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Company Formations in 2019: Cambridgeshire

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???? Businesses formed in Cambridgeshire during 2019

3.7% more companies in Cambridgeshire compared to 2018

New businesses in Cambridgeshire mapped

Cambridge 1,056 formed

East Cambridgeshire 437 formed

Fenland 634 formed

Huntingdonshire 1,250 formed

Peterborough 1,987 formed

South Cambridgeshire 1,397 formed

Companies formed in 2019 league table

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

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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
1st 2018: 1st
London
222,468
2nd 2018: 3rd
Greater Manchester
31,440
3rd 2018: 2nd
West Midlands
29,676
4th 2018: 4th
West Yorkshire
18,752
5th 2018: 5th
Essex
17,816
25th 2018: 24th
Cambridgeshire
6,779
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
5th 2018: 5th
Essex
17,816
7th 2018: 6th
Hertfordshire
15,231
18th 2018: 18th
Northamptonshire
8,393
25th 2018: 24th
Cambridgeshire
6,779
26th 2018: 21st
Bedfordshire
6,766
30th 2018: 29th
Lincolnshire
6,042
36th 2018: 37th
Norfolk
4,731
38th 2018: 39th
Suffolk
4,518
47th 2018: 47th
Rutland
230
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
1st 2018: 1st
London
222,468
2nd 2018: 3rd
Greater Manchester
31,440
3rd 2018: 2nd
West Midlands
29,676
4th 2018: 4th
West Yorkshire
18,752
5th 2018: 5th
Essex
17,816
6th 2018: 7th
Kent
15,963
7th 2018: 6th
Hertfordshire
15,231
8th 2018: 8th
Hampshire
15,174
9th 2018: 9th
Cheshire
12,221
10th 2018: 10th
Merseyside
11,866
11th 2018: 11th
Lancashire
11,229
12th 2018: 12th
Surrey
11,032
13th 2018: 15th
Leicestershire
10,825
14th 2018: 22nd
Worcestershire
9,971
15th 2018: 16th
South Yorkshire
9,325
16th 2018: 13th
Berkshire
9,009
17th 2018: 14th
Buckinghamshire
8,835
18th 2018: 18th
Northamptonshire
8,393
19th 2018: 17th
Dorset
8,020
20th 2018: 19th
East Sussex
7,706
21st 2018: 20th
Nottinghamshire
7,348
22nd 2018: 23rd
North Yorkshire
7,260
23rd 2018: 25th
Tyne and Wear
7,132
24th 2018: 26th
Staffordshire
6,927
25th 2018: 24th
Cambridgeshire
6,779
26th 2018: 21st
Bedfordshire
6,766
27th 2018: 27th
Derbyshire
6,522
28th 2018: 30th
Devon
6,196
29th 2018: 28th
West Sussex
6,154
30th 2018: 29th
Lincolnshire
6,042
31st 2018: 32nd
Somerset
6,041
32nd 2018: 31st
Gloucestershire
5,971
33rd 2018: 34th
Warwickshire
5,256
34th 2018: 36th
Oxfordshire
5,087
35th 2018: 35th
Bristol
5,040
36th 2018: 37th
Norfolk
4,731
37th 2018: 33rd
Durham
4,623
38th 2018: 39th
Suffolk
4,518
39th 2018: 38th
Wiltshire
4,428
40th 2018: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
3,258
41st 2018: 42nd
Shropshire
3,231
42nd 2018: 41st
Cornwall
2,948
43rd 2018: 43rd
Cumbria
2,171
44th 2018: 44th
Northumberland
1,531
45th 2018: 45th
Herefordshire
1,499
46th 2018: 46th
Isle of Wight
675
47th 2018: 47th
Rutland
230

New incorporations in 2019 per 1000 Man standing people

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In Cambridgeshire

8.4

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Type of companies formed in Cambridgeshire breakdown

97% Private Limited Companies (6,546 companies)

3% Other company types (233 companies)

Other company types breakdown (233 companies)

Total companies in Cambridgeshire by the end of 2019

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Businesses formed in Cambridgeshire during 2019

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Businesses dissolved in Cambridgeshire during 2019

meaning there is a total of

50,160

businesses registered in Cambridgeshire at the end of 2019.

