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New company incorporations in Leeds

In the 12 months to August 2026, Companies House records in this analysis show 8,248 new companies with a registered office in Leeds. Compared with the previous 12 months, the count decreased. A registered office in Leeds is where a company is registered, not necessarily where it trades, and an incorporation is not a confirmed trading business.

Latest complete month
518
▼ 28.7% vs Aug 2025 (727)
Last 12 months
8,248 Sep 2025 – Aug 2026
new companies
Previous 12 months
8,492 Sep 2024 – Aug 2025
rolling change ▼ 2.9%
Share of UK
1.1% 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, LeedsMonthly new company incorporations in Leeds. 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.Companies0829SepNovJanMarMayJulAugNew company incorporations · Leeds · Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 vs prior year · Companies House
Month 2024–252025–26
Sep 680787
Oct 741829
Nov 633651
Dec 567540
Jan 695715
Feb 695664
Mar 807815
Apr 741717
May 702630
Jun 726670
Jul 778712
Aug 727518

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By industry
New company incorporations by industry, LeedsNew company incorporations in the 12 months to August 2026, by industry, for Leeds. A industry counting fewer than 10 companies is not shown. Source: Companies House.Property and real estate1100Retail and e-commerce1085Hospitality and food services786Construction and trades782Software and IT services661Health and social care510Transport, courier and logistics457Management consultancy397Manufacturing273Marketing, advertising and design231By industry · Leeds · 12 months to Aug 2026 · Companies House
Industry Previous 12 months Companies Change Share of area
Property and real estate 1,228 1,100 ▼ 10.4% 13.3%
Retail and e-commerce 1,078 1,085 ▲ 0.7% 13.2%
Hospitality and food services 837 786 ▼ 6.1% 9.5%
Construction and trades 789 782 ▼ 0.9% 9.5%
Software and IT services 537 661 ▲ 23.1% 8.0%
Health and social care 474 510 ▲ 7.6% 6.2%
Transport, courier and logistics 389 457 ▲ 17.5% 5.5%
Management consultancy 383 397 ▲ 3.7% 4.8%
Manufacturing 250 273 ▲ 9.2% 3.3%
Marketing, advertising and design 219 231 ▲ 5.5% 2.8%

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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
Registered-office address concentration, LeedsThe share of registrations at the single most-used registered-office address, the ten most-used, and all other addresses, for Leeds. 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 — 1.2% Next nine addresses — 5.9% All other addresses — 92.9% 6,074 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
Leeds metropolitan district
Geography code
E08000035 (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
Leeds only, not West Yorkshire. Bradford, Kirklees, Calderdale and Wakefield are separate authorities and are 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 Leeds 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/leeds/ · 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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