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Company Formations in 2019: Berkshire

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???? Businesses formed in Berkshire during 2019

1.9% more companies in Berkshire compared to 2018

New businesses in Berkshire mapped

Bracknell Forest 777 formed

Reading 1,652 formed

Slough 2,183 formed

West Berkshire 1,366 formed

Windsor and Maidenhead 1,667 formed

Wokingham 1,342 formed

Companies formed in 2019 league table

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

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Rank
County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
1st 2018: 1st
London
222,468
2nd 2018: 3rd
Greater Manchester
31,440
3rd 2018: 2nd
West Midlands
29,676
4th 2018: 4th
West Yorkshire
18,752
5th 2018: 5th
Essex
17,816
16th 2018: 13th
Berkshire
9,009
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
1st 2018: 1st
London
222,468
8th 2018: 8th
Hampshire
15,174
12th 2018: 12th
Surrey
11,032
16th 2018: 13th
Berkshire
9,009
17th 2018: 14th
Buckinghamshire
8,835
34th 2018: 36th
Oxfordshire
5,087
39th 2018: 38th
Wiltshire
4,428
Rank
County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
1st 2018: 1st
London
222,468
2nd 2018: 3rd
Greater Manchester
31,440
3rd 2018: 2nd
West Midlands
29,676
4th 2018: 4th
West Yorkshire
18,752
5th 2018: 5th
Essex
17,816
6th 2018: 7th
Kent
15,963
7th 2018: 6th
Hertfordshire
15,231
8th 2018: 8th
Hampshire
15,174
9th 2018: 9th
Cheshire
12,221
10th 2018: 10th
Merseyside
11,866
11th 2018: 11th
Lancashire
11,229
12th 2018: 12th
Surrey
11,032
13th 2018: 15th
Leicestershire
10,825
14th 2018: 22nd
Worcestershire
9,971
15th 2018: 16th
South Yorkshire
9,325
16th 2018: 13th
Berkshire
9,009
17th 2018: 14th
Buckinghamshire
8,835
18th 2018: 18th
Northamptonshire
8,393
19th 2018: 17th
Dorset
8,020
20th 2018: 19th
East Sussex
7,706
21st 2018: 20th
Nottinghamshire
7,348
22nd 2018: 23rd
North Yorkshire
7,260
23rd 2018: 25th
Tyne and Wear
7,132
24th 2018: 26th
Staffordshire
6,927
25th 2018: 24th
Cambridgeshire
6,779
26th 2018: 21st
Bedfordshire
6,766
27th 2018: 27th
Derbyshire
6,522
28th 2018: 30th
Devon
6,196
29th 2018: 28th
West Sussex
6,154
30th 2018: 29th
Lincolnshire
6,042
31st 2018: 32nd
Somerset
6,041
32nd 2018: 31st
Gloucestershire
5,971
33rd 2018: 34th
Warwickshire
5,256
34th 2018: 36th
Oxfordshire
5,087
35th 2018: 35th
Bristol
5,040
36th 2018: 37th
Norfolk
4,731
37th 2018: 33rd
Durham
4,623
38th 2018: 39th
Suffolk
4,518
39th 2018: 38th
Wiltshire
4,428
40th 2018: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
3,258
41st 2018: 42nd
Shropshire
3,231
42nd 2018: 41st
Cornwall
2,948
43rd 2018: 43rd
Cumbria
2,171
44th 2018: 44th
Northumberland
1,531
45th 2018: 45th
Herefordshire
1,499
46th 2018: 46th
Isle of Wight
675
47th 2018: 47th
Rutland
230

New incorporations in 2019 per 1000 Man standing people

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In Berkshire

10.4

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10.9

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Type of companies formed in Berkshire breakdown

97% Private Limited Companies (8,712 companies)

3% Other company types (297 companies)

Other company types breakdown (297 companies)

Total companies in Berkshire by the end of 2019

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Businesses formed in Berkshire during 2019

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Businesses dissolved in Berkshire during 2019

meaning there is a total of

70,177

businesses registered in Berkshire at the end of 2019.

