2017
8,679 formed
7,336 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Berkshire during 2021
2.1% more companies in Berkshire compared to 2020
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
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Berkshire compares.
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 |
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 |
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 |
11.1
12.2
97% Private Limited Companies (9,314 companies)
3% Other company types (291 companies)
Other company types breakdown (291 companies)
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Businesses formed in Berkshire during 2021
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Businesses dissolved in Berkshire during 2021
75,011
businesses registered in Berkshire at the end of 2021.
2.1% more companies in Berkshire compared to 2020
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
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Ascot |
12 |
||
Binfield with Warfield |
-8 |
||
Bullbrook |
11 |
||
Central Sandhurst |
-16 |
||
College Town |
40 |
||
Crown Wood |
-4 |
||
Crowthorne |
16 |
||
Great Hollands North |
10 |
||
Great Hollands South |
0 |
||
Hanworth |
-8 |
||
Harmans Water |
-2 |
||
Little Sandhurst and Wellington |
-10 |
||
Old Bracknell |
177 |
||
Owlsmoor |
36 |
||
Priestwood and Garth |
11 |
||
Warfield Harvest Ride |
-5 |
||
Wildridings and Central |
6 |
||
Winkfield and Cranbourne |
-10 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
65 |
||
Battle |
42 |
||
Caversham |
10 |
||
Church |
3 |
||
Katesgrove |
57 |
||
Kentwood |
22 |
||
Mapledurham |
2 |
||
Minster |
-6 |
||
Norcot |
40 |
||
Park |
16 |
||
Peppard |
-5 |
||
Redlands |
5 |
||
Southcote |
-5 |
||
Thames |
-20 |
||
Tilehurst |
-32 |
||
Whitley |
-33 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Baylis and Stoke |
47 |
||
Britwell and Northborough |
16 |
||
Central |
83 |
||
Chalvey |
69 |
||
Cippenham Green |
29 |
||
Cippenham Meadows |
20 |
||
Colnbrook with Poyle |
3 |
||
Elliman |
31 |
||
Farnham |
34 |
||
Foxborough |
29 |
||
Haymill and Lynch Hill |
43 |
||
Langley Kedermister |
25 |
||
Langley St Mary's |
22 |
||
Upton |
31 |
||
Wexham Lea |
64 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Aldermaston |
-54 |
||
Basildon |
0 |
||
Birch Copse |
-3 |
||
Bucklebury |
8 |
||
Burghfield |
13 |
||
Calcot |
-1 |
||
Chieveley |
0 |
||
Clay Hill |
5 |
||
Cold Ash |
-1 |
||
Compton |
-2 |
||
Downlands |
-11 |
||
Falkland |
-9 |
||
Greenham |
22 |
||
Hungerford |
-8 |
||
Kintbury |
14 |
||
Lambourn Valley |
-6 |
||
Mortimer |
6 |
||
Northcroft |
-84 |
||
Pangbourne |
-17 |
||
Purley on Thames |
22 |
||
Speen |
0 |
||
St James's |
0 |
||
St Johns |
36 |
||
Sulhamstead |
5 |
||
Thatcham Central |
8 |
||
Thatcham North |
0 |
||
Thatcham South and Crookham |
-4 |
||
Thatcham West |
5 |
||
Theale |
-8 |
||
Victoria |
-18 |
||
Westwood |
2 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Ascot and Cheapside |
-8 |
||
Belmont |
9 |
||
Bisham and Cookham |
23 |
||
Boyn Hill |
9 |
||
Bray |
13 |
||
Castle Without |
25 |
||
Clewer East |
-13 |
||
Clewer North |
-4 |
||
Clewer South |
-6 |
||
Cox Green |
2 |
||
Datchet |
47 |
||
Eton and Castle |
19 |
||
Eton Wick |
14 |
||
Furze Platt |
-7 |
||
Horton and Wraysbury |
102 |
||
Hurley and Walthams |
14 |
||
Maidenhead Riverside |
-7 |
||
Old Windsor |
-9 |
||
Oldfield |
167 |
||
Park |
16 |
||
Pinkneys Green |
-5 |
||
Sunningdale |
-2 |
||
Sunninghill and South Ascot |
24 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Arborfield |
8 |
||
Barkham |
-6 |
||
Bulmershe and Whitegates |
14 |
||
Charvil |
3 |
||
Coronation |
-4 |
||
Emmbrook |
-17 |
||
Evendons |
-22 |
||
Finchampstead North |
-8 |
||
Finchampstead South |
-9 |
||
Hawkedon |
7 |
||
Hillside |
6 |
||
Hurst |
18 |
||
Loddon |
15 |
||
Maiden Erlegh |
1 |
||
Norreys |
-5 |
||
Remenham Wargrave and Ruscombe |
-13 |
||
Shinfield North |
8 |
||
Shinfield South |
21 |
||
Sonning |
4 |
||
South Lake |
16 |
||
Swallowfield |
17 |
||
Twyford |
7 |
||
Wescott |
-6 |
||
Winnersh |
-91 |
||
Wokingham Without |
-10 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2021 and how Berkshire compares to them.
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 |
---|---|---|
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 |
---|---|---|
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 |
86.8
79.1
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.
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