2017
11,619 formed
6,981 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Cheshire during 2021
3.9% fewer companies in Cheshire compared to 2020
Cheshire East 3,462 formed
Cheshire West and Chester 2,953 formed
Halton 744 formed
Warrington 2,631 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Cheshire compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2020: 1st
|
London |
269,246 |
2nd
2020: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
36,485 |
3rd
2020: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
36,442 |
4th
2020: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
22,140 |
5th
2020: 5th
|
Essex |
18,584 |
13th 2020: 13th
|
Cheshire |
9,800 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
3rd
2020: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
36,442 |
9th
2020: 9th
|
Merseyside |
13,108 |
13th
2020: 13th
|
Cheshire |
9,800 |
18th
2020: 22nd
|
Staffordshire |
8,541 |
26th
2020: 25th
|
Derbyshire |
7,261 |
42nd
2020: 41st
|
Shropshire |
2,914 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2020: 1st
|
London |
269,246 |
2nd 2020: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
36,485 |
3rd 2020: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
36,442 |
4th 2020: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
22,140 |
5th 2020: 5th
|
Essex |
18,584 |
6th 2020: 6th
|
Kent |
16,625 |
7th 2020: 7th
|
Hampshire |
14,512 |
8th 2020: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
13,899 |
9th 2020: 9th
|
Merseyside |
13,108 |
10th 2020: 10th
|
Lancashire |
12,800 |
11th 2020: 12th
|
Surrey |
11,021 |
12th 2020: 14th
|
South Yorkshire |
10,815 |
13th 2020: 13th
|
Cheshire |
9,800 |
14th 2020: 11th
|
Leicestershire |
9,685 |
15th 2020: 15th
|
Berkshire |
9,605 |
16th 2020: 16th
|
Buckinghamshire |
8,910 |
17th 2020: 17th
|
Nottinghamshire |
8,810 |
18th 2020: 22nd
|
Staffordshire |
8,541 |
19th 2020: 20th
|
East Sussex |
7,675 |
20th 2020: 21st
|
Tyne and Wear |
7,623 |
21st 2020: 19th
|
North Yorkshire |
7,614 |
22nd 2020: 26th
|
Dorset |
7,584 |
23rd 2020: 24th
|
Cambridgeshire |
7,476 |
24th 2020: 18th
|
Bedfordshire |
7,413 |
25th 2020: 28th
|
Worcestershire |
7,361 |
26th 2020: 25th
|
Derbyshire |
7,261 |
27th 2020: 23rd
|
Northamptonshire |
7,131 |
28th 2020: 31st
|
Somerset |
7,057 |
29th 2020: 30th
|
Lincolnshire |
6,903 |
30th 2020: 27th
|
Devon |
6,825 |
31st 2020: 29th
|
West Sussex |
6,463 |
32nd 2020: 32nd
|
Gloucestershire |
6,357 |
33rd 2020: 35th
|
Suffolk |
5,445 |
34th 2020: 37th
|
Norfolk |
5,214 |
35th 2020: 33rd
|
Bristol |
5,125 |
36th 2020: 38th
|
Warwickshire |
5,117 |
37th 2020: 36th
|
Durham |
5,065 |
38th 2020: 34th
|
Oxfordshire |
5,053 |
39th 2020: 39th
|
Wiltshire |
4,432 |
40th 2020: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
3,749 |
41st 2020: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
2,993 |
42nd 2020: 41st
|
Shropshire |
2,914 |
43rd 2020: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
2,858 |
44th 2020: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,286 |
45th 2020: 45th
|
Northumberland |
1,421 |
46th 2020: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
697 |
47th 2020: 47th
|
Rutland |
195 |
people
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12.2
97% Private Limited Companies (9,507 companies)
3% Other company types (293 companies)
Other company types breakdown (293 companies)
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Businesses formed in Cheshire during 2021
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Businesses dissolved in Cheshire during 2021
83,426
businesses registered in Cheshire at the end of 2021.
