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Company Formations in 2017: Derbyshire

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???? Businesses formed in Derbyshire during 2017

3.0% more companies in Derbyshire compared to 2016

New businesses in Derbyshire mapped

Amber Valley 588 formed

Bolsover 267 formed

Chesterfield 510 formed

Derby 2,080 formed

Derbyshire Dales 417 formed

Erewash 593 formed

High Peak 505 formed

North East Derbyshire 387 formed

South Derbyshire 451 formed

Companies formed in 2017 league table

The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Derbyshire 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
27th 2016: 27th
Derbyshire
5,803
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
2nd 2016: 2nd
Greater Manchester
31,124
4th 2016: 4th
West Yorkshire
16,604
9th 2016: 7th
Cheshire
11,619
13th 2016: 18th
Leicestershire
10,566
16th 2016: 15th
South Yorkshire
8,325
21st 2016: 23rd
Nottinghamshire
6,937
24th 2016: 21st
Staffordshire
6,449
27th 2016: 27th
Derbyshire
5,803
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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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5.7

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Type of companies formed in Derbyshire breakdown

97% Private Limited Companies (5,643 companies)

3% Other company types (160 companies)

Other company types breakdown (160 companies)

Total companies in Derbyshire by the end of 2017

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Businesses formed in Derbyshire during 2017

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Businesses dissolved in Derbyshire during 2017

meaning there is a total of

44,849

businesses registered in Derbyshire at the end of 2017.

