New company registrations, week of 19 Oct 2026

Every week. Every town. Minus the noise.

How many new companies registered in the UK and every town, how many were struck out as shells, holding companies and formation-agent registrations, and how many real businesses were left. A new week every Tuesday, free to explore and cite.

← Earlier 19–25 Oct 2026 Later → Latest week

new companies registered in Windsor
-1 (-12.5%) on the week before

28.6%

struck out as noise (2 companies)

real, new businesses left
-2 (-28.6%) on the week before

60.0%

of those researched have no website we could find

Firstfile count of the Companies House register: incorporations 19–25 Oct 2026, by registered post town. Frozen when published. Aggregate counts only.

The week in short

In the week of 19 October 2026, 7 new companies registered in Windsor, 12.5% fewer than the week before. Firstfile's rules struck out 28.6% as noise, leaving 5 likely new businesses.

Windsor ranked 303 of 382 towns for new companies. Windsor ranked 339 of 382 towns for companies kept. The busiest postcode district was SL4, with 5 kept companies. The most common sector among the kept companies was cleaning & grounds.

#303 of 382 towns for new companies#339 of 382 towns for companies keptThis town's page

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New companies in Windsor

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Noise

Why companies were struck out

A company can match more than one rule, so these can add up to more than the total. The filter is rules, not AI.

Mass-registration address1

Holding-style company name1

Where

Busiest postcode districts

Where the kept companies are based.

SL45

Sectors

What they actually do

From AI models reading each kept company and its website.

Cleaning & grounds1

Consultancy1

Food & drink venue1

Hair, beauty & wellbeing1

Professions

Leads for each profession

Kept companies scoring 60 or more. Scores are rules, not AI.

Accountants3

Insurance brokers3

Web designers2

Card payments & tills2

Payroll & HR3

Van & fleet leasing1

Leaderboard

Most new companies this week

382 towns with at least 5 kept companies this week. Click a town to compare it with Windsor.

