Standing view · business · Tandridge
deteriorating, held with established confidence, formed on 31 August 2026 from movements in 2026-06.
Business births in Tandridge rose to 155 in the first quarter of 2025, fell to 110 in the second, then rose to 145 in the second quarter of 2026. Closures rose to 130 in the first quarter of 2026 and 135 in the second, close to formations. Rising closures against formations that changed direction twice is why the business base reads as shrinking. There were 4,880 businesses in the district in 2025, of which 100 employed between 20 and 49 people, across 5,320 sites.
A view is formed only where the evidence names a figure you can check. Each movement listed as a reason had to be large enough to matter and distinctive in at least one way — unusual against this area's own history, unusual against comparable areas, or sustained over several periods. A movement shared with peers counts for less, because it says something about the country rather than about Tandridge. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Business births | 2025-03 | improving |
| Business births | 2025-06 | deteriorating |
| Business deaths | 2026-03 | deteriorating |
| Business births | 2026-06 | improving |
| Business deaths | 2026-06 | deteriorating |
These figures carry no defensible direction of their own: a rising house price is good news to an owner and bad news to someone trying to buy, so we do not score one as an improvement. They are shown because they are part of the picture, and they did not decide the view above.
| Measure | Period | Series |
|---|---|---|
| Businesses | 2025 | — |
| Businesses employing 20 to 49 people | 2025 | — |
| Business sites | 2025 | — |