UK report /Northern Ireland /Craigavon
DueLead Pulse · Q3 2026

Craigavon business borrowing report

14.5% of Craigavon's 2,446 trading companies have secured borrowing (355 businesses), below Northern Ireland at 17.4%.

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

Northern Ireland
17.4%
65,278 companies · 1st of 12
12.3%17.4%
2.4k
Trading companies
2,446
14.5%
With secured borrowing
-2.9 pts vs region
826
Live charges registered
2.3 per borrower
99
New companies in Q3 2026
still trading at quarter end
4.7%
Late filing accounts
114 companies
In brief

What the data says

01Real estate & lettings is the most secured-borrowing sector here: 32% of its 298 companies have a lender's charge.
0299 new companies started in Craigavon in Q3 2026, and 114 (4.7%) are late filing accounts.
Who borrows

Bigger and older companies borrow more

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

By company size

Dashed line: Northern Ireland overall

Micro
9.4%
Small
28.6%
Medium & large
73.4%
No accounts yet
2.5%

By company age

Dashed line: Northern Ireland overall

0-2 years
2.6%
2-5 years
9.3%
5-10 years
10.2%
10-20 years
22.9%
20+ years
54.2%
By sector

Where secured lending is concentrated

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

Real estate & lettings
32.2%
Manufacturing
23.5%
Wholesale & distribution
20.0%
Retail
12.1%
Construction & trades
10.9%
Professional services
7.7%
Restaurants, pubs & cafes
7.7%
Tech, media & telecoms
1.3%
Share with secured borrowingAll sectors in Craigavon (14.5%)
Town reports

Other towns in Northern Ireland

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

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