address, per weekdisturbed week — hover for why

Companies formed at their own address each week across the 11 councils (solid line); the dashed line, where shown, includes formation-agent addresses.

Council by council

The last 4 complete weeks. Each council's page has the weekly series, the sector mix, what became of the companies formed there three years ago, and a card to embed on a website that updates itself every Monday.

CouncilFormed, 4 weeks (own address)All registrationsAt agent addressesExpected to tradeExplore
Bath and North East Somerset78780%32compare · card
Bristol, City of2973063%122compare · card
Cheltenham74740%31compare · card
Cotswold51510%22compare · card
Forest of Dean25250%11compare · card
Gloucester78780%32compare · card
North Somerset97970%40compare · card
South Gloucestershire1441440%61compare · card
Stroud42420%17compare · card
Tewkesbury43430%17compare · card
Wiltshire1941940%81compare · card

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How this is counted

Every company incorporated in the UK is taken from the Companies House public register the day after it appears and placed in a council by its registered-office postcode (ONS Postcode Directory). The figures here are the council pages' own, added together. "Own address" leaves out registrations at addresses that take 100 or more a year — formation agents and virtual offices — because those say where the agent is, not where the business is. "Expected to trade" is the historical trading rate of similar companies, summed: an estimate for the area, not a judgement on any company. The official ONS business demography arrives about fifteen months after the fact; this is the same register, counted weekly. Method and accuracy.