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Convenience store companies in the Oxford area

152 convenience store companies have a registered office in the Oxford area (OX postcodes), and 39 of them were formed in 2025 or 2026. In their latest accounts, the typical one held £28,297 in cash and owed £49,826 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 OX postcodes.

The numbers

Convenience store companies in the Oxford area (OX postcodes) compared with the same category across the UK. Typical figures are medians.
MeasureOxfordUK
Registered companies15236,745
Formed in 2025 or 202639 (26%)30%
Being struck off or in liquidation17 (11%)12%
Typical cash at year end£28,29735 accounts£14,627
Typical amount owed at year end£49,82683 accounts£49,675
Typical number of employees386 accounts3

What this means if you’re starting one

the Oxford area (OX postcodes) has fewer of these businesses than most places

Convenience store companies are 0.33% of companies registered in the Oxford area (OX postcodes), against 0.67% UK-wide (0.5× the national share).

That could be a gap or a sign of weak demand. The register cannot tell which.

More of these companies are closing than in most trades

11% of convenience store companies in the Oxford area (OX 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.

Most of your competition will be other newcomers

26% of the 152 convenience store companies in the Oxford area (OX postcodes) were formed in 2025–26, against 18% of all companies in the Oxford area (OX postcodes). Nationally, that share of new companies is higher than 89% of UK industries.

New rivals are arriving faster than in most trades, so your customers already have fresh options. Being new is not a difference on its own.

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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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