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DueLead Pulse · Q3 2026

Newton Abbot business borrowing report

17.8% of Newton Abbot's 3,511 trading companies have secured borrowing (625 businesses), above the South West at 15.4%.

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

South West
15.4%
274,754 companies · 5th of 12
12.3%17.4%
3.5k
Trading companies
3,511
17.8%
With secured borrowing
+2.4 pts vs region
1.6k
Live charges registered
2.6 per borrower
83
New companies in Q3 2026
still trading at quarter end
3.5%
Late filing accounts
123 companies
In brief

What the data says

01Real estate & lettings is the most secured-borrowing sector here: 47% of its 392 companies have a lender's charge.
0283 new companies started in Newton Abbot in Q3 2026, and 123 (3.5%) are late filing accounts.
Who borrows

Bigger and older companies borrow more

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

By company size

Dashed line: South West overall

Micro
12.3%
Small
26.0%
Medium & large
80.0%
No accounts yet
3.9%

By company age

Dashed line: South West overall

0-2 years
4.3%
2-5 years
11.4%
5-10 years
18.1%
10-20 years
18.9%
20+ years
41.7%
By sector

Where secured lending is concentrated

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

Real estate & lettings
46.9%
Manufacturing
21.6%
Healthcare & dental
12.7%
Business support services
11.7%
Retail
11.5%
Construction & trades
10.8%
Professional services
5.8%
Tech, media & telecoms
5.0%
Share with secured borrowingAll sectors in Newton Abbot (17.8%)
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