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Company Formations in 2020: Derbyshire

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???? Businesses formed in Derbyshire during 2020

7.0% more companies in Derbyshire compared to 2019

New businesses in Derbyshire mapped

Amber Valley 737 formed

Bolsover 376 formed

Chesterfield 761 formed

Derby 2,700 formed

Derbyshire Dales 429 formed

Erewash 609 formed

High Peak 551 formed

North East Derbyshire 602 formed

South Derbyshire 630 formed

Companies formed in 2020 league table

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

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Rank
County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
1st 2019: 1st
London
270,114
2nd 2019: 3rd
West Midlands
37,202
3rd 2019: 2nd
Greater Manchester
36,288
4th 2019: 4th
West Yorkshire
22,615
5th 2019: 5th
Essex
19,277
25th 2019: 27th
Derbyshire
7,413
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
3rd 2019: 2nd
Greater Manchester
36,288
4th 2019: 4th
West Yorkshire
22,615
11th 2019: 13th
Leicestershire
12,543
13th 2019: 9th
Cheshire
11,017
14th 2019: 15th
South Yorkshire
10,450
17th 2019: 21st
Nottinghamshire
8,760
22nd 2019: 24th
Staffordshire
7,720
25th 2019: 27th
Derbyshire
7,413
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
1st 2019: 1st
London
270,114
2nd 2019: 3rd
West Midlands
37,202
3rd 2019: 2nd
Greater Manchester
36,288
4th 2019: 4th
West Yorkshire
22,615
5th 2019: 5th
Essex
19,277
6th 2019: 6th
Kent
18,501
7th 2019: 8th
Hampshire
15,534
8th 2019: 7th
Hertfordshire
14,464
9th 2019: 10th
Merseyside
13,410
10th 2019: 11th
Lancashire
12,655
11th 2019: 13th
Leicestershire
12,543
12th 2019: 12th
Surrey
11,997
13th 2019: 9th
Cheshire
11,017
14th 2019: 15th
South Yorkshire
10,450
15th 2019: 16th
Berkshire
9,920
16th 2019: 17th
Buckinghamshire
9,394
17th 2019: 21st
Nottinghamshire
8,760
18th 2019: 26th
Bedfordshire
8,238
19th 2019: 22nd
North Yorkshire
8,200
20th 2019: 20th
East Sussex
8,149
21st 2019: 23rd
Tyne and Wear
7,867
22nd 2019: 24th
Staffordshire
7,720
23rd 2019: 18th
Northamptonshire
7,534
24th 2019: 25th
Cambridgeshire
7,516
25th 2019: 27th
Derbyshire
7,413
26th 2019: 19th
Dorset
7,253
27th 2019: 28th
Devon
7,174
28th 2019: 14th
Worcestershire
6,955
29th 2019: 29th
West Sussex
6,880
30th 2019: 30th
Lincolnshire
6,475
31st 2019: 31st
Somerset
6,432
32nd 2019: 32nd
Gloucestershire
6,419
33rd 2019: 35th
Bristol
5,559
34th 2019: 34th
Oxfordshire
5,363
35th 2019: 38th
Suffolk
5,105
36th 2019: 37th
Durham
5,083
37th 2019: 36th
Norfolk
5,006
38th 2019: 33rd
Warwickshire
4,920
39th 2019: 39th
Wiltshire
4,645
40th 2019: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
3,667
41st 2019: 41st
Shropshire
3,386
42nd 2019: 42nd
Cornwall
2,951
43rd 2019: 43rd
Cumbria
2,333
44th 2019: 45th
Herefordshire
2,327
45th 2019: 44th
Northumberland
1,560
46th 2019: 46th
Isle of Wight
765
47th 2019: 47th
Rutland
410

New incorporations in 2020 per 1000 Man standing people

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7.3

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12.3

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Type of companies formed in Derbyshire breakdown

97% Private Limited Companies (7,172 companies)

3% Other company types (241 companies)

Other company types breakdown (241 companies)

Total companies in Derbyshire by the end of 2020

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Businesses formed in Derbyshire during 2020

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Businesses dissolved in Derbyshire during 2020

meaning there is a total of

51,742

businesses registered in Derbyshire at the end of 2020.

