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West Midlands · Q3 2026 data

Business funding in Sutton Coldfield

Sutton Coldfield has 7,067 trading companies. 1,126 of them (15.9%) have secured borrowing registered at Companies House, above the West Midlands at 14.4% and the UK at 14.0%.

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7,067trading companies
15.9%have secured borrowing
270new companies in Q3 2026
2.7%late filing accounts

How Sutton Coldfield's sectors borrow

The biggest sectors in Sutton Coldfield, 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%.

Real estate & lettings1,340 companies
47%
Professional services962 companies
5%
Construction & trades552 companies
7%
Tech, media & telecoms494 companies
4%
Healthcare & dental491 companies
6%
Retail456 companies
8%
Business support services425 companies
6%
Restaurants, pubs & cafes332 companies
5%

Older businesses borrow more

Lenders like a track record. In Sutton Coldfield, 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 years1,855 companies
6%
2 to 5 years1,357 companies
14%
5 to 10 years1,681 companies
22%
10 to 20 years1,493 companies
16%
Over 20 years681 companies
34%

Who's lending in the West Midlands

The 362 new lender charges we tracked against the West Midlands 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
55%
Specialist & alternative lenders
15%
Banks
10%
Asset finance
7%
Cash advance & revenue-based
1%

Funding that fits Sutton Coldfield businesses

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

Elsewhere in the West Midlands

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