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Convenience store companies in the Redhill area

184 convenience store companies have a registered office in the Redhill area (RH postcodes), and 48 of them were formed in 2025 or 2026. In their latest accounts, the typical one held £30,127 in cash and owed £70,518 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 RH postcodes, including Redhill, Crawley, Horsham, Reigate.

The numbers

Convenience store companies in the Redhill area (RH postcodes) compared with the same category across the UK. Typical figures are medians.
MeasureRedhillUK
Registered companies18436,745
Formed in 2025 or 202648 (26%)30%
Being struck off or in liquidation10 (5.4%)12%
Typical cash at year end£30,12747 accounts£14,627
Typical amount owed at year end£70,518106 accounts£49,675
Typical number of employees3101 accounts3

What this means if you’re starting one

Most of your competition will be other newcomers

26% of the 184 convenience store companies in the Redhill area (RH postcodes) were formed in 2025–26, against 17% of all companies in the Redhill area (RH 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.

the Redhill area (RH postcodes) has fewer of these businesses than most places

Convenience store companies are 0.41% of companies registered in the Redhill area (RH postcodes), against 0.67% UK-wide (0.6× 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

5.4% of convenience store companies in the Redhill area (RH postcodes) are currently being struck off, against 5.5% 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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