Most new companies Most kept Biggest rise Noisiest Cleanest

#	Town	Most new companies	New	Kept	Noise	Kept, on last week
1	London	4,083	4,083	1,403	65.6%	-125
2	Manchester	459	459	329	28.3%	+3
3	Birmingham	363	363	273	24.8%	-16
4	Glasgow	209	209	151	27.8%	+20
5	Liverpool	157	157	109	30.6%	-16
6	Leeds	134	134	93	30.6%	-17
7	Bristol	133	133	105	21.1%	+1
8	Leicester	131	131	101	22.9%	+3
9	Nottingham	125	125	104	16.8%	-3
10	Wolverhampton	118	118	111	5.9%	+16
11	Ilford	104	104	82	21.2%	+4
12	Edinburgh	103	103	48	53.4%	-18
13	Bradford	102	102	80	21.6%	-9
14	Sheffield	101	101	78	22.8%	0
15	Bolton	96	96	63	34.4%	+5
16	Bury St. Edmunds	90	90	6	93.3%	+1
17	Luton	84	84	69	17.9%	-4
18	Mildenhall	82	82	5	93.9%	-8
19	Doncaster	79	79	30	62.0%	-18
20	Harrow	79	79	62	21.5%	+9
21	Coventry	76	76	58	23.7%	-38
22	Milton Keynes	75	75	61	18.7%	+19
23	Cardiff	73	73	56	23.3%	-11
24	Derby	69	69	49	29.0%	+4
25	Slough	68	68	65	4.4%	+13
26	Reading	65	65	50	23.1%	+5
27	Stoke-On-Trent	65	65	55	15.4%	-6
28	Newcastle upon Tyne	61	61	58	4.9%	-10
29	Northampton	61	61	50	18.0%	-5
30	Romford	57	57	46	19.3%	-13
31	Oldham	54	54	40	25.9%	-12
32	Southampton	53	53	48	9.4%	-9
33	Cambridge	52	52	27	48.1%	-11
34	Preston	51	51	40	21.6%	+7
35	Norwich	50	50	41	18.0%	-2
36	Huddersfield	49	49	36	26.5%	0
37	Peterborough	49	49	39	20.4%	0
38	Belfast	48	48	35	27.1%	0
39	Colchester	48	48	38	20.8%	+14
40	Kington	47	47	19	59.6%
41	Middlesbrough	47	47	39	17.0%	-10
42	Dagenham	46	46	44	4.3%	+10
43	Croydon	45	45	33	26.7%	0
44	Hayes	45	45	37	17.8%	+1
45	Hull	44	44	40	9.1%	+4
46	Walsall	44	44	40	9.1%	+1
47	Watford	44	44	33	25.0%	+12
48	Aberdeen	43	43	34	20.9%	+3
49	Poole	42	42	25	40.5%	+1
50	Salford	42	42	27	35.7%	-12
51	Barking	41	41	37	9.8%	+21
52	Enfield	41	41	33	19.5%	+9
53	Stockport	41	41	27	34.1%	-9
54	Wigan	41	41	21	48.8%	+4
55	Dartford	40	40	24	40.0%	+6
56	Warrington	40	40	22	45.0%	-3
57	Blackburn	39	39	33	15.4%	-3
58	Oxford	38	38	34	10.5%	+4
59	Bedford	37	37	34	8.1%	+5
60	Bournemouth	37	37	29	21.6%	-2
61	Solihull	37	37	21	43.2%	+1
62	Chelmsford	36	36	27	25.0%	+10
63	Newport	36	36	32	11.1%	+10
64	Swindon	36	36	31	13.9%	+5
65	Brighton	35	35	30	14.3%	0
66	Ipswich	35	35	23	34.3%	-5
67	Hounslow	34	34	32	5.9%	-15
68	York	33	33	26	21.2%	+4
69	Aylesbury	32	32	24	25.0%	-4
70	Dundee	31	31	28	9.7%	+14
71	Sunderland	31	31	26	16.1%	+6
72	Lincoln	30	30	30	0.0%	+8
73	Southall	30	30	27	10.0%	-8
74	Wembley	30	30	24	20.0%	-5
75	Altrincham	29	29	15	48.3%	0
76	Gloucester	29	29	22	24.1%	+1
77	Rotherham	29	29	21	27.6%	-6
78	Chester	28	28	15	46.4%	+2
79	Swansea	28	28	24	14.3%	-7
80	Wirral	28	28	22	21.4%	+8
81	Bromley	27	27	23	14.8%	+11
82	Grays	27	27	24	11.1%	+8
83	Nuneaton	27	27	22	18.5%	+4
84	Barnet	26	26	22	15.4%	+13
85	Blackpool	26	26	15	42.3%	-1
86	Cheltenham	26	26	15	42.3%	-6
87	Edgware	26	26	20	23.1%	-5
88	Exeter	26	26	16	38.5%	-5
89	Dudley	25	25	16	36.0%	0
90	Maidstone	25	25	20	20.0%	-1