3.9% fewer companies in Cheshire compared to 2020
Flintshire
7,021 total businesses
1,066 formed in 2021
1,010 dissolved in 2021
Wrexham
5,364 total businesses
647 formed in 2021
624 dissolved in 2021
Staffordshire
57,556 total businesses
8,541 formed in 2021
6,245 dissolved in 2021
Derbyshire
53,394 total businesses
7,261 formed in 2021
5,840 dissolved in 2021
Greater Manchester
217,557 total businesses
36,442 formed in 2021
28,629 dissolved in 2021
Merseyside
78,022 total businesses
13,108 formed in 2021
10,601 dissolved in 2021
Shropshire
25,765 total businesses
2,914 formed in 2021
2,811 dissolved in 2021
Cheshire
83,426 total businesses
9,800 formed in 2021
11,442 dissolved in 2021
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Alderley Edge |
7 |
||
Alsager |
6 |
||
Audlem |
15 |
||
Bollington |
0 |
||
Brereton Rural |
45 |
||
Broken Cross and Upton |
4 |
||
Bunbury |
-6 |
||
Chelford |
14 |
||
Congleton East |
1 |
||
Congleton West |
32 |
||
Crewe Central |
34 |
||
Crewe East |
83 |
||
Crewe North |
7 |
||
Crewe South |
12 |
||
Crewe St Barnabas |
1 |
||
Crewe West |
0 |
||
Dane Valley |
4 |
||
Disley |
18 |
||
Gawsworth |
8 |
||
Handforth |
-54 |
||
Haslington |
12 |
||
High Legh |
25 |
||
Knutsford |
23 |
||
Leighton |
2 |
||
Macclesfield Central |
46 |
||
Macclesfield East |
35 |
||
Macclesfield Hurdsfield |
-2 |
||
Macclesfield South |
16 |
||
Macclesfield Tytherington |
11 |
||
Macclesfield West and Ivy |
-2 |
||
Middlewich |
-2 |
||
Mobberley |
11 |
||
Nantwich North and West |
-2 |
||
Nantwich South and Stapeley |
28 |
||
Odd Rode |
6 |
||
Poynton East and Pott Shrigley |
6 |
||
Poynton West and Adlington |
3 |
||
Prestbury |
12 |
||
Sandbach Elworth |
-2 |
||
Sandbach Ettiley Heath and Wheelock |
5 |
||
Sandbach Heath and East |
-11 |
||
Sandbach Town |
1 |
||
Shavington |
8 |
||
Sutton |
9 |
||
Willaston and Rope |
-7 |
||
Wilmslow Dean Row |
-3 |
||
Wilmslow East |
-91 |
||
Wilmslow Lacey Green |
18 |
||
Wilmslow West and Chorley |
29 |
||
Wistaston |
3 |
||
Wrenbury |
6 |
||
Wybunbury |
1 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Blacon |
-10 |
||
Boughton |
19 |
||
Chester City |
-59 |
||
Chester Villages |
-5 |
||
Davenham and Moulton |
8 |
||
Dodleston and Huntington |
74 |
||
Ellesmere Port Town |
22 |
||
Elton |
-6 |
||
Farndon |
-1 |
||
Frodsham |
-6 |
||
Garden Quarter |
-1 |
||
Gowy |
7 |
||
Grange |
1 |
||
Great Boughton |
4 |
||
Handbridge Park |
-3 |
||
Hartford and Greenbank |
6 |
||
Helsby |
-9 |
||
Hoole |
24 |
||
Kingsley |
-3 |
||
Lache |
8 |
||
Ledsham and Manor |
-1 |
||
Little Neston and Burton |
230 |
||
Malpas |
6 |
||
Marbury |
7 |
||
Neston |
-1 |
||
Netherpool |
21 |
||
Newton |
9 |
||
Parkgate |
0 |
||
Rossmore |
19 |
||
Saughall and Mollington |
4 |
||
Shakerley |
9 |
||
St Paul's |
3 |
||
Strawberry |
-3 |
||
Sutton |
9 |
||
Tarporley |
57 |
||
Tarvin and Kelsall |
14 |
||
Tattenhall |
16 |
||
Upton |
1 |
||
Weaver and Cuddington |
11 |
||
Whitby |
26 |
||
Willaston and Thornton |
-1 |
||
Winnington and Castle |
27 |
||
Winsford Over and Verdin |
11 |
||
Winsford Swanlow and Dene |
5 |
||
Winsford Wharton |
27 |
||
Witton and Rudheath |
-4 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Appleton |
18 |
||
Beechwood |
3 |
||
Birchfield |
24 |
||
Broadheath |
8 |
||
Daresbury |
-38 |
||
Ditton |
-4 |
||
Farnworth |
7 |
||
Grange |
1 |
||
Hale |
-6 |
||
Halton Brook |
2 |
||
Halton Castle |
18 |
||
Halton Lea |
-5 |
||
Halton View |
-13 |
||
Heath |
14 |
||
Hough Green |
-2 |
||
Kingsway |
-16 |
||
Mersey |
2 |
||
Norton North |
1 |
||
Norton South |
8 |
||
Riverside |
-1 |
||
Windmill Hill |
2 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Appleton |
18 |
||
Bewsey and Whitecross |
-2740 |
||
Birchwood |
50 |
||
Burtonwood and Winwick |
14 |
||
Culcheth Glazebury and Croft |
2 |
||
Fairfield and Howley |
17 |
||
Grappenhall and Thelwall |
