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Companies in the North East: 131,357 live UK companies by industry and town
131,357 live companies are registered in the North East in the Companies House snapshot dated 1 November 2026. 19,140 were incorporated in the last 12 months and 8,442 have an accounts due date that had passed.
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- 131,357Live companies
- 19,140Incorporated in the last 12 months
- 8,442Accounts overdue
- 10,867Strike off proposed
Incorporations per year
Companies incorporated in each year that are still live in the 1 November 2026 snapshot. Companies that closed earlier are not counted, so older years read low.
| Year incorporated | Live companies |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 7,408 |
| 2023 | 9,186 |
| 2024 | 11,591 |
| 2025 | 17,657 |
| 2026 so far | 16,532 |
Biggest industries
Biggest towns
| Town | Region | Live companies |
|---|---|---|
| Newcastle upon Tyne | North East | 22,924 |
| Middlesbrough | North East | 10,049 |
| Gateshead | North East | 7,686 |
| Sunderland | North East | 6,974 |
| Stockton-on-Tees | North East | 6,113 |
| Durham | North East | 5,800 |
| Darlington | North East | 5,770 |
| Hartlepool | North East | 3,725 |
| North Shields | North East | 2,895 |
| Billingham | North East | 2,773 |
| South Shields | North East | 2,727 |
| Whitley Bay | North East | 2,261 |
| Bishop Auckland | North East | 2,237 |
| Morpeth | North East | 2,145 |
| Washington | North East | 1,986 |
| Chester le Street | North East | 1,839 |
| Wallsend | North East | 1,677 |
| Consett | North East | 1,670 |
| Cramlington | North East | 1,567 |
| Northallerton | North East | 1,503 |
| Stockton on Tees | North East | 1,496 |
| Houghton le Spring | North East | 1,486 |
| Hexham | North East | 1,483 |
| Redcar | North East | 1,464 |
| Richmond | North East | 1,459 |
| Stanley | North East | 1,283 |
| Newton Aycliffe | North East | 1,218 |
| Ashington | North East | 1,064 |
| Spennymoor | North East | 1,038 |
| Blyth | North East | 1,005 |
| Jarrow | North East | 955 |
| Alnwick | North East | 908 |
| Yarm | North East | 842 |
| Seaham | North East | 839 |
| Peterlee | North East | 828 |
| Saltburn-by-the-Sea | North East | 771 |
| Guisborough | North East | 757 |
| Hebburn | North East | 747 |
| Barnard Castle | North East | 708 |
| Tyne & Wear | North East | 626 |
| Blaydon-on-Tyne | North East | 607 |
| Ferryhill | North East | 603 |
| Bedlington | North East | 582 |
| Crook | North East | 561 |
| Newcastle | North East | 484 |
| East Boldon | North East | 472 |
| Leyburn | North East | 472 |
| Northumberland | North East | 431 |
| County Durham | North East | 426 |
| Bedale | North East | 405 |
Newest companies in the North East
Newest first. Each row links to the Companies House record.
Updated November 7, 2026. Read from Companies House Free Company Data Product. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts are of live companies in the Companies House snapshot dated 1 November 2026. The snapshot holds basic company data only: no officers and no persons with significant control. A company is counted under each SIC code it lists, up to four. A region is the part of the UK a postcode area mostly falls in. This page uses Companies House data and is not endorsed by Companies House. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.