2013
9,868 formed
4,559 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Cheshire during 2017
1.8% more companies in Cheshire compared to 2016
Cheshire East 3,407 formed
Cheshire West and Chester 2,637 formed
Halton 901 formed
Warrington 4,663 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Cheshire compares.
Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
---|---|---|
1st
2016: 1st
|
London |
205,527 |
2nd
2016: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
31,124 |
3rd
2016: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
26,802 |
4th
2016: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
16,604 |
5th
2016: 6th
|
Essex |
15,922 |
9th 2016: 7th
|
Cheshire |
11,619 |
Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
---|---|---|
2nd
2016: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
31,124 |
9th
2016: 7th
|
Cheshire |
11,619 |
10th
2016: 13th
|
Merseyside |
11,016 |
24th
2016: 21st
|
Staffordshire |
6,449 |
27th
2016: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
5,803 |
42nd
2016: 41st
|
Shropshire |
2,474 |
Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
---|---|---|
1st 2016: 1st
|
London |
205,527 |
2nd 2016: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
31,124 |
3rd 2016: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
26,802 |
4th 2016: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
16,604 |
5th 2016: 6th
|
Essex |
15,922 |
6th 2016: 8th
|
Kent |
14,860 |
7th 2016: 5th
|
Hertfordshire |
13,752 |
8th 2016: 9th
|
Hampshire |
13,642 |
9th 2016: 7th
|
Cheshire |
11,619 |
10th 2016: 13th
|
Merseyside |
11,016 |
11th 2016: 12th
|
Surrey |
11,009 |
12th 2016: 14th
|
Lancashire |
10,646 |
13th 2016: 18th
|
Leicestershire |
10,566 |
14th 2016: 22nd
|
Northamptonshire |
9,958 |
15th 2016: 16th
|
Berkshire |
8,679 |
16th 2016: 15th
|
South Yorkshire |
8,325 |
17th 2016: 17th
|
Buckinghamshire |
7,992 |
18th 2016: 24th
|
Worcestershire |
7,804 |
19th 2016: 20th
|
East Sussex |
7,318 |
20th 2016: 19th
|
Dorset |
7,242 |
21st 2016: 23rd
|
Nottinghamshire |
6,937 |
22nd 2016: 25th
|
North Yorkshire |
6,766 |
23rd 2016: 10th
|
Bedfordshire |
6,469 |
24th 2016: 21st
|
Staffordshire |
6,449 |
25th 2016: 28th
|
Cambridgeshire |
6,384 |
26th 2016: 26th
|
Tyne and Wear |
6,166 |
27th 2016: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
5,803 |
28th 2016: 30th
|
Devon |
5,615 |
29th 2016: 29th
|
West Sussex |
5,598 |
30th 2016: 32nd
|
Gloucestershire |
5,447 |
31st 2016: 31st
|
Lincolnshire |
5,414 |
32nd 2016: 33rd
|
Somerset |
5,329 |
33rd 2016: 11th
|
Wiltshire |
5,227 |
34th 2016: 34th
|
Bristol |
4,744 |
35th 2016: 39th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
4,646 |
36th 2016: 35th
|
Warwickshire |
4,617 |
37th 2016: 36th
|
Oxfordshire |
4,612 |
38th 2016: 37th
|
Norfolk |
4,399 |
39th 2016: 38th
|
Suffolk |
4,145 |
40th 2016: 40th
|
Durham |
4,077 |
41st 2016: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
2,665 |
42nd 2016: 41st
|
Shropshire |
2,474 |
43rd 2016: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,215 |
44th 2016: 44th
|
Northumberland |
1,360 |
45th 2016: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
906 |
46th 2016: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
528 |
47th 2016: 47th
|
Rutland |
186 |
11.3
10.0
98% Private Limited Companies (11,433 companies)
2% Other company types (186 companies)
Other company types breakdown (186 companies)
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Businesses formed in Cheshire during 2017
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Businesses dissolved in Cheshire during 2017
76,254
businesses registered in Cheshire at the end of 2017.
