UK Property Company Formation Tracker
Since 2016, major tax reforms have reshaped how UK landlords structure their property portfolios. Many investors have turned to limited companies to protect profitability, driving growing interest in property investment through corporate structures.
Our Live Companies House Tracker monitors new property-related company formations weekly, monthly and annually, revealing trends in incorporation activity and the changing landscape of UK property investment.
Last week
2 Nov–8 Nov 2026
+2.8% versus the previous week
Last month
October 2026
-1.6% versus the previous month
This year so far
Through 2026-11-08
Company formation overview
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Metric
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2026
YTD
|
2025
−1 year
|
2024
−2 years
|
2023
−3 years
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Average companies set up per week |
1,597.4
-12.8%
versus equivalent coverage in the previous year
|
1,772.8
+24.9%
versus the previous full year
|
1,419.0
+38.6%
versus the previous full year
|
1,023.5
|
|
Average companies set up per month |
6,908.6
-12.7%
versus equivalent coverage in the previous year
|
7,618.3
+23.4%
versus the previous full year
|
6,175.9
+39.2%
versus the previous full year
|
4,436.7
|
|
Companies set up per year |
70,560
-13.0%
versus equivalent coverage in the previous year
|
91,419
+23.4%
versus the previous full year
|
74,111
+39.2%
versus the previous full year
|
53,240
|
YTD averages: 44 completed weeks and 10 completed months. YTD total: through 2026-11-08. Weeks crossing a year boundary and partial periods are excluded from averages.
Previous years show full calendar years. Percentage changes compare with the preceding year; YTD compares the same number of completed weeks or months, and the equivalent calendar date for totals. Missing coverage or a zero comparison baseline is shown as —. Historical source coverage remains unverified.
New property companies by month
November 2025 – October 2026
New property companies by week
10 Nov 2025 – 8 Nov 2026
Charts show calendar-closed periods only. Incomplete periods remain available in the historical table and CSV downloads. Vertical scales adjust to the displayed data and may start above zero.
Historical figures
All calculated history is available below, regardless of the chart range selected.
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Period
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Companies
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Previous period
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Year on year
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12-period trend
|
Status
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 1,474 | — | — |
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| October 2026 | 6,553 | -1.6% | -23.5% |
|
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| September 2026 | 6,657 | +18.3% | -24.2% |
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| August 2026 | 5,629 | -18.2% | -23.8% |
|
|
| July 2026 | 6,882 | +5.7% | -14.1% |
|
|
| June 2026 | 6,511 | +3.0% | -17.4% |
|
|
| May 2026 | 6,322 | -7.1% | -17.7% |
|
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| April 2026 | 6,808 | -17.8% | -9.5% |
|
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| March 2026 | 8,282 | +12.7% | +2.0% |
|
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| February 2026 | 7,346 | -9.3% | -4.6% |
|
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| January 2026 | 8,096 | +43.5% | +8.3% |
|
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| December 2025 | 5,642 | -15.1% | +7.2% |
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Changes compare observed counts, not seasonally adjusted rates. Missing periods and zero comparison baselines have no percentage change. A movement after a tax announcement does not establish that the announcement caused it.
Methodology v1
Each UK private company limited by shares (including the limited-name exemption) counts once if it has any of SIC 68100, 68209 or 68320. Additional SIC codes do not disqualify it. Incorporation uses the Companies House creation date, falling back to the legacy incorporation date. Active, dissolved, dormant and inactive statuses are not filters. SIC corrections can revise historical membership.
Weeks run Monday–Sunday in Europe/London; months are calendar months. Current periods end at the last calculated day and are marked incomplete. Later closure of a calendar period does not certify complete source coverage. The historical bulk dataset covers live companies; previously dissolved companies may be missing. These codes also include commercial property, trading and management businesses.
Sources: Companies House SIC definitions and Companies House data products. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. No official endorsement is implied.
Latest reporting periods last calculated no earlier than: 2026-11-09 16:50:56 UTC. Retained company stream checkpoint: 2026-11-09 16:29:03 UTC. Recalculations can combine retained observations with newly refreshed records; neither calculation time nor a checkpoint certifies a full source refresh or historical completeness.
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