91	Plymouth	25	25	23	8.0%	0
92	Spalding	25	25	15	40.0%
93	St. Albans	25	25	16	36.0%	-4
94	Ashford	24	24	23	4.2%	-10
95	Burnley	24	24	21	12.5%	+6
96	Bury	24	24	10	58.3%	-11
97	Leigh-On-Sea	24	24	7	70.8%	-2
98	Sevenoaks	24	24	18	25.0%	+4
99	Sutton Coldfield	24	24	14	41.7%	+4
100	Wakefield	24	24	16	33.3%	-9
101	Gravesend	23	23	20	13.0%	+1
102	Worcester	23	23	19	17.4%	-2
103	Crewe	22	22	16	27.3%	+9
104	Guildford	22	22	19	13.6%	0
105	Hove	22	22	11	50.0%	0
106	Portsmouth	22	22	18	18.2%	0
107	Rochdale	22	22	21	4.5%	-1
108	Gateshead	21	21	19	9.5%	+2
109	High Wycombe	21	21	16	23.8%	-4
110	Maidenhead	21	21	16	23.8%	+5
111	Brentwood	20	20	11	45.0%	+2
112	Crawley	20	20	17	15.0%	+4
113	Epsom	20	20	15	25.0%	+3
114	Telford	20	20	17	15.0%	-4
115	Barnsley	19	19	15	21.1%	-3
116	Canterbury	19	19	16	15.8%	0
117	Carlisle	19	19	10	47.4%	+5
118	Chatham	19	19	11	42.1%	-10
119	Halifax	19	19	16	15.8%	+3
120	Harlow	19	19	14	26.3%	0
121	Scunthorpe	19	19	17	10.5%	+6
122	Smethwick	19	19	14	26.3%	-1
123	Waterlooville	19	19	6	68.4%	-3
124	Bridgend	18	18	18	0.0%	+5
125	Chorley	18	18	6	66.7%	-7
126	Eastbourne	18	18	11	38.9%	0
127	Fareham	18	18	8	55.6%
128	Feltham	18	18	15	16.7%	+5
129	Grimsby	18	18	13	27.8%	+2
130	St. Helens	18	18	15	16.7%	-5
131	Stourbridge	18	18	15	16.7%	+8
132	Sutton	18	18	16	11.1%	+1
133	Tunbridge Wells	18	18	11	38.9%	+2
134	Dewsbury	17	17	16	5.9%	+2
135	Dunstable	17	17	10	41.2%	-4
136	Horsham	17	17	11	35.3%	0
137	Kettering	17	17	15	11.8%	-1
138	Nelson	17	17	16	5.9%	+3
139	Newark	17	17	15	11.8%	+3
140	Shrewsbury	17	17	12	29.4%	+5
141	West Bromwich	17	17	15	11.8%	-7
142	West Drayton	17	17	17	0.0%	+2
143	Basildon	16	16	10	37.5%	-15
144	Borehamwood	16	16	12	25.0%	-1
145	Loughborough	16	16	13	18.8%	0
146	Mitcham	16	16	13	18.8%	+3
147	Morden	16	16	5	68.8%	-2
148	Pinner	16	16	10	37.5%	+5
149	Stockton-On-Tees	16	16	13	18.8%	-14
150	Taunton	16	16	12	25.0%	+2
151	Wrexham	16	16	14	12.5%	+4
152	Aldershot	15	15	14	6.7%	+7
153	Corby	15	15	13	13.3%	+4
154	Darlington	15	15	13	13.3%	+3
155	Durham	15	15	14	6.7%	+8
156	Hemel Hempstead	15	15	12	20.0%	+2
157	Huntingdon	15	15	13	13.3%	+3
158	Kingston upon Thames	15	15	12	20.0%	0
159	Newton Abbot	15	15	12	20.0%	+6
160	Oldbury	15	15	13	13.3%	+1
161	Paisley	15	15	13	13.3%	+2
162	Rochester	15	15	14	6.7%	+1
163	Southport	15	15	13	13.3%	-1
164	Waltham Abbey	15	15	8	46.7%
165	Wellingborough	15	15	13	13.3%	-7
166	Wilmslow	15	15	6	60.0%
167	Abingdon	14	14	9	35.7%	+2
168	Bath	14	14	10	28.6%	-6
169	Burton-On-Trent	14	14	12	14.3%	-2
170	Dunfermline	14	14	12	14.3%
171	Hamilton	14	14	9	35.7%	+4
172	Leighton Buzzard	14	14	10	28.6%
173	Loughton	14	14	8	42.9%	+3
174	Newcastle	14	14	12	14.3%	+3
175	Redditch	14	14	9	35.7%	0
176	Richmond	14	14	9	35.7%	-1
177	Sale	14	14	10	28.6%	+4
178	Tamworth	14	14	9	35.7%	-4
179	Chippenham	13	13	10	23.1%	+3
180	Greenford	13	13	12	7.7%	-3
181	Harrogate	13	13	11	15.4%	-1
182	Hartlepool	13	13	13	0.0%	-3
