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Company Formations in 2021: Berkshire

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???? Businesses formed in Berkshire during 2021

2.1% more companies in Berkshire compared to 2020

New businesses in Berkshire mapped

Bracknell Forest 987 formed

Reading 1,727 formed

Slough 2,469 formed

West Berkshire 1,147 formed

Windsor and Maidenhead 1,976 formed

Wokingham 1,283 formed

Companies formed in 2021 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 2020: 1st
London
269,246
2nd 2020: 2nd
West Midlands
36,485
3rd 2020: 3rd
Greater Manchester
36,442
4th 2020: 4th
West Yorkshire
22,140
5th 2020: 5th
Essex
18,584
15th 2020: 15th
Berkshire
9,605
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
1st 2020: 1st
London
269,246
7th 2020: 7th
Hampshire
14,512
11th 2020: 12th
Surrey
11,021
15th 2020: 15th
Berkshire
9,605
16th 2020: 16th
Buckinghamshire
8,910
38th 2020: 34th
Oxfordshire
5,053
39th 2020: 39th
Wiltshire
4,432
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
1st 2020: 1st
London
269,246
2nd 2020: 2nd
West Midlands
36,485
3rd 2020: 3rd
Greater Manchester
36,442
4th 2020: 4th
West Yorkshire
22,140
5th 2020: 5th
Essex
18,584
6th 2020: 6th
Kent
16,625
7th 2020: 7th
Hampshire
14,512
8th 2020: 8th
Hertfordshire
13,899
9th 2020: 9th
Merseyside
13,108
10th 2020: 10th
Lancashire
12,800
11th 2020: 12th
Surrey
11,021
12th 2020: 14th
South Yorkshire
10,815
13th 2020: 13th
Cheshire
9,800
14th 2020: 11th
Leicestershire
9,685
15th 2020: 15th
Berkshire
9,605
16th 2020: 16th
Buckinghamshire
8,910
17th 2020: 17th
Nottinghamshire
8,810
18th 2020: 22nd
Staffordshire
8,541
19th 2020: 20th
East Sussex
7,675
20th 2020: 21st
Tyne and Wear
7,623
21st 2020: 19th
North Yorkshire
7,614
22nd 2020: 26th
Dorset
7,584
23rd 2020: 24th
Cambridgeshire
7,476
24th 2020: 18th
Bedfordshire
7,413
25th 2020: 28th
Worcestershire
7,361
26th 2020: 25th
Derbyshire
7,261
27th 2020: 23rd
Northamptonshire
7,131
28th 2020: 31st
Somerset
7,057
29th 2020: 30th
Lincolnshire
6,903
30th 2020: 27th
Devon
6,825
31st 2020: 29th
West Sussex
6,463
32nd 2020: 32nd
Gloucestershire
6,357
33rd 2020: 35th
Suffolk
5,445
34th 2020: 37th
Norfolk
5,214
35th 2020: 33rd
Bristol
5,125
36th 2020: 38th
Warwickshire
5,117
37th 2020: 36th
Durham
5,065
38th 2020: 34th
Oxfordshire
5,053
39th 2020: 39th
Wiltshire
4,432
40th 2020: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
3,749
41st 2020: 42nd
Cornwall
2,993
42nd 2020: 41st
Shropshire
2,914
43rd 2020: 44th
Herefordshire
2,858
44th 2020: 43rd
Cumbria
2,286
45th 2020: 45th
Northumberland
1,421
46th 2020: 46th
Isle of Wight
697
47th 2020: 47th
Rutland
195

New incorporations in 2021 per 1000 Man standing people

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In Berkshire

11.1

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12.2

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Type of companies formed in Berkshire breakdown

97% Private Limited Companies (9,314 companies)

3% Other company types (291 companies)

Other company types breakdown (291 companies)

Total companies in Berkshire by the end of 2021

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Businesses formed in Berkshire during 2021

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Businesses dissolved in Berkshire during 2021

Due to restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, Companies House did not always process company dissolutions as soon as the standard conditions for dissolution were first met.

meaning there is a total of

75,011

businesses registered in Berkshire at the end of 2021.

