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Formation Index · 45 councils

New companies in the East of England

4,237 companies were formed at their own address in the East of England (45 councils) in the four weeks to 13 September 2026, and about 1,760 of them are expected to become trading businesses.

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

4,237companies formed at their own address, 17 August – 13 September 2026
1,760expected to trade (historical rates for similar companies)
784more registered at formation-agent or virtual-office addresses (16% of the 5,021 in total)
45councils, each with its own page below
05001,0001,5002,0002026-06-01: 1,160 at their own address, 1,336 in all2026-06-08: 645 at their own address, 762 in all (Companies House outage: its register was not updating 11–16 June, so fewer companies were registered this week)2026-06-15: 1,429 at their own address, 1,630 in all (catch-up after the Companies House outage: the backlog from 11–16 June was registered this week)2026-06-22: 964 at their own address, 1,110 in all2026-06-29: 1,347 at their own address, 1,552 in all2026-07-06: 1,030 at their own address, 1,161 in all2026-07-13: 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 all1 Jun8 Jun15 Jun22 Jun29 Jun6 Jul13 Jul20 Jul27 Jul3 Aug10 Aug17 Aug24 Aug31 Aug7 Sep
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
Babergh36360%16compare · card
Basildon12915115%54compare · card
Bedford1321406%55compare · card
Braintree80800%34compare · card
Breckland44440%18compare · card
Brentwood91910%37compare · card
Broadland43430%17compare · card
Broxbourne91910%40compare · card
Cambridge10512415%42compare · card
Castle Point63630%27compare · card
Central Bedfordshire1731730%72compare · card
Chelmsford1241240%52compare · card
Colchester1151150%47compare · card
Dacorum1371370%58compare · card
East Cambridgeshire50500%20compare · card
East Hertfordshire94940%40compare · card
East Suffolk91910%38compare · card
Epping Forest1651650%72compare · card
Fenland57570%24compare · card
Great Yarmouth44440%18compare · card
Harlow6910635%27compare · card
Hertsmere1051050%46compare · card
Huntingdonshire1091090%47compare · card
Ipswich7211035%29compare · card
King's Lynn and West Norfolk50500%20compare · card
Luton2922920%112compare · card
Maldon32320%14compare · card
Mid Suffolk50500%21compare · card
North Hertfordshire96960%41compare · card
North Norfolk28280%11compare · card
Norwich1011010%42compare · card
Peterborough2032030%79compare · card
Rochford59590%25compare · card
South Cambridgeshire90911%39compare · card
South Norfolk65650%28compare · card
Southend-on-Sea1571623%68compare · card
St Albans97970%41compare · card
Stevenage495511%21compare · card
Tendring69690%28compare · card
Three Rivers93930%41compare · card
Thurrock1511510%60compare · card
Uttlesford67670%29compare · card
Watford85850%36compare · card
Welwyn Hatfield77770%32compare · card
West Suffolk10775586%43compare · 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.