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Yorkshire and the Humber · Q3 2026 data

Business funding in Halifax

Halifax has 6,474 trading companies. 866 of them (13.4%) have secured borrowing registered at Companies House, below Yorkshire and the Humber at 15.5% and the UK at 14.0%.

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6,474trading companies
13.4%have secured borrowing
278new companies in Q3 2026
3.0%late filing accounts

How Halifax's sectors borrow

The biggest sectors in Halifax, 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 43%.

Real estate & lettings798 companies
43%
Professional services787 companies
5%
Construction & trades727 companies
9%
Retail607 companies
6%
Tech, media & telecoms384 companies
3%
Restaurants, pubs & cafes363 companies
4%
Healthcare & dental338 companies
3%
Manufacturing314 companies
24%

Older businesses borrow more

Lenders like a track record. In Halifax, 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 years1,750 companies
4%
2 to 5 years1,325 companies
9%
5 to 10 years1,428 companies
15%
10 to 20 years1,304 companies
16%
Over 20 years667 companies
39%

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 Halifax businesses

Plain-English guides to the kinds of funding that suit Halifax'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 Halifax. "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.