2.1% more companies in Berkshire compared to 2020

Surrounding counties 2021 breakdown & comparison

Hampshire

123,584 total businesses
14,512 formed in 2021
13,410 dissolved in 2021

Buckinghamshire

74,634 total businesses
8,910 formed in 2021
7,932 dissolved in 2021

Oxfordshire

45,883 total businesses
5,053 formed in 2021
4,163 dissolved in 2021

Surrey

106,792 total businesses
11,021 formed in 2021
10,487 dissolved in 2021

London

1,397,474 total businesses
269,246 formed in 2021
187,697 dissolved in 2021

Wiltshire

39,338 total businesses
4,432 formed in 2021
4,387 dissolved in 2021

Berkshire

75,011 total businesses
9,605 formed in 2021
8,449 dissolved in 2021

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Ward breakdown data for

Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ascot
41
53
12
Binfield with Warfield
65
57
-8
Bullbrook
26
37
11
Central Sandhurst
28
12
-16
College Town
24
64
40
Crown Wood
45
41
-4
Crowthorne
47
63
16
Great Hollands North
56
66
10
Great Hollands South
23
23
0
Hanworth
40
32
-8
Harmans Water
53
51
-2
Little Sandhurst and Wellington
38
28
-10
Old Bracknell
27
204
177
Owlsmoor
24
60
36
Priestwood and Garth
82
93
11
Warfield Harvest Ride
41
36
-5
Wildridings and Central
30
36
6
Winkfield and Cranbourne
41
31
-10
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Abbey
381
446
65
Battle
123
165
42
Caversham
57
67
10
Church
56
59
3
Katesgrove
142
199
57
Kentwood
60
82
22
Mapledurham
19
21
2
Minster
89
83
-6
Norcot
78
118
40
Park
142
158
16
Peppard
61
56
-5
Redlands
63
68
5
Southcote
54
49
-5
Thames
62
42
-20
Tilehurst
81
49
-32
Whitley
144
111
-33
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Baylis and Stoke
128
175
47
Britwell and Northborough
104
120
16
Central
255
338
83
Chalvey
136
205
69
Cippenham Green
113
142
29
Cippenham Meadows
139
159
20
Colnbrook with Poyle
156
159
3
Elliman
111
142
31
Farnham
157
191
34
Foxborough
31
60
29
Haymill and Lynch Hill
102
145
43
Langley Kedermister
122
147
25
Langley St Mary's
141
163
22
Upton
145
176
31
Wexham Lea
83
147
64
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Aldermaston
140
86
-54
Basildon
25
25
0
Birch Copse
27
24
-3
Bucklebury
23
31
8
Burghfield
41
54
13
Calcot
43
42
-1
Chieveley
10
10
0
Clay Hill
28
33
5
Cold Ash
14
13
-1
Compton
21
19
-2
Downlands
24
13
-11
Falkland
20
11
-9
Greenham
33
55
22
Hungerford
73
65
-8
Kintbury
19
33
14
Lambourn Valley
29
23
-6
Mortimer
29
35
6
Northcroft
153
69
-84
Pangbourne
38
21
-17
Purley on Thames
33
55
22
Speen
35
35
0
St James's
0
0
St Johns
48
84
36
Sulhamstead
15
20
5
Thatcham Central
33
41
8
Thatcham North
28
28
0
Thatcham South and Crookham
38
34
-4
Thatcham West
24
29
5
Theale
43
35
-8
Victoria
134
116
-18
Westwood
6
8
2
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ascot and Cheapside
73
65
-8
Belmont
67
76
9
Bisham and Cookham
53
76
23
Boyn Hill
90
99
9
Bray
91
104
13
Castle Without
149
174
25
Clewer East
36
23
-13
Clewer North
70
66
-4
Clewer South
36
30
-6
Cox Green
53
55
2
Datchet
57
104
47
Eton and Castle
27
46
19
Eton Wick
12
26
14
Furze Platt
58
51
-7
Horton and Wraysbury
65
167
102
Hurley and Walthams
67
81
14
Maidenhead Riverside
77
70
-7
Old Windsor
40
31
-9
Oldfield
207
374
167
Park
142
158
16
Pinkneys Green
44
39
-5
Sunningdale
68
66
-2
Sunninghill and South Ascot
83
107
24
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Arborfield
16
24
8
Barkham
26
20
-6
Bulmershe and Whitegates
96
110
14
Charvil
18
21
3
Coronation
35
31
-4
Emmbrook
66
49
-17
Evendons
85
63
-22
Finchampstead North
34
26
-8
Finchampstead South
41
32
-9
Hawkedon
80
87
7
Hillside
49
55
6
Hurst
42
60
18
Loddon
42
57
15
Maiden Erlegh
61
62
1
Norreys
54
49
-5
Remenham Wargrave and Ruscombe
55
42
-13
Shinfield North
24
32
8
Shinfield South
78
99
21
Sonning
21
25
4
South Lake
18
34
16
Swallowfield
28
45
17
Twyford
30
37
7
Wescott
79
73
-6
Winnersh
201
110
-91
Wokingham Without
50
40
-10

