UK report /Wales /Wrexham
DueLead Pulse · Q3 2026

Wrexham business borrowing report

15.6% of Wrexham's 4,253 trading companies have secured borrowing (664 businesses), below Wales at 16.8%.

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

Wales
16.8%
107,745 companies · 2nd of 12
12.3%17.4%
4.3k
Trading companies
4,253
15.6%
With secured borrowing
-1.2 pts vs region
1.6k
Live charges registered
2.4 per borrower
144
New companies in Q3 2026
still trading at quarter end
3.6%
Late filing accounts
154 companies
In brief

What the data says

01Real estate & lettings is the most secured-borrowing sector here: 42% of its 486 companies have a lender's charge.
02144 new companies started in Wrexham in Q3 2026, and 154 (3.6%) are late filing accounts.
Who borrows

Bigger and older companies borrow more

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

By company size

Dashed line: Wales overall

Micro
10.6%
Small
26.8%
Medium & large
64.7%
No accounts yet
5.4%

By company age

Dashed line: Wales overall

0-2 years
6.1%
2-5 years
10.4%
5-10 years
15.6%
10-20 years
17.5%
20+ years
40.9%
By sector

Where secured lending is concentrated

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

Real estate & lettings
42.0%
Manufacturing
29.7%
Business support services
8.8%
Professional services
8.2%
Construction & trades
8.0%
Personal services
7.7%
Retail
7.2%
Tech, media & telecoms
3.4%
Share with secured borrowingAll sectors in Wrexham (15.6%)
Town reports

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

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