Inform Direct: Total companies in Lancashire by the end of 2015

Companies formed in 2015 league table

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

Rank

County

No. Companies formed

Rank	County	No. Companies formed
1st 2014: 1st	London	198,282
2nd 2014: 2nd	Greater Manchester	28,265
3rd 2014: 3rd	West Midlands	26,952
4th 2014: 4th	West Yorkshire	17,066
5th 2014: 5th	Essex	16,147
11th 2014: 11th	Lancashire	10,080

Rank

County

No. Companies formed

Rank	County	No. Companies formed
2nd 2014: 2nd	Greater Manchester	28,265
4th 2014: 4th	West Yorkshire	17,066
11th 2014: 11th	Lancashire	10,080
12th 2014: 12th	Merseyside	9,857
21st 2014: 19th	North Yorkshire	6,437
43rd 2014: 43rd	Cumbria	2,166

Rank

County

No. Companies formed

Rank	County	No. Companies formed
1st 2014: 1st	London	198,282
2nd 2014: 2nd	Greater Manchester	28,265
3rd 2014: 3rd	West Midlands	26,952
4th 2014: 4th	West Yorkshire	17,066
5th 2014: 5th	Essex	16,147
6th 2014: 7th	Hertfordshire	14,575
7th 2014: 8th	Kent	14,246
8th 2014: 6th	Hampshire	13,779
9th 2014: 9th	Surrey	12,014
10th 2014: 10th	Cheshire	11,974
11th 2014: 11th	Lancashire	10,080
12th 2014: 12th	Merseyside	9,857
13th 2014: 15th	South Yorkshire	9,290
14th 2014: 13th	Berkshire	9,135
15th 2014: 14th	East Sussex	8,786
16th 2014: 16th	Buckinghamshire	8,249
17th 2014: 20th	Dorset	7,791
18th 2014: 18th	Leicestershire	7,712
19th 2014: 25th	Derbyshire	7,414
20th 2014: 17th	Nottinghamshire	6,908
21st 2014: 19th	North Yorkshire	6,437
22nd 2014: 24th	Staffordshire	6,375
23rd 2014: 23rd	Northamptonshire	6,347
24th 2014: 26th	Bedfordshire	6,245
25th 2014: 27th	Cambridgeshire	6,235
26th 2014: 21st	West Sussex	6,136
27th 2014: 28th	Tyne and Wear	6,042
28th 2014: 22nd	Lincolnshire	5,879
29th 2014: 29th	Gloucestershire	5,741
30th 2014: 30th	Devon	5,394
31st 2014: 31st	Somerset	5,383
32nd 2014: 32nd	Bristol	4,942
33rd 2014: 33rd	Oxfordshire	4,611
34th 2014: 35th	Wiltshire	4,506
35th 2014: 34th	Warwickshire	4,424
36th 2014: 36th	Norfolk	4,296
37th 2014: 38th	Suffolk	4,031
38th 2014: 37th	Durham	3,834
39th 2014: 39th	Worcestershire	3,572
40th 2014: 40th	East Riding of Yorkshire	2,967
41st 2014: 42nd	Shropshire	2,416
42nd 2014: 41st	Cornwall	2,392
43rd 2014: 43rd	Cumbria	2,166
44th 2014: 44th	Northumberland	1,289
45th 2014: 45th	Herefordshire	950
46th 2014: 46th	Isle of Wight	560
47th 2014: 47th	Rutland	194

New incorporations in 2015 per 1000 people

In Lancashire

6.9

National Average

9.7

Type of companies formed in Lancashire breakdown

98% Private Limited Companies (9,877 companies)

2% Other company types (203 companies)

Public Limited Company 2.0% (4 companies)
Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) 25.6% (52 companies)
Company Limited by Guarantee 43.3% (88 companies)
Limited Partnership 0.5% (1 company)
Community Interest Company 27.1% (55 companies)
Other 1.5% (3 companies)

Other company types breakdown (203 companies)

Total companies in Lancashire by the end of 2015

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Businesses formed in Lancashire during 2015

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Businesses dissolved in Lancashire during 2015

meaning there is a total of

65,240

businesses registered in Lancashire at the end of 2015.

