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Company Formations in 2021: Derbyshire

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???? Businesses formed in Derbyshire during 2021

3.2% more companies in Derbyshire compared to 2020

New businesses in Derbyshire mapped

Amber Valley 850 formed

Bolsover 349 formed

Chesterfield 604 formed

Derby 2,529 formed

Derbyshire Dales 440 formed

Erewash 886 formed

High Peak 524 formed

North East Derbyshire 458 formed

South Derbyshire 601 formed

Companies formed in 2021 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 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
26th 2020: 25th
Derbyshire
7,261
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
3rd 2020: 3rd
Greater Manchester
36,442
4th 2020: 4th
West Yorkshire
22,140
12th 2020: 14th
South Yorkshire
10,815
13th 2020: 13th
Cheshire
9,800
14th 2020: 11th
Leicestershire
9,685
17th 2020: 17th
Nottinghamshire
8,810
18th 2020: 22nd
Staffordshire
8,541
26th 2020: 25th
Derbyshire
7,261
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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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Type of companies formed in Derbyshire breakdown

97% Private Limited Companies (7,048 companies)

3% Other company types (213 companies)

Other company types breakdown (213 companies)

Total companies in Derbyshire by the end of 2021

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Businesses formed in Derbyshire during 2021

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Businesses dissolved in Derbyshire 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

53,394

businesses registered in Derbyshire at the end of 2021.

