Hundred of firms start-up and register on Companies House each week. Within a 5 mile radius of WC2N 5DS in West London typically 800-900 firms register weekly. In Tech City, East London, around 250-300 firms register. Manchester and Birmingham both have typically 100 firms, followed by Bristol with 75. Cambridge has about 25 firms each week. Here's a list of the relative number of firms in a number of cities including Leeds, Liverpool, Sheffield, Cardiff, Coventry, Bradford, Newcastle and Nottingham. It's fascinating for anyone involved in start-ups and firms registering on Companies House. The information is obtained from the Recently Formed which is the new lead generation service for accountants.
Recently Formed Web Service
This information is collected using the Recently Formed web service. Users of the service nominate post-codes in the UK around which they wish to monitor the number of new companies starting in the area. Free trials of the service are available here. In particular it is popular as lead generation service for accountants, showing how many new companies register near their offices each week, who and where they are.
Sapien.it
Recently Formed is a new web service product launched by Sapien.it in June 2012. .