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Formation Index · 45 councils

New companies in the East of England

4,344 companies were formed at their own address in the East of England (45 councils) in the four weeks to 1 November 2026, and about 1,808 of them are expected to become trading businesses.

Updated 3 November 2026 · next update Monday · these figures, CSV · every council and region

4,344companies formed at their own address, 5 October to 1 November 2026
1,808expected to trade (historical rates for similar companies)
792more registered at formation-agent or virtual-office addresses (15% of the 5,136 in total)
45councils, each with its own page below
05001,0001,5002,0002026-07-13: 1,054 at their own address, 1,226 in all2026-07-20: 1,176 at their own address, 1,375 in all2026-07-27: 1,032 at their own address, 1,230 in all2026-08-03: 1,079 at their own address, 1,262 in all2026-08-10: 999 at their own address, 1,208 in all2026-08-17: 1,044 at their own address, 1,250 in all2026-08-24: 1,069 at their own address, 1,249 in all2026-08-31: 1,005 at their own address, 1,201 in all2026-09-07: 1,119 at their own address, 1,321 in all2026-09-14: 1,191 at their own address, 1,395 in all2026-09-21: 1,193 at their own address, 1,384 in all2026-09-28: 1,179 at their own address, 1,356 in all2026-10-05: 1,092 at their own address, 1,263 in all2026-10-12: 1,120 at their own address, 1,333 in all2026-10-19: 1,126 at their own address, 1,318 in all2026-10-26: 1,006 at their own address, 1,222 in all13 Jul27 Jul10 Aug24 Aug7 Sep21 Sep5 Oct19 Oct26 Oct
formed at their own address, per weekall registrations, including mass-formation addressesdisturbed week (hover for why)

Companies formed at their own address each week across the 45 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
Babergh30300%12compare · card
Basildon1311449%55compare · card
Bedford1101165%45compare · card
Braintree82820%34compare · card
Breckland59590%25compare · card
Brentwood86860%37compare · card
Broadland71710%32compare · card
Broxbourne1141140%48compare · card
Cambridge11415024%42compare · card
Castle Point60600%26compare · card
Central Bedfordshire1981980%84compare · card
Chelmsford1341340%56compare · card
Colchester1481480%60compare · card
Dacorum1021020%43compare · card
East Cambridgeshire47470%21compare · card
East Hertfordshire84840%36compare · card
East Suffolk81810%34compare · card
Epping Forest1721720%73compare · card
Fenland44440%17compare · card
Great Yarmouth38380%15compare · card
Harlow86871%37compare · card
Hertsmere1371370%58compare · card
Huntingdonshire88880%38compare · card
Ipswich9714834%39compare · card
King's Lynn and West Norfolk63630%26compare · card
Luton3173170%123compare · card
Maldon50500%21compare · card
Mid Suffolk45450%20compare · card
North Hertfordshire88880%38compare · card
North Norfolk28280%12compare · card
Norwich1061060%43compare · card
Peterborough1841840%74compare · card
Rochford44440%18compare · card
South Cambridgeshire93930%40compare · card
South Norfolk60600%25compare · card
Southend-on-Sea1531594%65compare · card
St Albans1101100%48compare · card
Stevenage56572%23compare · card
Tendring49490%19compare · card
Three Rivers74740%32compare · card
Thurrock1671670%69compare · card
Uttlesford76760%32compare · card
Watford1161160%50compare · card
Welwyn Hatfield74740%31compare · card
West Suffolk7875690%32compare · card

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How this is counted

We take every company incorporated in the UK from the Companies House public register the day after it appears and place it 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.