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London · Q3 2026 data

Business funding in Dagenham

Dagenham has 7,537 trading companies. 500 of them (6.6%) have secured borrowing registered at Companies House, below London at 12.3% and the UK at 14.0%.

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7,537trading companies
6.6%have secured borrowing
479new companies in Q3 2026
3.7%late filing accounts

How Dagenham's sectors borrow

The biggest sectors in Dagenham, 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 47%.

Construction & trades1,511 companies
1%
Retail920 companies
2%
Real estate & lettings803 companies
47%
Haulage & logistics473 companies
1%
Professional services463 companies
2%
Tech, media & telecoms429 companies
1%
Business support services416 companies
2%
Healthcare & dental330 companies
2%

Older businesses borrow more

Lenders like a track record. In Dagenham, 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 years2,951 companies
3%
2 to 5 years1,750 companies
9%
5 to 10 years1,684 companies
8%
10 to 20 years1,023 companies
5%
Over 20 years129 companies
40%

Who's lending in London

The 1,665 new lender charges we tracked against London 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
51%
Specialist & alternative lenders
13%
Banks
9%
Asset finance
2%
Invoice finance
0%

Funding that fits Dagenham businesses

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

Elsewhere in London

Source: every live company on the Companies House register at 2026-10-01, analysed by DueLead for its Q3 2026 Pulse report on Dagenham. "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.