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Pub or bar companies in the Sheffield area

1,118 pub or bar companies have a registered office in the Sheffield area (S postcodes), and 379 of them were formed in 2025 or 2026. In their latest accounts, the typical one held £15,247 in cash and owed £37,599 at year end.

Companies House register, 1 September 2026, and accounts filed in the last twelve months. Compared with the official category “Public houses and bars” (SIC 56302). Covers companies with a registered office in S postcodes, including Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Chesterfield.

The numbers

Pub or bar companies in the Sheffield area (S postcodes) compared with the same category across the UK. Typical figures are medians.
MeasureSheffieldUK
Registered companies1,11833,937
Formed in 2025 or 2026379 (34%)26%
Being struck off or in liquidation187 (17%)19%
Typical cash at year end£15,247226 accounts£20,671
Typical amount owed at year end£37,599483 accounts£54,849
Typical number of employees5491 accounts5

What this means if you’re starting one

the Sheffield area (S postcodes) already has more of these businesses than most places

Pub or bar companies are 1.5% of companies registered in the Sheffield area (S postcodes), against 0.62% UK-wide (2.4× the national share).

Demand here is proven, but so is choice. Customers can compare you with several nearby options.

More of these companies are closing than in most trades

13% of pub or bar companies in the Sheffield area (S postcodes) are currently being struck off, against 7.1% of all companies there. Nationally that rate is higher than 96% 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

34% of the 1,118 pub or bar companies in the Sheffield area (S postcodes) were formed in 2025–26, against 22% of all companies in the Sheffield area (S postcodes).

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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