7.0% more companies in Lancashire compared to 2014

Surrounding counties 2015 breakdown & comparison

Cumbria

19,348 total businesses
2,166 formed in 2015
1,374 dissolved in 2015

North Yorkshire

46,660 total businesses
6,437 formed in 2015
3,562 dissolved in 2015

Greater Manchester

156,025 total businesses
28,265 formed in 2015
18,047 dissolved in 2015

West Yorkshire

102,450 total businesses
17,066 formed in 2015
10,272 dissolved in 2015

Merseyside

56,875 total businesses
9,857 formed in 2015
5,930 dissolved in 2015

Lancashire

65,240 total businesses
10,080 formed in 2015
6,327 dissolved in 2015

Ward breakdown data for

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Audley	42	71	29
Bastwell	23	72	49
Beardwood with Lammack	22	39	17
Corporation Park	15	38	23
Earcroft	22	48	26
East Rural	6	12	6
Ewood	14	24	10
Fernhurst	23	31	8
Higher Croft	77	272	195
Little Harwood	75	145	70
Livesey with Pleasington	11	22	11
Marsh House	26	10	-16
Meadowhead	18	8	-10
Mill Hill	10	21	11
North Turton with Tockholes	24	28	4
Queen's Park	27	52	25
Roe Lee	17	27	10
Shadsworth with Whitebirk	23	21	-2
Shear Brow	78	179	101
Sudell	13	22	9
Sunnyhurst	31	57	26
Wensley Fold	51	93	42
Whitehall	13	13	0

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Anchorsholme	11	3	-8
Bispham	22	32	10
Bloomfield	32	36	4
Brunswick	13	27	14
Claremont	33	30	-3
Clifton	56	107	51
Greenlands	8	30	22
Hawes Side	7	13	6
Highfield	23	20	-3
Ingthorpe	20	16	-4
Layton	61	111	50
Marton	26	87	61
Norbreck	13	19	6
Park	45	72	27
Squires Gate	14	21	7
Stanley	139	280	141
Talbot	114	116	2
Tyldesley	68	57	-11
Victoria	13	23	10
Warbreck	25	50	25
Warton and Westby	200	74	-126
Waterloo	41	57	16

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Bank Hall	27	26	-1
Briercliffe	16	13	-3
Brunshaw	3	11	8
Cliviger with Worsthorne	15	16	1
Coal Clough with Deerplay	15	20	5
Daneshouse with Stoneyholme	61	83	22
Gannow	8	17	9
Gawthorpe	13	26	13
Hapton with Park	25	96	71
Lanehead	18	27	9
Queensgate	16	28	12
Rosegrove with Lowerhouse	33	24	-9
Rosehill with Burnley Wood	13	23	10
Trinity	19	26	7
Whittlefield with Ightenhill	9	13	4

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Adlington and Anderton	25	43	18
Astley and Buckshaw	17	21	4
Brindle and Hoghton	9	11	2
Buckshaw & Worden	16	44	28
Chisnall	99	21	-78
Chorley East	25	66	41
Chorley North East	15	39	24
Chorley North West	72	116	44
Chorley South East	59	63	4
Chorley South West	8	35	27
Clayton-le-Woods and Whittle-le-Woods	31	47	16
Clayton-le-Woods North	13	31	18
Clayton-le-Woods West and Cuerden	15	18	3
Coppull	18	52	34
Eccleston and Mawdesley	20	21	1
Euxton North	28	85	57
Euxton South	20	11	-9
Heath Charnock and Rivington	8	12	4
Lostock	11	12	1
Pennine	4	13	9
Wheelton and Withnell	16	21	5

