Company Shark currently indexes 5,184,336 active UK companies. Over the past seven days, there were 12,680 new incorporations recorded by Companies House. In the last month, this figure rose to 62,671 new businesses. Looking back at full months only, June 2025 saw 39,422 new companies registered, with this figure climbing steadily through the following months. This trend peaked in October 2025 with 73,323 new company registrations before declining towards the end of the year.
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Figures are drawn from the Company Shark index of the official Companies House register at the time of publication. Live numbers are on our statistics page. You're welcome to quote this report — including the charts — with a link to Company Shark.
Published 12 June 2026