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Company Formations in 2016: Derbyshire

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???? Businesses formed in Derbyshire during 2016

0.4% fewer companies in Derbyshire compared to 2015

New businesses in Derbyshire mapped

Amber Valley 516 formed

Bolsover 472 formed

Chesterfield 549 formed

Derby 2,349 formed

Derbyshire Dales 375 formed

Erewash 589 formed

High Peak 532 formed

North East Derbyshire 388 formed

South Derbyshire 470 formed

Companies formed in 2016 league table

The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Derbyshire compares.

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Rank
County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
1st 2015: 1st
London
209,869
2nd 2015: 2nd
Greater Manchester
32,999
3rd 2015: 3rd
West Midlands
31,162
4th 2015: 4th
West Yorkshire
17,837
5th 2015: 6th
Hertfordshire
17,671
27th 2015: 19th
Derbyshire
6,271
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
2nd 2015: 2nd
Greater Manchester
32,999
4th 2015: 4th
West Yorkshire
17,837
7th 2015: 10th
Cheshire
15,328
15th 2015: 13th
South Yorkshire
9,265
18th 2015: 18th
Leicestershire
8,307
21st 2015: 22nd
Staffordshire
7,618
23rd 2015: 20th
Nottinghamshire
6,642
27th 2015: 19th
Derbyshire
6,271
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
1st 2015: 1st
London
209,869
2nd 2015: 2nd
Greater Manchester
32,999
3rd 2015: 3rd
West Midlands
31,162
4th 2015: 4th
West Yorkshire
17,837
5th 2015: 6th
Hertfordshire
17,671
6th 2015: 5th
Essex
15,887
7th 2015: 10th
Cheshire
15,328
8th 2015: 7th
Kent
14,577
9th 2015: 8th
Hampshire
14,249
10th 2015: 24th
Bedfordshire
13,677
11th 2015: 34th
Wiltshire
11,837
12th 2015: 9th
Surrey
11,070
13th 2015: 12th
Merseyside
10,617
14th 2015: 11th
Lancashire
10,600
15th 2015: 13th
South Yorkshire
9,265
16th 2015: 14th
Berkshire
9,081
17th 2015: 16th
Buckinghamshire
8,523
18th 2015: 18th
Leicestershire
8,307
19th 2015: 17th
Dorset
8,113
20th 2015: 15th
East Sussex
7,939
21st 2015: 22nd
Staffordshire
7,618
22nd 2015: 23rd
Northamptonshire
7,050
23rd 2015: 20th
Nottinghamshire
6,642
24th 2015: 39th
Worcestershire
6,602
25th 2015: 21st
North Yorkshire
6,525
26th 2015: 27th
Tyne and Wear
6,380
27th 2015: 19th
Derbyshire
6,271
28th 2015: 25th
Cambridgeshire
6,208
29th 2015: 26th
West Sussex
5,996
30th 2015: 30th
Devon
5,703
31st 2015: 28th
Lincolnshire
5,698
32nd 2015: 29th
Gloucestershire
5,639
33rd 2015: 31st
Somerset
5,328
34th 2015: 32nd
Bristol
5,196
35th 2015: 35th
Warwickshire
4,709
36th 2015: 33rd
Oxfordshire
4,517
37th 2015: 36th
Norfolk
4,480
38th 2015: 37th
Suffolk
4,291
39th 2015: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
4,080
40th 2015: 38th
Durham
4,017
41st 2015: 41st
Shropshire
2,496
42nd 2015: 42nd
Cornwall
2,468
43rd 2015: 43rd
Cumbria
1,979
44th 2015: 44th
Northumberland
1,302
45th 2015: 45th
Herefordshire
853
46th 2015: 46th
Isle of Wight
545
47th 2015: 47th
Rutland
217

New incorporations in 2016 per 1000 Man standing people

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6.2

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Type of companies formed in Derbyshire breakdown

98% Private Limited Companies (6,117 companies)

2% Other company types (154 companies)

Other company types breakdown (154 companies)

Total companies in Derbyshire by the end of 2016

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Businesses formed in Derbyshire during 2016

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Businesses dissolved in Derbyshire during 2016

meaning there is a total of

43,529

businesses registered in Derbyshire at the end of 2016.

