2020
9,920 formed
6,284 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Berkshire during 2024
2.2% more companies in Berkshire compared to 2023
Bracknell Forest 837 formed
Reading 1,918 formed
Slough 3,099 formed
West Berkshire 1,184 formed
Windsor and Maidenhead 1,791 formed
Wokingham 1,603 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Berkshire compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2023: 1st
|
London |
280,423 |
2nd
2023: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
41,700 |
3rd
2023: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
40,892 |
4th
2023: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
23,972 |
5th
2023: 5th
|
Essex |
19,024 |
14th 2023: 14th
|
Berkshire |
10,454 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2023: 1st
|
London |
280,423 |
7th
2023: 7th
|
Hampshire |
14,534 |
12th
2023: 11th
|
Surrey |
11,351 |
14th
2023: 14th
|
Berkshire |
10,454 |
17th
2023: 16th
|
Buckinghamshire |
9,185 |
35th
2023: 35th
|
Oxfordshire |
5,301 |
38th
2023: 38th
|
Wiltshire |
4,609 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2023: 1st
|
London |
280,423 |
2nd 2023: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
41,700 |
3rd 2023: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
40,892 |
4th 2023: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
23,972 |
5th 2023: 5th
|
Essex |
19,024 |
6th 2023: 6th
|
Kent |
16,490 |
7th 2023: 7th
|
Hampshire |
14,534 |
8th 2023: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
14,111 |
9th 2023: 10th
|
Lancashire |
13,620 |
10th 2023: 9th
|
Merseyside |
13,029 |
11th 2023: 12th
|
South Yorkshire |
11,673 |
12th 2023: 11th
|
Surrey |
11,351 |
13th 2023: 13th
|
Leicestershire |
11,209 |
14th 2023: 14th
|
Berkshire |
10,454 |
15th 2023: 15th
|
Cheshire |
9,854 |
16th 2023: 17th
|
Nottinghamshire |
9,248 |
17th 2023: 16th
|
Buckinghamshire |
9,185 |
18th 2023: 20th
|
Suffolk |
9,091 |
19th 2023: 18th
|
North Yorkshire |
8,830 |
20th 2023: 22nd
|
Cambridgeshire |
8,588 |
21st 2023: 24th
|
Tyne and Wear |
8,269 |
22nd 2023: 19th
|
Bedfordshire |
8,251 |
23rd 2023: 21st
|
Staffordshire |
8,181 |
24th 2023: 23rd
|
Dorset |
7,890 |
25th 2023: 26th
|
Derbyshire |
7,553 |
26th 2023: 27th
|
East Sussex |
7,231 |
27th 2023: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
7,132 |
28th 2023: 25th
|
Northamptonshire |
6,894 |
29th 2023: 28th
|
Devon |
6,646 |
30th 2023: 30th
|
Gloucestershire |
6,522 |
31st 2023: 31st
|
West Sussex |
6,467 |
32nd 2023: 32nd
|
Somerset |
6,153 |
33rd 2023: 34th
|
Durham |
5,616 |
34th 2023: 33rd
|
Norfolk |
5,434 |
35th 2023: 35th
|
Oxfordshire |
5,301 |
36th 2023: 36th
|
Warwickshire |
5,070 |
37th 2023: 39th
|
Worcestershire |
5,059 |
38th 2023: 38th
|
Wiltshire |
4,609 |
39th 2023: 37th
|
Bristol |
4,467 |
40th 2023: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
4,234 |
41st 2023: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
4,025 |
42nd 2023: 41st
|
Shropshire |
3,031 |
43rd 2023: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
2,854 |
44th 2023: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,453 |
45th 2023: 45th
|
Northumberland |
1,577 |
46th 2023: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
718 |
47th 2023: 47th
|
Rutland |
242 |
people
10.9
12.5
98% Private Limited Companies (10,194 companies)
2% Other company types (260 companies)
Other company types breakdown (260 companies)
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Businesses formed in Berkshire during 2024
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Businesses dissolved in Berkshire during 2024
80,348
businesses registered in Berkshire at the end of 2024.