1.8% more companies in Cheshire compared to 2016
Flintshire
5,763 total businesses
918 formed in 2017
546 dissolved in 2017
Wrexham
4,347 total businesses
597 formed in 2017
414 dissolved in 2017
Staffordshire
47,930 total businesses
6,449 formed in 2017
5,953 dissolved in 2017
Derbyshire
44,849 total businesses
5,803 formed in 2017
4,531 dissolved in 2017
Greater Manchester
177,360 total businesses
31,124 formed in 2017
23,467 dissolved in 2017
Merseyside
63,781 total businesses
11,016 formed in 2017
7,548 dissolved in 2017
Shropshire
21,473 total businesses
2,474 formed in 2017
1,769 dissolved in 2017
Cheshire
76,254 total businesses
11,619 formed in 2017
6,981 dissolved in 2017
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Alderley Edge |
108 |
||
Alsager |
19 |
||
Audlem |
-3 |
||
Bollington |
23 |
||
Brereton Rural |
-263 |
||
Broken Cross and Upton |
6 |
||
Bunbury |
11 |
||
Chelford |
45 |
||
Congleton East |
13 |
||
Congleton West |
73 |
||
Crewe Central |
25 |
||
Crewe East |
56 |
||
Crewe North |
4 |
||
Crewe South |
33 |
||
Crewe St Barnabas |
1 |
||
Crewe West |
16 |
||
Dane Valley |
29 |
||
Disley |
0 |
||
Gawsworth |
6 |
||
Handforth |
51 |
||
Haslington |
13 |
||
High Legh |
15 |
||
Knutsford |
6 |
||
Leighton |
-2 |
||
Macclesfield Central |
48 |
||
Macclesfield East |
0 |
||
Macclesfield Hurdsfield |
6 |
||
Macclesfield South |
3 |
||
Macclesfield Tytherington |
9 |
||
Macclesfield West and Ivy |
3 |
||
Middlewich |
-1 |
||
Mobberley |
17 |
||
Nantwich North and West |
22 |
||
Nantwich South and Stapeley |
27 |
||
Odd Rode |
1 |
||
Poynton East and Pott Shrigley |
15 |
||
Poynton West and Adlington |
7 |
||
Prestbury |
24 |
||
Sandbach Elworth |
17 |
||
Sandbach Ettiley Heath and Wheelock |
12 |
||
Sandbach Heath and East |
9 |
||
Sandbach Town |
4 |
||
Shavington |
2 |
||
Sutton |
15 |
||
Willaston and Rope |
1 |
||
Wilmslow Dean Row |
14 |
||
Wilmslow East |
-126 |
||
Wilmslow Lacey Green |
18 |
||
Wilmslow West and Chorley |
141 |
||
Wistaston |
-5 |
||
Wrenbury |
-7 |
||
Wybunbury |
5 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Blacon |
2 |
||
Boughton |
38 |
||
Chester City |
313 |
||
Chester Villages |
38 |
||
Davenham and Moulton |
9 |
||
Dodleston and Huntington |
64 |
||
Ellesmere Port Town |
12 |
||
Elton |
11 |
||
Farndon |
16 |
||
Frodsham |
1 |
||
Garden Quarter |
30 |
||
Gowy |
2 |
||
Grange |
2 |
||
Great Boughton |
5 |
||
Handbridge Park |
6 |
||
Hartford and Greenbank |
11 |
||
Helsby |
16 |
||
Hoole |
34 |
||
Kingsley |
13 |
||
Lache |
18 |
||
Ledsham and Manor |
11 |
||
Little Neston and Burton |
-7 |
||
Malpas |
3 |
||
Marbury |
14 |
||
Neston |
4 |
||
Netherpool |
-1 |
||
Newton |
12 |
||
Parkgate |
8 |
||
Rossmore |
-1 |
||
Saughall and Mollington |
8 |
||
Shakerley |
5 |
||
St Paul's |
11 |
||
Strawberry |
7 |
||
Sutton |
15 |
||
Tarporley |
3 |
||
Tarvin and Kelsall |
-1 |
||
Tattenhall |
22 |
||
Upton |
26 |
||
Weaver and Cuddington |
21 |
||
Whitby |
19 |
||
Willaston and Thornton |
7 |
||
Winnington and Castle |
21 |
||
Winsford Over and Verdin |
7 |
||
Winsford Swanlow and Dene |
-7 |
||
Winsford Wharton |
23 |
||
Witton and Rudheath |
21 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Appleton |
50 |
||
Beechwood |
-3 |
||
Birchfield |
6 |
||
Broadheath |
-6 |
||
Daresbury |
-28 |
||
Ditton |
10 |
||
Farnworth |
21 |
||
Grange |
2 |
||
Hale |
-1 |
||
Halton Brook |
12 |
||
Halton Castle |
6 |
||
Halton Lea |
3 |
||
Halton View |
0 |
||
Heath |
44 |
||
Hough Green |
0 |
||
Kingsway |
18 |
||
Mersey |
238 |
||
Norton North |
-5 |
||
Norton South |
7 |
||
Riverside |
29 |
||
Windmill Hill |
-1 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Appleton |
50 |
||
Bewsey and Whitecross |
2552 |
||
Birchwood |
186 |
||
Burtonwood and Winwick |
8 |
||
Culcheth Glazebury and Croft |
8 |
||
Fairfield and Howley |
2 |
||
Grappenhall and Thelwall |
11 |
||
Great Sankey North |
-4 |
||
Great Sankey South |
13 |
||
Hatton Stretton and Walton |
12 |
||
Latchford East |
25 |
||
Latchford West |
-113 |
||
Lymm |
7 |
||
Orford |
-8 |
||
Penketh and Cuerdley |
16 |
||
Poplars and Hulme |
25 |
||
Poulton North |
15 |
||
Poulton South |
5 |
||
Rixton and Woolston |
19 |
||
Stockton Heath |
26 |
||
Westbrook |
-13 |
||
Whittle Hall |
9 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2017 and how Cheshire compares to them.
