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DueLead Pulse · Q3 2026

Northolt business borrowing report

9.7% of Northolt's 2,375 trading companies have secured borrowing (231 businesses), below London at 12.3%.

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

London
12.3%
1,216,366 companies · 12th of 12
12.3%17.4%
2.4k
Trading companies
2,375
9.7%
With secured borrowing
-2.6 pts vs region
459
Live charges registered
2.0 per borrower
133
New companies in Q3 2026
still trading at quarter end
4.5%
Late filing accounts
107 companies
In brief

What the data says

01Real estate & lettings is the most secured-borrowing sector here: 47% of its 333 companies have a lender's charge.
02133 new companies started in Northolt in Q3 2026, and 107 (4.5%) are late filing accounts.
Who borrows

Bigger and older companies borrow more

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

By company size

Dashed line: London overall

Micro
9.4%
Small
16.1%
Medium & large
70.0%
No accounts yet
5.1%

By company age

Dashed line: London overall

0-2 years
5.6%
2-5 years
9.8%
5-10 years
14.2%
10-20 years
8.8%
20+ years
40.4%
By sector

Where secured lending is concentrated

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

Real estate & lettings
47.1%
Haulage & logistics
5.0%
Retail
4.1%
Personal services
2.7%
Professional services
1.7%
Construction & trades
1.0%
Business support services
0.9%
Tech, media & telecoms
0.0%
Share with secured borrowingAll sectors in Northolt (9.7%)
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