KA26

272

Active companies whose registered office is this postcode

Source period

2026-10

How calculated

Sum of complete unique source areas

Source areas

404 / 404

Counts companies whose REGISTERED OFFICE is this postcode. A registered office is not a place of business: accountants and company-formation agents register thousands of companies at a single address, so a large number here usually means one agent rather than a business district. Sole traders and ordinary partnerships are not on the register at all, so this undercounts businesses as most people use the word. Only companies with an active status on the monthly snapshot are counted; dissolved and liquidating companies are excluded. No address, company name or officer detail is stored or shown.

27

Registered at this postcode and incorporated within the year

Source period

2026-10

How calculated

Sum of complete unique source areas

Source areas

404 / 404

Of the active companies registered at this postcode, how many were incorporated in the twelve months before the snapshot. Company formation is cheap and common, and a new company is not a new business or a new job -- many never trade. Where a formation agent uses this postcode, this number counts the agent's throughput rather than local activity. No company or address detail is stored or shown.

272

Active companies across the whole postcode district

Source period

2026-10

Active companies registered anywhere in this postcode district, which covers a much wider area than the postcode itself. Registered offices are not trading premises, and a single formation agent in the district can dominate the total. Sole traders are not on the register.

Accommodation and food service

The largest SIC section among companies registered in this district

Source period

2026-10

The largest single category among companies registered in this postcode district, from the SIC code each company declares for itself. Declared codes are self-reported, frequently generic and rarely updated. Companies that declare themselves dormant or non-trading, and those that declare nothing at all, are shown as such rather than folded into a real industry -- in some districts they are the largest category, which is itself the clearest evidence that these are registered offices rather than workplaces. Published only for districts with enough companies that no individual one can be inferred.

Private Limited Company

93.0%

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)

2.9%

Private company limited by guarantee

1.8%

The most common legal forms on the register here

Source period

2026-10

The most common legal forms among companies registered in this postcode district -- private limited companies, limited liability partnerships and so on. Almost everywhere is dominated by private limited companies, so the interest is in what sits behind them. Published only for districts with enough companies that no individual one can be inferred, and never at postcode level.