Monthly · From the Companies House register

UK Company Pulse

A monthly look at the UK's small and micro companies: what's being started, where, and how they're doing against their filing deadlines. Published by basics around the middle of each month.

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Issue 01 · September 2026Small & micro companies
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September 2026 · 5 min read

66,205 new companies in September, and software is rising fastest

  • Up 17.3% on August
  • Software & IT growing 38% faster than the market
  • Manchester leads the big cities per head
  • 29,240 first accounts deadlines in October
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Every issue covers

01Market overviewAll active small and micro companies: status, size, age and sector.
02New this monthHow many new companies were registered, and which kinds are growing or fading.
03The entrepreneurship mapNew companies per head, by region and big city.
04Deadlines watchFirst deadlines coming up, and how many companies are overdue.

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