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Graphic or interior design studio companies in the Northampton area

300 graphic or interior design studio companies have a registered office in the Northampton area (NN postcodes), and 45 of them were formed in 2025 or 2026. In their latest accounts, the typical one held £14,856 in cash and owed £16,404 at year end.

Companies House register, 1 September 2026, and accounts filed in the last twelve months. Compared with the official category “specialised design activities” (SIC 74100). Covers companies with a registered office in NN postcodes, including Northampton, Kettering, Corby.

The numbers

Graphic or interior design studio companies in the Northampton area (NN postcodes) compared with the same category across the UK. Typical figures are medians.
MeasureNorthamptonUK
Registered companies30032,203
Formed in 2025 or 202645 (15%)19%
Being struck off or in liquidation21 (7%)6.7%
Typical cash at year end£14,85698 accounts£15,056
Typical amount owed at year end£16,404189 accounts£14,565
Typical number of employees1191 accounts1

What this means if you’re starting one

You can start without much equipment

The typical graphic or interior design studio company in the Northampton area (NN postcodes) carries £2,789 of equipment and other fixed assets after depreciation, lower than 91% of UK industries.

Most of the cost of entry is time and running costs rather than kit, so a small test is cheap.

Most of these businesses are run by one or two people

The typical graphic or interior design studio company in the Northampton area (NN postcodes) reports 1 employee; the top quarter has 2 or more (191 filings).

You are mostly up against owner-operators. Your own hours are likely to be your biggest cost, and the easiest one to undercount.

You will be up against established operators

15% of the 300 graphic or interior design studio companies in the Northampton area (NN postcodes) were formed in 2025–26, against 20% of all companies in the Northampton area (NN postcodes).

Few new companies are entering, so your customers will compare you with businesses that have years of reviews and regulars.

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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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