Standing view · business · Reigate and Banstead
deteriorating, held with established confidence, formed on 5 October 2026 from movements in 2026-06.
The business base in Reigate and Banstead has been shrinking, and closures are the reason. Business deaths were 185 in the quarter to March 2026 and 190 in the quarter to June 2026, both recorded as unfavourable against the usual pattern for their quarter, with business births of 150 in the quarter to December 2025 also unfavourable. Businesses employing 20 to 49 people numbered 165 in 2025 and 160 in 2026, with 5,705 employing 0 to 4 people and 10 employing 500 to 999 people in 2026. Three unfavourable quarters with nothing against.
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 Reigate and Banstead. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Business births | 2025-12 | deteriorating |
| Business deaths | 2026-03 | deteriorating |
| 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 employing 20 to 49 people | 2025 | falling |
| Businesses employing 0 to 4 people | 2026 | rising |
| Businesses employing 20 to 49 people | 2026 | falling |
| Businesses employing 500 to 999 people | 2026 | — |