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New company incorporations in Cambridge

In the 12 months to August 2026, Companies House records in this analysis show 1,800 new companies with a registered office in Cambridge. Compared with the previous 12 months, the count decreased. A registered office in Cambridge is where a company is registered, not necessarily where it trades, and an incorporation is not a confirmed trading business.

Latest complete month
110
▼ 30.4% vs Aug 2025 (158)
Last 12 months
1,800 Sep 2025 – Aug 2026
new companies
Previous 12 months
2,000 Sep 2024 – Aug 2025
rolling change ▼ 10.0%
Share of UK
0.2% registered-office basis
New companies each month

The latest 12 months (solid) over the previous 12 (dashed). A month counting fewer than 10 companies is withheld and shown as a gap, never a zero.

New company incorporations, CambridgeMonthly new company incorporations in Cambridge. Solid line: September 2025 to August 2026; dashed line: September 2024 to August 2025. A month counting fewer than 10 companies is suppressed, and a month with no data recorded is left blank; neither is plotted as zero. Source: Companies House.Companies0222SepNovJanMarMayJulAugNew company incorporations · Cambridge · Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 vs prior year · Companies House
Month 2024–252025–26
Sep 160222
Oct 162188
Nov 161140
Dec 13396
Jan 160178
Feb 160115
Mar 196168
Apr 195152
May 163128
Jun 156144
Jul 196159
Aug 158110

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By industry
New company incorporations by industry, CambridgeNew company incorporations in the 12 months to August 2026, by industry, for Cambridge. A industry counting fewer than 10 companies is not shown. Source: Companies House.Manufacturing532Retail and e-commerce246Software and IT services227Property and real estate104Management consultancy94Construction and trades92Hospitality and food services86Marketing, advertising and design50Health and social care41Transport, courier and logistics25By industry · Cambridge · 12 months to Aug 2026 · Companies House
Industry Previous 12 months Companies Change Share of area
Manufacturing 356 532 ▲ 49.4% 29.6%
Retail and e-commerce 354 246 ▼ 30.5% 13.7%
Software and IT services 280 227 ▼ 18.9% 12.6%
Property and real estate 122 104 ▼ 14.8% 5.8%
Management consultancy 96 94 ▼ 2.1% 5.2%
Construction and trades 77 92 ▲ 19.5% 5.1%
Hospitality and food services 88 86 ▼ 2.3% 4.8%
Marketing, advertising and design 86 50 ▼ 41.9% 2.8%
Health and social care 55 41 ▼ 25.4% 2.3%
Transport, courier and logistics 31 25 ▼ 19.4% 1.4%

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A company is counted in a group if any of its filed SIC codes falls in that group, so a company can appear in more than one group and these figures are not additive — they are not a breakdown of a whole. A filed SIC code records the activity declared at incorporation, not proof of current trading.

Where these companies are registered

A large share of registrations sit at very few addresses

The single most-used registered-office address accounts for 21.4% of registrations in this area, and the ten most-used for 46.9%. That usually reflects an accountant, formation agent or virtual-office address rather than unusual local activity — so “companies registered here” and “businesses operating here” are materially different claims for this area.

Registered-office address concentration, CambridgeThe share of registrations at the single most-used registered-office address, the ten most-used, and all other addresses, for Cambridge. The two review thresholds (15% at one address, 40% across the top ten) are marked. No address is shown.15% single address40% top ten
Most common address — 21.4% Next nine addresses — 25.5% All other addresses — 53.1% 821 distinct addresses · 0.0% postcodes unmapped

Address concentration is published as a share and a distinct-address count only; no address is shown. A registered-office address is taken from the record at extraction and may differ from the address at the time of incorporation.

How this page defines this area
Boundary
Cambridge non-metropolitan district
Geography code
E07000008 (GSS), under geography version lr-geography-v1. Matching is by official code, never by text on the address.
Postcode mapping
The registered-office postcode is mapped to a local authority through the ONS Postcode Directory. Postcodes that cannot be mapped are counted separately, never reassigned to a neighbouring authority.
Not included
Cambridge city only. South Cambridgeshire — which contains much of the science-park belt, including Cambourne and Granta Park — is a separate authority and is not counted here.
What these figures do and do not show
Registered office
The address recorded at Companies House when the record was captured. It is not a verified trading location, an operational base or a founder's home.
Incorporation
A registration event. It is not evidence the company is trading, and it is not a business birth in the ONS sense.
Historical addresses
For backfilled months, the address is the one shown at extraction, which may differ from the address filed at incorporation.
SIC codes
Self-classified by the company at filing. A filed code is how the company described itself, not proof of current activity.
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Launch Register analysis of Companies House public data: private limited companies incorporated with a registered office in Cambridge in the 12 months to August 2026, geography mapped using the ONS Postcode Directory. Pages update in place, so quoting the release month keeps a figure reproducible.

https://launchregister.co.uk/company-statistics/locations/cambridge/ · Data through August 2026 · Last updated 2026-09-18 · Coverage 2024-09/2026-08 · Methodology methodology-v1 · Geography lr-geography-v1 · Industry mapping sic2007-lr-v1

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