Rank | County | Total companies |
---|---|---|
1st
2016: 1st
|
London |
1,114,699 |
2nd
2016: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
177,360 |
3rd
2016: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
159,647 |
4th
2016: 4th
|
Essex |
116,669 |
5th
2016: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
113,471 |
10th 2016: 10th
|
Cheshire |
76,254 |
Rank | County | Total companies |
---|---|---|
2nd
2016: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
177,360 |
10th
2016: 10th
|
Cheshire |
76,254 |
15th
2016: 15th
|
Merseyside |
63,781 |
23rd
2016: 23rd
|
Staffordshire |
47,930 |
28th
2016: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
44,849 |
41st
2016: 41st
|
Shropshire |
21,473 |
Rank | County | Total companies |
---|---|---|
1st 2016: 1st
|
London |
1,114,699 |
2nd 2016: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
177,360 |
3rd 2016: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
159,647 |
4th 2016: 4th
|
Essex |
116,669 |
5th 2016: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
113,471 |
6th 2016: 7th
|
Hampshire |
106,588 |
7th 2016: 6th
|
Hertfordshire |
105,506 |
8th 2016: 8th
|
Kent |
105,182 |
9th 2016: 9th
|
Surrey |
96,847 |
10th 2016: 10th
|
Cheshire |
76,254 |
11th 2016: 11th
|
Lancashire |
71,294 |
12th 2016: 12th
|
Berkshire |
66,738 |
13th 2016: 13th
|
East Sussex |
64,805 |
14th 2016: 14th
|
Buckinghamshire |
64,538 |
15th 2016: 15th
|
Merseyside |
63,781 |
16th 2016: 17th
|
Leicestershire |
57,830 |
17th 2016: 16th
|
South Yorkshire |
56,932 |
18th 2016: 18th
|
Dorset |
52,411 |
19th 2016: 20th
|
North Yorkshire |
50,798 |
20th 2016: 19th
|
West Sussex |
49,845 |
21st 2016: 21st
|
Gloucestershire |
49,129 |
22nd 2016: 22nd
|
Devon |
48,848 |
23rd 2016: 23rd
|
Staffordshire |
47,930 |
24th 2016: 24th
|
Somerset |
47,912 |
25th 2016: 25th
|
Nottinghamshire |
47,771 |
26th 2016: 31st
|
Northamptonshire |
46,778 |
27th 2016: 28th
|
Cambridgeshire |
46,059 |
28th 2016: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
44,849 |
29th 2016: 30th
|
Lincolnshire |
41,976 |
30th 2016: 32nd
|
Tyne and Wear |
40,273 |
31st 2016: 33rd
|
Oxfordshire |
39,736 |
32nd 2016: 26th
|
Bedfordshire |
38,894 |
33rd 2016: 36th
|
Worcestershire |
38,764 |
34th 2016: 29th
|
Wiltshire |
36,977 |
35th 2016: 34th
|
Norfolk |
36,459 |
36th 2016: 35th
|
Warwickshire |
35,844 |
37th 2016: 37th
|
Suffolk |
33,994 |
38th 2016: 38th
|
Bristol |
32,106 |
39th 2016: 39th
|
Durham |
26,562 |
40th 2016: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
25,585 |
41st 2016: 41st
|
Shropshire |
21,473 |
42nd 2016: 43rd
|
Cornwall |
20,746 |
43rd 2016: 42nd
|
Cumbria |
20,316 |
44th 2016: 44th
|
Northumberland |
10,100 |
45th 2016: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
8,627 |
46th 2016: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
5,125 |
47th 2016: 47th
|
Rutland |
1,797 |
74.1
65.1
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.
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
2017
11,619 formed
6,981 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
8.4% vs 2013
8.6% vs 2014
10.2% vs 2015
1.8% vs 2016