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Company Formations in 2022: Derbyshire

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???? Businesses formed in Derbyshire during 2022

4.3% more companies in Derbyshire compared to 2021

New businesses in Derbyshire mapped

Amber Valley 772 formed

Bolsover 383 formed

Chesterfield 620 formed

Derby 2,725 formed

Derbyshire Dales 354 formed

Erewash 836 formed

High Peak 644 formed

North East Derbyshire 525 formed

South Derbyshire 899 formed

Companies formed in 2022 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 2021: 1st
London
274,838
2nd 2021: 2nd
West Midlands
39,355
3rd 2021: 3rd
Greater Manchester
38,756
4th 2021: 4th
West Yorkshire
25,517
5th 2021: 5th
Essex
18,955
24th 2021: 26th
Derbyshire
7,764
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
3rd 2021: 3rd
Greater Manchester
38,756
4th 2021: 4th
West Yorkshire
25,517
11th 2021: 12th
South Yorkshire
11,901
13th 2021: 14th
Leicestershire
10,408
15th 2021: 13th
Cheshire
9,335
16th 2021: 17th
Nottinghamshire
9,235
21st 2021: 18th
Staffordshire
8,072
24th 2021: 26th
Derbyshire
7,764
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
1st 2021: 1st
London
274,838
2nd 2021: 2nd
West Midlands
39,355
3rd 2021: 3rd
Greater Manchester
38,756
4th 2021: 4th
West Yorkshire
25,517
5th 2021: 5th
Essex
18,955
6th 2021: 6th
Kent
16,109
7th 2021: 7th
Hampshire
14,533
8th 2021: 8th
Hertfordshire
13,643
9th 2021: 9th
Merseyside
13,358
10th 2021: 10th
Lancashire
13,312
11th 2021: 12th
South Yorkshire
11,901
12th 2021: 11th
Surrey
10,902
13th 2021: 14th
Leicestershire
10,408
14th 2021: 15th
Berkshire
9,571
15th 2021: 13th
Cheshire
9,335
16th 2021: 17th
Nottinghamshire
9,235
17th 2021: 16th
Buckinghamshire
8,683
18th 2021: 24th
Bedfordshire
8,495
19th 2021: 22nd
Dorset
8,427
20th 2021: 21st
North Yorkshire
8,424
21st 2021: 18th
Staffordshire
8,072
22nd 2021: 20th
Tyne and Wear
7,838
23rd 2021: 27th
Northamptonshire
7,831
24th 2021: 26th
Derbyshire
7,764
25th 2021: 23rd
Cambridgeshire
7,739
26th 2021: 19th
East Sussex
7,193
27th 2021: 28th
Somerset
7,121
28th 2021: 29th
Lincolnshire
7,100
29th 2021: 30th
Devon
6,814
30th 2021: 33rd
Suffolk
6,749
31st 2021: 32nd
Gloucestershire
6,373
32nd 2021: 31st
West Sussex
6,136
33rd 2021: 36th
Warwickshire
5,540
34th 2021: 34th
Norfolk
5,384
35th 2021: 37th
Durham
5,109
36th 2021: 35th
Bristol
4,951
37th 2021: 25th
Worcestershire
4,941
38th 2021: 38th
Oxfordshire
4,842
39th 2021: 39th
Wiltshire
4,536
40th 2021: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
4,233
41st 2021: 42nd
Shropshire
3,132
42nd 2021: 43rd
Herefordshire
2,928
43rd 2021: 41st
Cornwall
2,912
44th 2021: 44th
Cumbria
2,418
45th 2021: 45th
Northumberland
1,527
46th 2021: 46th
Isle of Wight
652
47th 2021: 47th
Rutland
193

New incorporations in 2022 per 1000 Man standing people

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7.6

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12.7

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Type of companies formed in Derbyshire breakdown

98% Private Limited Companies (7,580 companies)

2% Other company types (184 companies)

Other company types breakdown (184 companies)

Total companies in Derbyshire by the end of 2022

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Businesses formed in Derbyshire during 2022

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Businesses dissolved in Derbyshire during 2022

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

55,697

businesses registered in Derbyshire at the end of 2022.

