UK report /Yorkshire and the Humber /Huddersfield
DueLead Pulse · Q3 2026

Huddersfield business borrowing report

12.7% of Huddersfield's 11,690 trading companies have secured borrowing (1,484 businesses), below Yorkshire and the Humber at 15.5%.

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

Yorkshire and the Humber
15.5%
268,907 companies · 4th of 12
12.3%17.4%
11.7k
Trading companies
11,690
12.7%
With secured borrowing
-2.8 pts vs region
3.4k
Live charges registered
2.3 per borrower
581
New companies in Q3 2026
still trading at quarter end
3.4%
Late filing accounts
393 companies
In brief

What the data says

01Real estate & lettings is the most secured-borrowing sector here: 41% of its 1,468 companies have a lender's charge.
02581 new companies started in Huddersfield in Q3 2026, and 393 (3.4%) are late filing accounts.
Who borrows

Bigger and older companies borrow more

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

By company size

Dashed line: Yorkshire and the Humber overall

Micro
8.5%
Small
21.7%
Medium & large
67.1%
No accounts yet
3.7%

By company age

Dashed line: Yorkshire and the Humber overall

0-2 years
4.1%
2-5 years
9.5%
5-10 years
14.2%
10-20 years
16.0%
20+ years
40.8%
By sector

Where secured lending is concentrated

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

Real estate & lettings
40.5%
Construction & trades
8.7%
Business support services
8.0%
Professional services
6.5%
Healthcare & dental
4.9%
Retail
4.2%
Restaurants, pubs & cafes
3.9%
Tech, media & telecoms
3.2%
Share with secured borrowingAll sectors in Huddersfield (12.7%)
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Every town with at least 2,000 trading companies registered there.

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