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What the Companies House register says about Britain's businesses, from the data behind Ltd Edition. Every figure is from our own data on the date shown.
- Boom towns: where new companies are being registered fastest
Middlesbrough tops our table with 17.8 new companies per 1,000 in the last 30 days. Which UK areas are registering companies fastest, relative to their size.
21 October 2026 - Company birthday twins: which companies share your birthday?
16,463 live companies were incorporated on 21 October, from the British Medical Association in 1874 onwards. Find the companies born on your birthday.
21 October 2026 - Company obituaries: the longest-lived companies dissolved this month
Every day we mark the longest-established companies dissolved at Companies House. On 20/10/2026 the oldest was 138 years old.
21 October 2026 - Formation agent addresses: why one London street holds 74,992 companies
One in six UK companies is registered at a formation agent's address. What that means, the busiest addresses, and why it matters when you check a company.
21 October 2026 - How many companies are registered in the UK each day?
About 2,800 on a typical weekday and about 400 at weekends, from our first fortnight of live Companies House data. Here's the pattern.
21 October 2026 - How to get an alert when a company files at Companies House
Watch customers, suppliers or competitors and get an email, Slack message or webhook when they file, change officers or miss a deadline.
21 October 2026 - How to read a company page: status, deadlines, filings and accounts
A guided tour of a Ltd Edition company page: what each section means and what to look for when you check a UK company.
21 October 2026 - Name of the Day: the most charming new company names
Every morning we pick the most charming, odd or poetic name among yesterday's new UK companies. The first week's picks.
21 October 2026 - Registered office vs trading address: what a company's address tells you
A company's registered office is a legal address, not necessarily where it trades. What the difference means when you check a customer or supplier.
21 October 2026 - The oldest companies in the UK, from 1327 onwards
Livery companies founded in the 14th and 15th centuries are still on the Companies House register. The oldest active entries, in order.
21 October 2026 - The words rising in new UK company names (October 2026)
Which words are turning up more often in the names of new UK companies? Our trend spotter compares the last 30 days with the 90 before.
21 October 2026 - Why so many UK companies are dissolved on a Tuesday
On two Tuesdays in October 2026, 27,886 companies were dissolved: 97% of the fortnight's total. What a dissolution is, and what we see in the data.
21 October 2026