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Company Formations in 2021: Cumbria

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???? Businesses formed in Cumbria during 2021

1.4% more companies in Cumbria compared to 2020

New businesses in Cumbria mapped

Allerdale 394 formed

Barrow-in-Furness 274 formed

Carlisle 593 formed

Copeland 190 formed

Eden 265 formed

South Lakeland 563 formed

Companies formed in 2021 league table

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

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Rank
County
No. Companies formed
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
44th 2020: 43rd
Cumbria
2,286
Rank
County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
10th 2020: 10th
Lancashire
12,800
20th 2020: 21st
Tyne and Wear
7,623
21st 2020: 19th
North Yorkshire
7,614
37th 2020: 36th
Durham
5,065
44th 2020: 43rd
Cumbria
2,286
45th 2020: 45th
Northumberland
1,421
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County
No. Companies formed
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

New incorporations in 2021 per 1000 Man standing people

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In Cumbria

4.6

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Type of companies formed in Cumbria breakdown

94% Private Limited Companies (2,155 companies)

6% Other company types (131 companies)

Other company types breakdown (131 companies)

Total companies in Cumbria by the end of 2021

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Businesses formed in Cumbria during 2021

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Businesses dissolved in Cumbria during 2021

Due to restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, Companies House did not always process company dissolutions as soon as the standard conditions for dissolution were first met.

meaning there is a total of

22,499

businesses registered in Cumbria at the end of 2021.