0.4% fewer companies in Derbyshire compared to 2015

Surrounding counties 2016 breakdown & comparison

Leicestershire

52,138 total businesses
8,307 formed in 2016
5,713 dissolved in 2016

Staffordshire

47,000 total businesses
7,618 formed in 2016
4,763 dissolved in 2016

Nottinghamshire

45,573 total businesses
6,642 formed in 2016
4,851 dissolved in 2016

South Yorkshire

55,438 total businesses
9,265 formed in 2016
6,970 dissolved in 2016

Greater Manchester

167,797 total businesses
32,999 formed in 2016
23,445 dissolved in 2016

West Yorkshire

107,764 total businesses
17,837 formed in 2016
13,098 dissolved in 2016

Cheshire

74,912 total businesses
15,328 formed in 2016
6,908 dissolved in 2016

Derbyshire

43,529 total businesses
6,271 formed in 2016
4,531 dissolved in 2016

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Ward breakdown data for

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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Alfreton
30
47
17
Alport
5
10
5
Belper Central
29
61
32
Belper East
4
17
13
Belper North
18
19
1
Belper South
26
37
11
Codnor and Waingroves
12
17
5
Crich
7
7
0
Duffield
22
28
6
Heage and Ambergate
8
10
2
Heanor and Loscoe
15
13
-2
Heanor East
13
7
-6
Heanor West
27
49
22
Ironville and Riddings
20
12
-8
Jacksdale
0
0
Kilburn Denby and Holbrook
20
21
1
Langley Mill and Aldercar
18
19
1
Ripley
47
44
-3
Ripley and Marehay
12
16
4
Shipley Park Horsley and Horsley Woodhouse
20
22
2
Somercotes
11
11
0
South West Parishes
6
25
19
Swanwick
13
15
2
Wingfield
6
9
3
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Barlborough
180
188
8
Blackwell
11
11
0
Bolsover North West
16
14
-2
Bolsover South
13
11
-2
Bolsover West
3
3
0
Clowne North
12
18
6
Clowne South
15
14
-1
Elmton-with-Creswell
9
20
11
Pinxton
17
12
-5
Pleasley
13
14
1
Scarcliffe
9
15
6
Shirebrook East
14
6
-8
Shirebrook Langwith
5
3
-2
Shirebrook North West
8
8
Shirebrook South East
42
42
Shirebrook South West
10
4
-6
South Normanton East
9
26
17
South Normanton West
18
30
12
Tibshelf
11
25
14
Whitwell
5
8
3
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Barrow Hill and New Whittington
16
32
16
Brimington North
9
9
0
Brimington South
32
16
-16
Brockwell
82
123
41
Dunston
48
59
11
Hasland
21
23
2
Hollingwood and Inkersall
16
27
11
Holmebrook
19
17
-2
Linacre
11
23
12
Loundsley Green
3
11
8
Lowgates and Woodthorpe
15
11
-4
Middlecroft and Poolsbrook
13
16
3
Moor
14
18
4
Old Whittington
23
22
-1
Rother
2
8
6
St Helen's
20
29
9
St Leonard's
69
57
-12
Walton
18
21
3
West
19
27
8
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Abbey
82
130
48
Allestree
35
45
10
Alvaston
162
268
106
Arboretum
335
514
179
Blagreaves
39
62
23
Boulton
20
48
28
Chaddesden
38
81
43
Chellaston
30
74
44
Darley
219
386
167
Derwent
58
53
-5
Littleover
67
81
14
Mackworth
93
123
30
Mickleover
37
53
16
Normanton
77
214
137
Oakwood
30
36
6
Sinfin
45
102
57
Spondon
70
81
11
Stenson
26
18
-8