1.9% more companies in Berkshire compared to 2018

Surrounding counties 2019 breakdown & comparison

Hampshire

114,831 total businesses
15,174 formed in 2019
11,723 dissolved in 2019

Buckinghamshire

69,470 total businesses
8,835 formed in 2019
9,133 dissolved in 2019

Oxfordshire

42,461 total businesses
5,087 formed in 2019
3,723 dissolved in 2019

Surrey

100,643 total businesses
11,032 formed in 2019
9,568 dissolved in 2019

London

1,204,778 total businesses
222,468 formed in 2019
166,945 dissolved in 2019

Wiltshire

37,182 total businesses
4,428 formed in 2019
4,156 dissolved in 2019

Berkshire

70,177 total businesses
9,009 formed in 2019
7,831 dissolved in 2019

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Ward breakdown data for

Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ascot
35
43
8
Binfield with Warfield
68
62
-6
Bullbrook
27
36
9
Central Sandhurst
16
23
7
College Town
31
35
4
Crown Wood
46
34
-12
Crowthorne
61
61
0
Great Hollands North
41
56
15
Great Hollands South
25
27
2
Hanworth
35
34
-1
Harmans Water
43
79
36
Little Sandhurst and Wellington
31
40
9
Old Bracknell
28
23
-5
Owlsmoor
10
21
11
Priestwood and Garth
75
69
-6
Warfield Harvest Ride
45
46
1
Wildridings and Central
36
45
9
Winkfield and Cranbourne
31
43
12
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Abbey
401
379
-22
Battle
113
148
35
Caversham
73
72
-1
Church
43
67
24
Katesgrove
202
231
29
Kentwood
49
78
29
Mapledurham
15
20
5
Minster
64
83
19
Norcot
55
63
8
Park
120
134
14
Peppard
44
64
20
Redlands
51
67
16
Southcote
48
49
1
Thames
49
46
-3
Tilehurst
49
72
23
Whitley
110
131
21
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Baylis and Stoke
108
140
32
Britwell and Northborough
76
105
29
Central
345
291
-54
Chalvey
145
159
14
Cippenham Green
109
146
37
Cippenham Meadows
111
163
52
Colnbrook with Poyle
100
118
18
Elliman
85
146
61
Farnham
138
183
45
Foxborough
18
35
17
Haymill and Lynch Hill
98
131
33
Langley Kedermister
106
149
43
Langley St Mary's
96
139
43
Upton
119
164
45
Wexham Lea
82
114
32
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Aldermaston
285
145
-140
Basildon
30
34
4
Birch Copse
29
29
0
Bucklebury
32
35
3
Burghfield
43
64
21
Calcot
32
55
23
Chieveley
11
14
3
Clay Hill
29
32
3
Cold Ash
16
19
3
Compton
34
22
-12
Downlands
28
21
-7
Falkland
22
27
5
Greenham
62
67
5
Hungerford
55
77
22
Kintbury
17
24
7
Lambourn Valley
26
27
1
Mortimer
27
28
1
Northcroft
113
138
25
Pangbourne
27
31
4
Purley on Thames
23
54
31
Speen
36
31
-5
St James's
0
0
St Johns
52
71
19
Sulhamstead
20
9
-11
Thatcham Central
35
39
4
Thatcham North
11
23
12
Thatcham South and Crookham
25
31
6
Thatcham West
16
24
8
Theale
66
62
-4
Victoria
95
124
29
Westwood
7
9
2
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ascot and Cheapside
81
83
2
Belmont
83
91
8
Bisham and Cookham
47
61
14
Boyn Hill
73
85
12
Bray
98
101
3
Castle Without
99
188
89
Clewer East
35
32
-3
Clewer North
55
83
28
Clewer South
38
32
-6
Cox Green
49
49
0
Datchet
61
50
-11
Eton and Castle
35
35
0
Eton Wick
10
22
12
Furze Platt
47
56
9
Horton and Wraysbury
48
73
25
Hurley and Walthams
70
72
2
Maidenhead Riverside
73
64
-9
Old Windsor
34
36
2
Oldfield
159
175
16
Park
120
134
14
Pinkneys Green
45
47
2
Sunningdale
46
64
18
Sunninghill and South Ascot
92
116
24
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Arborfield
18
15
-3
Barkham
13
24
11
Bulmershe and Whitegates
120
94
-26
Charvil
24
30
6
Coronation
26
43
17
Emmbrook
64
75
11
Evendons
71
79
8
Finchampstead North
34
43
9
Finchampstead South
40
30
-10
Hawkedon
49
81
32
Hillside
37
50
13
Hurst
33
54
21
Loddon
45
41
-4
Maiden Erlegh
52
74
22
Norreys
44
41
-3
Remenham Wargrave and Ruscombe
50
50
0
Shinfield North
25
30
5
Shinfield South
66
122
56
Sonning
22
22
0
South Lake
21
26
5
Swallowfield
40
39
-1
Twyford
24
30
6
Wescott
86
103
17
Winnersh
158
93
-65
Wokingham Without
36
53
17

