2013
8,306 formed
5,778 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Berkshire during 2017
2.9% more companies in Berkshire compared to 2016
Bracknell Forest 805 formed
Reading 1,564 formed
Slough 1,985 formed
West Berkshire 1,419 formed
Windsor and Maidenhead 1,661 formed
Wokingham 1,235 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Berkshire compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2016: 1st
|
London |
205,527 |
2nd
2016: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
31,124 |
3rd
2016: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
26,802 |
4th
2016: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
16,604 |
5th
2016: 6th
|
Essex |
15,922 |
15th 2016: 16th
|
Berkshire |
8,679 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2016: 1st
|
London |
205,527 |
8th
2016: 9th
|
Hampshire |
13,642 |
11th
2016: 12th
|
Surrey |
11,009 |
15th
2016: 16th
|
Berkshire |
8,679 |
17th
2016: 17th
|
Buckinghamshire |
7,992 |
33rd
2016: 11th
|
Wiltshire |
5,227 |
37th
2016: 36th
|
Oxfordshire |
4,612 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2016: 1st
|
London |
205,527 |
2nd 2016: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
31,124 |
3rd 2016: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
26,802 |
4th 2016: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
16,604 |
5th 2016: 6th
|
Essex |
15,922 |
6th 2016: 8th
|
Kent |
14,860 |
7th 2016: 5th
|
Hertfordshire |
13,752 |
8th 2016: 9th
|
Hampshire |
13,642 |
9th 2016: 7th
|
Cheshire |
11,619 |
10th 2016: 13th
|
Merseyside |
11,016 |
11th 2016: 12th
|
Surrey |
11,009 |
12th 2016: 14th
|
Lancashire |
10,646 |
13th 2016: 18th
|
Leicestershire |
10,566 |
14th 2016: 22nd
|
Northamptonshire |
9,958 |
15th 2016: 16th
|
Berkshire |
8,679 |
16th 2016: 15th
|
South Yorkshire |
8,325 |
17th 2016: 17th
|
Buckinghamshire |
7,992 |
18th 2016: 24th
|
Worcestershire |
7,804 |
19th 2016: 20th
|
East Sussex |
7,318 |
20th 2016: 19th
|
Dorset |
7,242 |
21st 2016: 23rd
|
Nottinghamshire |
6,937 |
22nd 2016: 25th
|
North Yorkshire |
6,766 |
23rd 2016: 10th
|
Bedfordshire |
6,469 |
24th 2016: 21st
|
Staffordshire |
6,449 |
25th 2016: 28th
|
Cambridgeshire |
6,384 |
26th 2016: 26th
|
Tyne and Wear |
6,166 |
27th 2016: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
5,803 |
28th 2016: 30th
|
Devon |
5,615 |
29th 2016: 29th
|
West Sussex |
5,598 |
30th 2016: 32nd
|
Gloucestershire |
5,447 |
31st 2016: 31st
|
Lincolnshire |
5,414 |
32nd 2016: 33rd
|
Somerset |
5,329 |
33rd 2016: 11th
|
Wiltshire |
5,227 |
34th 2016: 34th
|
Bristol |
4,744 |
35th 2016: 39th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
4,646 |
36th 2016: 35th
|
Warwickshire |
4,617 |
37th 2016: 36th
|
Oxfordshire |
4,612 |
38th 2016: 37th
|
Norfolk |
4,399 |
39th 2016: 38th
|
Suffolk |
4,145 |
40th 2016: 40th
|
Durham |
4,077 |
41st 2016: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
2,665 |
42nd 2016: 41st
|
Shropshire |
2,474 |
43rd 2016: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,215 |
44th 2016: 44th
|
Northumberland |
1,360 |
45th 2016: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
906 |
46th 2016: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
528 |
47th 2016: 47th
|
Rutland |
186 |
people
10.0
10.0
97% Private Limited Companies (8,441 companies)
3% Other company types (238 companies)
Other company types breakdown (238 companies)
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Businesses formed in Berkshire during 2017
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Businesses dissolved in Berkshire during 2017
66,738
businesses registered in Berkshire at the end of 2017.
