2020
9,394 formed
6,115 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Buckinghamshire during 2024
2.4% more companies in Buckinghamshire compared to 2023
Aylesbury Vale 1,687 formed
Chiltern 961 formed
Milton Keynes 3,432 formed
South Bucks 1,144 formed
Wycombe 1,933 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Buckinghamshire 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 |
17th 2023: 16th
|
Buckinghamshire |
9,185 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2023: 1st
|
London |
280,423 |
8th
2023: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
14,111 |
14th
2023: 14th
|
Berkshire |
10,454 |
17th
2023: 16th
|
Buckinghamshire |
9,185 |
22nd
2023: 19th
|
Bedfordshire |
8,251 |
28th
2023: 25th
|
Northamptonshire |
6,894 |
35th
2023: 35th
|
Oxfordshire |
5,301 |
| 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
10.8
12.5
97% Private Limited Companies (8,893 companies)
3% Other company types (292 companies)
Other company types breakdown (292 companies)
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Businesses formed in Buckinghamshire during 2024
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Businesses dissolved in Buckinghamshire during 2024
80,842
businesses registered in Buckinghamshire at the end of 2024.
2.4% more companies in Buckinghamshire compared to 2023
Hertfordshire
125,410 total businesses
14,111 formed in 2024
11,897 dissolved in 2024
Northamptonshire
55,842 total businesses
6,894 formed in 2024
6,637 dissolved in 2024
Oxfordshire
48,887 total businesses
5,301 formed in 2024
4,305 dissolved in 2024
London
1,560,328 total businesses
280,423 formed in 2024
219,451 dissolved in 2024
Bedfordshire
53,808 total businesses
8,251 formed in 2024
6,678 dissolved in 2024
Berkshire
80,348 total businesses
10,454 formed in 2024
8,209 dissolved in 2024
Buckinghamshire
80,842 total businesses
9,185 formed in 2024
8,042 dissolved in 2024
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Aston Clinton & Stoke Mandeville |
18 |
||
Bedgrove |
15 |
||
Buckingham North |
24 |
||
Buckingham South |
12 |
||
Central & Walton |
11 |
||
Coldharbour |
39 |
||
Edlesborough |
-6 |
||
Elmhurst |
24 |
||
Gatehouse |
3 |
||
Great Brickhill & Newton Longville |
17 |
||
Great Horwood |
18 |
||
Grendon Underwood & Brill |
10 |
||
Haddenham & Stone |
2 |
||
Long Crendon |
-10 |
||
Luffield Abbey |
-3 |
||
Mandeville & Elm Farm |
9 |
||
Marsh Gibbon |
5 |
||
Oakfield & Bierton |
22 |
||
Oakley |
20 |
||
Pitstone & Cheddington |
-10 |
||
Quainton |
3 |
||
Riverside |
30 |
||
Southcourt |
10 |
||
Steeple Claydon |
13 |
||
Stewkley |
10 |
||
Tingewick |
10 |
||
Waddesdon |
-1 |
||
Walton Court & Hawkslade |
-7 |
||
Watermead |
3 |
||
Wendover & Halton |
13 |
||
Wing |
4 |
||
Wingrave |
-13 |
||
Winslow |
-65 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Amersham Common |
6 |
||
Amersham Town |
6 |
||
Amersham-on-the-Hill |
50 |
||
Asheridge Vale and Lowndes |
-4 |
||
Ashley Green Latimer and Chenies |
0 |
||
Austenwood |
15 |
||
Ballinger South Heath and Chartridge |
4 |
||
Central |
5 |
||
Chalfont Common |
-12 |
||
Chalfont St Giles |
-2 |
||
Chesham Bois and Weedon Hill |
12 |
||
Cholesbury The Lee and Bellingdon |
-8 |
||
Chorleywood North & Sarratt |
0 |
||
Gold Hill |
3 |
||
Great Missenden |
-7 |
||
Hilltop and Townsend |
5 |
||
Holmer Green |
-8 |
||
Little Chalfont |
35 |
||
Little Missenden |
-5 |
||
Newtown |
12 |
||
Penn and Coleshill |
2 |
||
Prestwood and Heath End |
-5 |
||
Ridgeway |
-1 |
||
Seer Green |
4 |
||
St Mary's and Waterside |
31 |
||
Vale |
9 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bletchley East |
50 |
||
Bletchley Park |
84 |
||
Bletchley West |
17 |
||
Bradwell |
24 |
||
Broughton |
42 |
||
Campbell Park & Old Woughton |
36 |
||
Central Milton Keynes |
121 |
||
Danesborough & Walton |
1 |
||
Loughton & Shenley |
-417 |
||
Monkston |
29 |
||
Newport Pagnell North & Hanslope |
10 |
||
Newport Pagnell South |
-26 |
||
Olney |
-43 |
||
Shenley Brook End |
10 |
||
Stantonbury |
15 |
||
Stony Stratford |
67 |
||
Tattenhoe |
46 |
||
Wolverton |
19 |
||
Woughton & Fishermead |
52 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Beaconsfield North |
9 |
||
Beaconsfield South |
-1 |
||
Beaconsfield West |
11 |
||
Burnham Church & Beeches |
70 |
||
Burnham Lent Rise & Taplow |
4 |
||
Denham |
36 |
||
Farnham & Hedgerley |
36 |
||
Gerrards Cross |
60 |
||
Iver Heath |
21 |
||
Iver Village & Richings Park |
29 |
||
Stoke Poges |
9 |
||
Wexham & Fulmer |
15 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
79 |
||
Bledlow and Bradenham |
1 |
||
Booker and Cressex |
5 |
||
Bourne End-cum-Hedsor |
25 |
||
Bowerdean |
15 |
||
Chiltern Rise |
3 |
||
Disraeli |
16 |
||
Downley and Plomer Hill |
6 |
||
Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow |
9 |
||
Greater Hughenden |
-3 |
||
Greater Marlow |
-1 |
||
Hambleden Valley |
8 |
||
Hazlemere North |
6 |
||
Hazlemere South |
7 |
||
Icknield |
8 |
||
Lacey Green Speen and the Hampdens |
-7 |
||
Marlow North and West |
22 |
||
Marlow South East |
-5 |
||
Micklefield |
6 |
||
Oakridge and Castlefield |
55 |
||
Ryemead |
42 |
||
Sands |
19 |
||
Stokenchurch and Radnage |
31 |
||
Terriers and Amersham Hill |
30 |
||
The Risboroughs |
6 |
||
The Wooburns |
8 |
||
Totteridge |
24 |
||
Tylers Green and Loudwater |
4 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2024 and how Buckinghamshire 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 |
13th 2023: 13th
|
Buckinghamshire |
80,842 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2023: 1st
|
London |
1,560,328 |
8th
2023: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
125,410 |
13th
2023: 13th
|
Buckinghamshire |
80,842 |
14th
2023: 14th
|
Berkshire |
80,348 |
29th
2023: 29th
|
Northamptonshire |
55,842 |
32nd
2023: 31st
|
Bedfordshire |
53,808 |
34th
2023: 34th
|
Oxfordshire |
48,887 |
| 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
94.8
83.4
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.
2020
9,394 formed
6,115 dissolved
2021
8,910 formed
7,932 dissolved
2022
8,683 formed
8,214 dissolved
2023
9,591 formed
7,897 dissolved
2024
9,185 formed
8,042 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
1.2% vs 2020
5.65% vs 2021
0.14% vs 2022
2.4% vs 2023