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Takeaway and street food companies in the Guildford area

464 takeaway and street food companies have a registered office in the Guildford area (GU postcodes), and 148 of them were formed in 2025 or 2026. In their latest accounts, the typical one held £7,426 in cash and owed £17,188 at year end.

Companies House register, 1 September 2026, and accounts filed in the last twelve months. Compared with the official category “Take-away food shops and mobile food stands” (SIC 56103), which also covers food truck or street food stall, sandwich shop, ice cream parlour. Covers companies with a registered office in GU postcodes, including Guildford, Woking, Farnham.

The numbers

Takeaway and street food companies in the Guildford area (GU postcodes) compared with the same category across the UK. Typical figures are medians.
MeasureGuildfordUK
Registered companies46472,295
Formed in 2025 or 2026148 (32%)39%
Being struck off or in liquidation66 (14%)18%
Typical cash at year end£7,42670 accounts£6,223
Typical amount owed at year end£17,188210 accounts£14,128
Typical number of employees3213 accounts3

What this means if you’re starting one

Most of your competition will be other newcomers

32% of the 464 takeaway and street food companies in the Guildford area (GU postcodes) were formed in 2025–26, against 16% of all companies in the Guildford area (GU postcodes). Nationally, that share of new companies is higher than 97% 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

14% of takeaway and street food companies in the Guildford area (GU postcodes) are currently being struck off, against 5.1% of all companies there. Nationally that rate is higher than 98% 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 Guildford area (GU postcodes) has fewer of these businesses than most places

Takeaway and street food companies are 0.78% of companies registered in the Guildford area (GU postcodes), against 1.3% UK-wide (0.6× 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.

Takeaway and street food in other places

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