New companies in the West Midlands
4,313 companies were formed at their own address in the West Midlands (30 councils) in the four weeks to 13 September 2026, and about 1,748 of them are expected to become trading businesses.
Updated 18 September 2026 · next update Monday · these figures, CSV · every council and region
Companies formed at their own address each week across the 30 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.
Click a heading to sort. "Compare" opens the council in the explorer, week by week against this area.
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Using these figures
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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.