2012
8,153 formed
3,870 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Cheshire during 2016
10.2% more companies in Cheshire compared to 2015
Cheshire East 5,902 formed
Cheshire West and Chester 2,938 formed
Halton 701 formed
Warrington 5,764 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Cheshire compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2015: 1st
|
London |
209,869 |
2nd
2015: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
32,999 |
3rd
2015: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
31,162 |
4th
2015: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
17,837 |
5th
2015: 6th
|
Hertfordshire |
17,671 |
7th 2015: 10th
|
Cheshire |
15,328 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
2nd
2015: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
32,999 |
7th
2015: 10th
|
Cheshire |
15,328 |
13th
2015: 12th
|
Merseyside |
10,617 |
21st
2015: 22nd
|
Staffordshire |
7,618 |
27th
2015: 19th
|
Derbyshire |
6,271 |
41st
2015: 41st
|
Shropshire |
2,496 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2015: 1st
|
London |
209,869 |
2nd 2015: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
32,999 |
3rd 2015: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
31,162 |
4th 2015: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
17,837 |
5th 2015: 6th
|
Hertfordshire |
17,671 |
6th 2015: 5th
|
Essex |
15,887 |
7th 2015: 10th
|
Cheshire |
15,328 |
8th 2015: 7th
|
Kent |
14,577 |
9th 2015: 8th
|
Hampshire |
14,249 |
10th 2015: 24th
|
Bedfordshire |
13,677 |
11th 2015: 34th
|
Wiltshire |
11,837 |
12th 2015: 9th
|
Surrey |
11,070 |
13th 2015: 12th
|
Merseyside |
10,617 |
14th 2015: 11th
|
Lancashire |
10,600 |
15th 2015: 13th
|
South Yorkshire |
9,265 |
16th 2015: 14th
|
Berkshire |
9,081 |
17th 2015: 16th
|
Buckinghamshire |
8,523 |
18th 2015: 18th
|
Leicestershire |
8,307 |
19th 2015: 17th
|
Dorset |
8,113 |
20th 2015: 15th
|
East Sussex |
7,939 |
21st 2015: 22nd
|
Staffordshire |
7,618 |
22nd 2015: 23rd
|
Northamptonshire |
7,050 |
23rd 2015: 20th
|
Nottinghamshire |
6,642 |
24th 2015: 39th
|
Worcestershire |
6,602 |
25th 2015: 21st
|
North Yorkshire |
6,525 |
26th 2015: 27th
|
Tyne and Wear |
6,380 |
27th 2015: 19th
|
Derbyshire |
6,271 |
28th 2015: 25th
|
Cambridgeshire |
6,208 |
29th 2015: 26th
|
West Sussex |
5,996 |
30th 2015: 30th
|
Devon |
5,703 |
31st 2015: 28th
|
Lincolnshire |
5,698 |
32nd 2015: 29th
|
Gloucestershire |
5,639 |
33rd 2015: 31st
|
Somerset |
5,328 |
34th 2015: 32nd
|
Bristol |
5,196 |
35th 2015: 35th
|
Warwickshire |
4,709 |
36th 2015: 33rd
|
Oxfordshire |
4,517 |
37th 2015: 36th
|
Norfolk |
4,480 |
38th 2015: 37th
|
Suffolk |
4,291 |
39th 2015: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
4,080 |
40th 2015: 38th
|
Durham |
4,017 |
41st 2015: 41st
|
Shropshire |
2,496 |
42nd 2015: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
2,468 |
43rd 2015: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
1,979 |
44th 2015: 44th
|
Northumberland |
1,302 |
45th 2015: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
853 |
46th 2015: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
545 |
47th 2015: 47th
|
Rutland |
217 |
people
14.9
10.5
99% Private Limited Companies (15,145 companies)
1% Other company types (183 companies)
Other company types breakdown (183 companies)
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Businesses formed in Cheshire during 2016
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Businesses dissolved in Cheshire during 2016
74,912
businesses registered in Cheshire at the end of 2016.
