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DueLead Pulse · Q3 2026

Brierley Hill business borrowing report

20.1% of Brierley Hill's 2,455 trading companies have secured borrowing (493 businesses), above the West Midlands at 14.4%.

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

West Midlands
14.4%
326,364 companies · 9th of 12
12.3%17.4%
2.5k
Trading companies
2,455
20.1%
With secured borrowing
+5.6 pts vs region
1.3k
Live charges registered
2.6 per borrower
87
New companies in Q3 2026
still trading at quarter end
3.2%
Late filing accounts
78 companies
In brief

What the data says

01Real estate & lettings is the most secured-borrowing sector here: 56% of its 409 companies have a lender's charge.
0287 new companies started in Brierley Hill in Q3 2026, and 78 (3.2%) are late filing accounts.
Who borrows

Bigger and older companies borrow more

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

By company size

Dashed line: West Midlands overall

Micro
20.0%
Small
26.1%
Medium & large
70.4%
No accounts yet
5.9%

By company age

Dashed line: West Midlands overall

0-2 years
7.0%
2-5 years
18.8%
5-10 years
23.3%
10-20 years
19.9%
20+ years
43.2%
By sector

Where secured lending is concentrated

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

Real estate & lettings
55.5%
Manufacturing
28.7%
Holding companies
24.8%
Retail
10.6%
Construction & trades
9.3%
Motor trade
8.9%
Professional services
8.6%
Restaurants, pubs & cafes
1.7%
Share with secured borrowingAll sectors in Brierley Hill (20.1%)
Town reports

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

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