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Company Formations in 2017: Cheshire

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???? Businesses formed in Cheshire during 2017

1.8% more companies in Cheshire compared to 2016

New businesses in Cheshire mapped

Cheshire East 3,407 formed

Cheshire West and Chester 2,637 formed

Halton 901 formed

Warrington 4,663 formed

Companies formed in 2017 league table

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

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County
No. Companies formed
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
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County
No. Companies formed
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
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County
No. Companies formed
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

New incorporations in 2017 per 1000 Man standing people

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Type of companies formed in Cheshire breakdown

98% Private Limited Companies (11,433 companies)

2% Other company types (186 companies)

Other company types breakdown (186 companies)

Total companies in Cheshire by the end of 2017

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Businesses formed in Cheshire during 2017

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Businesses dissolved in Cheshire during 2017

meaning there is a total of

76,254

businesses registered in Cheshire at the end of 2017.

1.8% more companies in Cheshire compared to 2016

Surrounding counties 2017 breakdown & comparison

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

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Ward breakdown data for

Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Alderley Edge
48
156
108
Alsager
48
67
19
Audlem
23
20
-3
Bollington
50
73
23
Brereton Rural
359
96
-263
Broken Cross and Upton
25
31
6
Bunbury
12
23
11
Chelford
27
72
45
Congleton East
42
55
13
Congleton West
103
176
73
Crewe Central
27
52
25
Crewe East
73
129
56
Crewe North
7
11
4
Crewe South
43
76
33
Crewe St Barnabas
10
11
1
Crewe West
22
38
16
Dane Valley
43
72
29
Disley
21
21
0
Gawsworth
18
24
6
Handforth
118
169
51
Haslington
24
37
13
High Legh
30
45
15
Knutsford
139
145
6
Leighton
17
15
-2
Macclesfield Central
171
219
48
Macclesfield East
30
30
0
Macclesfield Hurdsfield
16
22
6
Macclesfield South
22
25
3
Macclesfield Tytherington
46
55
9
Macclesfield West and Ivy
21
24
3
Middlewich
54
53
-1
Mobberley
22
39
17
Nantwich North and West
63
85
22
Nantwich South and Stapeley
68
95
27
Odd Rode
35
36
1
Poynton East and Pott Shrigley
44
59
15
Poynton West and Adlington
40
47
7
Prestbury
19
43
24
Sandbach Elworth
6
23
17
Sandbach Ettiley Heath and Wheelock
20
32
12
Sandbach Heath and East
36
45
9
Sandbach Town
34
38
4
Shavington
9
11
2
Sutton
27
42
15
Willaston and Rope
18
19
1
Wilmslow Dean Row
32
46
14
Wilmslow East
478
352
-126
Wilmslow Lacey Green
24
42
18
Wilmslow West and Chorley
97
238
141
Wistaston
32
27
-5
Wrenbury
26
19
-7
Wybunbury
41
46
5
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Blacon
34
36
2
Boughton
83
121
38
Chester City
271
584
313
Chester Villages
25
63
38
Davenham and Moulton
40
49
9
Dodleston and Huntington
117
181
64
Ellesmere Port Town
41
53
12
Elton
18
29
11
Farndon
13
29
16
Frodsham
47
48
1
Garden Quarter
44
74
30
Gowy
22
24
2
Grange
20
22
2
Great Boughton
25
30
5
Handbridge Park
40
46
6
Hartford and Greenbank
28
39
11
Helsby
12
28
16
Hoole
27
61
34
Kingsley
12
25
13
Lache
14
32
18
Ledsham and Manor
18
29
11
Little Neston and Burton
37
30
-7
Malpas
23
26
3
Marbury
47
61
14
Neston
22
26
4
Netherpool
17
16
-1
Newton
29
41
12
Parkgate
29
37
8
Rossmore
33
32
-1
Saughall and Mollington
32
40
8
Shakerley
22
27
5
St Paul's
25
36
11
Strawberry
9
16
7
Sutton
27
42
15
Tarporley
46
49
3
Tarvin and Kelsall
44
43
-1
Tattenhall
22
44
22
Upton
17
43
26
Weaver and Cuddington
44
65
21
Whitby
33
52
19
Willaston and Thornton
20
27
7
Winnington and Castle
117
138
21
Winsford Over and Verdin
40
47
7
Winsford Swanlow and Dene
24
17
-7
Winsford Wharton
34
57
23
Witton and Rudheath
36
57
21
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Appleton
57
107
50
Beechwood
13
10
-3
Birchfield
29
35
6
Broadheath
22
16
-6
Daresbury
104
76
-28
Ditton
42
52
10
Farnworth
36
57
21
Grange
20
22
2
Hale
7
6
-1
Halton Brook
15
27
12
Halton Castle
19
25
6
Halton Lea
22
25
3
Halton View
25
25
0
Heath
25
69
44
Hough Green
12
12
0
Kingsway
15
33
18
Mersey
30
268
238
Norton North
33
28
-5
Norton South
10
17
7
Riverside
30
59
29
Windmill Hill
3
2
-1
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Appleton
57
107
50
Bewsey and Whitecross
734
3286
2552
Birchwood
81
267
186
Burtonwood and Winwick
28
36
8
Culcheth Glazebury and Croft
73
81
8
Fairfield and Howley
94
96
2
Grappenhall and Thelwall
83
94
11
Great Sankey North
12
8
-4
Great Sankey South
29
42
13
Hatton Stretton and Walton
24
36
12
Latchford East
30
55
25
Latchford West
189
76
-113
Lymm
94
101
7
Orford
40
32
-8
Penketh and Cuerdley
32
48
16
Poplars and Hulme
22
47
25
Poulton North
32
47
15
Poulton South
16
21
5
Rixton and Woolston
43
62
19
Stockton Heath
35
61
26
Westbrook
42
29
-13
Whittle Hall
69
78
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Total companies 2017 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2017 and how Cheshire compares to them.

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Rank
County
Total companies
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
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
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

Total companies at the end of 2017 per 1000 Person people

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The last 5 years

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