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ashbourne North
32
34
2
Ashbourne South
32
47
15
Bakewell
53
35
-18
Bradwell
9
6
-3
Brailsford
5
11
6
Calver
10
9
-1
Carsington Water
13
4
-9
Chatsworth
13
10
-3
Clifton and Bradley
3
11
8
Darley Dale
17
20
3
Dovedale and Parwich
9
5
-4
Doveridge and Sudbury
5
6
1
Hartington and Taddington
1
8
7
Hathersage and Eyam
5
25
20
Hulland
10
9
-1
Lathkill and Bradford
5
2
-3
Litton and Longstone
8
15
7
Masson
13
24
11
Matlock All Saints
18
42
24
Matlock St Giles
43
12
-31
Norbury
12
6
-6
Stanton
2
8
6
Tideswell
8
7
-1
Winster and South Darley
6
7
1
Wirksworth
10
12
2
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Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Awsworth Road
11
24
13
Breaston
19
16
-3
Cotmanhay
8
16
8
Derby Road East
30
36
6
Derby Road West
14
12
-2
Draycott & Risley
9
11
2
Hallam Fields
11
23
12
Kirk Hallam & Stanton-by-Dale
8
16
8
Larklands
17
22
5
Little Eaton & Stanley
16
24
8
Little Hallam
48
55
7
Long Eaton Central
75
60
-15
Nottingham Road
30
36
6
Ockbrook & Borrowash
26
16
-10
Sandiacre
29
107
78
Sawley
17
38
21
Shipley Park Horsley and Horsley Woodhouse
20
22
2
Shipley View
11
15
4
Spondon
70
81
11
West Hallam & Dale Abbey
14
33
19
Wilsthorpe
18
27
9
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Barms
9
8
-1
Blackbrook
22
27
5
Burbage
3
9
6
Buxton Central
44
44
0
Chapel East
10
4
-6
Chapel West
15
19
4
Corbar
36
32
-4
Cote Heath
2
10
8
Dinting
7
4
-3
Gamesley
5
2
-3
Hadfield North
7
11
4
Hadfield South
12
8
-4
Hartington and Taddington
1
8
7
Hayfield
9
11
2
Hope Valley
13
18
5
Howard Town
85
100
15
Limestone Peak
4
7
3
New Mills East
9
5
-4
New Mills West
39
27
-12
Old Glossop
47
17
-30
Padfield
8
5
-3
Sett
3
8
5
Simmondley
9
21
12
St John's
4
7
3
Stone Bench
3
13
10
Temple
4
6
2
Tintwistle
1
10
9
Whaley Bridge
46
87
41
Whitfield
5
12
7
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ashover
16
8
-8
Barlow and Holmesfield
7
10
3
Brampton and Walton
20
19
-1
Clay Cross North
24
19
-5
Clay Cross South
1
8
7
Coal Aston
4
14
10
Dronfield North
22
35
13
Dronfield South
26
17
-9
Dronfield Woodhouse
12
13
1
Eckington North
7
19
12
Eckington South
24
27
3
Gosforth Valley
18
21
3
Grassmoor
8
11
3
Holmewood and Heath
15
15
0
Killamarsh East
11
13
2
Killamarsh West
11
22
11
North Wingfield Central
18
11
-7
Pilsley and Morton
10
26
16
Renishaw
7
16
9
Ridgeway and Marsh Lane
9
6
-3
Shirland
13
13
0
Sutton
6
14
8
Tupton
5
7
2
Unstone
2
7
5
Wingerworth
19
17
-2
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Aston
32
52
20
Church Gresley
19
47
28
Etwall
17
23
6
Hatton
4
6
2
Hilton
45
56
11
Linton
16
25
9
Melbourne
33
37
4
Midway
19
28
9
Newhall and Stanton
9
24
15
Repton
32
30
-2
Seales
24
20
-4
Stenson
26
18
-8
Swadlincote
23
50
27
Willington and Findern
17
25
8
Woodville
37
29
-8

Total companies 2016 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2016 and how Derbyshire compares to them.