Total companies 2019 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2019 and how Berkshire compares to them.

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Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2018: 1st
London
1,204,778
2nd 2018: 2nd
Greater Manchester
189,867
3rd 2018: 3rd
West Midlands
173,134
4th 2018: 4th
Essex
128,433
5th 2018: 5th
West Yorkshire
123,678
12th 2018: 13th
Berkshire
70,177
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2018: 1st
London
1,204,778
6th 2018: 7th
Hampshire
114,831
9th 2018: 9th
Surrey
100,643
12th 2018: 13th
Berkshire
70,177
13th 2018: 12th
Buckinghamshire
69,470
32nd 2018: 32nd
Oxfordshire
42,461
36th 2018: 36th
Wiltshire
37,182
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2018: 1st
London
1,204,778
2nd 2018: 2nd
Greater Manchester
189,867
3rd 2018: 3rd
West Midlands
173,134
4th 2018: 4th
Essex
128,433
5th 2018: 5th
West Yorkshire
123,678
6th 2018: 7th
Hampshire
114,831
7th 2018: 8th
Kent
113,551
8th 2018: 6th
Hertfordshire
113,106
9th 2018: 9th
Surrey
100,643
10th 2018: 10th
Cheshire
80,108
11th 2018: 11th
Lancashire
77,937
12th 2018: 13th
Berkshire
70,177
13th 2018: 12th
Buckinghamshire
69,470
14th 2018: 15th
Merseyside
68,401
15th 2018: 14th
East Sussex
67,545
16th 2018: 16th
Leicestershire
63,315
17th 2018: 17th
South Yorkshire
60,360
18th 2018: 18th
Dorset
57,606
19th 2018: 19th
North Yorkshire
54,481
20th 2018: 21st
Devon
53,264
21st 2018: 20th
West Sussex
52,825
22nd 2018: 22nd
Gloucestershire
52,494
23rd 2018: 24th
Somerset
51,957
24th 2018: 25th
Staffordshire
51,758
25th 2018: 23rd
Nottinghamshire
51,677
26th 2018: 26th
Cambridgeshire
50,160
27th 2018: 28th
Northamptonshire
49,144
28th 2018: 27th
Derbyshire
48,355
29th 2018: 29th
Lincolnshire
45,109
30th 2018: 30th
Tyne and Wear
44,237
31st 2018: 33rd
Worcestershire
43,247
32nd 2018: 32nd
Oxfordshire
42,461
33rd 2018: 31st
Bedfordshire
42,145
34th 2018: 35th
Warwickshire
38,998
35th 2018: 34th
Norfolk
38,911
36th 2018: 36th
Wiltshire
37,182
37th 2018: 37th
Suffolk
36,907
38th 2018: 38th
Bristol
33,594
39th 2018: 39th
Durham
29,218
40th 2018: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
25,383
41st 2018: 41st
Shropshire
23,741
42nd 2018: 42nd
Cornwall
23,037
43rd 2018: 43rd
Cumbria
21,286
44th 2018: 44th
Northumberland
10,879
45th 2018: 45th
Herefordshire
10,498
46th 2018: 46th
Isle of Wight
5,705
47th 2018: 47th
Rutland
1,904

Total companies at the end of 2019 per 1000 Person people

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81.2

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National Average

70.7

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The last 5 years

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.

2015

9,135 formed

6,380 dissolved

2016

9,081 formed

7,364 dissolved

2017

8,679 formed

7,336 dissolved

2018

9,166 formed

7,333 dissolved

2019

9,009 formed

7,831 dissolved

Overall growth compared to previous year

2.6% vs 2015

2.95% vs 2016

3.17% vs 2017

1.9% vs 2018