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Yorkshire and the Humber · Q3 2026 data

Business funding in Chesterfield

Chesterfield has 6,649 trading companies. 1,119 of them (16.8%) have secured borrowing registered at Companies House, above Yorkshire and the Humber at 15.5% and the UK at 14.0%.

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6,649trading companies
16.8%have secured borrowing
258new companies in Q3 2026
3.5%late filing accounts

How Chesterfield's sectors borrow

The biggest sectors in Chesterfield, and the share of companies in each with a lender's charge registered against them. Real estate & lettings borrows most against its assets here, at 46%.

Construction & trades815 companies
10%
Real estate & lettings766 companies
46%
Professional services748 companies
9%
Retail469 companies
9%
Manufacturing417 companies
25%
Tech, media & telecoms393 companies
5%
Restaurants, pubs & cafes381 companies
3%
Business support services318 companies
9%

Older businesses borrow more

Lenders like a track record. In Chesterfield, the share of companies with secured borrowing climbs with age, which is why a young business often starts with asset finance or a smaller unsecured loan.

Under 2 years1,674 companies
4%
2 to 5 years1,339 companies
11%
5 to 10 years1,376 companies
18%
10 to 20 years1,397 companies
21%
Over 20 years863 companies
43%

Who's lending in Yorkshire and the Humber

The 388 new lender charges we tracked against Yorkshire and the Humber companies in Q3 2026, by type of lender. Property, bridging & buy-to-let made up the largest share, as most mortgages on company-owned property are registered as charges.

Property, bridging & buy-to-let
59%
Asset finance
14%
Banks
8%
Specialist & alternative lenders
6%
Invoice finance
3%

Funding that fits Chesterfield businesses

Plain-English guides to the kinds of funding that suit Chesterfield's biggest sectors.

Elsewhere in Yorkshire and the Humber

Source: every live company on the Companies House register at 2026-10-01, analysed by DueLead for its Q3 2026 Pulse report on Chesterfield. "Secured borrowing" means at least one outstanding charge, a lender's security registered at Companies House, so unsecured loans and overdrafts don't show. Trading companies means active limited companies, LLPs and PLCs, excluding dormant companies, financial services firms and public bodies. Sole traders aren't on the register, so they aren't counted.