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Company Formations in 2015: North Yorkshire

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7.1% more companies in North Yorkshire compared to 2014

New businesses in North Yorkshire mapped

Boroughs

  • ACraven: 268
  • BHambleton: 429
  • CHarrogate: 1,225
  • DMiddlesbrough: 922
  • ERedcar and Cleveland: 490
  • FRichmondshire: 210
  • GRyedale: 189
  • HScarborough: 416
  • ISelby: 700
  • JStockton-on-Tees: 325
  • KYork: 1,263

Companies formed in 2015 league table

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

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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
21st 2014: 19th
North Yorkshire
6,437
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
4th 2014: 4th
West Yorkshire
17,066
11th 2014: 11th
Lancashire
10,080
13th 2014: 15th
South Yorkshire
9,290
21st 2014: 19th
North Yorkshire
6,437
38th 2014: 37th
Durham
3,834
40th 2014: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
2,967
43rd 2014: 43rd
Cumbria
2,166
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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 Man standing people

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In North Yorkshire

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Type of companies formed in North Yorkshire breakdown

96% Private Limited Companies (6,156 companies)

4% Other company types (281 companies)

Other company types breakdown (281 companies)

Total companies in North Yorkshire by the end of 2015

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Businesses formed in North Yorkshire during 2015

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Businesses dissolved in North Yorkshire during 2015

meaning there is a total of

46,660

businesses registered in North Yorkshire at the end of 2015.