2.2% more companies in Berkshire compared to 2023
Hampshire
127,564 total businesses
14,534 formed in 2024
12,968 dissolved in 2024
Buckinghamshire
80,842 total businesses
9,185 formed in 2024
8,042 dissolved in 2024
Oxfordshire
48,887 total businesses
5,301 formed in 2024
4,305 dissolved in 2024
Surrey
110,047 total businesses
11,351 formed in 2024
9,830 dissolved in 2024
London
1,560,328 total businesses
280,423 formed in 2024
219,451 dissolved in 2024
Wiltshire
42,535 total businesses
4,609 formed in 2024
4,357 dissolved in 2024
Berkshire
80,348 total businesses
10,454 formed in 2024
8,209 dissolved in 2024
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ascot |
20 |
||
Binfield with Warfield |
15 |
||
Bullbrook |
11 |
||
Central Sandhurst |
11 |
||
College Town |
6 |
||
Crown Wood |
-6 |
||
Crowthorne |
-9 |
||
Great Hollands North |
22 |
||
Great Hollands South |
1 |
||
Hanworth |
-1 |
||
Harmans Water |
17 |
||
Little Sandhurst and Wellington |
9 |
||
Old Bracknell |
-1 |
||
Owlsmoor |
0 |
||
Priestwood and Garth |
27 |
||
Warfield Harvest Ride |
14 |
||
Wildridings and Central |
0 |
||
Winkfield and Cranbourne |
3 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
57 |
||
Battle |
58 |
||
Caversham |
18 |
||
Church |
19 |
||
Katesgrove |
132 |
||
Kentwood |
1 |
||
Mapledurham |
5 |
||
Minster |
41 |
||
Norcot |
18 |
||
Park |
-5 |
||
Peppard |
17 |
||
Redlands |
14 |
||
Southcote |
0 |
||
Thames |
17 |
||
Tilehurst |
17 |
||
Whitley |
32 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Baylis and Stoke |
81 |
||
Britwell and Northborough |
51 |
||
Central |
168 |
||
Chalvey |
88 |
||
Cippenham Green |
107 |
||
Cippenham Meadows |
53 |
||
Colnbrook with Poyle |
17 |
||
Elliman |
58 |
||
Farnham |
79 |
||
Foxborough |
19 |
||
Haymill and Lynch Hill |
48 |
||
Langley Kedermister |
63 |
||
Langley St Mary's |
56 |
||
Upton |
66 |
||
Wexham Lea |
77 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Aldermaston |
24 |
||
Basildon |
4 |
||
Birch Copse |
3 |
||
Bucklebury |
2 |
||
Burghfield |
-7 |
||
Calcot |
16 |
||
Chieveley |
3 |
||
Clay Hill |
17 |
||
Cold Ash |
-5 |
||
Compton |
6 |
||
Downlands |
-6 |
||
Falkland |
17 |
||
Greenham |
39 |
||
Hungerford |
-2 |
||
Kintbury |
3 |
||
Lambourn Valley |
7 |
||
Mortimer |
24 |
||
Northcroft |
-31 |
||
Pangbourne |
17 |
||
Purley on Thames |
0 |
||
Speen |
0 |
||
St James's |
0 |
||
St Johns |
-8 |
||
Sulhamstead |
2 |
||
Thatcham Central |
3 |
||
Thatcham North |
-11 |
||
Thatcham South and Crookham |
-11 |
||
Thatcham West |
11 |
||
Theale |
32 |
||
Victoria |
-29 |
||
Westwood |
1 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ascot and Cheapside |
15 |
||
Belmont |
1 |
||
Bisham and Cookham |
27 |
||
Boyn Hill |
-1 |
||
Bray |
6 |
||
Castle Without |
50 |
||
Clewer East |
19 |
||
Clewer North |
19 |
||
Clewer South |
29 |
||
Cox Green |
11 |
||
Datchet |
23 |
||
Eton and Castle |
-2 |
||
Eton Wick |
-4 |
||
Furze Platt |
-4 |
||
Horton and Wraysbury |
12 |
||
Hurley and Walthams |
33 |
||
Maidenhead Riverside |
-2 |
||
Old Windsor |
10 |
||
Oldfield |
-50 |
||
Park |
-5 |
||
Pinkneys Green |
-3 |
||
Sunningdale |
6 |
||
Sunninghill and South Ascot |
-3 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Arborfield |
10 |
||
Barkham |
-4 |
||
Bulmershe and Whitegates |
40 |
||
Charvil |
1 |
||
Coronation |
21 |
||
Emmbrook |
13 |
||
Evendons |
16 |
||
Finchampstead North |
16 |
||
Finchampstead South |
-8 |
||
Hawkedon |
20 |
||
Hillside |
18 |
||
Hurst |
13 |
||
Loddon |
12 |
||
Maiden Erlegh |
27 |
||
Norreys |
8 |
||
Remenham Wargrave and Ruscombe |