10.2% more companies in Cheshire compared to 2015
Flintshire
5,316 total businesses
842 formed in 2016
553 dissolved in 2016
Wrexham
4,150 total businesses
575 formed in 2016
393 dissolved in 2016
Staffordshire
47,000 total businesses
7,618 formed in 2016
4,763 dissolved in 2016
Derbyshire
43,529 total businesses
6,271 formed in 2016
4,531 dissolved in 2016
Greater Manchester
167,797 total businesses
32,999 formed in 2016
23,445 dissolved in 2016
Merseyside
60,027 total businesses
10,617 formed in 2016
7,694 dissolved in 2016
Shropshire
20,422 total businesses
2,496 formed in 2016
1,763 dissolved in 2016
Cheshire
74,912 total businesses
15,328 formed in 2016
6,908 dissolved in 2016
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Alderley Edge |
44 |
||
Alsager |
18 |
||
Audlem |
24 |
||
Bollington |
8 |
||
Brereton Rural |
1951 |
||
Broken Cross and Upton |
17 |
||
Bunbury |
5 |
||
Chelford |
12 |
||
Congleton East |
11 |
||
Congleton West |
-8 |
||
Crewe Central |
8 |
||
Crewe East |
31 |
||
Crewe North |
3 |
||
Crewe South |
44 |
||
Crewe St Barnabas |
4 |
||
Crewe West |
12 |
||
Dane Valley |
14 |
||
Disley |
14 |
||
Gawsworth |
14 |
||
Handforth |
64 |
||
Haslington |
12 |
||
High Legh |
9 |
||
Knutsford |
32 |
||
Leighton |
-3 |
||
Macclesfield Central |
34 |
||
Macclesfield East |
9 |
||
Macclesfield Hurdsfield |
-17 |
||
Macclesfield South |
22 |
||
Macclesfield Tytherington |
-24 |
||
Macclesfield West and Ivy |
-1 |
||
Middlewich |
13 |
||
Mobberley |
17 |
||
Nantwich North and West |
17 |
||
Nantwich South and Stapeley |
18 |
||
Odd Rode |
20 |
||
Poynton East and Pott Shrigley |
29 |
||
Poynton West and Adlington |
-3 |
||
Prestbury |
8 |
||
Sandbach Elworth |
8 |
||
Sandbach Ettiley Heath and Wheelock |
18 |
||
Sandbach Heath and East |
16 |
||
Sandbach Town |
1 |
||
Shavington |
2 |
||
Sutton |
13 |
||
Willaston and Rope |
15 |
||
Wilmslow Dean Row |
8 |
||
Wilmslow East |
593 |
||
Wilmslow Lacey Green |
13 |
||
Wilmslow West and Chorley |
58 |
||
Wistaston |
0 |
||
Wrenbury |
5 |
||
Wybunbury |
19 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Blacon |
18 |
||
Boughton |
-8 |
||
Chester City |
497 |
||
Chester Villages |
7 |
||
Davenham and Moulton |
15 |
||
Dodleston and Huntington |
276 |
||
Ellesmere Port Town |
-9 |
||
Elton |
0 |
||
Farndon |
2 |
||
Frodsham |
-4 |
||
Garden Quarter |
27 |
||
Gowy |
7 |
||
Grange |
16 |
||
Great Boughton |
-10 |
||
Handbridge Park |
30 |
||
Hartford and Greenbank |
2 |
||
Helsby |
8 |
||
Hoole |
13 |
||
Kingsley |
-7 |
||
Lache |
7 |
||
Ledsham and Manor |
-2 |
||
Little Neston and Burton |
6 |
||
Malpas |
10 |
||
Marbury |
-2 |
||
Neston |
-8 |
||
Netherpool |
13 |
||
Newton |
20 |
||
Parkgate |
21 |
||
Rossmore |
2 |
||
Saughall and Mollington |
12 |
||
Shakerley |
-8 |
||
St Paul's |
15 |
||
Strawberry |
0 |
||
Sutton |
13 |
||
Tarporley |
-24 |
||
Tarvin and Kelsall |
8 |
||
Tattenhall |
15 |
||
Upton |
14 |
||
Weaver and Cuddington |
11 |
||
Whitby |
20 |
||
Willaston and Thornton |
-4 |
||
Winnington and Castle |
13 |
||
Winsford Over and Verdin |
8 |
||
Winsford Swanlow and Dene |
12 |
||
Winsford Wharton |
11 |
||
Witton and Rudheath |
20 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Appleton |
25 |
||
Beechwood |
3 |
||
Birchfield |
12 |
||
Broadheath |
8 |
||
Daresbury |
-30 |
||
Ditton |
4 |
||
Farnworth |
29 |
||
Grange |
16 |
||
Hale |
7 |
||
Halton Brook |
7 |
||
Halton Castle |
5 |
||
Halton Lea |
-10 |
||
Halton View |
14 |
||
Heath |
16 |
||
Hough Green |
5 |
||
Kingsway |
6 |
||
Mersey |
-3 |
||
Norton North |
9 |
||
Norton South |
1 |
||
Riverside |
18 |
||
Windmill Hill |
-2 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Appleton |
25 |
||
Bewsey and Whitecross |
3275 |
||
Birchwood |
36 |
||
Burtonwood and Winwick |
5 |
||
Culcheth Glazebury and Croft |
-13 |
||