7.1% more companies in North Yorkshire compared to 2014

Surrounding counties 2015 breakdown & comparison

Cumbria

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

Lancashire

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

South Yorkshire

52,205 total businesses
9,290 formed in 2015
5,359 dissolved in 2015

West Yorkshire

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

Durham

24,091 total businesses
3,834 formed in 2015
2,264 dissolved in 2015

East Riding of Yorkshire

22,144 total businesses
2,967 formed in 2015
1,966 dissolved in 2015

North Yorkshire

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

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Ward breakdown data for

Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Aire Valley with Lothersdale
16
20
4
Barden Fell
8
6
-2
Bentham
15
22
7
Cowling
9
6
-3
Embsay-with-Eastby
5
7
2
Gargrave and Malhamdale
16
15
-1
Glusburn
6
19
13
Grassington
2
10
8
Hellifield and Long Preston
4
8
4
Ingleton and Clapham
8
14
6
Penyghent
4
6
2
Settle and Ribblebanks
3
16
13
Skipton East
4
6
2
Skipton North
23
47
24
Skipton South
12
5
-7
Skipton West
14
31
17
Sutton-in-Craven
3
9
6
Upper Lune Valley
0
0
Upper Wharfedale
9
8
-1
West Craven
9
13
4
Worth Valley
0
0
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Appleton Wiske & Smeatons
7
14
7
Bagby & Thorntons
14
24
10
Bedale
14
44
30
Coulby Newham
22
34
12
Easingwold
26
30
4
Great Ayton
10
27
17
Huby
9
14
5
Hutton Rudby
9
12
3
Morton-on-Swale
6
14
8
Northallerton North & Brompton
10
45
35
Northallerton South
21
18
-3
Osmotherley & Swainby
10
16
6
Raskelf & White Horse
11
18
7
Romanby
5
16
11
Sowerby & Topcliffe
20
23
3
Stokesley
38
67
29
Tanfield
9
19
10
Thirsk
18
28
10
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Bilton
14
18
4
Bishop Monkton
11
11
0
Boroughbridge
17
20
3
Claro
21
22
1
Granby
17
34
17
Harlow Moor
23
48
25
High Harrogate
99
153
54
Hookstone
43
60
17
Killinghall
11
15
4
Kirkby Malzeard
9
14
5
Knaresborough East
4
13
9
Knaresborough King James
30
45
15
Knaresborough Scriven Park
20
15
-5
Low Harrogate
99
155
56
Lower Nidderdale
12
24
12
Marston Moor
16
19
3
Mashamshire
9
19
10
New Park
34
35
1
Newby
25
35
10
Nidd Valley
10
22
12
Ouseburn
1
17
16
Pannal
28
37
9
Pateley Bridge
2
10
8
Ribston
21
41
20
Ripon Minster
25
45
20
Ripon Moorside
5
11
6
Ripon Spa
12
28
16
Rossett
17
35
18
Saltergate
15
21
6
Spofforth with Lower Wharfedale
12
28
16
Starbeck
15
20
5
Stray
25
51
26
Washburn
61
92
31
Wathvale
14
9
-5
Woodfield
7
16
9
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Acklam
13
26
13
Ayresome
9
19
10
Berwick Hills & Pallister
1
13
12
Brambles & Thorntree
11
22
11
Central
153
506
353
Coulby Newham
22
34
12
Hemlington
7
14
7
Kader
11
20
9
Ladgate
8
10
2
Linthorpe
15
29
14
Longlands & Beechwood
19
23
4
Marton East
12
18
6
Marton West
6
22
16
Newport
38
47
9
North Ormesby
8
4
-4
Nunthorpe
22
28
6
Park
34
59
25
Park End & Beckfield
17
17
0
Stainton & Thornton
8
9
1
Trimdon
12
23
11
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Brotton
9
11
2
Coatham
13
28
15
Dormanstown
68
31
-37
Eston
6
24
18
Grangetown
8
7
-1
Guisborough
33
89
56
Hutton
15
32
17
Kirkleatham
14
14
0
Lockwood
2
4
2
Loftus
5
11
6
Longbeck
15
27
12
Mulgrave
6
12
6
Newcomen
2
10
8
Normanby
8
14
6
Ormesby
12
23
11
Saltburn
19
28
9
Skelton
11
17
6
South Bank
27
40
13
St Germain's
10
15
5
Teesville
5
17
12
West Dyke
10
28
18
Westworth
5
9
4
Zetland
6
11
5
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Addlebrough
4
2
-2
Barton
3
6
3
Bolton Castle
3
7
4
Brompton-on-Swale and Scorton
7
22
15
Catterick
4
5
1
Colburn
3
20
17
Croft
4
8
4
Gilling West
2
2
0
Hawes and High Abbotside
5
11
6
Hipswell
4
4
0
Hornby Castle
7
5
-2
Leyburn
7
12
5
Lower Wensleydale
4
5
1
Melsonby
15
29
14
Middleham
2
9
7
Middleton Tyas
1
5
4
Newsham with Eppleby
4
9
5
Penhill
1
1
0
Reeth and Arkengarthdale
1
3
2
Richmond Central
3
5
2
Richmond East
3
7
4
Richmond West
13
26
13
Scotton
2
3
1
Swaledale
5
4
-1
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Amotherby
4
8
4
Ampleforth
5
7
2
Cropton
3
3
0
Dales
4
8
4
Derwent
44
302
258
Helmsley
5
11
6
Hovingham
1
4
3
Kirkbymoorside
8
13
5
Malton
25
36
11
Norton East
5
6
1
Norton West
3
8
5
Pickering East
13
20
7
Pickering West
1
3
2
Rillington
3
3
0
Ryedale South West
5
8
3
Sherburn
4
3
-1
Sheriff Hutton
12
13
1
Sinnington
6
6
0
Thornton Dale
4
6
2
Wolds
7
13
6
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Castle
37
77
40
Cayton
2
10
8
Central
153
506
353
Danby
10
8
-2
Derwent Valley
9
8
-1
Eastfield
3
4
1
Esk Valley
11
10
-1
Falsgrave Park
28
38
10
Filey
11
12
1
Fylingdales
6
8
2
Hertford
8
10
2
Lindhead
4
9
5
Mayfield
9
9
0
Mulgrave
6
12
6
Newby
25
35
10
North Bay
8
10
2
Northstead
4
7
3
Ramshill
6
9
3
Scalby Hackness and Staintondale
13
15
2
Seamer
13
31
18
Stepney
13
22
9
Streonshalh
9
11
2
Weaponness
9
20
11
Whitby West Cliff
19
35
16
Woodlands
6
7
1
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Appleton Roebuck & Church Fenton
11
45
34
Barlby Village
4
10
6
Brayton
15
28
13
Byram & Brotherton
11
20
9
Camblesforth & Carlton
12
21
9
Cawood & Wistow
10
20
10
Derwent
44
302
258
Eggborough
13
7
-6
Escrick
13
19
6
Hambleton
6
19
13
Marston Moor
16
19
3
Monk Fryston
14
23
9
Riccall
4
9
5
Selby East
19
37
18
Selby West
11
31
20
Sherburn in Elmet
32
48
16
South Milford
10
13
3
Tadcaster
20
25
5
Thorpe Willoughby
5
5
0
Whitley
21
28
7
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ingleby Barwick East
29
65
36
Ingleby Barwick West
45
58
13
Mandale and Victoria
39
64
25
Stainsby Hill
14
26
12
Village
4
21
17
Yarm
77
91
14
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Acomb
8
31
23
Bishopthorpe
7
17
10
Clifton
14
42
28
Copmanthorpe
17
23
6
Dringhouses & Woodthorpe
13
46
33
Fishergate
22
37
15
Fulford & Heslington
16
52
36
Guildhall
69
155
86
Haxby & Wigginton
19
22
3
Heworth
28
58
30
Heworth Without
2
6
4
Holgate
28
58
30
Hull Road
35
87
52
Huntington & New Earswick
31
44
13
Micklegate
48
67
19
Osbaldwick & Derwent
25
45
20
Rawcliffe & Clifton Without
121
184
63
Rural West York
129
124
-5
Strensall
17
28
11
Westfield
24
56
32
Wheldrake
17
81
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Total companies 2015 league table

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

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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
20th 2014: 21st
North Yorkshire
46,660
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County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
5th 2014: 5th
West Yorkshire
102,450
11th 2014: 11th
Lancashire
65,240
16th 2014: 16th
South Yorkshire
52,205
20th 2014: 21st
North Yorkshire
46,660
39th 2014: 39th
Durham
24,091
40th 2014: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
22,144
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

Total companies at the end of 2015 per 1000 Person people

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43.5

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The last 5 years

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

2011

5,085 formed

2,911 dissolved

2012

5,425 formed

2,976 dissolved

2013

5,752 formed

3,275 dissolved

2014

6,537 formed

3,603 dissolved

2015

6,437 formed

3,562 dissolved

Overall growth compared to previous year

6.9% vs 2011

6.5% vs 2012

7.2% vs 2013

7.1% vs 2014