2011
5,333 formed
3,477 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Leicestershire during 2015
8.6% more companies in Leicestershire compared to 2014
Blaby 671 formed
Charnwood 1,106 formed
Harborough 657 formed
Hinckley and Bosworth 555 formed
Leicester 3,494 formed
Melton 259 formed
North West Leicestershire 594 formed
Oadby and Wigston 376 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Leicestershire compares.
| 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 |
18th 2014: 18th
|
Leicestershire |
7,712 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
18th
2014: 18th
|
Leicestershire |
7,712 |
19th
2014: 25th
|
Derbyshire |
7,414 |
20th
2014: 17th
|
Nottinghamshire |
6,908 |
22nd
2014: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
6,375 |
23rd
2014: 23rd
|
Northamptonshire |
6,347 |
28th
2014: 22nd
|
Lincolnshire |
5,879 |
35th
2014: 34th
|
Warwickshire |
4,424 |
47th
2014: 47th
|
Rutland |
194 |
| 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 |
people
7.9
9.7
98% Private Limited Companies (7,563 companies)
2% Other company types (149 companies)
Other company types breakdown (149 companies)
????
Businesses formed in Leicestershire during 2015
????
Businesses dissolved in Leicestershire during 2015
48,126
businesses registered in Leicestershire at the end of 2015.
8.6% more companies in Leicestershire compared to 2014
Staffordshire
44,125 total businesses
6,375 formed in 2015
3,827 dissolved in 2015
Warwickshire
32,797 total businesses
4,424 formed in 2015
2,675 dissolved in 2015
Derbyshire
43,692 total businesses
7,414 formed in 2015
3,457 dissolved in 2015
Lincolnshire
39,944 total businesses
5,879 formed in 2015
3,577 dissolved in 2015
Northamptonshire
39,638 total businesses
6,347 formed in 2015
3,341 dissolved in 2015
Nottinghamshire
43,336 total businesses
6,908 formed in 2015
4,305 dissolved in 2015
Rutland
1,677 total businesses
194 formed in 2015
114 dissolved in 2015
Leicestershire
48,126 total businesses
7,712 formed in 2015
4,538 dissolved in 2015
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Blaby South |
18 |
||
Cosby with South Whetstone |
14 |
||
Countesthorpe |
12 |
||
Croft Hill |
4 |
||
Ellis |
14 |
||
Enderby and St John's |
4 |
||
Fairestone |
9 |
||
Forest |
12 |
||
Millfield |
12 |
||
Muxloe |
6 |
||
Narborough and Littlethorpe |
8 |
||
Normanton |
8 |
||
North Whetstone |
10 |
||
Pastures |
2 |
||
Ravenhurst and Fosse |
17 |
||
Saxondale |
27 |
||
Stanton and Flamville |
2 |
||
Winstanley |
61 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Anstey |
11 |
||
Barrow and Sileby West |
9 |
||
Birstall Wanlip |
10 |
||
Birstall Watermead |
25 |
||
East Goscote |
7 |
||
Forest Bradgate |
8 |
||
Loughborough Ashby |
-1 |
||
Loughborough Dishley and Hathern |
5 |
||
Loughborough Garendon |
7 |
||
Loughborough Hastings |
17 |
||
Loughborough Lemyngton |
194 |
||
Loughborough Nanpantan |
7 |
||
Loughborough Outwoods |
12 |
||
Loughborough Shelthorpe |
28 |
||
Loughborough Southfields |
3 |
||
Loughborough Storer |
-16 |
||
Mountsorrel |
11 |
||
Queniborough |
-1 |
||
Quorn and Mountsorrel Castle |
32 |
||
Rothley and Thurcaston |
20 |
||
Shepshed East |
12 |
||
Shepshed West |
0 |
||
Sileby |
2 |
||
Syston East |
15 |
||
Syston West |
42 |
||
The Wolds |
9 |
||
Thurmaston |
44 |
||
Wreake Villages |
7 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Billesdon |
3 |
||
Bosworth |
3 |
||
Broughton Astley-Astley |
2 |
||
Broughton Astley-Broughton |
6 |
||
Broughton Astley-Primethorpe |
1 |
||
Broughton Astley-Sutton |
0 |
||
Dunton |
6 |
||
Fleckney |
6 |
||
Glen |
26 |
||
Kibworth |
8 |
||
Lubenham |
16 |
||
Lutterworth Brookfield |
1 |
||
Lutterworth Orchard |
5 |
||
Lutterworth Springs |
-106 |
||
Lutterworth Swift |
-2 |
||
Market Harborough-Great Bowden and Arden |
30 |
||
Market Harborough-Little Bowden |
11 |
||
Market Harborough-Logan |
17 |
||
Market Harborough-Welland |
49 |
||
Misterton |
6 |
||
Nevill |
5 |
||
Peatling |
11 |
||
Thurnby and Houghton |
21 |
||
Tilton |
-72 |
||
Ullesthorpe |