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Ansdell	26	21	-5
Ashton	31	63	32
Central	185	177	-8
Clifton	56	107	51
Elswick and Little Eccleston	4	4	0
Fairhaven	24	23	-1
Freckleton East	9	13	4
Freckleton West	8	4	-4
Heyhouses	7	12	5
Kilnhouse		10	10
Kirkham North	14	10	-4
Kirkham South	11	11	0
Medlar-with-Wesham	14	10	-4
Newton and Treales	6	17	11
Park	45	72	27
Ribby-with-Wrea	5	2	-3
Singleton and Greenhalgh	4	7	3
St Johns	135	667	532
St Leonards	10	13	3
Staining and Weeton	7	23	16
Warton and Westby	200	74	-126

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Altham	12	27	15
Barnfield	36	40	4
Baxenden	6	6	0
Central	185	177	-8
Church	14	18	4
Clayton-le-Moors	24	20	-4
Huncoat	6	13	7
Immanuel	10	9	-1
Milnshaw	8	3	-5
Netherton	28	21	-7
Overton	25	30	5
Peel	11	26	15
Rishton	22	37	15
Spring Hill	10	32	22
St Andrew's	16	21	5
St Oswald's	10	19	9

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Bare	6	19	13
Bolton & Slyne	13	22	9
Bulk	11	16	5
Carnforth & Millhead	13	23	10
Castle	62	84	22
Ellel	14	13	-1
Halton-with-Aughton	4	14	10
Harbour	19	25	6
Heysham Central	13	13	0
Heysham North	11	22	11
Heysham South	23	20	-3
John O'Gaunt	16	21	5
Kellet	10	6	-4
Lower Lune Valley	15	121	106
Marsh	10	17	7
Overton	25	30	5
Poulton	26	55	29
Scotforth East	5	8	3
Scotforth West	21	43	22
Silverdale	4	5	1
Skerton East	15	16	1
Skerton West	5	10	5
Torrisholme	9	19	10
University & Scotforth Rural	6	1	-5
Upper Lune Valley	12	24	12
Warton	1	12	11
Westgate	18	29	11

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Barrowford	22	25	3
Blacko and Higherford	7	10	3
Boulsworth	12	18	6
Bradley	29	43	14
Brierfield	16	38	22
Clover Hill	8	26	18
Coates	11	15	4
Craven	7	30	23
Earby	16	25	9
Foulridge	4	7	3
Higham and Pendleside	5	9	4
Horsfield	7	17	10
Marsden	4	8	4
Old Laund Booth	5	10	5
Reedley	22	28	6
Southfield	15	17	2
Vivary Bridge	10	42	32
Walverden	16	12	-4
Waterside	18	28	10
Whitefield	24	39	15

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Ashton	31	63	32
Brookfield	19	35	16
Cadley	37	116	79
College	43	56	13
Deepdale	14	25	11
Fishwick	19	31	12
Garrison	16	55	39
Greyfriars	17	26	9
Ingol	10	17	7
Larches	18	18	0
Lea	12	15	3
Moor Park	34	68	34
Newton and Treales	6	17	11
Preston Rural East	13	19	6
Preston Rural North	19	39	20
Ribbleton	13	38	25
Riversway	98	151	53
Sharoe Green	26	36	10
St George's	39	35	-4
St Matthew's	56	98	42
Town Centre	178	166	-12
Tulketh	74	106	32
University	28	29	1

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Aighton Bailey and Chaigley	6	10	4
Alston and Hothersall	7	6	-1
Billington and Old Langho	11	18	7
Bowland Newton and Slaidburn	2	11	9
Chatburn	4	2	-2
Chipping	4	3	-1
Clayton-le-Dale with Ramsgreave	9	54	45
Derby and Thornley	11	51	40
Dilworth	6	13	7
Edisford and Low Moor	3	6	3
Gisburn Rimington	6	6	0
Langho	9	14	5
Littlemoor	3	15	12
Mellor	9	9	0
Primrose	10	23	13
Read and Simonstone	9	14	5
Ribchester	5	9	4
Sabden	3	7	4
Salthill	25	59	34
Settle and Ribblebanks	1	0	-1
St Mary's	7	17	10
Waddington and West Bradford	7	11	4
Whalley	29	41	12
Wilpshire	9	9	0
Wiswell and Pendleton	32	57	25

