Shape Your 2026 Strategy With Evidence, Not Assumptions

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Key Insights You’ll Find Inside

UK Business Snapshot

These signals reveal an economy that remains ambitious but increasingly polarised, where only a fraction of businesses are converting growth into long-term resilience. Understanding this divide is central to shaping strategy in 2026.

Who Should Read This Report

This report is essential for professionals shaping the UK economy in 2026:

Policymakers and regional authorities.
Lenders, brokers and financial institutions.
Investors and strategic advisers.
Economic development and growth teams.
Commercial, strategy and insight leaders.

If you are allocating capital, designing policy, or steering organisational growth this year, this is your evidence base.

Why This Report Will Define Your 2026 Planning

2025 was not a year of hesitation. It was a year of separation.

More than 802,296 new companies were formed across the UK, yet 11,435,689 businesses were dissolved. Activity remains high, but only a narrow cohort is converting momentum into sustainable performance. This report helps you understand which signals matter as you shape your priorities for the year ahead.

This report helps you understand which signals matter as you shape your priorities for the year ahead.

Why DataGardener

DataGardener brings together over 35 UK data sources into a single intelligence platform, covering more than 5 million active businesses. Our analytics framework connects growth quality, financial behaviour, leadership signals and sector mapping to help organisations move from observation to action.

This is not a backward-looking summary. It is a strategic tool for the year ahead.