UK report /East Midlands /Corby
DueLead Pulse · Q3 2026

Corby business borrowing report

12.9% of Corby's 3,489 trading companies have secured borrowing (451 businesses), below the East Midlands at 15.9%.

Covers 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-30 · Companies House file of 2026-10-01 · Free to cite with a link

Share of trading companies with secured borrowing

East Midlands
15.9%
206,048 companies · 3rd of 12
12.3%17.4%
3.5k
Trading companies
3,489
12.9%
With secured borrowing
-2.9 pts vs region
1.2k
Live charges registered
2.6 per borrower
155
New companies in Q3 2026
still trading at quarter end
3.1%
Late filing accounts
108 companies
In brief

What the data says

01Real estate & lettings is the most secured-borrowing sector here: 46% of its 358 companies have a lender's charge.
02155 new companies started in Corby in Q3 2026, and 108 (3.1%) are late filing accounts.
Who borrows

Bigger and older companies borrow more

Share of trading companies in Corby with at least one outstanding charge, by size (from the accounts they file) and by age.

By company size

Dashed line: East Midlands overall

Micro
7.5%
Small
24.8%
Medium & large
54.9%
No accounts yet
2.9%

By company age

Dashed line: East Midlands overall

0-2 years
3.5%
2-5 years
11.6%
5-10 years
12.0%
10-20 years
18.9%
20+ years
43.9%
By sector

Where secured lending is concentrated

The largest sectors in Corby, ranked by the share of companies with a lender's charge.

Real estate & lettings
46.4%
Manufacturing
23.6%
Business support services
9.6%
Retail
8.0%
Construction & trades
7.0%
Professional services
5.6%
Haulage & logistics
3.4%
Motor trade
2.9%
Share with secured borrowingAll sectors in Corby (12.9%)
Town reports

Other towns in the East Midlands

Every town with at least 2,000 trading companies registered there.

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