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Cribden	10	19	9
Eden	14	7	-7
Facit and Shawforth	12	12	0
Goodshaw	11	24	13
Greenfield	16	33	17
Greensclough	40	25	-15
Hareholme	17	28	11
Healey and Whitworth	11	13	2
Helmshore	8	26	18
Irwell	16	17	1
Longholme	19	34	15
Stacksteads	15	16	1
Whitewell	15	29	14
Worsley	42	86	44

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Bamber Bridge East	37	59	22
Bamber Bridge West	10	22	12
Broad Oak	13	26	13
Broadfield	48	25	-23
Buckshaw & Worden	16	44	28
Charnock	6	12	6
Coupe Green & Gregson Lane	90	6	-84
Earnshaw Bridge	6	15	9
Farington East	10	20	10
Farington West	7	9	2
Hoole	10	25	15
Howick & Priory	14	25	11
Leyland Central	35	52	17
Longton & Hutton West	8	31	23
Lostock Hall	17	10	-7
Middleforth	14	22	8
Moss Side	17	22	5
New Longton & Hutton East	12	32	20
Samlesbury & Walton	17	16	-1
Seven Stars	5	13	8
St Ambrose	12	27	15
Walton-le-Dale East	5	22	17
Walton-le-Dale West	7	19	12

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Ashurst	21	36	15
Aughton and Downholland	15	36	21
Aughton Park	12	15	3
Bickerstaffe	10	11	1
Birch Green	10	12	2
Burscough East	9	18	9
Burscough West	57	68	11
Derby	10	20	10
Digmoor	9	9	0
Halsall	7	11	4
Hesketh-with-Becconsall	32	55	23
Knowsley	14	18	4
Moorside	10	8	-2
Newburgh	8	7	-1
North Meols	12	22	10
Parbold	22	52	30
Rufford	6	8	2
Scarisbrick	18	13	-5
Scott	54	85	31
Skelmersdale North	13	16	3
Skelmersdale South	73	63	-10
Tanhouse	9	10	1
Tarleton	24	28	4
Up Holland	35	43	8
Wrightington	49	29	-20

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Bourne	17	21	4
Breck	24	27	3
Brock with Catterall	13	18	5
Calder	5	7	2
Carleton	5	9	4
Cleveleys Park	3	11	8
Garstang	23	36	13
Great Eccleston	20	22	2
Hambleton & Stalmine	5	8	3
Hardhorn with High Cross	33	59	26
Jubilee	34	83	49
Marsh Mill	19	54	35
Mount	13	16	3
Park	45	72	27
Pharos	31	47	16
Pheasant's Wood		5	5
Pilling	9	30	21
Preesall	11	11	0
Rossall	13	6	-7
Stanah	4	16	12
Tithebarn	4	11	7
Victoria & Norcross	5	7	2
Warren	7	10	3
Wyresdale	5	13	8

Total companies 2015 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2015 and how Lancashire compares to them.

