Companies moving office in London — the live list

Companies moving office in London — found before the removal vans.

There is no public register of companies about to move office — by the time a move is announced, the fit-out is done and every supplier decision is made. Signal builds the closest thing to that register: every London company scored weekly on the public-record signals that precede a move.

771

London companies in market for an office change right now

scoring 80+ — moving imminently

382

lease expiries & breaks inside 18 months

155,131

London companies tracked

Live figures from Signal’s London office statistics · figures update weekly · computed 8 August 2026

Why pipelines run late

By the time it’s public, it’s priced.

Announcements are obituaries

A move you read about in the property press is a project that finished buying. The suppliers were chosen months ago, quietly.

The signals are scattered

The evidence exists — a lease at HM Land Registry, a planning application, a hiring surge — but across four registers nobody reads together.

Asking around doesn’t scale

Agent gossip catches a handful of moves. There are hundreds forming across London at any moment.

Where the leads come from

Public record in, scored shortlist out.

Spot

HM Land Registry lease events, Companies House filings, local-authority planning, hiring and growth — read continuously across 155,131 London companies.

Score

Every company is ranked 0–100 by how strong, recent and combined its signals are. 60+ is in market; 80+ is imminent. Scores re-run weekly.

Act

Your dashboard opens on your patch: ranked companies, the why-now in one line, timing window, and a decision-maker to call.

We speak your language

Relocation, stay-vs-go, pre-let, Cat A / Cat B, break clause, dilapidations — the list is built for the trades that sell into a move, in the language of one.

FAQ

Questions, answered.

How do you know a company is about to move office?+

No single signal is enough — the model looks for combinations: a registered lease approaching expiry or break, planning activity at the building, headcount outgrowing the recorded floor area, fresh funding, new ownership, office-based hiring. When several point the same way, the company scores 60+ and joins the in-market list. Every claim traces to a public-record source.

Can I see the list of companies moving office in London?+

The public pages carry live aggregate numbers — by district, by sector, on the Movement Index. The named list is the product: a Signal account opens every in-market company with its score, the why-now, the timing window and a decision-maker contact.

How far in advance does the list run?+

Typically 6–18 months before a move completes. Lease events give the longest warning; planning applications and imminent breaks mark the shortest, hottest windows. Each lead carries its own timing estimate.

Who uses this?+

Anyone who wins work when a company moves: fit-out contractors, workplace designers, commercial agents chasing the occupier mandate, furniture dealers, AV/IT integrators, relocation and FM firms. Each gets the same list through their own lens.