7.0% more companies in Derbyshire compared to 2019

Surrounding counties 2020 breakdown & comparison

Leicestershire

71,425 total businesses
12,543 formed in 2020
5,797 dissolved in 2020

Staffordshire

54,862 total businesses
7,720 formed in 2020
4,885 dissolved in 2020

Nottinghamshire

56,199 total businesses
8,760 formed in 2020
4,757 dissolved in 2020

South Yorkshire

65,398 total businesses
10,450 formed in 2020
5,761 dissolved in 2020

Greater Manchester

207,946 total businesses
36,288 formed in 2020
20,649 dissolved in 2020

West Yorkshire

135,276 total businesses
22,615 formed in 2020
12,141 dissolved in 2020

Cheshire

86,796 total businesses
11,017 formed in 2020
7,263 dissolved in 2020

Derbyshire

51,742 total businesses
7,413 formed in 2020
3,918 dissolved in 2020

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Ward breakdown data for

Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Alfreton
30
56
26
Alport
8
10
2
Belper Central
32
49
17
Belper East
9
24
15
Belper North
16
16
0
Belper South
39
54
15
Codnor and Waingroves
7
17
10
Crich
11
10
-1
Duffield
23
32
9
Heage and Ambergate
31
41
10
Heanor and Loscoe
15
25
10
Heanor East
7
25
18
Heanor West
28
56
28
Ironville and Riddings
12
15
3
Jacksdale
0
0
Kilburn Denby and Holbrook
16
36
20
Langley Mill and Aldercar
15
44
29
Ripley
27
80
53
Ripley and Marehay
14
25
11
Shipley Park Horsley and Horsley Woodhouse
19
44
25
Somercotes
15
26
11
South West Parishes
11
26
15
Swanwick
9
15
6
Wingfield
10
11
1
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Barlborough
39
42
3
Blackwell
11
14
3
Bolsover North West
11
20
9
Bolsover South
5
11
6
Bolsover West
9
13
4
Clowne North
12
16
4
Clowne South
6
17
11
Elmton-with-Creswell
8
22
14
Pinxton
8
11
3
Pleasley
23
22
-1
Scarcliffe
11
9
-2
Shirebrook East
1
11
10
Shirebrook Langwith
2
8
6
Shirebrook North West
2
8
6
Shirebrook South East
14
58
44
Shirebrook South West
6
9
3
South Normanton East
13
26
13
South Normanton West
20
23
3
Tibshelf
15
28
13
Whitwell
9
8
-1
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Barrow Hill and New Whittington
17
11
-6
Brimington North
9
12
3
Brimington South
14
18
4
Brockwell
57
111
54
Dunston
53
51
-2
Hasland
20
34
14
Hollingwood and Inkersall
11
27
16
Holmebrook
12
24
12
Linacre
10
19
9
Loundsley Green
1
7
6
Lowgates and Woodthorpe
18
184
166
Middlecroft and Poolsbrook
16
43
27
Moor
8
22
14
Old Whittington
25
40
15
Rother
12
25
13
St Helen's
11
25
14
St Leonard's
52
61
9
Walton
16
20
4
West
18
27
9
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Abbey
52
184
132
Allestree
44
72
28
Alvaston
139
261
122
Arboretum
251
609
358
Blagreaves
52
88
36
Boulton
33
82
49
Chaddesden
54
90
36
Chellaston
46
88
42
Darley
193
261
68
Derwent
39
81
42
Littleover
60
125
65
Mackworth
77
148
71
Mickleover
35
57
22
Normanton
59
243
184
Oakwood
29
68
39
Sinfin
54
153
99
Spondon
53
90
37
Stenson
27
