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Restaurant companies in the Hemel Hempstead area

314 restaurant companies have a registered office in the Hemel Hempstead area (HP postcodes), and 96 of them were formed in 2025 or 2026. In their latest accounts, the typical one held £34,553 in cash and owed £62,803 at year end.

Companies House register, 1 September 2026, and accounts filed in the last twelve months. Compared with the official category “Licenced restaurants” (SIC 56101). Covers companies with a registered office in HP postcodes, including Hemel Hempstead, High Wycombe, Aylesbury.

The numbers

Restaurant companies in the Hemel Hempstead area (HP postcodes) compared with the same category across the UK. Typical figures are medians.
MeasureHemel HempsteadUK
Registered companies31454,142
Formed in 2025 or 202696 (31%)27%
Being struck off or in liquidation47 (15%)21%
Typical cash at year end£34,55355 accounts£23,201
Typical amount owed at year end£62,803137 accounts£62,010
Typical number of employees6143 accounts6

What this means if you’re starting one

Most of your competition will be other newcomers

31% of the 314 restaurant companies in the Hemel Hempstead area (HP postcodes) were formed in 2025–26, against 18% of all companies in the Hemel Hempstead area (HP postcodes). Nationally, that share of new companies is higher than 80% 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.

More of these companies are closing than in most trades

13% of restaurant companies in the Hemel Hempstead area (HP postcodes) are currently being struck off, against 5.7% 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.

the Hemel Hempstead area (HP postcodes) has fewer of these businesses than most places

Restaurant companies are 0.65% of companies registered in the Hemel Hempstead area (HP postcodes), against 0.99% UK-wide (0.7× the national share).

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

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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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