130 companies registered in the Dorset Council area from 27 Sept to 10 Oct, from a Dorchester coffee roastery to Weymouth boat charters, plus one liquidation.
At least 130 new companies with a registered office in the Dorset Council area were set up between Sunday 27 September and Saturday 10 October. That is according to Companies House records we read on 11 October.
Most will never have a shopfront. But a handful look like new places to eat, drink, get a haircut or go out on the water, and those are listed first.
A company record shows that a business has been registered, not that it is trading. Each name below links to its public record.
The ones you might walk into
- Grounded Coffee Roastery Ltd, Dorchester, registered 1 Oct: unlicensed restaurants and cafés.
- Dorchester Fresh Limited, Dorchester, 5 Oct: retail in non-specialised stores.
- Arla Tide Boat Charters Ltd, Weymouth, 6 Oct: sea and coastal passenger transport.
- The Devenish Arms Ltd, Wareham St Martin parish, 30 Sep: public houses and bars.
- Seafood Gillingham Ltd, Gillingham, 28 Sep: takeaway food.
- E&J Events Ltd, Gillingham, 30 Sep: event catering, pubs and bars.
- Studio@9A Limited, Gillingham, 6 Oct: sports club.
- Gardenia Cake Ltd, Wimborne Minster, 30 Sep: café and takeaway.
- Sams Supper Club Ltd, Chickerell, 1 Oct: event catering.
- Cove and Oat Limited, Sherborne, 7 Oct: retail in non-specialised stores.
- Lyme Barber Ltd, Lyme Regis, 29 Sep: hairdressing.
- Perisan Barber Ltd, Corfe Mullen, 30 Sep: hairdressing.
- Ferndown Cars Limited, Ferndown, 1 Oct: used car sales and vehicle repair.
Trades and local services
- Skip Master Ltd, Ferndown, 1 Oct: waste collection.
- South Coast Driveways Limited, Corfe Mullen, 2 Oct: concrete products for construction.
- Martin Court Construction Ltd, Corfe Mullen, 2 Oct: house building.
- Southern Flow Services Limited, Corfe Mullen, 2 Oct: construction installation.
- Ample Air Limited, Wimborne Minster, 7 Oct: plumbing, heating and air conditioning.
- TJO Fencing Ltd, Marnhull, 6 Oct: specialised construction.
- Dorset Survey and Design Ltd, Weymouth, 5 Oct: quantity surveying.
- HJW Protective Solutions Ltd, Weymouth, 30 Sep: private security.
- Surfaceworkz Ltd, Sherborne, 27 Sep: motor parts and accessories.
- Oakley Aerospace Ltd, West Moors, 7 Oct: aircraft repair and maintenance.
- Equi+Poise Biomechanics (UK) Limited, Blandford Forum, 1 Oct: animal support services.
- The Wessex Enterprise Academy CIC, Sherborne, 5 Oct: a community interest company in educational support.
Where they are registered
The chart is not a map of new firms on the high street. Two addresses account for 51 of the 130:
- 36 companies share one Lytchett Matravers postcode, BH16 6FA.
- 15 share one Ferndown postcode, BH21 7SB.
When dozens of new companies give the same address in a fortnight, it is usually an accountant’s or a formation agent’s registered office service. It does not mean 36 businesses have opened in Lytchett Matravers.
Leave those two addresses out and 79 companies remain. By declared activity, the largest groups are retail, online selling and motor trades (12), the building trades (8), holding companies (8), property and lettings (7), food and drink (6) and IT and software (6). The rest are a spread of consultancy, health, media and other services.
Closures
One Dorset firm went into liquidation in the fortnight.
- Performance Climate Systems Limited, 24 Cornwall Road, Dorchester. Its members passed a resolution on 5 October to wind the company up voluntarily, saying it could not continue “by reason of its liabilities”. Joint liquidators from Verulam Advisory of St Albans were appointed. Its Companies House record lists its business as management consultancy.
Three other Gazette notices in the same feed matched “Dorchester” or “Weymouth” by name but are not Dorset businesses: a Cornish pub company, an Isle of Man company, and a London property company on Weymouth Mews.
How we compiled this
We searched Companies House by registered office town for 20 Dorset towns and villages, with incorporation dates from 27 September to 10 October 2026. We then checked every postcode with postcodes.io and kept only those in the Dorset Council area. Firms registered in Bournemouth, Christchurch or Poole are BCP Council and are not counted.
A search by town can miss a company whose address names only a hamlet, so treat 130 as a floor. Company names that are a person’s own name are counted but not listed.
For changes of use and new shopfronts as these firms find premises, see our Dorset planning news.
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