2.9% more companies in Berkshire compared to 2016
Hampshire
106,588 total businesses
13,642 formed in 2017
11,069 dissolved in 2017
Buckinghamshire
64,538 total businesses
7,992 formed in 2017
6,695 dissolved in 2017
Oxfordshire
39,736 total businesses
4,612 formed in 2017
3,390 dissolved in 2017
Surrey
96,847 total businesses
11,009 formed in 2017
10,367 dissolved in 2017
London
1,114,699 total businesses
205,527 formed in 2017
153,566 dissolved in 2017
Wiltshire
36,977 total businesses
5,227 formed in 2017
9,759 dissolved in 2017
Berkshire
66,738 total businesses
8,679 formed in 2017
7,336 dissolved in 2017
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ascot |
-4 |
||
Binfield with Warfield |
28 |
||
Bullbrook |
-11 |
||
Central Sandhurst |
3 |
||
College Town |
10 |
||
Crown Wood |
15 |
||
Crowthorne |
43 |
||
Great Hollands North |
10 |
||
Great Hollands South |
9 |
||
Hanworth |
8 |
||
Harmans Water |
11 |
||
Little Sandhurst and Wellington |
15 |
||
Old Bracknell |
11 |
||
Owlsmoor |
8 |
||
Priestwood and Garth |
18 |
||
Warfield Harvest Ride |
25 |
||
Wildridings and Central |
6 |
||
Winkfield and Cranbourne |
-7 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
4 |
||
Battle |
36 |
||
Caversham |
41 |
||
Church |
10 |
||
Katesgrove |
-17 |
||
Kentwood |
9 |
||
Mapledurham |
-7 |
||
Minster |
18 |
||
Norcot |
28 |
||
Park |
14 |
||
Peppard |
8 |
||
Redlands |
9 |
||
Southcote |
17 |
||
Thames |
-3 |
||
Tilehurst |
21 |
||
Whitley |
-13 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Baylis and Stoke |
22 |
||
Britwell and Northborough |
22 |
||
Central |
76 |
||
Chalvey |
23 |
||
Cippenham Green |
42 |
||
Cippenham Meadows |
41 |
||
Colnbrook with Poyle |
7 |
||
Elliman |
26 |
||
Farnham |
-17 |
||
Foxborough |
5 |
||
Haymill and Lynch Hill |
40 |
||
Langley Kedermister |
31 |
||
Langley St Mary's |
52 |
||
Upton |
18 |
||
Wexham Lea |
19 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Aldermaston |
-143 |
||
Basildon |
10 |
||
Birch Copse |
-3 |
||
Bucklebury |
-6 |
||
Burghfield |
37 |
||
Calcot |
9 |
||
Chieveley |
5 |
||
Clay Hill |
-13 |
||
Cold Ash |
11 |
||
Compton |
1 |
||
Downlands |
6 |
||
Falkland |
12 |
||
Greenham |
14 |
||
Hungerford |
17 |
||
Kintbury |
3 |
||
Lambourn Valley |
10 |
||
Mortimer |
2 |
||
Northcroft |
6 |
||
Pangbourne |
22 |
||
Purley on Thames |
3 |
||
Speen |
0 |
||
St James's |
0 |
||
St Johns |
40 |
||
Sulhamstead |
10 |
||
Thatcham Central |
0 |
||
Thatcham North |
12 |
||
Thatcham South and Crookham |
1 |
||
Thatcham West |
12 |
||
Theale |
-20 |
||
Victoria |
30 |
||
Westwood |
-6 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ascot and Cheapside |
8 |
||
Belmont |
-5 |
||
Bisham and Cookham |
-10 |
||
Boyn Hill |
21 |
||
Bray |
19 |
||
Castle Without |
-7 |
||
Clewer East |
5 |
||
Clewer North |
7 |
||
Clewer South |
9 |
||
Cox Green |
26 |
||
Datchet |
11 |
||
Eton and Castle |
6 |
||
Eton Wick |
-5 |
||
Furze Platt |
2 |
||
Horton and Wraysbury |
27 |
||
Hurley and Walthams |
34 |
||
Maidenhead Riverside |
24 |
||
Old Windsor |
8 |
||
Oldfield |
-2 |
||
Park |
14 |
||
Pinkneys Green |
36 |
||
Sunningdale |
34 |
||
Sunninghill and South Ascot |
42 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Arborfield |
15 |
||
Barkham |
3 |
||
Bulmershe and Whitegates |
3 |
||
Charvil |
14 |
||
Coronation |
-4 |
||
Emmbrook |
-3 |
||
Evendons |
9 |
||
Finchampstead North |
11 |
||
Finchampstead South |
-14 |
||
Hawkedon |
15 |
||
Hillside |
22 |
||
Hurst |
24 |
||
Loddon |
8 |
||
Maiden Erlegh |
3 |
||
Norreys |
11 |
||
Remenham Wargrave and Ruscombe |