4.3% more companies in Derbyshire compared to 2021

Surrounding counties 2022 breakdown & comparison

Leicestershire

73,507 total businesses
10,408 formed in 2022
9,741 dissolved in 2022

Staffordshire

60,009 total businesses
8,072 formed in 2022
6,527 dissolved in 2022

Nottinghamshire

62,142 total businesses
9,235 formed in 2022
6,394 dissolved in 2022

South Yorkshire

72,058 total businesses
11,901 formed in 2022
8,243 dissolved in 2022

Greater Manchester

233,019 total businesses
38,756 formed in 2022
28,381 dissolved in 2022

West Yorkshire

151,175 total businesses
25,517 formed in 2022
17,005 dissolved in 2022

Cheshire

81,809 total businesses
9,335 formed in 2022
9,819 dissolved in 2022

Derbyshire

55,697 total businesses
7,764 formed in 2022
5,565 dissolved in 2022

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Ward breakdown data for

Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Alfreton
38
47
9
Alport
5
18
13
Belper Central
32
50
18
Belper East
7
7
0
Belper North
11
9
-2
Belper South
31
125
94
Codnor and Waingroves
8
20
12
Crich
9
16
7
Duffield
18
26
8
Heage and Ambergate
50
29
-21
Heanor and Loscoe
13
29
16
Heanor East
19
19
0
Heanor West
34
65
31
Ironville and Riddings
17
29
12
Jacksdale
0
0
Kilburn Denby and Holbrook
31
20
-11
Langley Mill and Aldercar
22
22
0
Ripley
42
55
13
Ripley and Marehay
20
95
75
Shipley Park Horsley and Horsley Woodhouse
20
23
3
Somercotes
21
31
10
South West Parishes
13
22
9
Swanwick
5
4
-1
Wingfield
15
11
-4
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Barlborough
41
44
3
Blackwell
10
16
6
Bolsover North West
12
14
2
Bolsover South
14
12
-2
Bolsover West
8
6
-2
Clowne North
13
15
2
Clowne South
17
20
3
Elmton-with-Creswell
21
28
7
Pinxton
9
30
21
Pleasley
12
23
11
Scarcliffe
9
12
3
Shirebrook East
8
22
14
Shirebrook Langwith
1
4
3
Shirebrook North West
5
5
0
Shirebrook South East
50
47
-3
Shirebrook South West
8
7
-1
South Normanton East
27
20
-7
South Normanton West
26
25
-1
Tibshelf
13
23
10
Whitwell
11
10
-1
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Barrow Hill and New Whittington
15
19
4
Brimington North
12
7
-5
Brimington South
12
16
4
Brockwell
56
105
49
Dunston
42
43
1
Hasland
27
27
0
Hollingwood and Inkersall
21
41
20
Holmebrook
20
26
6
Linacre
15
18
3
Loundsley Green
7
6
-1
Lowgates and Woodthorpe
59
23
-36
Middlecroft and Poolsbrook
16
38
22
Moor
14
35
21
Old Whittington
26
41
15
Rother
12
19
7
St Helen's
17
24
7
St Leonard's
50
73
23
Walton
17
30
13
West
16
29
13
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Abbey
164
222
58
Allestree
46
63
17
Alvaston
171
324
153
Arboretum
400
663
263
Blagreaves
60
107
47
Boulton
84
66
-18
Chaddesden
83
66
-17
Chellaston
73
91
18
Darley
246
220
-26
Derwent
70
84
14
Littleover
99
135
36
Mackworth
143
143
0
Mickleover
47
67
20
Normanton
158
226
68
Oakwood
49
46
-3
Sinfin
132
138
6
Spondon
65
63
-2
Stenson
27
34
7
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ashbourne North
22
37
15
Ashbourne South
29
25
-4
Bakewell
34
30
-4
Bradwell
4
7
3
Brailsford
9
4
-5
Calver
12
10
-2
Carsington Water
8
8
0
Chatsworth
8
13
5
Clifton and Bradley
21
4
-17
Darley Dale
21
20
-1
Dovedale and Parwich
5
8
3
Doveridge and Sudbury
7
10
3
Hartington and Taddington
11
12
1
Hathersage and Eyam
9
18
9
Hulland
4
11
7
Lathkill and Bradford
4
3
-1
Litton and Longstone
4
5
1
Masson
22
19
-3
Matlock All Saints
22
28
6
Matlock St Giles
39
22
-17
Norbury
17
10
-7
Stanton
8
13
5
Tideswell
6
9
3
Winster and South Darley
8
7
-1
Wirksworth
28
21
-7
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Awsworth Road
12
28
16
Breaston
14
16
2
Cotmanhay
12
24
12
Derby Road East
48
58
10
Derby Road West
22
23
1
Draycott & Risley
18
20
2
Hallam Fields
16
17
1
Kirk Hallam & Stanton-by-Dale
12
19
7
Larklands
34
26
-8
Little Eaton & Stanley
16
31
15
Little Hallam
53
49
-4
Long Eaton Central
91
309
218
Nottingham Road
26
40
14
Ockbrook & Borrowash
24
18
-6
Sandiacre
35
44
9
Sawley
16
21
5
Shipley Park Horsley and Horsley Woodhouse
20
23
3
Shipley View
12
17
5
Spondon
65
63
-2
West Hallam & Dale Abbey
29
24
-5
Wilsthorpe
20
52
32
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Barms
6
7
1
Blackbrook
14
17
3
Burbage
4
18
14
Buxton Central
35
49
14
Chapel East
7
9
2
Chapel West
21
28
7
Corbar
21
32
11
Cote Heath
6
17
11
Dinting
8
8
0
Gamesley
2
6
4
Hadfield North
14
17
3
Hadfield South
6
19
13
Hartington and Taddington
11
12
1
Hayfield
10
8
-2
Hope Valley
11
21
10
Howard Town
61
81
20
Limestone Peak
6
14
8
New Mills East
5
17
12
New Mills West
39
40
1
Old Glossop
16
19
3
Padfield
4
12
8
Sett
9
5
-4
Simmondley
10
22
12
St John's
11
7
-4
Stone Bench
12
23
11
Temple
7
6
-1
Tintwistle
10
12
2
Whaley Bridge
54
127
73
Whitfield
7
3
-4
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ashover
14
13
-1
Barlow and Holmesfield
14
13
-1
Brampton and Walton
15
19
4
Clay Cross North
34
50
16
Clay Cross South
9
11
2
Coal Aston
6
8
2
Dronfield North
23
14
-9
Dronfield South
28
28
0
Dronfield Woodhouse
8
11
3
Eckington North
9
12
3
Eckington South
60
23
-37
Gosforth Valley
22
99
77
Grassmoor
8
23
15
Holmewood and Heath
26
24
-2
Killamarsh East
12
18
6
Killamarsh West
16
20
4
North Wingfield Central
9
19
10
Pilsley and Morton
10
15
5
Renishaw
14
18
4
Ridgeway and Marsh Lane
5
3
-2
Shirland
16
17
1
Sutton
11
17
6
Tupton
13
18
5
Unstone
3
9
6
Wingerworth
25
23
-2
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Aston
51
52
1
Church Gresley
28
30
2
Etwall
26
38
12
Hatton
8
11
3
Hilton
71
39
-32
Linton
24
27
3
Melbourne
29
427
398
Midway
17
32
15
Newhall and Stanton
19
22
3
Repton
29
29
0
Seales
24
27
3
Stenson
27
34
7
Swadlincote
61
82
21
Willington and Findern
15
17
2
Woodville
42
33
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Total companies 2022 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2022 and how Derbyshire compares to them.

