Newly Formed Companies in the Oxford Area
OX is more than a short postcode prefix: it draws together a set of towns, suburbs, villages or city districts connected with Oxford. Much of the area's individuality comes from places such as North and West Oxford, Botley, Banbury, East Oxford, Cowley, Witney and Abingdon.
The OX area is centred on Oxford and reaches into Oxfordshire and neighbouring counties. Oxford's university, hospitals, publishing history, science and innovation campuses, market towns, Cotswold edges and Thames-side communities give the area its character.
Districts such as OX2, OX16, OX4, OX28, OX14 give OX much of its company-registration weight, while the surrounding places add local variety.
Newly incorporated companies associated with OX addresses add a business-registration layer to this local overview. As of June 2026, OX sits among the more active UK postcode areas for company registrations, ranking 46th out of 128 with 46,087 companies.
The area therefore works both as a location guide and as a practical way to group newly formed companies.
When a company is registered, its registered office address is the publicly visible location of the company and the company has to legally be able to receive post at this address. Over 2,000 companies every day (sometimes over 3000) get formed. These are in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
We analyse whether a registered office has a valid UK postcode that we can get grid co-ordinates for distance calculations and make sure the company has not closed down since it formed. You can then contact these people in the Oxford (OX) area, who may be interested in receiving your marketing message offering your services under the legitimate interest rules of GDPR (assuming you are marketing to companies who you feel have a potential interest in your services, either geographically or by category). Marketing is by post because it is a brand new company that won't have a business telephone number or business email address (and even if they have, its not part of the data collected and made available by Companies House)
Oxford is made up of the following towns and villages
Postcode Districts in Oxford (OX)
| District |
Description |
Region |
|
OX1
|
Central and South Oxford, Kennington |
Oxford |
|
OX10
|
Wallingford, Berinsfield, Cholsey, Dorchester |
South Oxfordshire |
|
OX11
|
Didcot, Blewbury, Harwell |
South Oxfordshire |
|
OX12
|
Wantage, Grove |
Vale of White Horse |
|
OX13
|
Longworth, Sunningwell, Frilford, Cothill, Appleton |
Vale of White Horse |
|
OX14
|
Abingdon, Appleford-on-Thames, Burcot, Clifton Hampden, Culham, Drayton, Little Wittenham, Long Wittenham, Radley, Milton, Sutton Courtenay |
South Oxfordshire |
|
OX15
|
Bloxham, Drayton, Wroxton, North Newington, South Newington, Swalcliffe, Sibford Gower, Sibford Ferris, Barford St Michael, Barford St John, Deddington, Hempton, Broughton, Hornton, Horley, Balscote, Shenington, Alkerton, Wigginton, Milton, Hook Norton, Milcombe, Shutford, Epwell, Tadmarton, Swerford, Bodicote, Brailes, Edge Hill, Ratley, Upton |
Cherwell |
|
OX16
|
Banbury |
Cherwell |
|
OX17
|
Adderbury, Aynho, Arlescote, Chacombe, Charlton, Chipping Warden, Claydon, Cropredy, Culworth, Edgcote, Farnborough, Great Bourton, Hanwell, King's Sutton, Little Bourton, Lower Thorpe, Marston St Lawrence, Middleton Cheney, Mollington, Nethercote, Newbottle, Overthorpe, Shotteswell, Stuchbury, Sulgrave, Thenford, Thorpe Mandeville, Twyford, Wardington, Warkworth, Warmington, Williamscott |
Cherwell |
|
OX18
|
Alvescot, Asthall, Aston, Bampton, Barrington, Black Bourton, Bradwell, Brize Norton, Burford, Carterton, Chimney, Clanfield, Cote, Fulbrook, Grafton, Holwell, Lew, Little Clanfield, Radcot, Shilton, Signet, Swinbrook, Taynton, Upper Windrush, Upton, Weald, Westwell, Widford, Windrush |
West Oxfordshire |
|
OX2
|
North and West Oxford, Botley, North Hinksey, Summertown, Wytham |
Oxford |
|
OX20
|
Woodstock, Bladon, Glympton, Kiddington, Woodleys, Wootton |
West Oxfordshire |
|
OX25
|
Ambrosden, Arncott, Blackthorn, Caulcott, Duns Tew, Little Chesterton, Lower Heyford, Merton, Middle Aston, Middleton Stoney, North Aston, Piddington, Rousham, Somerton, Steeple Aston, Steeple Barton, Upper Heyford, Wendlebury, Weston-on-the-Green |
Cherwell |
|
OX26
|
Bicester, Chesterton, Launton |
Cherwell |
|
OX27
|
Ardley, Bainton, Baynards Green, Bucknell, Caversfield, Charndon, Fewcott, Fringford, Fritwell, Godington, Hardwick, Hethe, Marsh Gibbon, Newton Morrell, Poundon, Souldern, Stoke Lyne, Stratton Audley, Tusmore |
Cherwell |
|
OX28
|
Witney |
West Oxfordshire |
|
OX29
|
Barnard Gate, Brighthampton, Church Hanborough, Combe, Crawley, Curbridge, Ducklington, Eynsham, Freeland, Hailey, Hardwick, High Cogges, Long Hanborough, New Yatt, Newbridge, North Leigh, East End (North Leigh), Old Shifford, Shifford, Standlake, Stanton Harcourt, Stonesfield, Sutton, Yelford |
West Oxfordshire |
|
OX3
|
North East Oxford, Headington, Marston, Elsfield |
Oxford |
|
OX33
|
Wheatley, Forest Hill, Holton, Horspath, Horton-cum-Studley, Littleworth, Milton Common, Stanton St. John, Waterperry, Waterstock, Woodperry. |
South Oxfordshire |
|
OX39
|
Chinnor |
South Oxfordshire |
|
OX4
|
East Oxford, Cowley, Blackbird Leys, Sandford-on-Thames, Iffley |
Oxford |
|
OX44
|
Chalgrove, Garsington, Toot Baldon |
South Oxfordshire |
|
OX49
|
Watlington |
South Oxfordshire |
|
OX5
|
Kidlington |
Cherwell |
|
OX6
|
Bicester |
Oxford |
|
OX7
|
Charlbury, Chadlington |
West Oxfordshire |
|
OX8
|
Witney, Burford, Eynsham |
Oxford |
|
OX9
|
Postcombe, Thame, Towersey, North Weston |
South Oxfordshire |