Live · June 2026
The London Office Movement Index

1,257 London companies are about to change their office.

Every week, hundreds of London companies move toward a move, refit or refurbishment — a lease ending, a planning application, a growth spurt. The Index counts them, live, by submarket and sector — so you can see where the demand is before it reaches the market.

Built from Signal's live data · last refreshed 22 June 2026 · updated weekly
21,104
London companies tracked
Signal, June 2026
1,257
in market right now
Scored ≥ 60
71
hot — moving imminently
Scored ≥ 80
390
lease events in next 18 months
HM Land Registry

Across the 21,104 London companies Signal tracks, 1,257 are in market for an office move, refit or refurbishment right now — and 71 are moving imminently. A further 390 have a lease event (a break clause, expiry or rent review) landing within the next 18 months — the window in which most office decisions are made. — Signal, June 2026

Where

By submarket

In-market companies by London postcode area.

City & fringe (EC)
208
West End (W)
169
East (E)
128
Southwest (SW)
121
Southbank / SE
103
Midtown (WC)
83
North & NW
75
Hottest single district: Canary Wharf (E14) — 69 companies in market, more than any other postcode in London.
Who

By sector

The most active sectors moving toward an office change.

Finance & insurance
218
Professional & creative
147
Tech & software
131
Legal & consulting
122
Media & publishing
114
Finance leads — concentrated in the City (EC2/EC3) and Canary Wharf, where lease events are clustering.
When

The lease-event pipeline.

Companies with a known lease event ahead — the clearest signal of a move or refit, and the window to reach them first.

0–6 months
144
Deciding now — often already briefing
6–12 months
116
The sweet spot for fit-out & design
12–18 months
130
Early movers — reach them before the tender
The market backdrop

A tightening market — which is why timing wins.

Central London office demand has rebounded sharply. Vacancy has fallen to around 7.4% in early 2026 from a peak near 10.6% a year earlier; 2025 take-up reached roughly 12 million sq ft — the strongest since the pandemic — and Grade A space in the prime City and West End cores is under 1% available. With the best space scarce, the firms that reach an occupier before they go to market win the work.

~7.4%
Central London vacancy (was ~10.6% a year earlier)
~12m
sq ft take-up in 2025 — strongest since the pandemic
<1%
Grade A vacancy in the prime City & West End cores
+45%
Southbank (SE1) take-up growth, year-on-year
Market context: JLL, Savills, Knight Frank and CoStar (Central London office market, 2025–26). Movement figures: Signal's live data.

How the Index is built

Signal tracks 21,104 London companies and scores each on how likely it is to move, refit or refurbish its office soon — using the public records that precede an office change: HM Land Registry lease data, Companies House filings, local-authority planning applications, and hiring and growth signals. "In market" means a company scoring 60 or above; "hot" means 80 or above. The Index is rebuilt from this live data and refreshed weekly.

Office-move signals from public record (HM Land Registry, Companies House, local-authority planning) plus hiring, growth and news. We don't scrape. Figures as of 22 June 2026.

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