Newly Formed Companies in the Watford Area
Watford gives the WD postcode area its main identity, but the area is better understood by looking at the places it brings together. Well-known localities include Borehamwood, Elstree, Watford, Cassiobury, Batchworth Heath, Chandlers Cross and West Watford help show the spread and variety of the area.
The WD area covers Watford and surrounding Hertfordshire districts including Rickmansworth, Bushey, Radlett and Borehamwood. It is closely linked with commuter rail, the M1 and M25, film and media at Elstree/Borehamwood, town-centre retail and suburban communities north-west of London.
Some of the most active districts for company registrations in the WD area include WD6, WD17, WD3, WD18, WD24, although the wider postcode area also includes many quieter localities.
For anyone reviewing recently formed companies by postcode area, WD provides a useful geographic grouping. As of June 2026, WD sits in the middle-to-upper range when compared with other UK postcode areas, ranking 58th out of 128 with 37,987 companies.
For WD, the company count gives useful context, while the underlying places provide the more meaningful sense of location.
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 Watford (WD) 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)
Watford is made up of the following towns and villages
Postcode Districts in Watford (WD)
| District | Description | Region |
|---|---|---|
| WD1 | Watford | Watford |
| WD17 | Watford, Cassiobury, Nascot Wood | Watford |
| WD18 | West Watford | Watford |
| WD19 | Oxhey, South Oxhey, Carpenders Park | Watford |
| WD2 | Watford, Leavesden, Bushey | Watford |
| WD23 | Bushey, Bushey Heath | Hertsmere |
| WD24 | North Watford | Watford |
| WD25 | Garston, Aldenham, Leavesden, Letchmore Heath | Watford |
| WD3 | Batchworth Heath, Chandlers Cross, Chenies, Chorleywood, Croxley Green, Heronsgate, Loudwater, Maple Cross, Mill End, Rickmansworth, Sarratt, West Hyde | Three Rivers |
| WD4 | Bucks Hill, Chipperfield, Hunton Bridge, Kings Langley | Dacorum |
| WD5 | Bedmond, Abbots Langley | Three Rivers |
| WD6 | Borehamwood, Elstree, Well End | Hertsmere |
| WD7 | Shenley, Radlett | Hertsmere |
| WD99 | Non-geographic | Watford |