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County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2015: 1st
London
1,070,255
2nd 2015: 2nd
Greater Manchester
167,797
3rd 2015: 3rd
West Midlands
156,118
4th 2015: 4th
Essex
112,065
5th 2015: 5th
West Yorkshire
107,764
27th 2015: 25th
Derbyshire
43,529
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
2nd 2015: 2nd
Greater Manchester
167,797
5th 2015: 5th
West Yorkshire
107,764
10th 2015: 10th
Cheshire
74,912
16th 2015: 16th
South Yorkshire
55,438
17th 2015: 17th
Leicestershire
52,138
23rd 2015: 24th
Staffordshire
47,000
25th 2015: 26th
Nottinghamshire
45,573
27th 2015: 25th
Derbyshire
43,529
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2015: 1st
London
1,070,255
2nd 2015: 2nd
Greater Manchester
167,797
3rd 2015: 3rd
West Midlands
156,118
4th 2015: 4th
Essex
112,065
5th 2015: 5th
West Yorkshire
107,764
6th 2015: 7th
Hertfordshire
104,699
7th 2015: 6th
Hampshire
103,043
8th 2015: 8th
Kent
98,931
9th 2015: 9th
Surrey
95,997
10th 2015: 10th
Cheshire
74,912
11th 2015: 11th
Lancashire
68,241
12th 2015: 12th
Berkshire
64,828
13th 2015: 13th
East Sussex
63,012
14th 2015: 14th
Buckinghamshire
62,413
15th 2015: 15th
Merseyside
60,027
16th 2015: 16th
South Yorkshire
55,438
17th 2015: 17th
Leicestershire
52,138
18th 2015: 18th
Dorset
50,419
19th 2015: 19th
West Sussex
48,518
20th 2015: 20th
North Yorkshire
48,164
21st 2015: 21st
Gloucestershire
47,665
22nd 2015: 22nd
Devon
47,095
23rd 2015: 24th
Staffordshire
47,000
24th 2015: 23rd
Somerset
46,011
25th 2015: 26th
Nottinghamshire
45,573
26th 2015: 32nd
Bedfordshire
44,451
27th 2015: 25th
Derbyshire
43,529
28th 2015: 27th
Cambridgeshire
43,412
29th 2015: 33rd
Wiltshire
41,591
30th 2015: 28th
Lincolnshire
40,701
31st 2015: 29th
Northamptonshire
40,600
32nd 2015: 31st
Tyne and Wear
38,544
33rd 2015: 30th
Oxfordshire
38,413
34th 2015: 35th
Norfolk
34,374
35th 2015: 34th
Warwickshire
34,180
36th 2015: 38th
Worcestershire
33,436
37th 2015: 36th
Suffolk
32,526
38th 2015: 37th
Bristol
31,308
39th 2015: 39th
Durham
25,127
40th 2015: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
23,848
41st 2015: 41st
Shropshire
20,422
42nd 2015: 42nd
Cumbria
19,675
43rd 2015: 43rd
Cornwall
19,655
44th 2015: 44th
Northumberland
9,713
45th 2015: 45th
Herefordshire
8,293
46th 2015: 46th
Isle of Wight
4,973
47th 2015: 47th
Rutland
1,742

Total companies at the end of 2016 per 1000 Person people

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42.7

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62.6

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The last 5 years

How the total number of companies in Derbyshire has changed over the last 5 years as new companies have been formed and some existing companies dissolved.

2012

4,876 formed

2,635 dissolved

2013

5,198 formed

3,129 dissolved

2014

5,987 formed

3,462 dissolved

2015

7,414 formed

3,457 dissolved

2016

6,271 formed

4,531 dissolved

Overall growth compared to previous year

5.9% vs 2012

6.8% vs 2013

10.7% vs 2014

-0.4% vs 2015