33
6
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ashbourne North
25
36
11
Ashbourne South
24
42
18
Bakewell
19
46
27
Bradwell
5
9
4
Brailsford
7
9
2
Calver
5
10
5
Carsington Water
6
13
7
Chatsworth
3
14
11
Clifton and Bradley
3
15
12
Darley Dale
10
13
3
Dovedale and Parwich
4
7
3
Doveridge and Sudbury
6
12
6
Hartington and Taddington
5
9
4
Hathersage and Eyam
7
24
17
Hulland
6
5
-1
Lathkill and Bradford
5
5
0
Litton and Longstone
6
9
3
Masson
12
42
30
Matlock All Saints
30
30
0
Matlock St Giles
45
21
-24
Norbury
4
9
5
Stanton
3
10
7
Tideswell
4
13
9
Winster and South Darley
1
9
8
Wirksworth
29
17
-12
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Awsworth Road
13
20
7
Breaston
14
15
1
Cotmanhay
4
20
16
Derby Road East
31
50
19
Derby Road West
13
30
17
Draycott & Risley
20
28
8
Hallam Fields
15
27
12
Kirk Hallam & Stanton-by-Dale
14
19
5
Larklands
19
40
21
Little Eaton & Stanley
20
19
-1
Little Hallam
30
67
37
Long Eaton Central
43
80
37
Nottingham Road
33
42
9
Ockbrook & Borrowash
24
20
-4
Sandiacre
21
55
34
Sawley
12
13
1
Shipley Park Horsley and Horsley Woodhouse
19
44
25
Shipley View
9
15
6
Spondon
53
90
37
West Hallam & Dale Abbey
10
27
17
Wilsthorpe
16
22
6
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Barms
4
5
1
Blackbrook
12
29
17
Burbage
5
10
5
Buxton Central
25
29
4
Chapel East
5
12
7
Chapel West
8
20
12
Corbar
18
23
5
Cote Heath
3
8
5
Dinting
6
4
-2
Gamesley
2
2
0
Hadfield North
9
22
13
Hadfield South
7
13
6
Hartington and Taddington
5
9
4
Hayfield
13
7
-6
Hope Valley
16
21
5
Howard Town
54
84
30
Limestone Peak
10
12
2
New Mills East
6
11
5
New Mills West
28
52
24
Old Glossop
16
15
-1
Padfield
7
9
2
Sett
8
14
6
Simmondley
10
21
11
St John's
10
10
0
Stone Bench
15
10
-5
Temple
6
5
-1
Tintwistle
7
6
-1
Whaley Bridge
38
87
49
Whitfield
1
10
9
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ashover
9
18
9
Barlow and Holmesfield
3
11
8
Brampton and Walton
23
34
11
Clay Cross North
24
30
6
Clay Cross South
3
6
3
Coal Aston
8
11
3
Dronfield North
24
35
11
Dronfield South
18
40
22
Dronfield Woodhouse
5
10
5
Eckington North
14
10
-4
Eckington South
33
161
128
Gosforth Valley
12
17
5
Grassmoor
6
7
1
Holmewood and Heath
10
22
12
Killamarsh East
11
19
8
Killamarsh West
14
21
7
North Wingfield Central
9
21
12
Pilsley and Morton
13
21
8
Renishaw
4
14
10
Ridgeway and Marsh Lane
3
4
1
Shirland
11
32
21
Sutton
13
19
6
Tupton
15
15
0
Unstone
4
5
1
Wingerworth
10
19
9
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Aston
33
50
17
Church Gresley
19
45
26
Etwall
22
50
28
Hatton
2
8
6
Hilton
41
90
49
Linton
11
31
20
Melbourne
25
37
12
Midway
14
21
7
Newhall and Stanton
11
36
25
Repton
27
57
30
Seales
17
28
11
Stenson
27
33
6
Swadlincote
32
87
55
Willington and Findern
23
20
-3
Woodville
17
37
20

Total companies 2020 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2020 and how Derbyshire compares to them.

