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Company Formations in 2018: Buckinghamshire

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???? Businesses formed in Buckinghamshire during 2018

7.4% more companies in Buckinghamshire compared to 2017

New businesses in Buckinghamshire mapped

Aylesbury Vale 1,572 formed

Chiltern 924 formed

Milton Keynes 3,711 formed

South Bucks 1,073 formed

Wycombe 1,622 formed

Companies formed in 2018 league table

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

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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
1st 2017: 1st
London
217,617
2nd 2017: 3rd
West Midlands
32,571
3rd 2017: 2nd
Greater Manchester
31,875
4th 2017: 4th
West Yorkshire
18,204
5th 2017: 5th
Essex
17,063
14th 2017: 17th
Buckinghamshire
8,915
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
1st 2017: 1st
London
217,617
6th 2017: 7th
Hertfordshire
15,554
13th 2017: 15th
Berkshire
9,166
14th 2017: 17th
Buckinghamshire
8,915
18th 2017: 14th
Northamptonshire
7,630
21st 2017: 23rd
Bedfordshire
7,013
36th 2017: 37th
Oxfordshire
4,631
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
1st 2017: 1st
London
217,617
2nd 2017: 3rd
West Midlands
32,571
3rd 2017: 2nd
Greater Manchester
31,875
4th 2017: 4th
West Yorkshire
18,204
5th 2017: 5th
Essex
17,063
6th 2017: 7th
Hertfordshire
15,554
7th 2017: 6th
Kent
15,057
8th 2017: 8th
Hampshire
14,244
9th 2017: 9th
Cheshire
13,259
10th 2017: 10th
Merseyside
11,451
11th 2017: 12th
Lancashire
11,291
12th 2017: 11th
Surrey
11,179
13th 2017: 15th
Berkshire
9,166
14th 2017: 17th
Buckinghamshire
8,915
15th 2017: 13th
Leicestershire
8,896
16th 2017: 16th
South Yorkshire
8,542
17th 2017: 20th
Dorset
8,314
18th 2017: 14th
Northamptonshire
7,630
19th 2017: 19th
East Sussex
7,462
20th 2017: 21st
Nottinghamshire
7,429
21st 2017: 23rd
Bedfordshire
7,013
22nd 2017: 18th
Worcestershire
6,889
23rd 2017: 22nd
North Yorkshire
6,822
24th 2017: 25th
Cambridgeshire
6,786
25th 2017: 26th
Tyne and Wear
6,669
26th 2017: 24th
Staffordshire
6,474
27th 2017: 27th
Derbyshire
6,167
28th 2017: 29th
West Sussex
6,048
29th 2017: 31st
Lincolnshire
5,910
30th 2017: 28th
Devon
5,908
31st 2017: 30th
Gloucestershire
5,719
32nd 2017: 32nd
Somerset
5,537
33rd 2017: 40th
Durham
5,223
34th 2017: 36th
Warwickshire
4,755
35th 2017: 34th
Bristol
4,635
36th 2017: 37th
Oxfordshire
4,631
37th 2017: 38th
Norfolk
4,542
38th 2017: 33rd
Wiltshire
4,348
39th 2017: 39th
Suffolk
4,292
40th 2017: 35th
East Riding of Yorkshire
3,195
41st 2017: 41st
Cornwall
2,829
42nd 2017: 42nd
Shropshire
2,634
43rd 2017: 43rd
Cumbria
2,259
44th 2017: 44th
Northumberland
1,422
45th 2017: 45th
Herefordshire
1,054
46th 2017: 46th
Isle of Wight
645
47th 2017: 47th
Rutland
198

New incorporations in 2018 per 1000 Man standing people

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In Buckinghamshire

11.8

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Type of companies formed in Buckinghamshire breakdown

98% Private Limited Companies (8,726 companies)

2% Other company types (189 companies)

Other company types breakdown (189 companies)

Total companies in Buckinghamshire by the end of 2018

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Businesses formed in Buckinghamshire during 2018

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Businesses dissolved in Buckinghamshire during 2018

meaning there is a total of

69,301

businesses registered in Buckinghamshire at the end of 2018.

