2016
9,081 formed
7,364 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Berkshire during 2020
4.7% more companies in Berkshire compared to 2019
Bracknell Forest 879 formed
Reading 1,826 formed
Slough 2,801 formed
West Berkshire 1,198 formed
Windsor and Maidenhead 1,782 formed
Wokingham 1,415 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Berkshire compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2019: 1st
|
London |
270,114 |
2nd
2019: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
37,202 |
3rd
2019: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
36,288 |
4th
2019: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
22,615 |
5th
2019: 5th
|
Essex |
19,277 |
15th 2019: 16th
|
Berkshire |
9,920 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2019: 1st
|
London |
270,114 |
7th
2019: 8th
|
Hampshire |
15,534 |
12th
2019: 12th
|
Surrey |
11,997 |
15th
2019: 16th
|
Berkshire |
9,920 |
16th
2019: 17th
|
Buckinghamshire |
9,394 |
34th
2019: 34th
|
Oxfordshire |
5,363 |
39th
2019: 39th
|
Wiltshire |
4,645 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2019: 1st
|
London |
270,114 |
2nd 2019: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
37,202 |
3rd 2019: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
36,288 |
4th 2019: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
22,615 |
5th 2019: 5th
|
Essex |
19,277 |
6th 2019: 6th
|
Kent |
18,501 |
7th 2019: 8th
|
Hampshire |
15,534 |
8th 2019: 7th
|
Hertfordshire |
14,464 |
9th 2019: 10th
|
Merseyside |
13,410 |
10th 2019: 11th
|
Lancashire |
12,655 |
11th 2019: 13th
|
Leicestershire |
12,543 |
12th 2019: 12th
|
Surrey |
11,997 |
13th 2019: 9th
|
Cheshire |
11,017 |
14th 2019: 15th
|
South Yorkshire |
10,450 |
15th 2019: 16th
|
Berkshire |
9,920 |
16th 2019: 17th
|
Buckinghamshire |
9,394 |
17th 2019: 21st
|
Nottinghamshire |
8,760 |
18th 2019: 26th
|
Bedfordshire |
8,238 |
19th 2019: 22nd
|
North Yorkshire |
8,200 |
20th 2019: 20th
|
East Sussex |
8,149 |
21st 2019: 23rd
|
Tyne and Wear |
7,867 |
22nd 2019: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
7,720 |
23rd 2019: 18th
|
Northamptonshire |
7,534 |
24th 2019: 25th
|
Cambridgeshire |
7,516 |
25th 2019: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
7,413 |
26th 2019: 19th
|
Dorset |
7,253 |
27th 2019: 28th
|
Devon |
7,174 |
28th 2019: 14th
|
Worcestershire |
6,955 |
29th 2019: 29th
|
West Sussex |
6,880 |
30th 2019: 30th
|
Lincolnshire |
6,475 |
31st 2019: 31st
|
Somerset |
6,432 |
32nd 2019: 32nd
|
Gloucestershire |
6,419 |
33rd 2019: 35th
|
Bristol |
5,559 |
34th 2019: 34th
|
Oxfordshire |
5,363 |
35th 2019: 38th
|
Suffolk |
5,105 |
36th 2019: 37th
|
Durham |
5,083 |
37th 2019: 36th
|
Norfolk |
5,006 |
38th 2019: 33rd
|
Warwickshire |
4,920 |
39th 2019: 39th
|
Wiltshire |
4,645 |
40th 2019: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
3,667 |
41st 2019: 41st
|
Shropshire |
3,386 |
42nd 2019: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
2,951 |
43rd 2019: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,333 |
44th 2019: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
2,327 |
45th 2019: 44th
|
Northumberland |
1,560 |
46th 2019: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
765 |
47th 2019: 47th
|
Rutland |
410 |
people
11.5
12.3
97% Private Limited Companies (9,655 companies)
3% Other company types (265 companies)
Other company types breakdown (265 companies)
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Businesses formed in Berkshire during 2020
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Businesses dissolved in Berkshire during 2020
73,492
businesses registered in Berkshire at the end of 2020.