3.2% more companies in Derbyshire compared to 2020

Surrounding counties 2021 breakdown & comparison

Leicestershire

71,867 total businesses
9,685 formed in 2021
10,352 dissolved in 2021

Staffordshire

57,556 total businesses
8,541 formed in 2021
6,245 dissolved in 2021

Nottinghamshire

58,780 total businesses
8,810 formed in 2021
6,491 dissolved in 2021

South Yorkshire

68,227 total businesses
10,815 formed in 2021
8,503 dissolved in 2021

Greater Manchester

217,557 total businesses
36,442 formed in 2021
28,629 dissolved in 2021

West Yorkshire

141,120 total businesses
22,140 formed in 2021
17,256 dissolved in 2021

Cheshire

83,426 total businesses
9,800 formed in 2021
11,442 dissolved in 2021

Derbyshire

53,394 total businesses
7,261 formed in 2021
5,840 dissolved in 2021

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Ward breakdown data for

Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Alfreton
42
53
11
Alport
14
5
-9
Belper Central
48
62
14
Belper East
20
11
-9
Belper North
19
14
-5
Belper South
27
50
23
Codnor and Waingroves
14
13
-1
Crich
6
21
15
Duffield
27
28
1
Heage and Ambergate
50
45
-5
Heanor and Loscoe
20
22
2
Heanor East
11
19
8
Heanor West
33
55
22
Ironville and Riddings
19
25
6
Jacksdale
0
0
Kilburn Denby and Holbrook
32
26
-6
Langley Mill and Aldercar
34
40
6
Ripley
54
75
21
Ripley and Marehay
18
183
165
Shipley Park Horsley and Horsley Woodhouse
35
23
-12
Somercotes
23
29
6
South West Parishes
18
23
5
Swanwick
14
15
1
Wingfield
5
13
8
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Barlborough
50
56
6
Blackwell
18
13
-5
Bolsover North West
15
18
3
Bolsover South
9
13
4
Bolsover West
7
9
2
Clowne North
11
13
2
Clowne South
15
26
11
Elmton-with-Creswell
22
17
-5
Pinxton
17
14
-3
Pleasley
14
16
2
Scarcliffe
10
19
9
Shirebrook East
17
20
3
Shirebrook Langwith
4
5
1
Shirebrook North West
7
2
-5
Shirebrook South East
77
24
-53
Shirebrook South West
11
6
-5
South Normanton East
16
12
-4
South Normanton West
25
24
-1
Tibshelf
16
27
11
Whitwell
8
15
7
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Barrow Hill and New Whittington
16
23
7
Brimington North
10
14
4
Brimington South
13
13
0
Brockwell
75
107
32
Dunston
33
58
25
Hasland
22
34
12
Hollingwood and Inkersall
21
32
11
Holmebrook
16
15
-1
Linacre
12
9
-3
Loundsley Green
7
8
1
Lowgates and Woodthorpe
16
28
12
Middlecroft and Poolsbrook
26
46
20
Moor
14
18
4
Old Whittington
18
35
17
Rother
11
11
0
St Helen's
23
31
8
St Leonard's
99
85
-14
Walton
26
15
-11
West
22
22
0
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Abbey
121
190
69
Allestree
68
42
-26
Alvaston
213
254
41
Arboretum
416
519
103
Blagreaves
62
83
21
Boulton
77
144
67
Chaddesden
97
74
-23
Chellaston
78
73
-5
Darley
299
216
-83
Derwent
71
69
-2
Littleover
82
206
124
Mackworth
147
165
18
Mickleover
44
47
3
Normanton
150
200
50
Oakwood
52
43
-9
Sinfin
120
135
15
Spondon
84
69
-15
Stenson
23
32
9
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ashbourne North
23
35
12
Ashbourne South
69
52
-17
Bakewell
26
43
17
Bradwell
11
11
0
Brailsford
11
14
3
Calver
7
11
4
Carsington Water
7
12
5
Chatsworth
11
12
1
Clifton and Bradley
15
10
-5
Darley Dale
22
33
11
Dovedale and Parwich
8
7
-1
Doveridge and Sudbury
16
7
-9
Hartington and Taddington
4
7
3
Hathersage and Eyam
18
18
0
Hulland
5
8
3
Lathkill and Bradford
6
3
-3
Litton and Longstone
10
13
3
Masson
24
29
5
Matlock All Saints
35
33
-2
Matlock St Giles
33
28
-5
Norbury
6
6
0
Stanton
8
12
4
Tideswell
7
9
2
Winster and South Darley
5
3
-2
Wirksworth
12
24
12
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Awsworth Road
11
27
16
Breaston
18
20
2
Cotmanhay
12
22
10
Derby Road East
47
64
17
Derby Road West
19
20
1
Draycott & Risley
16
15
-1
Hallam Fields
15
26
11
Kirk Hallam & Stanton-by-Dale
19
16
-3
Larklands
27
47
20
Little Eaton & Stanley
25
28
3
Little Hallam
43
49
6
Long Eaton Central
61
386
325
Nottingham Road
37
29
-8
Ockbrook & Borrowash
27
21
-6
Sandiacre
33
32
-1
Sawley
21
20
-1
Shipley Park Horsley and Horsley Woodhouse
35
23
-12
Shipley View
9
10
1
Spondon
84
69
-15
West Hallam & Dale Abbey
16
21
5
Wilsthorpe
29
33
4
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Barms
6
3
-3
Blackbrook
23
23
0
Burbage
2
9
7
Buxton Central
35
37
2
Chapel East
9
14
5
Chapel West
18
25
7
Corbar
30
29
-1
Cote Heath
9
12
3
Dinting
9
7
-2
Gamesley
5
5
0
Hadfield North
14
18
4
Hadfield South
9
21
12
Hartington and Taddington
4
7
3
Hayfield
6
8
2
Hope Valley
17
19
2
Howard Town
76
57
-19
Limestone Peak
3
14
11
New Mills East
11
8
-3
New Mills West
23
36
13
Old Glossop
20
21
1
Padfield
8
8
0
Sett
8
8
0
Simmondley
13
19
6
St John's
8
9
1
Stone Bench
11
12
1
Temple
8
7
-1
Tintwistle
10
14
4
Whaley Bridge
48
77
29
Whitfield
4
4
0
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ashover
13
9
-4
Barlow and Holmesfield
13
11
-2
Brampton and Walton
24
25
1
Clay Cross North
33
49
16
Clay Cross South
5
5
0
Coal Aston
7
8
1
Dronfield North
27
19
-8
Dronfield South
21
36
15
Dronfield Woodhouse
13
8
-5
Eckington North
18
14
-4
Eckington South
50
27
-23
Gosforth Valley
5
64
59
Grassmoor
11
16
5
Holmewood and Heath
22
17
-5
Killamarsh East
11
13
2
Killamarsh West
13
20
7
North Wingfield Central
17
12
-5
Pilsley and Morton
19
21
2
Renishaw
7
8
1
Ridgeway and Marsh Lane
1
8
7
Shirland
12
15
3
Sutton
11
13
2
Tupton
12
16
4
Unstone
6
4
-2
Wingerworth
16
20
4
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Aston
34
50
16
Church Gresley
36
38
2
Etwall
18
29
11
Hatton
6
4
-2
Hilton
40
53
13
Linton
22
20
-2
Melbourne
28
124
96
Midway
32
25
-7
Newhall and Stanton
26
19
-7
Repton
44
39
-5
Seales
17
28
11
Stenson
23
32
9
Swadlincote
74
76
2
Willington and Findern
22
24
2
Woodville
37
40
3

Total companies 2021 league table

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

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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
27th 2020: 28th
Derbyshire
53,394
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
2nd 2020: 2nd
Greater Manchester
217,557
5th 2020: 5th
West Yorkshire
141,120
11th 2020: 10th
Cheshire
83,426
15th 2020: 15th
Leicestershire
71,867
17th 2020: 17th
South Yorkshire
68,227
20th 2020: 21st
Nottinghamshire
58,780
22nd 2020: 24th
Staffordshire
57,556
27th 2020: 28th
Derbyshire
53,394
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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52.4

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79.1

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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.

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

2021

7,261 formed

5,840 dissolved

Overall growth compared to previous year

3.98% vs 2017

3.69% vs 2018

7% vs 2019

3.2% vs 2020