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Formation Index · region · week of 7 September 2026

New companies in West Midlands

West Midlands saw 1,194 new companies incorporated in the week of 7 September–13 September 2026, 3% below the year-earlier weekly average (counting companies still on the register). About 418 of them are expected to trade, judging by what happened to similar companies. Rising this week: Manufacturing, Hospitality & food, Health & social care. Among companies formed in the last 8 weeks, 98 already have a website verified as theirs and 35 have registered food premises.

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

1,194companies incorporated 7–13 Sep 2026
−3% vs 1,233 a year earlier
418expected to trade (historical rates for similar companies)
98verified websites among the 2,285 companies formed in the last 8 weeks and checked so far
35registered food premises among the 2,285 companies formed in the last 8 weeks and checked so far

Of this week's 1,194: 1,009 operating businesses formed at their own or a home address; 38 at a mass-formation or virtual-office address; 145 property or holding companies; 892 of the 1,194 checked so far have no website yet.

Ranked by the model this week:  A 206 B 304 C 267 D 282 E 135  · 983 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.

05001,0001,5002,0002026-06-01: 1,254 incorporated2026-06-08: 761 incorporated (collection gap — a minimum)2026-06-15: 1,596 incorporated2026-06-22: 1,132 incorporated2026-06-29: 1,451 incorporated2026-07-06: 1,098 incorporated2026-07-13: 1,155 incorporated2026-07-20: 1,239 incorporated2026-07-27: 1,205 incorporated2026-08-03: 1,216 incorporated2026-08-10: 1,183 incorporated2026-08-17: 1,133 incorporated2026-08-24: 1,054 incorporated2026-08-31: 1,146 incorporated2026-09-07: 1,194 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 1,194 companies incorporated this week. Rising against the previous 12 weeks: Manufacturing, Hospitality & food, Health & social care.

Retail & wholesale
283
Hospitality & food
117
Property
110
Construction
106
Professional services
99
IT & media
83
Transport & logistics
75
Business support
63
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