3.7% more companies in Cambridgeshire compared to 2018

Surrounding counties 2019 breakdown & comparison

Essex

128,433 total businesses
17,816 formed in 2019
14,103 dissolved in 2019

Hertfordshire

113,106 total businesses
15,231 formed in 2019
12,403 dissolved in 2019

Norfolk

38,911 total businesses
4,731 formed in 2019
3,854 dissolved in 2019

Suffolk

36,907 total businesses
4,518 formed in 2019
3,587 dissolved in 2019

Lincolnshire

45,109 total businesses
6,042 formed in 2019
4,846 dissolved in 2019

Northamptonshire

49,144 total businesses
8,393 formed in 2019
5,434 dissolved in 2019

Bedfordshire

42,145 total businesses
6,766 formed in 2019
6,698 dissolved in 2019

Rutland

1,904 total businesses
230 formed in 2019
165 dissolved in 2019

Cambridgeshire

50,160 total businesses
6,779 formed in 2019
5,435 dissolved in 2019

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Ward breakdown data for

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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Abbey
51
85
34
Arbury
34
52
18
Castle
30
34
4
Cherry Hinton
33
34
1
Coleridge
30
69
39
East Chesterton
109
118
9
Histon and Impington
88
101
13
King's Hedges
40
65
25
Market
110
153
43
Newnham
15
32
17
Petersfield
418
100
-318
Queen Edith's
35
42
7
Romsey
44
58
14
Trumpington
86
156
70
West Chesterton
62
58
-4
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Bottisham
21
17
-4
Burwell
14
21
7
Cheveley
15
22
7
Downham Villages
22
24
2
Dullingham Villages
5
15
10
Ely East
48
51
3
Ely North
27
28
1
Ely South
23
17
-6
Ely West
9
28
19
Fordham Villages
13
14
1
Haddenham
48
23
-25
Isleham
2
9
7
Littleport East
22
28
6
Littleport West
17
29
12
Soham North
91
32
-59
Soham South
25
32
7
Stretham
22
19
-3
Sutton
11
14
3
The Swaffhams
8
14
6
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Bassenhally
17
35
18
Benwick Coates & Eastrea
30
38
8
Birch
5
8
3
Clarkson
17
27
10
Doddington & Wimblington
10
22
12
Elm & Christchurch
13
25
12
Kirkgate
5
11
6
Lattersey
7
11
4
Manea
6
16
10
March East
25
26
1
March North
32
99
67
March West
34
22
-12
Medworth
35
79
44
Octavia Hill
20
37
17
Parson Drove & Wisbech St Mary
28
36
8
Peckover
18
28
10
Roman Bank
18
24
6
Slade Lode
16
13
-3
St Andrews
16
11
-5
Staithe
8
3
-5
Stonald
13
14
1
The Mills
8
8
0
Waterlees Village
6
23
17
Wenneye
17
18
1
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Alconbury and The Stukeleys
12
19
7
Brampton
23
30
7
Buckden
15
19
4
Earith
16
21
5
Ellington
24
22
-2
Elton and Folksworth
35
68
33
Fenstanton
13
13
0
Godmanchester
33
26
-7
Gransden and The Offords
16
25
9
Huntingdon East
34
52
18
Huntingdon North
31
49
18
Huntingdon West
92
127
35
Kimbolton and Staughton
17
25
8
Little Paxton
17
37
20
Ramsey
47
52
5
Sawtry
23
18
-5
Somersham
17
43
26
St Ives East
17
39
22
St Ives South
142
160
18
St Ives West
7
10
3
St Neots Eaton Ford
20
39
19
St Neots Eaton Socon
20
25
5
St Neots Eynesbury
33
37
4
St Neots Priory Park
55
106
51
Stilton
8
13
5
The Hemingfords
40
48
8
Upwood and The Raveleys
10
14
4
Warboys and Bury
24
41
17
Yaxley and Farcet
54
72
18
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Barnack
11
19
8
Bretton North
51
97
46
Bretton South
15
12
-3
Central
243
389
146
Coleridge
30
69
39
Dogsthorpe
43
63
20
East
115
174
59
Eye and Thorney
26
57
31
Fletton and Woodston
79
106
27
Glinton and Wittering
18
25
7
Newborough
7
20
13
North
44
38
-6
Northborough
8
9
1
Orton Longueville
44
60
16
Orton Waterville
111
185
74
Orton with Hampton
162
194
32
Park
86
125
39
Paston
41
53
12
Ravensthorpe
63
73
10
Stanground Central
44
62
18
Stanground East
21
14
-7
Walton
33
62
29
Werrington North
25
33
8
Werrington South
17
24
7
West
64
93
29
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Balsham
12
23
11
Bar Hill
18
26
8
Barton
14
8
-6
Bassingbourn
42
54
12
Bourn
83
109
26
Caldecote
6
14
8
Coleridge
30
69
39
Comberton
12
13
1
Cottenham
70
74
4
Duxford
9
19
10
Fowlmere and Foxton
4
18
14
Fulbourn
25
36
11
Gamlingay
10
25
15
Girton
35
37
2
Hardwick
12
11
-1
Harston and Hauxton
7
17
10
Haslingfield and The Eversdens
12
12
0
Histon and Impington
88
101
13
Linton
17
25
8
Longstanton
16
18
2
Melbourn
34
41
7
Meldreth
14
18
4
Milton
27
45
18
Newnham
15
32
17
Orwell and Barrington
13
21
8
Papworth and Elsworth
38
46
8
Sawston
67
53
-14
Swavesey
18
12
-6
Teversham
8
7
-1
The Abingtons
27
40
13
The Mordens
23
16
-7
The Shelfords and Stapleford
55
98
43
The Wilbrahams
16
22
6
Waterbeach
295
266
-29
Whittlesford
33
21
-12
Willingham and Over
40
51
11

