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Web design and software companies in the Romford area

712 web design and software companies have a registered office in the Romford area (RM postcodes), and 335 of them were formed in 2025 or 2026. In their latest accounts, the typical one held £13,551 in cash and owed £10,446 at year end.

Companies House register, 1 September 2026, and accounts filed in the last twelve months. Compared with the official category “Business and domestic software development” (SIC 62012), which also covers software or saas product. Covers companies with a registered office in RM postcodes.

The numbers

Web design and software companies in the Romford area (RM postcodes) compared with the same category across the UK. Typical figures are medians.
MeasureRomfordUK
Registered companies71296,921
Formed in 2025 or 2026335 (47%)42%
Being struck off or in liquidation44 (6.2%)6.4%
Typical cash at year end£13,55193 accounts£25,881
Typical amount owed at year end£10,446241 accounts£15,248
Typical number of employees1248 accounts1

What this means if you’re starting one

Most of your competition will be other newcomers

47% of the 712 web design and software companies in the Romford area (RM postcodes) were formed in 2025–26, against 26% of all companies in the Romford area (RM postcodes). Nationally, that share of new companies is higher than 98% 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.

You can start without much equipment

The typical web design and software company in the Romford area (RM postcodes) carries £1,785 of equipment and other fixed assets after depreciation, lower than 90% 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 web design and software company in the Romford area (RM postcodes) reports 1 employee; the top quarter has 2 or more (248 filings).

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

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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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