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Convenience store companies in the Belfast area

589 convenience store companies have a registered office in the Belfast area (BT postcodes), and 88 of them were formed in 2025 or 2026. In their latest accounts, the typical one held £124,116 in cash and owed £144,212 at year end.

Companies House register, 1 September 2026, and accounts filed in the last twelve months. Compared with the official category “Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating” (SIC 47110). Covers companies with a registered office in BT postcodes, including Belfast, Derry, Londonderry, Lisburn.

The numbers

Convenience store companies in the Belfast area (BT postcodes) compared with the same category across the UK. Typical figures are medians.
MeasureBelfastUK
Registered companies58936,745
Formed in 2025 or 202688 (15%)30%
Being struck off or in liquidation44 (7.5%)12%
Typical cash at year end£124,116248 accounts£14,627
Typical amount owed at year end£144,212335 accounts£49,675
Typical number of employees9374 accounts3

What this means if you’re starting one

More of these companies are closing than in most trades

4.8% of convenience store companies in the Belfast area (BT postcodes) are currently being struck off, against 5.2% of all companies there. Nationally that rate is higher than 84% of UK industries.

Closures run high here. It is a churn signal, not a survival rate, but it means the common failure points are worth learning before you start.

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What these figures can’t tell you

Companies are counted where their registered office is, which may be an accountant or a home address rather than a shop. Sole traders and partnerships are not on the register, and electronically filed accounts cover roughly 60–75% of accounts filed each year. The figures describe companies that exist; they cannot prove demand for your idea or predict whether it will work. How the figures are built.

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