1.4% more companies in Cumbria compared to 2020

Surrounding counties 2021 breakdown & comparison

Lancashire

87,562 total businesses
12,800 formed in 2021
10,548 dissolved in 2021

North Yorkshire

59,819 total businesses
7,614 formed in 2021
6,384 dissolved in 2021

Dumfries and Galloway

3,763 total businesses
418 formed in 2021
295 dissolved in 2021

Scottish Borders

4,132 total businesses
469 formed in 2021
372 dissolved in 2021

Durham

33,620 total businesses
5,065 formed in 2021
3,776 dissolved in 2021

Tyne and Wear

49,266 total businesses
7,623 formed in 2021
6,425 dissolved in 2021

Northumberland

11,895 total businesses
1,421 formed in 2021
1,193 dissolved in 2021

Cumbria

22,499 total businesses
2,286 formed in 2021
2,292 dissolved in 2021

Ward breakdown data for

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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
All Saints
17
10
-7
Aspatria
4
7
3
Boltons
9
3
-6
Broughton St Bridget's
13
7
-6
Christchurch
151
92
-59
Clifton
2
4
2
Crummock
5
8
3
Dalton
6
4
-2
Derwent Valley
5
6
1
Ellen
16
14
-2
Ellenborough
7
6
-1
Ewanrigg
5
6
1
Flimby
6
6
Harrington
13
18
5
Holme
4
3
-1
Keswick
20
21
1
Marsh
6
3
-3
Moorclose
6
11
5
Moss Bay
7
14
7
Netherhall
13
19
6
Seaton
14
10
-4
Silloth
7
5
-2
Solway
3
5
2
St John's
55
33
-22
St Michael's
38
26
-12
Stainburn
3
1
-2
Wampool
2
4
2
Warnell
2
11
9
Waver
10
8
-2
Wharrels
5
8
3
Wigton
11
21
10
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Barrow Island
8
6
-2
Central
57
56
-1
Dalton North
23
27
4
Dalton South
51
27
-24
Hawcoat
21
6
-15
Hindpool
56
51
-5
Newbarns
26
12
-14
Ormsgill
33
19
-14
Parkside
29
19
-10
Risedale
17
12
-5
Roosecote
33
12
-21
Walney North
16
18
2
Walney South
29
9
-20
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Belah
15
14
-1
Belle Vue
17
14
-3
Botcherby
63
62
-1
Brampton
27
19
-8
Burgh
9
5
-4
Castle
101
68
-33
Currock
19
25
6
Dalston
25
48
23
Denton Holme
12
22
10
Great Corby and Geltsdale
12
10
-2
Harraby
11
25
14
Hayton
6
5
-1
Irthing
12
5
-7
Longtown & Rockcliffe
18
24
6
Lyne
3
9
6
Morton
8
14
6
St Aidans
20
22
2
Stanwix Rural
48
95
47
Stanwix Urban
12
19
7
Upperby
14
15
1
Wetheral
25
24
-1
Yewdale
10
49
39
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Arlecdon
3
5
2
Beckermet
12
0
-12
Bootle
5
6
1
Bransty
19
7
-12
Cleator Moor North
14
10
-4
Cleator Moor South
8
6
-2
Distington
11
14
3
Egremont North
6
11
5
Egremont South
16
12
-4
Ennerdale
5
7
2
Frizington
8
9
1
Gosforth
19
7
-12
Harbour
42
30
-12
Haverigg
3
3
0
Hensingham
15
14
-1
Hillcrest
11
4
-7
Holborn Hill
7
1
-6
Kells
9
3
-6
Millom Without
9
7
-2
Mirehouse
9
6
-3
Moresby
8
2
-6
Newtown
12
9
-3
Sandwith
8
5
-3
Seascale
14
7
-7
St Bees
2
5
3
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Alston Moor
1
6
5
Appleby (Appleby)
5
4
-1
Appleby (Bongate)
1
4
3
Askham
6
11
5
Brough
3
0
-3
Crosby Ravensworth
10
7
-3
Dacre
7
12
5
Eamont
5
5
0
Greystoke
5
3
-2
Hartside
1
4
3
Hesket
11
9
-2
Kirkby Stephen
12
14
2
Kirkby Thore
10
2
-8
Kirkoswald
2
2
0
Langwathby
4
7
3
Lazonby
8
3
-5
Long Marton
4
1
-3
Morland
7
6
-1
Orton with Tebay
7
7
0
Penrith Carleton
2
4
2
Penrith East
7
9
2
Penrith North
6
20
14
Penrith Pategill
2
7
5
Penrith South
6
23
17
Penrith West
45
82
37
Ravenstonedale
1
2
1
Shap
2
4
2
Skelton
5
1
-4
Ullswater
9
6
-3
Warcop
5
0
-5
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ambleside and Grasmere
18
25
7
Arnside and Beetham
10
11
1
Broughton
7
9
2
Burneside
8
9
1
Burton and Holme
16
20
4
Cartmel and Grange West
2
7
5
Coniston and Crake Valley
7
11
4
Crooklands
4
5
1
Grange North
6
12
6
Grange South
7
3
-4
Hawkshead
8
16
8
Holker
7
5
-2
Kendal Castle
3
5
2
Kendal Far Cross
5
16
11
Kendal Fell
20
30
10
Kendal Heron Hill
4
4
0
Kendal Highgate
14
20
6
Kendal Kirkland
4
4
Kendal Mintsfeet
13
19
6
Kendal Nether
2
2
0
Kendal Oxenholme and Natland
18
20
2
Kendal Parks
2
5
3
Kendal Romney
6
10
4
Kendal Stonecross
10
3
-7
Kendal Strickland
9
11
2
Kendal Underley
4
8
4
Levens
4
8
4
Low Furness
13
9
-4
Lyth Valley
17
18
1
Mid Furness
15
19
4
Milnthorpe
5
6
1
Sedbergh and Kirkby Lonsdale
31
33
2
Staveley-in-Cartmel
18
7
-11
Staveley-in-Westmorland
14
11
-3
Ulverston Central
11
5
-6
Ulverston East
12
8
-4
Ulverston North
10
7
-3
Ulverston South
2
6
4
Ulverston Town
12
19
7
Ulverston West
15
23
8
Whinfell
3
17
14
Windermere Applethwaite and Troutbeck
22
35
13
Windermere Bowness North
8
13
5
Windermere Bowness South
24
24
0
Windermere Town
9
5
-4

Total companies 2021 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2021 and how Cumbria compares to them.

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Rank
County
Total companies
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
43rd 2020: 43rd
Cumbria
22,499
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
10th 2020: 11th
Lancashire
87,562
19th 2020: 18th
North Yorkshire
59,819
30th 2020: 30th
Tyne and Wear
49,266
39th 2020: 39th
Durham
33,620
43rd 2020: 43rd
Cumbria
22,499
45th 2020: 45th
Northumberland
11,895
Rank
County
Total companies
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

Total companies at the end of 2021 per 1000 Person people

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45.0

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79.1

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The last 5 years

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

2017

2,215 formed

1,733 dissolved

2018

2,259 formed

1,786 dissolved

2019

2,171 formed

1,979 dissolved

2020

2,333 formed

1,684 dissolved

2021

2,286 formed

2,292 dissolved

Overall growth compared to previous year

2.95% vs 2017

1.77% vs 2018

4.23% vs 2019

1.4% vs 2020