Total companies 2019 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2019 and how Cambridgeshire compares to them.

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County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2018: 1st
London
1,204,778
2nd 2018: 2nd
Greater Manchester
189,867
3rd 2018: 3rd
West Midlands
173,134
4th 2018: 4th
Essex
128,433
5th 2018: 5th
West Yorkshire
123,678
26th 2018: 26th
Cambridgeshire
50,160
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
4th 2018: 4th
Essex
128,433
8th 2018: 6th
Hertfordshire
113,106
26th 2018: 26th
Cambridgeshire
50,160
27th 2018: 28th
Northamptonshire
49,144
29th 2018: 29th
Lincolnshire
45,109
33rd 2018: 31st
Bedfordshire
42,145
35th 2018: 34th
Norfolk
38,911
37th 2018: 37th
Suffolk
36,907
47th 2018: 47th
Rutland
1,904
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2018: 1st
London
1,204,778
2nd 2018: 2nd
Greater Manchester
189,867
3rd 2018: 3rd
West Midlands
173,134
4th 2018: 4th
Essex
128,433
5th 2018: 5th
West Yorkshire
123,678
6th 2018: 7th
Hampshire
114,831
7th 2018: 8th
Kent
113,551
8th 2018: 6th
Hertfordshire
113,106
9th 2018: 9th
Surrey
100,643
10th 2018: 10th
Cheshire
80,108
11th 2018: 11th
Lancashire
77,937
12th 2018: 13th
Berkshire
70,177
13th 2018: 12th
Buckinghamshire
69,470
14th 2018: 15th
Merseyside
68,401
15th 2018: 14th
East Sussex
67,545
16th 2018: 16th
Leicestershire
63,315
17th 2018: 17th
South Yorkshire
60,360
18th 2018: 18th
Dorset
57,606
19th 2018: 19th
North Yorkshire
54,481
20th 2018: 21st
Devon
53,264
21st 2018: 20th
West Sussex
52,825
22nd 2018: 22nd
Gloucestershire
52,494
23rd 2018: 24th
Somerset
51,957
24th 2018: 25th
Staffordshire
51,758
25th 2018: 23rd
Nottinghamshire
51,677
26th 2018: 26th
Cambridgeshire
50,160
27th 2018: 28th
Northamptonshire
49,144
28th 2018: 27th
Derbyshire
48,355
29th 2018: 29th
Lincolnshire
45,109
30th 2018: 30th
Tyne and Wear
44,237
31st 2018: 33rd
Worcestershire
43,247
32nd 2018: 32nd
Oxfordshire
42,461
33rd 2018: 31st
Bedfordshire
42,145
34th 2018: 35th
Warwickshire
38,998
35th 2018: 34th
Norfolk
38,911
36th 2018: 36th
Wiltshire
37,182
37th 2018: 37th
Suffolk
36,907
38th 2018: 38th
Bristol
33,594
39th 2018: 39th
Durham
29,218
40th 2018: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
25,383
41st 2018: 41st
Shropshire
23,741
42nd 2018: 42nd
Cornwall
23,037
43rd 2018: 43rd
Cumbria
21,286
44th 2018: 44th
Northumberland
10,879
45th 2018: 45th
Herefordshire
10,498
46th 2018: 46th
Isle of Wight
5,705
47th 2018: 47th
Rutland
1,904

Total companies at the end of 2019 per 1000 Person people

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In Cambridgeshire

62.2

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70.7

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The last 5 years

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

2015

6,235 formed

3,619 dissolved

2016

6,208 formed

4,498 dissolved

2017

6,384 formed

4,395 dissolved

2018

6,786 formed

4,809 dissolved

2019

6,779 formed

5,435 dissolved

Overall growth compared to previous year

4.9% vs 2015

6.1% vs 2016

5.06% vs 2017

3.7% vs 2018