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Formation Index · region · week of 7 September 2026

New companies in Wales

Wales saw 352 new companies incorporated in the week of 7 September–13 September 2026, 8% below the year-earlier weekly average (counting companies still on the register). About 128 of them are expected to trade, judging by what happened to similar companies. Rising this week: Hospitality & food, Health & social care, Arts & leisure. Among companies formed in the last 8 weeks, 36 already have a website verified as theirs and 20 have registered food premises.

Updated 15 September 2026 · covers Monday 7 September to Sunday 13 September 2026 · next update Monday · RSS · JSON

352companies incorporated 7–13 Sep 2026
−8% vs 382 a year earlier
128expected to trade (historical rates for similar companies)
36verified websites among the 704 companies formed in the last 8 weeks and checked so far
20registered food premises among the 704 companies formed in the last 8 weeks and checked so far

Of this week's 352: 312 operating businesses formed at their own or a home address; 0 at a mass-formation or virtual-office address; 39 property or holding companies; 258 of the 352 checked so far have no website yet.

Ranked by the model this week:  A 49 B 101 C 104 D 80 E 18  · 296 operating businesses. Band A companies went on to trade about 60% of the time on held-out tests, band E about 9%. Which company is in which band, and how to reach it, is in the paid list; see a real week.

01252503755002026-06-01: 408 incorporated2026-06-08: 193 incorporated (collection gap — a minimum)2026-06-15: 481 incorporated2026-06-22: 343 incorporated2026-06-29: 449 incorporated2026-07-06: 331 incorporated2026-07-13: 372 incorporated2026-07-20: 424 incorporated2026-07-27: 362 incorporated2026-08-03: 389 incorporated2026-08-10: 367 incorporated2026-08-17: 366 incorporated2026-08-24: 368 incorporated2026-08-31: 365 incorporated2026-09-07: 352 incorporated1 Jun8 Jun15 Jun22 Jun29 Jun6 Jul13 Jul20 Jul27 Jul3 Aug10 Aug17 Aug24 Aug31 Aug7 Sep
incorporated per weeksame week a year earlier, still on the registercollection gap (minimum)

What they do

Primary SIC code of the 352 companies incorporated this week. Rising against the previous 12 weeks: Hospitality & food, Health & social care, Arts & leisure.

Retail & wholesale
63
Hospitality & food
52
Professional services
36
Property
33
Construction
33
IT & media
27
Business support
22
Other services
15
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