4.7% more companies in Berkshire compared to 2019
Hampshire
121,331 total businesses
15,534 formed in 2020
9,709 dissolved in 2020
Buckinghamshire
73,748 total businesses
9,394 formed in 2020
6,115 dissolved in 2020
Oxfordshire
45,071 total businesses
5,363 formed in 2020
3,171 dissolved in 2020
Surrey
105,715 total businesses
11,997 formed in 2020
7,657 dissolved in 2020
London
1,338,261 total businesses
270,114 formed in 2020
118,911 dissolved in 2020
Wiltshire
39,022 total businesses
4,645 formed in 2020
3,195 dissolved in 2020
Berkshire
73,492 total businesses
9,920 formed in 2020
6,284 dissolved in 2020
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ascot |
22 |
||
Binfield with Warfield |
26 |
||
Bullbrook |
-3 |
||
Central Sandhurst |
-9 |
||
College Town |
6 |
||
Crown Wood |
21 |
||
Crowthorne |
30 |
||
Great Hollands North |
31 |
||
Great Hollands South |
10 |
||
Hanworth |
24 |
||
Harmans Water |
20 |
||
Little Sandhurst and Wellington |
7 |
||
Old Bracknell |
15 |
||
Owlsmoor |
-3 |
||
Priestwood and Garth |
40 |
||
Warfield Harvest Ride |
5 |
||
Wildridings and Central |
4 |
||
Winkfield and Cranbourne |
5 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
135 |
||
Battle |
71 |
||
Caversham |
21 |
||
Church |
19 |
||
Katesgrove |
77 |
||
Kentwood |
39 |
||
Mapledurham |
-2 |
||
Minster |
44 |
||
Norcot |
34 |
||
Park |
84 |
||
Peppard |
-1 |
||
Redlands |
17 |
||
Southcote |
38 |
||
Thames |
11 |
||
Tilehurst |
20 |
||
Whitley |
81 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Baylis and Stoke |
94 |
||
Britwell and Northborough |
65 |
||
Central |
187 |
||
Chalvey |
158 |
||
Cippenham Green |
98 |
||
Cippenham Meadows |
122 |
||
Colnbrook with Poyle |
130 |
||
Elliman |
101 |
||
Farnham |
155 |
||
Foxborough |
27 |
||
Haymill and Lynch Hill |
78 |
||
Langley Kedermister |
86 |
||
Langley St Mary's |
111 |
||
Upton |
94 |
||
Wexham Lea |
95 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Aldermaston |
-126 |
||
Basildon |
4 |
||
Birch Copse |
1 |
||
Bucklebury |
14 |
||
Burghfield |
19 |
||
Calcot |
23 |
||
Chieveley |
2 |
||
Clay Hill |
16 |
||
Cold Ash |
-4 |
||
Compton |
5 |
||
Downlands |
12 |
||
Falkland |
-11 |
||
Greenham |
21 |
||
Hungerford |
28 |
||
Kintbury |
11 |
||
Lambourn Valley |
8 |
||
Mortimer |
18 |
||
Northcroft |
-32 |
||
Pangbourne |
22 |
||
Purley on Thames |
14 |
||
Speen |
10 |
||
St James's |
0 |
||
St Johns |
39 |
||
Sulhamstead |
10 |
||
Thatcham Central |
-3 |
||
Thatcham North |
3 |
||
Thatcham South and Crookham |
4 |
||
Thatcham West |
13 |
||
Theale |
-2 |
||
Victoria |
20 |
||
Westwood |
6 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ascot and Cheapside |
8 |
||
Belmont |
41 |
||
Bisham and Cookham |
38 |
||
Boyn Hill |
35 |
||
Bray |
21 |
||
Castle Without |
62 |
||
Clewer East |
21 |
||
Clewer North |
28 |
||
Clewer South |
20 |
||
Cox Green |
-6 |
||
Datchet |
40 |
||
Eton and Castle |
5 |
||
Eton Wick |
16 |
||
Furze Platt |
16 |
||
Horton and Wraysbury |
63 |
||
Hurley and Walthams |
39 |
||
Maidenhead Riverside |
39 |
||
Old Windsor |
19 |
||
Oldfield |
43 |
||
Park |
84 |
||
Pinkneys Green |
11 |
||
Sunningdale |
46 |
||
Sunninghill and South Ascot |
35 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Arborfield |
4 |
||
Barkham |
-3 |
||
Bulmershe and Whitegates |
30 |
||
Charvil |
8 |
||
Coronation |
14 |
||
Emmbrook |
3 |
||
Evendons |
5 |
||
Finchampstead North |
16 |
||
Finchampstead South |
-14 |
||
Hawkedon |
44 |
||
Hillside |
9 |
||
Hurst |
32 |
||
Loddon |
13 |
||
Maiden Erlegh |
23 |
||
Norreys |
32 |