21 |
||
Shinfield North |
28 |
||
Shinfield South |
22 |
||
Sonning |
6 |
||
South Lake |
11 |
||
Swallowfield |
14 |
||
Twyford |
9 |
||
Wescott |
56 |
||
Winnersh |
15 |
||
Wokingham Without |
25 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2024 and how Berkshire compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2023: 1st
|
London |
1,560,328 |
2nd
2023: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
251,769 |
3rd
2023: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
234,944 |
4th
2023: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
157,321 |
5th
2023: 4th
|
Essex |
157,235 |
14th 2023: 14th
|
Berkshire |
80,348 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2023: 1st
|
London |
1,560,328 |
7th
2023: 7th
|
Hampshire |
127,564 |
9th
2023: 9th
|
Surrey |
110,047 |
13th
2023: 13th
|
Buckinghamshire |
80,842 |
14th
2023: 14th
|
Berkshire |
80,348 |
34th
2023: 34th
|
Oxfordshire |
48,887 |
37th
2023: 37th
|
Wiltshire |
42,535 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2023: 1st
|
London |
1,560,328 |
2nd 2023: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
251,769 |
3rd 2023: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
234,944 |
4th 2023: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
157,321 |
5th 2023: 4th
|
Essex |
157,235 |
6th 2023: 6th
|
Kent |
136,504 |
7th 2023: 7th
|
Hampshire |
127,564 |
8th 2023: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
125,410 |
9th 2023: 9th
|
Surrey |
110,047 |
10th 2023: 10th
|
Lancashire |
97,537 |
11th 2023: 11th
|
Merseyside |
84,857 |
12th 2023: 12th
|
Cheshire |
83,478 |
13th 2023: 13th
|
Buckinghamshire |
80,842 |
14th 2023: 14th
|
Berkshire |
80,348 |
15th 2023: 15th
|
Leicestershire |
78,116 |
16th 2023: 16th
|
South Yorkshire |
75,130 |
17th 2023: 17th
|
East Sussex |
71,666 |
18th 2023: 18th
|
North Yorkshire |
67,293 |
19th 2023: 19th
|
Nottinghamshire |
65,784 |
20th 2023: 20th
|
Devon |
64,346 |
21st 2023: 21st
|
Dorset |
63,675 |
22nd 2023: 22nd
|
Staffordshire |
62,904 |
23rd 2023: 24th
|
Cambridgeshire |
61,973 |
24th 2023: 26th
|
Gloucestershire |
61,133 |
25th 2023: 23rd
|
Somerset |
60,769 |
26th 2023: 25th
|
West Sussex |
60,518 |
27th 2023: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
59,950 |
28th 2023: 28th
|
Lincolnshire |
57,099 |
29th 2023: 29th
|
Northamptonshire |
55,842 |
30th 2023: 32nd
|
Suffolk |
55,335 |
31st 2023: 30th
|
Tyne and Wear |
54,971 |
32nd 2023: 31st
|
Bedfordshire |
53,808 |
33rd 2023: 33rd
|
Norfolk |
49,863 |
34th 2023: 34th
|
Oxfordshire |
48,887 |
35th 2023: 35th
|
Worcestershire |
48,838 |
36th 2023: 36th
|
Warwickshire |
43,777 |
37th 2023: 37th
|
Wiltshire |
42,535 |
38th 2023: 38th
|
Durham |
38,779 |
39th 2023: 39th
|
Bristol |
36,561 |
40th 2023: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
31,014 |
41st 2023: 41st
|
Shropshire |
28,136 |
42nd 2023: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
27,621 |
43rd 2023: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
24,059 |
44th 2023: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
18,258 |
45th 2023: 45th
|
Northumberland |
13,228 |
46th 2023: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
6,739 |
47th 2023: 47th
|
Rutland |
2,179 |
people
83.8
83.4
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.
2020
9,920 formed
6,284 dissolved
2021
9,605 formed
8,449 dissolved
2022
9,571 formed
7,937 dissolved
2023
10,571 formed
8,626 dissolved
2024
10,454 formed
8,209 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
2.07% vs 2020
2.25% vs 2021
2.45% vs 2022
2.2% vs 2023