UK report /East Midlands /Market Harborough
DueLead Pulse · Q3 2026

Market Harborough business borrowing report

15.4% of Market Harborough's 2,416 trading companies have secured borrowing (372 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%
2.4k
Trading companies
2,416
15.4%
With secured borrowing
-0.5 pts vs region
762
Live charges registered
2.0 per borrower
75
New companies in Q3 2026
still trading at quarter end
3.1%
Late filing accounts
74 companies
In brief

What the data says

01Real estate & lettings is the most secured-borrowing sector here: 49% of its 255 companies have a lender's charge.
0275 new companies started in Market Harborough in Q3 2026, and 74 (3.1%) are late filing accounts.
Who borrows

Bigger and older companies borrow more

Share of trading companies in Market Harborough 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
11.3%
Small
26.7%
Medium & large
71.8%
No accounts yet
2.5%

By company age

Dashed line: East Midlands overall

0-2 years
3.8%
2-5 years
9.4%
5-10 years
15.4%
10-20 years
18.4%
20+ years
36.3%
By sector

Where secured lending is concentrated

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

Real estate & lettings
48.6%
Manufacturing
18.4%
Retail
17.3%
Business support services
11.0%
Construction & trades
9.7%
Restaurants, pubs & cafes
8.7%
Professional services
6.9%
Tech, media & telecoms
5.0%
Share with secured borrowingAll sectors in Market Harborough (15.4%)
Town reports

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

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