7.4% more companies in Buckinghamshire compared to 2017

Surrounding counties 2018 breakdown & comparison

Hertfordshire

111,063 total businesses
15,554 formed in 2018
12,657 dissolved in 2018

Northamptonshire

44,212 total businesses
7,630 formed in 2018
5,516 dissolved in 2018

Oxfordshire

40,930 total businesses
4,631 formed in 2018
3,420 dissolved in 2018

London

1,163,777 total businesses
217,617 formed in 2018
155,611 dissolved in 2018

Bedfordshire

42,015 total businesses
7,013 formed in 2018
4,534 dissolved in 2018

Berkshire

68,855 total businesses
9,166 formed in 2018
7,333 dissolved in 2018

Buckinghamshire

69,301 total businesses
8,915 formed in 2018
6,799 dissolved in 2018

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Ward breakdown data for

Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Aston Clinton & Stoke Mandeville
47
59
12
Bedgrove
26
27
1
Buckingham North
69
78
9
Buckingham South
45
61
16
Central & Walton
101
140
39
Coldharbour
55
43
-12
Edlesborough
42
48
6
Elmhurst
41
50
9
Gatehouse
130
124
-6
Great Brickhill & Newton Longville
36
52
16
Great Horwood
26
42
16
Grendon Underwood & Brill
39
53
14
Haddenham & Stone
74
55
-19
Long Crendon
16
20
4
Luffield Abbey
9
18
9
Mandeville & Elm Farm
40
56
16
Marsh Gibbon
23
20
-3
Oakfield & Bierton
39
50
11
Oakley
13
17
4
Pitstone & Cheddington
34
36
2
Quainton
15
76
61
Riverside
66
88
22
Southcourt
27
25
-2
Steeple Claydon
20
22
2
Stewkley
21
20
-1
Tingewick
16
28
12
Waddesdon
12
34
22
Walton Court & Hawkslade
25
18
-7
Watermead
12
26
14
Wendover & Halton
54
56
2
Wing
25
30
5
Wingrave
40
51
11
Winslow
114
49
-65
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Amersham Common
20
23
3
Amersham Town
35
57
22
Amersham-on-the-Hill
74
75
1
Asheridge Vale and Lowndes
28
39
11
Ashley Green Latimer and Chenies
17
20
3
Austenwood
20
29
9
Ballinger South Heath and Chartridge
14
20
6
Central
50
58
8
Chalfont Common
14
35
21
Chalfont St Giles
33
55
22
Chesham Bois and Weedon Hill
26
33
7
Cholesbury The Lee and Bellingdon
14
13
-1
Chorleywood North & Sarratt
0
0
Gold Hill
11
14
3
Great Missenden
17
18
1
Hilltop and Townsend
29
26
-3
Holmer Green
12
31
19
Little Chalfont
51
96
45
Little Missenden
13
13
0
Newtown
18
27
9
Penn and Coleshill
35
72
37
Prestwood and Heath End
33
29
-4
Ridgeway
13
17
4
Seer Green
17
13
-4
St Mary's and Waterside
82
97
15
Vale
14
14
0
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Bletchley East
271
488
217
Bletchley Park
94
140
46
Bletchley West
57
96
39
Bradwell
84
126
42
Broughton
158
207
49
Campbell Park & Old Woughton
74
124
50
Central Milton Keynes
382
385
3
Danesborough & Walton
107
132
25
Loughton & Shenley
201
193
-8
Monkston
114
121
7
Newport Pagnell North & Hanslope
70
116
46
Newport Pagnell South
136
541
405
Olney
81
99
18
Shenley Brook End
92
116
24
Stantonbury
115
134
19
Stony Stratford
117
171
54
Tattenhoe
113
139
26
Wolverton
131
234
103
Woughton & Fishermead
117
149
32
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Beaconsfield North
20
32
12
Beaconsfield South
86
151
65
Beaconsfield West
38
52
14
Burnham Church & Beeches
82
150
68
Burnham Lent Rise & Taplow
64
82
18
Denham
57
87
30
Farnham & Hedgerley
35
68
33
Gerrards Cross
102
214
112
Iver Heath
58
47
-11
Iver Village & Richings Park
76
102
26
Stoke Poges
38
51
13
Wexham & Fulmer
29
37
8
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Abbey
216
232
16
Bledlow and Bradenham
13
21
8
Booker and Cressex
20
37
17
Bourne End-cum-Hedsor
55
71
16
Bowerdean
39
58
19
Chiltern Rise
32
36
4
Disraeli
106
41
-65
Downley and Plomer Hill
14
25
11
Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow
31
55
24
Greater Hughenden
37
44
7
Greater Marlow
46
37
-9
Hambleden Valley
16
22
6
Hazlemere North
16
18
2
Hazlemere South
28
16
-12
Icknield
24
18
-6
Lacey Green Speen and the Hampdens
6
11
5
Marlow North and West
93
112
19
Marlow South East
188
89
-99
Micklefield
29
30
1
Oakridge and Castlefield
115
145
30
Ryemead
61
79
18
Sands
42
57
15
Stokenchurch and Radnage
21
33
12
Terriers and Amersham Hill
80
74
-6
The Risboroughs
66
92
26
The Wooburns
36
56
20
Totteridge
25
30
5
Tylers Green and Loudwater
71
83
12