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County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2019: 1st
London
1,338,261
2nd 2019: 2nd
Greater Manchester
207,946
3rd 2019: 3rd
West Midlands
191,692
4th 2019: 4th
Essex
137,310
5th 2019: 5th
West Yorkshire
135,276
28th 2019: 28th
Derbyshire
51,742
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
2nd 2019: 2nd
Greater Manchester
207,946
5th 2019: 5th
West Yorkshire
135,276
10th 2019: 10th
Cheshire
86,796
15th 2019: 16th
Leicestershire
71,425
17th 2019: 17th
South Yorkshire
65,398
21st 2019: 25th
Nottinghamshire
56,199
24th 2019: 24th
Staffordshire
54,862
28th 2019: 28th
Derbyshire
51,742
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2019: 1st
London
1,338,261
2nd 2019: 2nd
Greater Manchester
207,946
3rd 2019: 3rd
West Midlands
191,692
4th 2019: 4th
Essex
137,310
5th 2019: 5th
West Yorkshire
135,276
6th 2019: 7th
Kent
122,694
7th 2019: 6th
Hampshire
121,331
8th 2019: 8th
Hertfordshire
117,796
9th 2019: 9th
Surrey
105,715
10th 2019: 10th
Cheshire
86,796
11th 2019: 11th
Lancashire
83,690
12th 2019: 14th
Merseyside
74,780
13th 2019: 13th
Buckinghamshire
73,748
14th 2019: 12th
Berkshire
73,492
15th 2019: 16th
Leicestershire
71,425
16th 2019: 15th
East Sussex
70,311
17th 2019: 17th
South Yorkshire
65,398
18th 2019: 19th
North Yorkshire
58,526
19th 2019: 20th
Devon
57,278
20th 2019: 21st
West Sussex
56,212
21st 2019: 25th
Nottinghamshire
56,199
22nd 2019: 22nd
Gloucestershire
55,106
23rd 2019: 23rd
Somerset
55,092
24th 2019: 24th
Staffordshire
54,862
25th 2019: 18th
Dorset
54,841
26th 2019: 26th
Cambridgeshire
54,497
27th 2019: 27th
Northamptonshire
52,017
28th 2019: 28th
Derbyshire
51,742
29th 2019: 29th
Lincolnshire
48,061
30th 2019: 30th
Tyne and Wear
47,790
31st 2019: 33rd
Bedfordshire
46,207
32nd 2019: 32nd
Oxfordshire
45,071
33rd 2019: 31st
Worcestershire
44,570
34th 2019: 35th
Norfolk
41,185
35th 2019: 34th
Warwickshire
40,304
36th 2019: 37th
Suffolk
39,507
37th 2019: 36th
Wiltshire
39,022
38th 2019: 38th
Bristol
36,208
39th 2019: 39th
Durham
31,943
40th 2019: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
26,864
41st 2019: 41st
Shropshire
25,603
42nd 2019: 42nd
Cornwall
23,804
43rd 2019: 43rd
Cumbria
22,186
44th 2019: 45th
Herefordshire
12,800
45th 2019: 44th
Northumberland
11,575
46th 2019: 46th
Isle of Wight
6,118
47th 2019: 47th
Rutland
2,257

Total companies at the end of 2020 per 1000 Person people

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In Derbyshire

50.8

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76.4

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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.

2016

6,271 formed

4,531 dissolved

2017

5,803 formed

4,531 dissolved

2018

6,167 formed

4,379 dissolved

2019

6,522 formed

5,119 dissolved

2020

7,413 formed

3,918 dissolved

Overall growth compared to previous year

3.03% vs 2016

3.98% vs 2017

3.69% vs 2018

7.0% vs 2019