Starting a business is one of the most exciting moments in someone's career. It's the moment an idea becomes real, and the start of building something that's genuinely yours. It's also one of the hardest transitions to make, often with no one experienced to turn to for advice. We built Complector to make one small part of that journey easier.
Official figures show that most new businesses survive their first year. It's what happens after that which separates the ones that keep growing from the ones that quietly fade. By year five, fewer than four in ten are still trading.
The businesses that make it aren't always the ones with the best idea. They're often the ones that found the right accountant, the right IT partner, or the right adviser early enough for it to matter. Finding those people usually means hours of research and guesswork, at exactly the moment a new business owner has the least time to spare.
"The right connection, made at exactly the right moment."
We were frustrated with how difficult it was to identify newly registered businesses in a specific area. The information already exists and is entirely public. It's just scattered, hard to search, and lacking the filtering a local business actually needs.
So we built a smarter way to discover new companies by postcode, radius, and industry, giving local businesses a practical tool to grow their client base, while helping new companies find trusted suppliers earlier, when timing matters most.
We want to become the UK's easiest place to discover newly formed businesses. Not just a database, but a platform that helps local businesses grow through better connections, made at the right time.