Rank

County

Total companies

Rank	County	Total companies
1st 2014: 1st	London	1,017,154
2nd 2014: 2nd	Greater Manchester	156,025
3rd 2014: 3rd	West Midlands	147,044
4th 2014: 4th	Essex	107,891
5th 2014: 5th	West Yorkshire	102,450
11th 2014: 11th	Lancashire	65,240

Rank

County

Total companies

Rank	County	Total companies
2nd 2014: 2nd	Greater Manchester	156,025
5th 2014: 5th	West Yorkshire	102,450
11th 2014: 11th	Lancashire	65,240
15th 2014: 15th	Merseyside	56,875
20th 2014: 21st	North Yorkshire	46,660
42nd 2014: 42nd	Cumbria	19,348

Rank

County

Total companies

Rank	County	Total companies
1st 2014: 1st	London	1,017,154
2nd 2014: 2nd	Greater Manchester	156,025
3rd 2014: 3rd	West Midlands	147,044
4th 2014: 4th	Essex	107,891
5th 2014: 5th	West Yorkshire	102,450
6th 2014: 6th	Hampshire	98,825
7th 2014: 8th	Hertfordshire	96,909
8th 2014: 9th	Kent	94,176
9th 2014: 7th	Surrey	93,699
10th 2014: 10th	Cheshire	67,995
11th 2014: 11th	Lancashire	65,240
12th 2014: 12th	Berkshire	63,186
13th 2014: 13th	East Sussex	61,290
14th 2014: 14th	Buckinghamshire	59,305
15th 2014: 15th	Merseyside	56,875
16th 2014: 16th	South Yorkshire	52,205
17th 2014: 18th	Leicestershire	48,126
18th 2014: 19th	Dorset	47,433
19th 2014: 17th	West Sussex	47,267
20th 2014: 21st	North Yorkshire	46,660
21st 2014: 20th	Gloucestershire	46,009
22nd 2014: 22nd	Devon	44,917
23rd 2014: 23rd	Somerset	44,277
24th 2014: 25th	Staffordshire	44,125
25th 2014: 26th	Derbyshire	43,692
26th 2014: 24th	Nottinghamshire	43,336
27th 2014: 27th	Cambridgeshire	41,403
28th 2014: 28th	Lincolnshire	39,944
29th 2014: 29th	Northamptonshire	39,638
30th 2014: 30th	Oxfordshire	37,534
31st 2014: 31st	Tyne and Wear	36,643
32nd 2014: 32nd	Bedfordshire	34,911
33rd 2014: 33rd	Wiltshire	33,003
34th 2014: 34th	Warwickshire	32,797
35th 2014: 35th	Norfolk	32,493
36th 2014: 36th	Suffolk	30,944
37th 2014: 37th	Bristol	30,301
38th 2014: 38th	Worcestershire	29,303
39th 2014: 39th	Durham	24,091
40th 2014: 40th	East Riding of Yorkshire	22,144
41st 2014: 41st	Shropshire	19,451
42nd 2014: 42nd	Cumbria	19,348
43rd 2014: 43rd	Cornwall	18,859
44th 2014: 44th	Northumberland	9,370
45th 2014: 45th	Herefordshire	8,115
46th 2014: 46th	Isle of Wight	4,853
47th 2014: 47th	Rutland	1,677

Company Formations in 2015: Lancashire

New businesses in Lancashire mapped

Boroughs

Companies formed in 2015 league table

New incorporations in 2015 per 1000 people

In Lancashire

National Average

Type of companies formed in Lancashire breakdown

Total companies in Lancashire by the end of 2015

meaning there is a total of

Surrounding counties 2015 breakdown & comparison

Ward breakdown data for

Total companies 2015 league table

Total companies at the end of 2015 per 1000 people

In Lancashire

National Average

The last 5 years

Company Formations in 2015: Lancashire

New businesses in Lancashire mapped

Boroughs

Companies formed in 2015 league table

New incorporations in 2015 per 1000 people

In Lancashire

National Average

Type of companies formed in Lancashire breakdown

Total companies in Lancashire by the end of 2015

meaning there is a total of

Surrounding counties 2015 breakdown & comparison

Ward breakdown data for Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Burnley Chorley Fylde Hyndburn Lancaster Pendle Preston Ribble Valley Rossendale South Ribble West Lancashire Wyre

Total companies 2015 league table

Total companies at the end of 2015 per 1000 people

In Lancashire

National Average

The last 5 years

Ward breakdown data for