11 |
||
Great Sankey North |
9 |
||
Great Sankey South |
4 |
||
Hatton Stretton and Walton |
10 |
||
Latchford East |
4 |
||
Latchford West |
-4 |
||
Lymm |
29 |
||
Orford |
20 |
||
Penketh and Cuerdley |
4 |
||
Poplars and Hulme |
17 |
||
Poulton North |
-12 |
||
Poulton South |
4 |
||
Rixton and Woolston |
65 |
||
Stockton Heath |
-7 |
||
Westbrook |
9 |
||
Whittle Hall |
6 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2021 and how Cheshire compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2020: 1st
|
London |
1,397,474 |
2nd
2020: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
217,557 |
3rd
2020: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
198,781 |
4th
2020: 4th
|
Essex |
141,948 |
5th
2020: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
141,120 |
11th 2020: 10th
|
Cheshire |
83,426 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
2nd
2020: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
217,557 |
11th
2020: 10th
|
Cheshire |
83,426 |
12th
2020: 12th
|
Merseyside |
78,022 |
22nd
2020: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
57,556 |
27th
2020: 28th
|
Derbyshire |
53,394 |
41st
2020: 41st
|
Shropshire |
25,765 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2020: 1st
|
London |
1,397,474 |
2nd 2020: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
217,557 |
3rd 2020: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
198,781 |
4th 2020: 4th
|
Essex |
141,948 |
5th 2020: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
141,120 |
6th 2020: 6th
|
Kent |
126,550 |
7th 2020: 7th
|
Hampshire |
123,584 |
8th 2020: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
118,798 |
9th 2020: 9th
|
Surrey |
106,792 |
10th 2020: 11th
|
Lancashire |
87,562 |
11th 2020: 10th
|
Cheshire |
83,426 |
12th 2020: 12th
|
Merseyside |
78,022 |
13th 2020: 14th
|
Berkshire |
75,011 |
14th 2020: 13th
|
Buckinghamshire |
74,634 |
15th 2020: 15th
|
Leicestershire |
71,867 |
16th 2020: 16th
|
East Sussex |
70,862 |
17th 2020: 17th
|
South Yorkshire |
68,227 |
18th 2020: 19th
|
Devon |
60,022 |
19th 2020: 18th
|
North Yorkshire |
59,819 |
20th 2020: 21st
|
Nottinghamshire |
58,780 |
21st 2020: 20th
|
West Sussex |
57,619 |
22nd 2020: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
57,556 |
23rd 2020: 23rd
|
Somerset |
57,300 |
24th 2020: 22nd
|
Gloucestershire |
56,711 |
25th 2020: 25th
|
Dorset |
56,465 |
26th 2020: 26th
|
Cambridgeshire |
56,346 |
27th 2020: 28th
|
Derbyshire |
53,394 |
28th 2020: 27th
|
Northamptonshire |
53,149 |
29th 2020: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
50,076 |
30th 2020: 30th
|
Tyne and Wear |
49,266 |
31st 2020: 31st
|
Bedfordshire |
47,831 |
32nd 2020: 32nd
|
Oxfordshire |
45,883 |
33rd 2020: 34th
|
Norfolk |
43,452 |
34th 2020: 33rd
|
Worcestershire |
42,443 |
35th 2020: 36th
|
Suffolk |
41,836 |
36th 2020: 35th
|
Warwickshire |
40,740 |
37th 2020: 37th
|
Wiltshire |
39,338 |
38th 2020: 38th
|
Bristol |
36,239 |
39th 2020: 39th
|
Durham |
33,620 |
40th 2020: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
27,909 |
41st 2020: 41st
|
Shropshire |
25,765 |
42nd 2020: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
24,752 |
43rd 2020: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
22,499 |
44th 2020: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
14,830 |
45th 2020: 45th
|
Northumberland |
11,895 |
46th 2020: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
6,319 |
47th 2020: 47th
|
Rutland |
2,056 |
people
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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.
2017
11,619 formed
6,981 dissolved
2018
13,259 formed
8,582 dissolved
2019
12,221 formed
8,748 dissolved
2020
11,017 formed
7,263 dissolved
2021
9,800 formed
11,442 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
2.65% vs 2017
2.34% vs 2018
8.35% vs 2019
-3.9% vs 2020