183	Hereford	13	13	11	15.4%	+5
184	Lisburn	13	13	12	7.7%
185	Mansfield	13	13	12	7.7%	+2
186	Potters Bar	13	13	8	38.5%	+2
187	Rickmansworth	13	13	12	7.7%	+4
188	Stanmore	13	13	10	23.1%	-4
189	Stevenage	13	13	7	46.2%	-8
190	Tonbridge	13	13	9	30.8%	-1
191	Twickenham	13	13	11	15.4%	-3
192	Widnes	13	13	11	15.4%
193	Woking	13	13	12	7.7%	-9
194	Woodford Green	13	13	9	30.8%	+4
195	Beckenham	12	12	8	33.3%	+2
196	Benfleet	12	12	8	33.3%	+1
197	Boston	12	12	9	25.0%	-5
198	Bridgwater	12	12	9	25.0%
199	Camberley	12	12	11	8.3%	+4
200	Chesterfield	12	12	8	33.3%	-1
201	King's Lynn	12	12	9	25.0%	+3
202	Newry	12	12	7	41.7%	-1
203	Northwood	12	12	9	25.0%	+3
204	Ramsgate	12	12	9	25.0%	+2
205	Rugby	12	12	10	16.7%	-5
206	Shipley	12	12	7	41.7%
207	Stafford	12	12	6	50.0%	-6
208	Witney	12	12	8	33.3%	+2
209	Andover	11	11	10	9.1%	+2
210	Banbury	11	11	10	9.1%	-3
211	Basingstoke	11	11	10	9.1%	-9
212	Braintree	11	11	10	9.1%	+3
213	Clitheroe	11	11	8	27.3%
214	Essex	11	11	10	9.1%	-15
215	Evesham	11	11	10	9.1%	+2
216	Gillingham	11	11	10	9.1%	-4
217	Keighley	11	11	7	36.4%	0
218	Leigh	11	11	7	36.4%
219	Leyland	11	11	9	18.2%	+4
220	Livingston	11	11	8	27.3%	+2
221	Motherwell	11	11	10	9.1%	0
222	Northolt	11	11	10	9.1%
223	Orpington	11	11	9	18.2%	-7
224	Pontefract	11	11	11	0.0%	0
225	St. Leonards-On-Sea	11	11	6	45.5%
226	Stratford upon Avon	11	11	5	54.5%	0
227	Wallington	11	11	8	27.3%	-1
228	Waltham Cross	11	11	9	18.2%	0
229	Warwick	11	11	8	27.3%	-4
230	Weymouth	11	11	9	18.2%
231	Worksop	11	11	11	0.0%	+5
232	Ashton-Under-Lyne	10	10	8	20.0%	+1
233	Batley	10	10	10	0.0%	-1
234	Chichester	10	10	8	20.0%	-2
235	Christchurch	10	10	9	10.0%	+3
236	Craigavon	10	10	10	0.0%	0
237	Farnham	10	10	8	20.0%	-2
238	Halesowen	10	10	8	20.0%	+2
239	Hitchin	10	10	8	20.0%	0
240	Inverness	10	10	10	0.0%	+3
241	Isleworth	10	10	9	10.0%	-1
242	Kilmarnock	10	10	6	40.0%	-3
243	Leamington Spa	10	10	8	20.0%	-10
244	Newbury	10	10	6	40.0%	-4
245	Pontypridd	10	10	5	50.0%	0
246	Rainham	10	10	9	10.0%	-1
247	Surbiton	10	10	8	20.0%	+3
248	Thornton Heath	10	10	10	0.0%
249	Uxbridge	10	10	8	20.0%	-9
250	Berkhamsted	9	9	7	22.2%	+2
251	Bishop's Stortford	9	9	7	22.2%	-5
252	Bracknell	9	9	6	33.3%	-3
253	Brierley Hill	9	9	7	22.2%
254	Cirencester	9	9	7	22.2%
255	Daventry	9	9	9	0.0%	+4
256	Dorking	9	9	8	11.1%	+3
257	Folkestone	9	9	8	11.1%	-1
258	Gosport	9	9	9	0.0%	+3
259	Hyde	9	9	8	11.1%
260	Lichfield	9	9	5	44.4%
261	Londonderry	9	9	8	11.1%	0
262	Malvern	9	9	8	11.1%	+3
263	Redcar	9	9	9	0.0%	+4
264	Rossendale	9	9	9	0.0%	+3
265	South Shields	9	9	9	0.0%	-1
266	Walton-On-Thames	9	9	9	0.0%	+1
267	Weston-Super-Mare	9	9	8	11.1%	-3
268	Winchester	9	9	9	0.0%	-3
269	Wokingham	9	9	7	22.2%	-3
270	Ayr	8	8	6	25.0%	-4
271	Bathgate	8	8	8	0.0%	+2
272	Bicester	8	8	7	12.5%	+1
273	Bilston	8	8	7	12.5%	+2
274	Birkenhead	8	8	8	0.0%	0
275	Brentford	8	8	7	12.5%	-1
276	Broadstairs	8	8	7	12.5%
277	Cleckheaton	8	8	5	37.5%
