New companies in Yorkshire and The Humber
Yorkshire and The Humber saw 881 new companies incorporated in the week of 19 October to 25 October 2026, 7% below the year-earlier weekly average (adjusted for companies dissolved since). About 350 of them are expected to trade, judging by what happened to similar companies. Rising this week: Finance & insurance, Dormant / no activity, Transport & logistics. Among companies formed in the last 8 weeks, 560 already have a website verified as theirs and 187 have registered food premises.
Updated 30 October 2026 · covers Monday 19 October to Sunday 25 October 2026 · next update Monday · RSS · JSON
Of this week's 881: 703 operating businesses formed at their own or a home address; 17 at a mass-formation or virtual-office address; 124 property or holding companies; 606 of the 881 checked so far have no website yet.
For accountants, accounts due: 38,586 companies in Yorkshire and The Humber have accounts due in the next three months and are not registered at an accountant's address. They've filed trading accounts before, are current on their confirmation statement and are registered at their own address (5,689 within a month, 6,335 in one to two, 26,562 in two to three); 1,969 more are already overdue but not yet in strike-off. The free Monday email names five of them; the accountancy subscription has them with due date and registered office, in a weekly batch of the ones due about twelve weeks out. Register of 2026-10.
For accountants, companies that may be changing accountant: 337 established Yorkshire and The Humber companies moved their registered office away from an accountancy firm's address between 2 October 2026 and 30 October 2026, which can mean they've parted with that firm. The accountancy subscription names them each week, on the Something changed sheet. Counted from the office changes filed at Companies House, against the addresses where accountancy firms are registered.
Ranked by the model this week: A 98 B 186 C 222 D 268 E 107 · 692 operating businesses. Band A companies went on to trade about 67% of the time on held-out tests of companies formed since the 2024 fee rise, band E about 15%. Followed for three years, 89% of the companies we ranked A were still registered, against 49% of all new companies (why a ranked lead is worth more). Which company is in which band, and how to reach it, is in the paid list; see a real week.
What they do
Primary SIC code of the 881 companies incorporated this week. Rising against the previous 12 weeks: Finance & insurance, Dormant / no activity, Transport & logistics.
What happens to them
Of the 83,653 companies formed in Yorkshire and The Humber between January 2022 and September 2023 at their own address, 50% were still on the register three years later and 34% had filed trading accounts (UK: 51% and 35%). Most of the rest never traded: they missed their first confirmation statement and were struck off at about seventeen months. The Business Survival Index: every council and constituency compared · how this is measured, why it agrees with the ONS, and why it excludes the roughly 4% of companies whose address the registrar has since removed · CSV.
The 15 councils in Yorkshire and The Humber
The last four complete weeks. Own address leaves out formation agents and virtual offices, whose registrations say where the agent is rather than the business.
| Council | Formed, 4 weeks (own address) | All registrations | At agent addresses | Expected to trade | Explore |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnsley | 112 | 112 | 0% | 45 | compare · card |
| Bradford | 506 | 518 | 2% | 201 | compare · card |
| Calderdale | 118 | 118 | 0% | 47 | compare · card |
| Doncaster | 329 | 329 | 0% | 97 | compare · card |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 151 | 151 | 0% | 64 | compare · card |
| Kingston upon Hull, City of | 165 | 165 | 0% | 67 | compare · card |
| Kirklees | 364 | 364 | 0% | 145 | compare · card |
| Leeds | 588 | 615 | 4% | 244 | compare · card |
| North East Lincolnshire | 92 | 92 | 0% | 38 | compare · card |
| North Lincolnshire | 91 | 91 | 0% | 37 | compare · card |
| North Yorkshire | 281 | 285 | 1% | 116 | compare · card |
| Rotherham | 167 | 167 | 0% | 70 | compare · card |
| Sheffield | 345 | 351 | 2% | 134 | compare · card |
| Wakefield | 201 | 201 | 0% | 84 | compare · card |
| York | 87 | 87 | 0% | 36 | compare · card |
Click a heading to sort. "Compare" opens the council in the explorer, week by week against this area.
Parliamentary constituencies in Yorkshire and The Humber
Barnsley NorthBarnsley SouthBeverley and HoldernessBradford EastBradford SouthBradford WestBridlington and The WoldsBrigg and ImminghamCalder ValleyColne ValleyDewsbury and BatleyDoncaster CentralDoncaster East and the Isle of AxholmeDoncaster NorthGoole and PocklingtonGreat Grimsby and CleethorpesHalifaxHarrogate and KnaresboroughHuddersfieldKeighley and IlkleyKingston upon Hull EastKingston upon Hull North and CottinghamKingston upon Hull West and HaltempriceLeeds Central and HeadingleyLeeds EastLeeds North EastLeeds North WestLeeds SouthLeeds South West and MorleyLeeds West and PudseyNormanton and HemsworthOssett and Denby DalePenistone and StocksbridgePontefract, Castleford and KnottingleyRawmarsh and ConisbroughRichmond and NorthallertonRother ValleyRotherhamScarborough and WhitbyScunthorpeSelbySheffield Brightside and HillsboroughSheffield CentralSheffield HallamSheffield HeeleySheffield South EastShipleySkipton and RiponSpen ValleyThirsk and MaltonWakefield and RothwellWetherby and EasingwoldYork CentralYork Outer
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