470 companies based in London entered administration, creditors’ voluntary liquidation or compulsory liquidation in October 2026, according to a count of insolvency notices published in The Gazette. The total was up 11% from 424 in September 2026 and up 9.3% from 430 in October 2025.
That was 338 creditors’ voluntary liquidations, 91 compulsory liquidations and 41 administrations.
Administrations were up 37% from 30 in September 2026 and up 71% from 24 in October 2025.
Accommodation and food services accounted for the largest number, 76, followed by construction (71) and wholesale and retail trade (54). The sector of 3 companies could not be matched from Companies House records.
Separately, 287 solvent companies in the area began members’ voluntary liquidations, against 167 in September 2026 and 208 in October 2025. A members’ voluntary liquidation closes a company that can pay its debts in full, so these are solvent closures and are not counted as insolvencies.
A further 188 winding-up petitions against companies in London were published. A petition does not by itself mean a company is insolvent.
Companies are placed by the trading address in the notice where the full notice has been read and gives one, otherwise by the location The Gazette records for the notice or the registered office held by Companies House, which for some companies in liquidation is the office of the insolvency practitioner. Fewer notices from earlier months have been read in full, so their area figures rely more on The Gazette’s recorded location. Each company is counted once per procedure in the month. These are Gazette notice counts, not the Insolvency Service’s official statistics.