35 |
||
Shinfield North |
2 |
||
Shinfield South |
8 |
||
Sonning |
19 |
||
South Lake |
11 |
||
Swallowfield |
14 |
||
Twyford |
-9 |
||
Wescott |
35 |
||
Winnersh |
-40 |
||
Wokingham Without |
-1 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2017 and how Berkshire compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2016: 1st
|
London |
1,114,699 |
2nd
2016: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
177,360 |
3rd
2016: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
159,647 |
4th
2016: 4th
|
Essex |
116,669 |
5th
2016: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
113,471 |
12th 2016: 12th
|
Berkshire |
66,738 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2016: 1st
|
London |
1,114,699 |
6th
2016: 7th
|
Hampshire |
106,588 |
9th
2016: 9th
|
Surrey |
96,847 |
12th
2016: 12th
|
Berkshire |
66,738 |
14th
2016: 14th
|
Buckinghamshire |
64,538 |
31st
2016: 33rd
|
Oxfordshire |
39,736 |
34th
2016: 29th
|
Wiltshire |
36,977 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2016: 1st
|
London |
1,114,699 |
2nd 2016: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
177,360 |
3rd 2016: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
159,647 |
4th 2016: 4th
|
Essex |
116,669 |
5th 2016: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
113,471 |
6th 2016: 7th
|
Hampshire |
106,588 |
7th 2016: 6th
|
Hertfordshire |
105,506 |
8th 2016: 8th
|
Kent |
105,182 |
9th 2016: 9th
|
Surrey |
96,847 |
10th 2016: 10th
|
Cheshire |
76,254 |
11th 2016: 11th
|
Lancashire |
71,294 |
12th 2016: 12th
|
Berkshire |
66,738 |
13th 2016: 13th
|
East Sussex |
64,805 |
14th 2016: 14th
|
Buckinghamshire |
64,538 |
15th 2016: 15th
|
Merseyside |
63,781 |
16th 2016: 17th
|
Leicestershire |
57,830 |
17th 2016: 16th
|
South Yorkshire |
56,932 |
18th 2016: 18th
|
Dorset |
52,411 |
19th 2016: 20th
|
North Yorkshire |
50,798 |
20th 2016: 19th
|
West Sussex |
49,845 |
21st 2016: 21st
|
Gloucestershire |
49,129 |
22nd 2016: 22nd
|
Devon |
48,848 |
23rd 2016: 23rd
|
Staffordshire |
47,930 |
24th 2016: 24th
|
Somerset |
47,912 |
25th 2016: 25th
|
Nottinghamshire |
47,771 |
26th 2016: 31st
|
Northamptonshire |
46,778 |
27th 2016: 28th
|
Cambridgeshire |
46,059 |
28th 2016: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
44,849 |
29th 2016: 30th
|
Lincolnshire |
41,976 |
30th 2016: 32nd
|
Tyne and Wear |
40,273 |
31st 2016: 33rd
|
Oxfordshire |
39,736 |
32nd 2016: 26th
|
Bedfordshire |
38,894 |
33rd 2016: 36th
|
Worcestershire |
38,764 |
34th 2016: 29th
|
Wiltshire |
36,977 |
35th 2016: 34th
|
Norfolk |
36,459 |
36th 2016: 35th
|
Warwickshire |
35,844 |
37th 2016: 37th
|
Suffolk |
33,994 |
38th 2016: 38th
|
Bristol |
32,106 |
39th 2016: 39th
|
Durham |
26,562 |
40th 2016: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
25,585 |
41st 2016: 41st
|
Shropshire |
21,473 |
42nd 2016: 43rd
|
Cornwall |
20,746 |
43rd 2016: 42nd
|
Cumbria |
20,316 |
44th 2016: 44th
|
Northumberland |
10,100 |
45th 2016: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
8,627 |
46th 2016: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
5,125 |
47th 2016: 47th
|
Rutland |
1,797 |
people
77.3
65.1
How the total number of companies in Berkshire has changed over the last 5 years as new companies have been formed and some existing companies dissolved.
2013
8,306 formed
5,778 dissolved
2014
8,880 formed
6,215 dissolved
2015
9,135 formed
6,380 dissolved
2016
9,081 formed
7,364 dissolved
2017
8,679 formed
7,336 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
4.6% vs 2013
4.9% vs 2014
2.6% vs 2015
2.9% vs 2016