3.0% more companies in Derbyshire compared to 2016

Surrounding counties 2017 breakdown & comparison

Leicestershire

57,830 total businesses
10,566 formed in 2017
6,061 dissolved in 2017

Staffordshire

47,930 total businesses
6,449 formed in 2017
5,953 dissolved in 2017

Nottinghamshire

47,771 total businesses
6,937 formed in 2017
6,432 dissolved in 2017

South Yorkshire

56,932 total businesses
8,325 formed in 2017
7,447 dissolved in 2017

Greater Manchester

177,360 total businesses
31,124 formed in 2017
23,467 dissolved in 2017

West Yorkshire

113,471 total businesses
16,604 formed in 2017
12,646 dissolved in 2017

Cheshire

76,254 total businesses
11,619 formed in 2017
6,981 dissolved in 2017

Derbyshire

44,849 total businesses
5,803 formed in 2017
4,531 dissolved in 2017

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Ward breakdown data for

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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Alfreton
34
54
20
Alport
17
10
-7
Belper Central
34
65
31
Belper East
15
5
-10
Belper North
12
16
4
Belper South
41
45
4
Codnor and Waingroves
12
23
11
Crich
12
7
-5
Duffield
23
27
4
Heage and Ambergate
15
41
26
Heanor and Loscoe
11
18
7
Heanor East
6
17
11
Heanor West
33
33
0
Ironville and Riddings
11
18
7
Jacksdale
0
0
Kilburn Denby and Holbrook
19
27
8
Langley Mill and Aldercar
16
29
13
Ripley
30
50
20
Ripley and Marehay
14
20
6
Shipley Park Horsley and Horsley Woodhouse
20
22
2
Somercotes
20
25
5
South West Parishes
15
11
-4
Swanwick
16
12
-4
Wingfield
9
13
4
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Barlborough
246
34
-212
Blackwell
9
14
5
Bolsover North West
13
15
2
Bolsover South
8
11
3
Bolsover West
4
6
2
Clowne North
9
5
-4
Clowne South
4
14
10
Elmton-with-Creswell
16
17
1
Pinxton
13
15
2
Pleasley
11
17
6
Scarcliffe
11
10
-1
Shirebrook East
8
7
-1
Shirebrook Langwith
3
0
-3
Shirebrook North West
3
5
2
Shirebrook South East
3
25
22
Shirebrook South West
8
14
6
South Normanton East
14
12
-2
South Normanton West
12
21
9
Tibshelf
22
16
-6
Whitwell
9
9
0
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Barrow Hill and New Whittington
20
23
3
Brimington North
6
12
6
Brimington South
15
15
0
Brockwell
88
124
36
Dunston
45
57
12
Hasland
19
27
8
Hollingwood and Inkersall
7
14
7
Holmebrook
19
19
0
Linacre
17
15
-2
Loundsley Green
5
5
0
Lowgates and Woodthorpe
7
12
5
Middlecroft and Poolsbrook
8
10
2
Moor
14
13
-1
Old Whittington
37
18
-19
Rother
10
10
0
St Helen's
17
16
-1
St Leonard's
99
81
-18
Walton
7
14
7
West
17
25
8
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Abbey
90
99
9
Allestree
42
46
4
Alvaston
160
244
84
Arboretum
325
433
108
Blagreaves
48
59
11
Boulton
37
52
15
Chaddesden
43
84
41
Chellaston
51
100
49
Darley
207
297
90
Derwent
47
68
21
Littleover
72
78
6
Mackworth
105
153
48
Mickleover
41
56
15
Normanton
66
100
34
Oakwood
42
52
10
Sinfin
61
71
10
Spondon
49
87
38
Stenson
26
26
0
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ashbourne North
30
28
-2
Ashbourne South
27
42
15
Bakewell
37
41
4
Bradwell
6
12
6
Brailsford
1
10
9
Calver
8
12
4
Carsington Water
6
15
9
Chatsworth
8
14
6
Clifton and Bradley
8
12
4
Darley Dale
20
17
-3
Dovedale and Parwich
6
13
7
Doveridge and Sudbury
9
15
6
Hartington and Taddington
3
3
0
Hathersage and Eyam
10
21
11
Hulland
3
8
5
Lathkill and Bradford
8
6
-2
Litton and Longstone
10
8
-2
Masson
9
22
13
Matlock All Saints
33
51
18
Matlock St Giles
41
19
-22
Norbury
11
13
2
Stanton
3
9
6
Tideswell
6
5
-1
Winster and South Darley
7
3
-4
Wirksworth
14
18
4
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Awsworth Road
15
19
4
Breaston
9
23
14
Cotmanhay
9
18
9
Derby Road East
33
46
13
Derby Road West
12
23
11
Draycott & Risley
14
17
3
Hallam Fields
9
23
14
Kirk Hallam & Stanton-by-Dale
8
9
1
Larklands
22
59
37
Little Eaton & Stanley
15
16
1
Little Hallam
44
55
11
Long Eaton Central
41
68
27
Nottingham Road
19
28
9
Ockbrook & Borrowash
16
32
16
Sandiacre
25
80
55
Sawley
14
19
5
Shipley Park Horsley and Horsley Woodhouse
20
22
2
Shipley View
6
10
4
Spondon
49
87
38
West Hallam & Dale Abbey
13
25
12
Wilsthorpe
13
23
10
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Barms
4
6
2
Blackbrook
18
16
-2
Burbage
4
7
3
Buxton Central
26
45
19
Chapel East
3
10
7
Chapel West
22
18
-4
Corbar
19
24
5
Cote Heath
7
9
2
Dinting
7
6
-1
Gamesley
1
1
0
Hadfield North
8
21
13
Hadfield South
5
9
4
Hartington and Taddington
3
3
0
Hayfield
10
11
1
Hope Valley
16
20
4
Howard Town
86
75
-11
Limestone Peak
4
10
6
New Mills East
8
9
1
New Mills West
28
32
4
Old Glossop
17
16
-1
Padfield
6
8
2
Sett
7
15
8
Simmondley
21
14
-7
St John's
6
12
6
Stone Bench
7
5
-2
Temple
4
2
-2
Tintwistle
7
8
1
Whaley Bridge
47
89
42
Whitfield
3
7
4
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ashover
8
14
6
Barlow and Holmesfield
4
10
6
Brampton and Walton
19
18
-1
Clay Cross North
19
39
20
Clay Cross South
6
8
2
Coal Aston
7
6
-1
Dronfield North
20
32
12
Dronfield South
22
12
-10
Dronfield Woodhouse
11
6
-5
Eckington North
11
13
2
Eckington South
16
18
2
Gosforth Valley
7
22
15
Grassmoor
8
8
0
Holmewood and Heath
9
16
7
Killamarsh East
7
13
6
Killamarsh West
12
18
6
North Wingfield Central
14
10
-4
Pilsley and Morton
28
17
-11
Renishaw
9
28
19
Ridgeway and Marsh Lane
7
9
2
Shirland
15
26
11
Sutton
9
11
2
Tupton
5
13
8
Unstone
3
4
1
Wingerworth
23
16
-7
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Aston
35
51
16
Church Gresley
28
31
3
Etwall
22
23
1
Hatton
3
3
0
Hilton
26
47
21
Linton
20
21
1
Melbourne
23
31
8
Midway
19
12
-7
Newhall and Stanton
18
18
0
Repton
30
45
15
Seales
12
27
15
Stenson
26
26
0
Swadlincote
44
52
8
Willington and Findern
27
26
-1
Woodville
21
39
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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 Derbyshire compares to them.

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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
28th 2016: 27th
Derbyshire
44,849
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
2nd 2016: 2nd
Greater Manchester
177,360
5th 2016: 5th
West Yorkshire
113,471
10th 2016: 10th
Cheshire
76,254
16th 2016: 17th
Leicestershire
57,830
17th 2016: 16th
South Yorkshire
56,932
23rd 2016: 23rd
Staffordshire
47,930
25th 2016: 25th
Nottinghamshire
47,771
28th 2016: 27th
Derbyshire
44,849
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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44.0

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65.1

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The last 5 years

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

2013

5,198 formed

3,129 dissolved

2014

5,987 formed

3,462 dissolved

2015

7,414 formed

3,457 dissolved

2016

6,271 formed

4,531 dissolved

2017

5,803 formed

4,531 dissolved

Overall growth compared to previous year

6.8% vs 2013

10.7% vs 2014

-0.4% vs 2015

3.0% vs 2016