-75 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ambien |
8 |
||
Barlestone Nailstone and Osbaston |
0 |
||
Barwell |
16 |
||
Burbage Sketchley and Stretton |
8 |
||
Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill |
3 |
||
Cadeby Carlton and Market Bosworth with Shackerstone |
16 |
||
Croft Hill |
4 |
||
Earl Shilton |
40 |
||
Groby |
16 |
||
Hinckley Castle |
20 |
||
Hinckley Clarendon |
27 |
||
Hinckley De Montfort |
25 |
||
Hinckley Trinity |
18 |
||
Markfield Stanton and Fieldhead |
6 |
||
Newbold Verdon with Desford and Peckleton |
14 |
||
Ratby Bagworth and Thornton |
4 |
||
Twycross and Witherley with Sheepy |
17 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
79 |
||
Aylestone |
50 |
||
Beaumont Leys |
85 |
||
Belgrave |
35 |
||
Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields |
68 |
||
Castle |
82 |
||
Evington |
67 |
||
Eyres Monsell |
45 |
||
Fosse |
61 |
||
Humberstone & Hamilton |
99 |
||
Knighton |
43 |
||
North Evington |
113 |
||
Rothley and Thurcaston |
20 |
||
Rushey Mead |
92 |
||
Saffron |
34 |
||
Saxondale |
27 |
||
Spinney Hills |
53 |
||
Stoneygate |
98 |
||
Thurncourt |
21 |
||
Troon |
366 |
||
Westcotes |
83 |
||
Western |
42 |
||
Winstanley |
61 |
||
Wycliffe |
44 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Asfordby |
2 |
||
Bottesford |
12 |
||
Croxton Kerrial |
-1 |
||
Frisby-on-the-Wreake |
-2 |
||
Gaddesby |
4 |
||
Long Clawson and Stathern |
8 |
||
Melton Craven |
7 |
||
Melton Dorian |
11 |
||
Melton Egerton |
17 |
||
Melton Newport |
4 |
||
Melton Sysonby |
-3 |
||
Melton Warwick |
25 |
||
Old Dalby |
5 |
||
Somerby |
3 |
||
Waltham-on-the-Wolds |
-1 |
||
Wymondham |
3 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Appleby |
20 |
||
Ashby Castle |
4 |
||
Ashby Holywell |
16 |
||
Ashby Ivanhoe |
13 |
||
Ashby Money Hill |
36 |
||
Ashby Willesley |
12 |
||
Ashby Woulds |
13 |
||
Bardon |
-10 |
||
Blackfordby |
1 |
||
Broom Leys |
2 |
||
Castle Donington Castle |
20 |
||
Castle Donington Central |
8 |
||
Castle Donington Park |
3 |
||
Castle Rock |
5 |
||
Coalville East |
6 |
||
Coalville West |
16 |
||
Daleacre Hill |
-13 |
||
Ellistown & Battleflat |
-2 |
||
Greenhill |
-2 |
||
Hermitage |
-1 |
||
Holly Hayes |
7 |
||
Hugglescote St John's |
2 |
||
Hugglescote St Mary's |
1 |
||
Ibstock East |
11 |
||
Ibstock West |
1 |
||
Kegworth |
5 |
||
Long Whatton & Diseworth |
10 |
||
Measham North |
19 |
||
Measham South |
0 |
||
Oakthorpe & Donisthorpe |
5 |
||
Ravenstone & Packington |
4 |
||
Sence Valley |
0 |
||
Snibston North |
20 |
||
Snibston South |
11 |
||
Thornborough |
3 |
||
Thringstone |
1 |
||
Valley |
13 |
||
Worthington & Breedon |
1 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Oadby Brocks Hill |
14 |
||
Oadby Grange |
35 |
||
Oadby St Peter's |
28 |
||
Oadby Uplands |
12 |
||
Oadby Woodlands |
34 |
||
South Wigston |
13 |
||
Wigston All Saints |
-1 |
||
Wigston Fields |
22 |
||
Wigston Meadowcourt |
18 |
||
Wigston St Wolstan's |
9 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2015 and how Leicestershire compares to them.
| 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 |
17th 2014: 18th
|
Leicestershire |
48,126 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
17th
2014: 18th
|
Leicestershire |
48,126 |
24th
2014: 25th
|
Staffordshire |
44,125 |
25th
2014: 26th
|
Derbyshire |
43,692 |
26th
2014: 24th
|
Nottinghamshire |
43,336 |
28th
2014: 28th
|
Lincolnshire |
39,944 |
29th
2014: 29th
|
Northamptonshire |
39,638 |
34th
2014: 34th
|
Warwickshire |
32,797 |
47th
2014: 47th
|
Rutland |
1,677 |
| 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 |
people
49.1
59.4
How the total number of companies in Leicestershire has changed over the last 5 years as new companies have been formed and some existing companies dissolved.
2011
5,333 formed
3,477 dissolved
2012
5,925 formed
3,446 dissolved
2013
6,193 formed
3,764 dissolved
2014
6,925 formed
4,222 dissolved
2015
7,712 formed
4,538 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
6.8% vs 2011
6.2% vs 2012
6.5% vs 2013
8.6% vs 2014