||
Remenham Wargrave and Ruscombe |
34 |
||
Shinfield North |
12 |
||
Shinfield South |
33 |
||
Sonning |
-6 |
||
South Lake |
-3 |
||
Swallowfield |
19 |
||
Twyford |
4 |
||
Wescott |
41 |
||
Winnersh |
2 |
||
Wokingham Without |
2 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2020 and how Berkshire compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2019: 1st
|
London |
1,338,261 |
2nd
2019: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
207,946 |
3rd
2019: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
191,692 |
4th
2019: 4th
|
Essex |
137,310 |
5th
2019: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
135,276 |
14th 2019: 12th
|
Berkshire |
73,492 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2019: 1st
|
London |
1,338,261 |
7th
2019: 6th
|
Hampshire |
121,331 |
9th
2019: 9th
|
Surrey |
105,715 |
13th
2019: 13th
|
Buckinghamshire |
73,748 |
14th
2019: 12th
|
Berkshire |
73,492 |
32nd
2019: 32nd
|
Oxfordshire |
45,071 |
37th
2019: 36th
|
Wiltshire |
39,022 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2019: 1st
|
London |
1,338,261 |
2nd 2019: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
207,946 |
3rd 2019: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
191,692 |
4th 2019: 4th
|
Essex |
137,310 |
5th 2019: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
135,276 |
6th 2019: 7th
|
Kent |
122,694 |
7th 2019: 6th
|
Hampshire |
121,331 |
8th 2019: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
117,796 |
9th 2019: 9th
|
Surrey |
105,715 |
10th 2019: 10th
|
Cheshire |
86,796 |
11th 2019: 11th
|
Lancashire |
83,690 |
12th 2019: 14th
|
Merseyside |
74,780 |
13th 2019: 13th
|
Buckinghamshire |
73,748 |
14th 2019: 12th
|
Berkshire |
73,492 |
15th 2019: 16th
|
Leicestershire |
71,425 |
16th 2019: 15th
|
East Sussex |
70,311 |
17th 2019: 17th
|
South Yorkshire |
65,398 |
18th 2019: 19th
|
North Yorkshire |
58,526 |
19th 2019: 20th
|
Devon |
57,278 |
20th 2019: 21st
|
West Sussex |
56,212 |
21st 2019: 25th
|
Nottinghamshire |
56,199 |
22nd 2019: 22nd
|
Gloucestershire |
55,106 |
23rd 2019: 23rd
|
Somerset |
55,092 |
24th 2019: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
54,862 |
25th 2019: 18th
|
Dorset |
54,841 |
26th 2019: 26th
|
Cambridgeshire |
54,497 |
27th 2019: 27th
|
Northamptonshire |
52,017 |
28th 2019: 28th
|
Derbyshire |
51,742 |
29th 2019: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
48,061 |
30th 2019: 30th
|
Tyne and Wear |
47,790 |
31st 2019: 33rd
|
Bedfordshire |
46,207 |
32nd 2019: 32nd
|
Oxfordshire |
45,071 |
33rd 2019: 31st
|
Worcestershire |
44,570 |
34th 2019: 35th
|
Norfolk |
41,185 |
35th 2019: 34th
|
Warwickshire |
40,304 |
36th 2019: 37th
|
Suffolk |
39,507 |
37th 2019: 36th
|
Wiltshire |
39,022 |
38th 2019: 38th
|
Bristol |
36,208 |
39th 2019: 39th
|
Durham |
31,943 |
40th 2019: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
26,864 |
41st 2019: 41st
|
Shropshire |
25,603 |
42nd 2019: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
23,804 |
43rd 2019: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
22,186 |
44th 2019: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
12,800 |
45th 2019: 44th
|
Northumberland |
11,575 |
46th 2019: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
6,118 |
47th 2019: 47th
|
Rutland |
2,257 |
people
85.1
76.4
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.
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
2020
9,920 formed
6,284 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
2.95% vs 2016
3.17% vs 2017
1.92% vs 2018
4.7% vs 2019