Business insurance leads, from the companies forming this week.
Every new company is a commercial insurance buyer: employers' liability once it takes on staff, public liability, cover for vehicles, premises and the work it does. Find the newest UK businesses by trade and town and reach them before they've placed their cover.
New businesses are placing their first cover now
Most UK employers are legally required to hold employers' liability insurance — with at least £5 million of cover — from the day they take on staff, and any vehicle on the road must be insured. Beyond that, the covers a new business needs follow its trade: contractors need public liability and contractors' all risks, cafés need premises and product liability, consultancies need professional indemnity. Those first policies are often bought in the company's first weeks, and the broker who reaches the director then — with cover that fits the trade — wins the account and the renewals. Companies House shows you which businesses just formed and what they do; CompaniesIQ turns that into a targeted, dated list.
Where the demand is this month.
Construction
5,714 new in the last 30 days571,575 active UK companies
Public liability, employers' liability, contractors' all risks, tools and plant.
See the newest construction businesses →Hospitality
5,109 new in the last 30 days310,927 active UK companies
Premises and contents, public and product liability, business interruption, employers' liability.
See the newest hospitality businesses →Healthcare & social
2,844 new in the last 30 days273,066 active UK companies
Medical malpractice or professional indemnity, public liability, employers' liability.
See the newest healthcare & social businesses →Professional services
9,394 new in the last 30 days774,981 active UK companies
Professional indemnity, cyber, office contents and public liability.
See the newest professional services businesses →Technology
9,376 new in the last 30 days516,147 active UK companies
Professional indemnity (tech E&O), cyber liability, equipment.
See the newest technology businesses →Retail & wholesale
14,749 new in the last 30 days784,142 active UK companies
Stock and premises, product liability, public liability, goods in transit.
See the newest retail & wholesale businesses →Counts are Companies House totals for the SIC codes CompaniesIQ tracks in each industry.
The research behind the list.
New building trade companies
Public liability is a standard requirement for site work and most contractor agreements.
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Premises, liability and energy contracts are arranged before a food business trades.
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Care providers need liability cover — and for clinical care, malpractice cover — before operating.
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Client contracts for software and IT work commonly require indemnity and cyber cover.
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Client contracts commonly ask agencies to hold professional indemnity cover.
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Accountancy bodies require professional indemnity cover as a condition of practising.
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Agencies supplying temporary workers usually need employers' liability and professional indemnity cover.
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Estate and letting agents typically carry professional indemnity cover from their first instruction.
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Your own market: how many new brokerages are registering, where, and how long they last.
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What you get.
This week's new businesses
Every UK incorporation, searchable within 24 hours — a rolling list of companies placing their first commercial cover.
Matched to the risks you write
Filter by trade so the cover fits — construction and trades, hospitality, transport, professional services, technology or healthcare.
In your territory
Narrow by town and region to the businesses you can serve, and work the local formations first.
A pipeline, not a bought list
Build, save and export your own dated list every week — instead of buying shared, resold leads of unknown age.
Three steps to a targeted list.
Pick the trades you write
Start from this week's incorporations and narrow by trade and town to the businesses whose risk fits your book.
Qualify the fit
Use the activity code, registered office and directors to judge the trade, the likely size and who to speak to.
Reach them first
Export the list and get in touch while they're still placing employers' liability, public liability and their first policies.
Point it at the right companies.
New construction companies
Contractors and trades: public liability, employers' liability, contractors' all risks.
New hospitality businesses
Cafés, restaurants and pubs: premises, product and public liability.
Browse by city
Focus on new businesses in your territory.
New businesses in your trades, every week.
Questions from commercial insurance brokers.
Where can insurance brokers find commercial insurance leads?
The most reliable source is the Companies House register: every new UK company appears within days of incorporating, with its trade (SIC code), registered office and directors. CompaniesIQ makes that searchable within 24 hours — filter new formations by trade and town and you have a dated list of businesses placing their first commercial cover.
Do new limited companies need business insurance?
Most do. Employers' liability insurance is a legal requirement for most UK employers from the day they take on staff, with at least £5 million of cover, and any vehicle used on the road must be insured. Other covers — public liability, professional indemnity, property — depend on the trade, its contracts and, for some professions, its regulator.
Should I buy insurance leads or build my own list?
Bought insurance leads are often consumer enquiries, sold to several brokers at once, and of unknown age. A list built from the register is business-to-business, dated to the day each company formed, and filtered to the trades you write. The register is public, so the edge is speed and fit: reaching the right new businesses in their first weeks.
Can I target the trades whose risk I write?
Yes. Filter new formations by sector — construction and trades, hospitality, transport and logistics, technology, healthcare or professional services — and layer a town or region on top.
What do I learn about each business?
Company name, incorporation date, registered office, activity codes, status and the directors — enough to gauge the trade, the likely size and who to approach before you make contact.
Can I export the leads?
Yes. Lists export to CSV, and Team and Enterprise include API access to push prospects into your CRM. Companies House data is public record under the Open Government Licence; your outreach must still follow UK marketing rules (PECR and UK GDPR).
Is there a free plan?
Yes — search the register and view companies free, no card needed. Upgrade to save, track and export full broker lists. See the pricing page for limits.
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