Total companies 2018 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2018 and how Buckinghamshire compares to them.

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County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2017: 1st
London
1,163,777
2nd 2017: 2nd
Greater Manchester
184,396
3rd 2017: 3rd
West Midlands
167,807
4th 2017: 4th
Essex
122,421
5th 2017: 5th
West Yorkshire
118,705
12th 2017: 14th
Buckinghamshire
69,301
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2017: 1st
London
1,163,777
6th 2017: 7th
Hertfordshire
111,063
12th 2017: 14th
Buckinghamshire
69,301
13th 2017: 12th
Berkshire
68,855
28th 2017: 26th
Northamptonshire
44,212
31st 2017: 32nd
Bedfordshire
42,015
32nd 2017: 31st
Oxfordshire
40,930
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2017: 1st
London
1,163,777
2nd 2017: 2nd
Greater Manchester
184,396
3rd 2017: 3rd
West Midlands
167,807
4th 2017: 4th
Essex
122,421
5th 2017: 5th
West Yorkshire
118,705
6th 2017: 7th
Hertfordshire
111,063
7th 2017: 6th
Hampshire
110,793
8th 2017: 8th
Kent
108,910
9th 2017: 9th
Surrey
98,968
10th 2017: 10th
Cheshire
78,274
11th 2017: 11th
Lancashire
75,763
12th 2017: 14th
Buckinghamshire
69,301
13th 2017: 12th
Berkshire
68,855
14th 2017: 13th
East Sussex
66,405
15th 2017: 15th
Merseyside
65,551
16th 2017: 16th
Leicestershire
60,027
17th 2017: 17th
South Yorkshire
58,193
18th 2017: 18th
Dorset
56,307
19th 2017: 19th
North Yorkshire
52,860
20th 2017: 20th
West Sussex
51,556
21st 2017: 22nd
Devon
51,129
22nd 2017: 21st
Gloucestershire
50,643
23rd 2017: 25th
Nottinghamshire
50,491
24th 2017: 24th
Somerset
49,396
25th 2017: 23rd
Staffordshire
48,752
26th 2017: 27th
Cambridgeshire
48,390
27th 2017: 28th
Derbyshire
46,632
28th 2017: 26th
Northamptonshire
44,212
29th 2017: 29th
Lincolnshire
43,713
30th 2017: 30th
Tyne and Wear
42,534
31st 2017: 32nd
Bedfordshire
42,015
32nd 2017: 31st
Oxfordshire
40,930
33rd 2017: 33rd
Worcestershire
37,800
34th 2017: 35th
Norfolk
37,466
35th 2017: 36th
Warwickshire
37,025
36th 2017: 34th
Wiltshire
36,714
37th 2017: 37th
Suffolk
35,510
38th 2017: 38th
Bristol
32,794
39th 2017: 39th
Durham
28,771
40th 2017: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
24,661
41st 2017: 41st
Shropshire
22,421
42nd 2017: 42nd
Cornwall
21,904
43rd 2017: 43rd
Cumbria
20,916
44th 2017: 44th
Northumberland
10,423
45th 2017: 45th
Herefordshire
9,243
46th 2017: 46th
Isle of Wight
5,417
47th 2017: 47th
Rutland
1,840

Total companies at the end of 2018 per 1000 Person people

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In Buckinghamshire

91.6

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The last 5 years

How the total number of companies in Buckinghamshire has changed over the last 5 years as new companies have been formed and some existing companies dissolved.

2014

8,157 formed

5,368 dissolved

2015

8,249 formed

5,489 dissolved

2016

8,523 formed

6,466 dissolved

2017

7,992 formed

6,695 dissolved

2018

8,915 formed

6,799 dissolved

Overall growth compared to previous year

5.6% vs 2014

5.2% vs 2015

3.4% vs 2016

7.4% vs 2017