278	Erith	8	8	8	0.0%	0
279	Fleet	8	8	8	0.0%	+1
280	Great Yarmouth	8	8	7	12.5%	-1
281	Hatfield	8	8	8	0.0%	-2
282	Kendal	8	8	8	0.0%
283	Leatherhead	8	8	8	0.0%	+2
284	Lowestoft	8	8	6	25.0%
285	Lytham St. Annes	8	8	5	37.5%
286	Macclesfield	8	8	6	25.0%	-5
287	Maldon	8	8	6	25.0%	0
288	Mold	8	8	6	25.0%
289	Redhill	8	8	6	25.0%	-3
290	Rhyl	8	8	7	12.5%
291	Scarborough	8	8	6	25.0%	-1
292	Sidcup	8	8	7	12.5%	+2
293	Sittingbourne	8	8	7	12.5%	-5
294	South Croydon	8	8	5	37.5%	0
295	Staines-Upon-Thames	8	8	7	12.5%	+2
296	Stanford-Le-Hope	8	8	8	0.0%	+2
297	Sutton-In-Ashfield	8	8	7	12.5%
298	Tipton	8	8	8	0.0%	0
299	Welling	8	8	5	37.5%	-3
300	West Malling	8	8	7	12.5%
301	Westcliff-On-Sea	8	8	7	12.5%	-1
302	Willenhall	8	8	8	0.0%	-1
303	Accrington	7	7	6	14.3%	-1
304	Billericay	7	7	5	28.6%
305	Bootle	7	7	7	0.0%	0
306	Burntwood	7	7	5	28.6%
307	Bushey	7	7	6	14.3%
308	Canvey Island	7	7	6	14.3%
309	Castleford	7	7	6	14.3%
310	Cheadle	7	7	7	0.0%	-5
311	Clacton-On-Sea	7	7	5	28.6%	0
312	Clydebank	7	7	7	0.0%
313	Coatbridge	7	7	7	0.0%
314	Congleton	7	7	6	14.3%	-1
315	Didcot	7	7	5	28.6%
316	Greenock	7	7	6	14.3%
317	Heywood	7	7	7	0.0%
318	Hornchurch	7	7	6	14.3%	-9
319	Kidderminster	7	7	6	14.3%	-1
320	Lancaster	7	7	5	28.6%	-3
321	Littlehampton	7	7	5	28.6%
322	Morecambe	7	7	6	14.3%
323	Nantwich	7	7	7	0.0%	+2
324	Neath	7	7	6	14.3%	0
325	New Malden	7	7	6	14.3%	+1
326	Newquay	7	7	6	14.3%
327	North Shields	7	7	7	0.0%	0
328	Northwich	7	7	6	14.3%	-5
329	Prescot	7	7	6	14.3%
330	Purley	7	7	6	14.3%
331	Runcorn	7	7	7	0.0%	-1
332	South Ockendon	7	7	5	28.6%
333	Southend-On-Sea	7	7	7	0.0%	-4
334	Southsea	7	7	5	28.6%	0
335	Stroud	7	7	7	0.0%	+1
336	Upminster	7	7	6	14.3%
337	Wallasey	7	7	6	14.3%	-2
338	Windsor	7	7	5	28.6%	-2
339	Ballymena	6	6	6	0.0%
340	Bangor	6	6	6	0.0%	-1
341	Bridlington	6	6	5	16.7%
342	Cannock	6	6	5	16.7%	-3
343	Carshalton	6	6	6	0.0%
344	Chigwell	6	6	5	16.7%	-2
345	Cleethorpes	6	6	6	0.0%	+1
346	Ely	6	6	5	16.7%	-7
347	Exmouth	6	6	6	0.0%
348	Farnborough	6	6	6	0.0%	-3
349	Frome	6	6	5	16.7%	-1
350	Gerrards Cross	6	6	5	16.7%	-4
351	Glossop	6	6	6	0.0%
352	Grantham	6	6	6	0.0%	-1
353	Herne Bay	6	6	6	0.0%	+1
354	Iver	6	6	6	0.0%
355	Merthyr Tydfil	6	6	5	16.7%
356	Oldham, United Kingdom	6	6	6	0.0%
357	Ormskirk	6	6	6	0.0%	-1
358	Rowley Regis	6	6	6	0.0%
359	Rushden	6	6	6	0.0%	-2
360	Sandbach	6	6	6	0.0%
361	Sandy	6	6	5	16.7%
362	Skelmersdale	6	6	5	16.7%	0
363	Stamford	6	6	5	16.7%
364	Trowbridge	6	6	6	0.0%
365	Washington	6	6	6	0.0%
366	Whitchurch	6	6	5	16.7%
367	Whitley Bay	6	6	6	0.0%
368	Whitstable	6	6	5	16.7%
369	Alloa	5	5	5	0.0%	0
370	Bexley	5	5	5	0.0%
371	Glasgow Central	5	5	5	0.0%
372	Hampton	5	5	5	0.0%	0
373	Haverfordwest	5	5	5	0.0%
374	Hinckley	5	5	5	0.0%	-3
375	Hoddesdon	5	5	5	0.0%	-2
376	Inverurie	5	5	5	0.0%
377	Lutterworth	5	5	5	0.0%	0
378	Northallerton	5	5	5	0.0%
379	Penarth	5	5	5	0.0%
380	Ringwood	5	5	5	0.0%
381	Shoreham-By-Sea	5	5	5	0.0%
382	Wallsend	5	5	5	0.0%