Fairfield and Howley |
34 |
||
Grappenhall and Thelwall |
38 |
||
Great Sankey North |
2 |
||
Great Sankey South |
6 |
||
Hatton Stretton and Walton |
4 |
||
Latchford East |
13 |
||
Latchford West |
364 |
||
Lymm |
46 |
||
Orford |
30 |
||
Penketh and Cuerdley |
14 |
||
Poplars and Hulme |
9 |
||
Poulton North |
27 |
||
Poulton South |
7 |
||
Rixton and Woolston |
19 |
||
Stockton Heath |
-6 |
||
Westbrook |
9 |
||
Whittle Hall |
38 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2016 and how Cheshire compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2015: 1st
|
London |
1,070,255 |
2nd
2015: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
167,797 |
3rd
2015: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
156,118 |
4th
2015: 4th
|
Essex |
112,065 |
5th
2015: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
107,764 |
10th 2015: 10th
|
Cheshire |
74,912 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
2nd
2015: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
167,797 |
10th
2015: 10th
|
Cheshire |
74,912 |
15th
2015: 15th
|
Merseyside |
60,027 |
23rd
2015: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
47,000 |
27th
2015: 25th
|
Derbyshire |
43,529 |
41st
2015: 41st
|
Shropshire |
20,422 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2015: 1st
|
London |
1,070,255 |
2nd 2015: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
167,797 |
3rd 2015: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
156,118 |
4th 2015: 4th
|
Essex |
112,065 |
5th 2015: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
107,764 |
6th 2015: 7th
|
Hertfordshire |
104,699 |
7th 2015: 6th
|
Hampshire |
103,043 |
8th 2015: 8th
|
Kent |
98,931 |
9th 2015: 9th
|
Surrey |
95,997 |
10th 2015: 10th
|
Cheshire |
74,912 |
11th 2015: 11th
|
Lancashire |
68,241 |
12th 2015: 12th
|
Berkshire |
64,828 |
13th 2015: 13th
|
East Sussex |
63,012 |
14th 2015: 14th
|
Buckinghamshire |
62,413 |
15th 2015: 15th
|
Merseyside |
60,027 |
16th 2015: 16th
|
South Yorkshire |
55,438 |
17th 2015: 17th
|
Leicestershire |
52,138 |
18th 2015: 18th
|
Dorset |
50,419 |
19th 2015: 19th
|
West Sussex |
48,518 |
20th 2015: 20th
|
North Yorkshire |
48,164 |
21st 2015: 21st
|
Gloucestershire |
47,665 |
22nd 2015: 22nd
|
Devon |
47,095 |
23rd 2015: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
47,000 |
24th 2015: 23rd
|
Somerset |
46,011 |
25th 2015: 26th
|
Nottinghamshire |
45,573 |
26th 2015: 32nd
|
Bedfordshire |
44,451 |
27th 2015: 25th
|
Derbyshire |
43,529 |
28th 2015: 27th
|
Cambridgeshire |
43,412 |
29th 2015: 33rd
|
Wiltshire |
41,591 |
30th 2015: 28th
|
Lincolnshire |
40,701 |
31st 2015: 29th
|
Northamptonshire |
40,600 |
32nd 2015: 31st
|
Tyne and Wear |
38,544 |
33rd 2015: 30th
|
Oxfordshire |
38,413 |
34th 2015: 35th
|
Norfolk |
34,374 |
35th 2015: 34th
|
Warwickshire |
34,180 |
36th 2015: 38th
|
Worcestershire |
33,436 |
37th 2015: 36th
|
Suffolk |
32,526 |
38th 2015: 37th
|
Bristol |
31,308 |
39th 2015: 39th
|
Durham |
25,127 |
40th 2015: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
23,848 |
41st 2015: 41st
|
Shropshire |
20,422 |
42nd 2015: 42nd
|
Cumbria |
19,675 |
43rd 2015: 43rd
|
Cornwall |
19,655 |
44th 2015: 44th
|
Northumberland |
9,713 |
45th 2015: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
8,293 |
46th 2015: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
4,973 |
47th 2015: 47th
|
Rutland |
1,742 |
people
72.8
62.6
How the total number of companies in Cheshire has changed over the last 5 years as new companies have been formed and some existing companies dissolved.
2012
8,153 formed
3,870 dissolved
2013
9,868 formed
4,559 dissolved
2014
10,830 formed
5,990 dissolved
2015
11,974 formed
5,482 dissolved
2016
15,328 formed
6,908 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
10.1% vs 2012
8.4% vs 2013
8.6% vs 2014
10.2% vs 2015