Total companies 2021 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2021 and how Berkshire compares to them.

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Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2020: 1st
London
1,397,474
2nd 2020: 2nd
Greater Manchester
217,557
3rd 2020: 3rd
West Midlands
198,781
4th 2020: 4th
Essex
141,948
5th 2020: 5th
West Yorkshire
141,120
13th 2020: 14th
Berkshire
75,011
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2020: 1st
London
1,397,474
7th 2020: 7th
Hampshire
123,584
9th 2020: 9th
Surrey
106,792
13th 2020: 14th
Berkshire
75,011
14th 2020: 13th
Buckinghamshire
74,634
32nd 2020: 32nd
Oxfordshire
45,883
37th 2020: 37th
Wiltshire
39,338
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2020: 1st
London
1,397,474
2nd 2020: 2nd
Greater Manchester
217,557
3rd 2020: 3rd
West Midlands
198,781
4th 2020: 4th
Essex
141,948
5th 2020: 5th
West Yorkshire
141,120
6th 2020: 6th
Kent
126,550
7th 2020: 7th
Hampshire
123,584
8th 2020: 8th
Hertfordshire
118,798
9th 2020: 9th
Surrey
106,792
10th 2020: 11th
Lancashire
87,562
11th 2020: 10th
Cheshire
83,426
12th 2020: 12th
Merseyside
78,022
13th 2020: 14th
Berkshire
75,011
14th 2020: 13th
Buckinghamshire
74,634
15th 2020: 15th
Leicestershire
71,867
16th 2020: 16th
East Sussex
70,862
17th 2020: 17th
South Yorkshire
68,227
18th 2020: 19th
Devon
60,022
19th 2020: 18th
North Yorkshire
59,819
20th 2020: 21st
Nottinghamshire
58,780
21st 2020: 20th
West Sussex
57,619
22nd 2020: 24th
Staffordshire
57,556
23rd 2020: 23rd
Somerset
57,300
24th 2020: 22nd
Gloucestershire
56,711
25th 2020: 25th
Dorset
56,465
26th 2020: 26th
Cambridgeshire
56,346
27th 2020: 28th
Derbyshire
53,394
28th 2020: 27th
Northamptonshire
53,149
29th 2020: 29th
Lincolnshire
50,076
30th 2020: 30th
Tyne and Wear
49,266
31st 2020: 31st
Bedfordshire
47,831
32nd 2020: 32nd
Oxfordshire
45,883
33rd 2020: 34th
Norfolk
43,452
34th 2020: 33rd
Worcestershire
42,443
35th 2020: 36th
Suffolk
41,836
36th 2020: 35th
Warwickshire
40,740
37th 2020: 37th
Wiltshire
39,338
38th 2020: 38th
Bristol
36,239
39th 2020: 39th
Durham
33,620
40th 2020: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
27,909
41st 2020: 41st
Shropshire
25,765
42nd 2020: 42nd
Cornwall
24,752
43rd 2020: 43rd
Cumbria
22,499
44th 2020: 44th
Herefordshire
14,830
45th 2020: 45th
Northumberland
11,895
46th 2020: 46th
Isle of Wight
6,319
47th 2020: 47th
Rutland
2,056

Total companies at the end of 2021 per 1000 Person people

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86.8

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National Average

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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.

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

2021

9,605 formed

8,449 dissolved

Overall growth compared to previous year

3.17% vs 2017

1.92% vs 2018

4.72% vs 2019

2.1% vs 2020