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Windsor and Rushden

	Windsor	Rushden
New companies	7	6
Struck out	2	0
Kept	5	6
Noise rate	28.6%	0.0%
Kept, change on the week before	-2	-2
Biggest sector	Cleaning & grounds	Health & care

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Firstfile New Business Index, week of 19 October 2026, https://firstfile.co.uk/new-business-index/2026-10-19

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How it's counted: companies incorporated Monday to Sunday, by registered post town, as read from Companies House. The week is frozen two days after it ends, so later changes to the register or to our rules don't alter it. Older weeks may not show sectors or websites, because we research companies for 30 days. Towns need at least 5 kept companies in a week to appear. Registered post town is where a company's office is, not always where it trades. See every source we use. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

About the index

What the New Business Index is

Headline company formation figures count every new registration, including shells, holding companies and companies set up in bulk by formation agents. The New Business Index counts them too, then shows what's left once that noise is taken out.

Each week we read every company incorporated on the UK register and apply the same published rules. You get the total, the number struck out and why, and the likely new businesses that remain, for the UK and for each town with enough new companies to count.

Use it to see how many businesses are really starting in your area, compare towns, follow the trend over time, or find a figure for a story or report. It's free, and you don't need an account.

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About the figures

What is the New Business Index?

A free weekly count of new UK companies, for the whole country and each town. It shows how many companies registered, how many our rules struck out as noise, and how many likely new businesses were left.

How often is it updated?

Every week. Each edition covers companies incorporated from Monday to Sunday and normally appears on the following Tuesday.

What counts as noise?

Companies registered at mass-registration addresses, companies with holding-style names, companies with only holding or dormant activity codes, and types that aren't normal trading companies. Being struck out doesn't mean a company is improper, and the rules will catch a few real businesses.

Why does London have so much noise?

Many formation agents and virtual offices have London addresses, so a company based anywhere can be registered there. Registered office is where a company's post goes, not always where it trades.

Do the figures change after they're published?

No. Each week is frozen when it's published, so a figure you quote today will still be on the page later, even if the register or our rules change.

Can I use these figures?

Yes. Quote them with credit to Firstfile and a link to the week you used. Each week has a citation line and a CSV of its town figures.

Does the index name any companies?

No. Every figure is an aggregate count. The only addresses shown are the busiest registered offices.

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