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County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2021: 1st
London
1,462,539
2nd 2021: 2nd
Greater Manchester
233,019
3rd 2021: 3rd
West Midlands
211,766
4th 2021: 5th
West Yorkshire
151,175
5th 2021: 4th
Essex
148,387
27th 2021: 27th
Derbyshire
55,697
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
2nd 2021: 2nd
Greater Manchester
233,019
4th 2021: 5th
West Yorkshire
151,175
11th 2021: 11th
Cheshire
81,809
15th 2021: 15th
Leicestershire
73,507
16th 2021: 17th
South Yorkshire
72,058
19th 2021: 20th
Nottinghamshire
62,142
22nd 2021: 22nd
Staffordshire
60,009
27th 2021: 27th
Derbyshire
55,697
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2021: 1st
London
1,462,539
2nd 2021: 2nd
Greater Manchester
233,019
3rd 2021: 3rd
West Midlands
211,766
4th 2021: 5th
West Yorkshire
151,175
5th 2021: 4th
Essex
148,387
6th 2021: 6th
Kent
130,283
7th 2021: 7th
Hampshire
124,249
8th 2021: 8th
Hertfordshire
122,123
9th 2021: 9th
Surrey
107,722
10th 2021: 10th
Lancashire
91,522
11th 2021: 11th
Cheshire
81,809
12th 2021: 12th
Merseyside
81,221
13th 2021: 14th
Buckinghamshire
78,850
14th 2021: 13th
Berkshire
76,700
15th 2021: 15th
Leicestershire
73,507
16th 2021: 17th
South Yorkshire
72,058
17th 2021: 16th
East Sussex
70,836
18th 2021: 19th
North Yorkshire
62,355
19th 2021: 20th
Nottinghamshire
62,142
20th 2021: 18th
Devon
61,854
21st 2021: 25th
Dorset
61,217
22nd 2021: 22nd
Staffordshire
60,009
23rd 2021: 23rd
Somerset
59,531
24th 2021: 21st
West Sussex
58,763
25th 2021: 24th
Gloucestershire
57,852
26th 2021: 26th
Cambridgeshire
57,788
27th 2021: 27th
Derbyshire
55,697
28th 2021: 29th
Lincolnshire
53,143
29th 2021: 28th
Northamptonshire
51,966
30th 2021: 30th
Tyne and Wear
51,640
31st 2021: 31st
Bedfordshire
50,545
32nd 2021: 32nd
Oxfordshire
46,748
33rd 2021: 33rd
Norfolk
45,968
34th 2021: 35th
Suffolk
45,867
35th 2021: 34th
Worcestershire
43,964
36th 2021: 36th
Warwickshire
42,564
37th 2021: 37th
Wiltshire
40,505
38th 2021: 38th
Bristol
37,039
39th 2021: 39th
Durham
35,455
40th 2021: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
29,451
41st 2021: 41st
Shropshire
26,781
42nd 2021: 42nd
Cornwall
25,857
43rd 2021: 43rd
Cumbria
23,003
44th 2021: 44th
Herefordshire
16,412
45th 2021: 45th
Northumberland
12,420
46th 2021: 46th
Isle of Wight
6,423
47th 2021: 47th
Rutland
2,076

Total companies at the end of 2022 per 1000 Person people

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54.6

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82.7

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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.

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

2022

7,764 formed

5,565 dissolved

Overall growth compared to previous year

3.69% vs 2018

7% vs 2019

3.19% vs 2020

4.3% vs 2021