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Every company of this type registered in one place, what happened to them, and how long the ones that closed lasted.

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Tried
185
Still going
55
Closed
129
Winding up
1

1 are in liquidation, administration or strike-off — neither still going nor closed, so the three counts don't add up to the total. Register read as at 4 Oct 2026.

How long the ones that closed lasted
Computed fromall 129 closures
Median19.5 months
Middle half ran17.1 months – 32.9 months
Shortest2.9 months
Longest85.9 months
Registered per year
2018
25
2019
21
2020
About the area — Stockport council area
Residents304,8792025
Still going, per 10,000 residents1.8
Median weekly pay, full-time jobs here£7172025, CV 4.1%
Employment rate, aged 16–6473.8%Apr 2025-Mar 2026, ±4.5 at 95%
Companies still active whose registered address reads “Stockport”, per 10,000 residents of Stockport council area. The council area is larger than the locality, so this reads low.
ONS’s own count
Premises under SIC 561021452026
ONS counts premises of VAT- or PAYE-registered businesses: sole traders are in, dormant companies are out. It is a different count from the register's and the two will not agree.Source: Office for National Statistics, via Nomis. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
What this can’t tell you
  • Why any of them closed. A dissolution date says a company stopped, never why.
  • Whether any of them made money. Small-company accounts carry no profit and loss.
  • What it costs to start one. That isn’t in the register, and we won’t guess it.
34
2021
33
2022
33
2023
39
The ones that closed
MARMARIS DONER LTDCH 1310777531 Dec 2020 → 13 Feb 2024
ZEST COFFEE SHOP & SANDWICH BAR LTDCH 128502681 Sept 2020 → 23 Aug 2022
KURD COFFEE LTDCH 1303509620 Nov 2020 → 26 Apr 2022
THE ORGANIC KITCHEN LIMITEDCH 1132104920 Apr 2018 → 26 Sept 2023
CAFFE EXPRESS LIMITEDCH 1132410023 Apr 2018 → 24 Sept 2019
FOOD FOR THOUGHT MCR LIMITEDCH 111944388 Feb 2018 → 17 Sept 2019
CREAMS STOCKPORT LTDCH 1248018124 Feb 2020 → 7 Sept 2021
PASHAMED LTDCH 123046748 Nov 2019 → 27 Dec 2022
GALITOSPERIPERI LTDCH 127261457 Jul 2020 → 10 Aug 2021
IN & OUT CAFE LTDCH 125836984 May 2020 → 25 Oct 2022
KAREAMS CAFE LTDCH 1248329626 Feb 2020 → 7 Sept 2021
TAHA HATIM LTDCH 1266211911 Jun 2020 → 26 Mar 2024
Showing 12 of 129.
How they closed
Went through a formal insolvency5 of 129
Creditors’ liquidation5
No insolvency on record124 of 129
A closure with no insolvency on record ended some other way: usually struck off the register, at the owners' request or by Companies House after it stopped filing, and sometimes wound up solvent. These figures don't say which, or whether it owed money.Source: The Insolvency Service, company insolvency statistics. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.