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Company Formations in 2023: Derbyshire

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???? Businesses formed in Derbyshire during 2023

2.9% more companies in Derbyshire compared to 2022

New businesses in Derbyshire mapped

Amber Valley 733 formed

Bolsover 436 formed

Chesterfield 674 formed

Derby 2,925 formed

Derbyshire Dales 410 formed

Erewash 742 formed

High Peak 548 formed

North East Derbyshire 490 formed

South Derbyshire 560 formed

Companies formed in 2023 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 2022: 1st
London
313,446
2nd 2022: 2nd
West Midlands
44,594
3rd 2022: 3rd
Greater Manchester
41,222
4th 2022: 4th
West Yorkshire
24,534
5th 2022: 5th
Essex
20,333
26th 2022: 24th
Derbyshire
7,528
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
3rd 2022: 3rd
Greater Manchester
41,222
4th 2022: 4th
West Yorkshire
24,534
12th 2022: 11th
South Yorkshire
11,638
13th 2022: 13th
Leicestershire
11,417
15th 2022: 15th
Cheshire
9,952
17th 2022: 16th
Nottinghamshire
9,559
21st 2022: 21st
Staffordshire
8,878
26th 2022: 24th
Derbyshire
7,528
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
1st 2022: 1st
London
313,446
2nd 2022: 2nd
West Midlands
44,594
3rd 2022: 3rd
Greater Manchester
41,222
4th 2022: 4th
West Yorkshire
24,534
5th 2022: 5th
Essex
20,333
6th 2022: 6th
Kent
17,620
7th 2022: 7th
Hampshire
15,385
8th 2022: 8th
Hertfordshire
14,512
9th 2022: 9th
Merseyside
14,307
10th 2022: 10th
Lancashire
14,223
11th 2022: 12th
Surrey
12,018
12th 2022: 11th
South Yorkshire
11,638
13th 2022: 13th
Leicestershire
11,417
14th 2022: 14th
Berkshire
10,571
15th 2022: 15th
Cheshire
9,952
16th 2022: 17th
Buckinghamshire
9,591
17th 2022: 16th
Nottinghamshire
9,559
18th 2022: 20th
North Yorkshire
9,266
19th 2022: 18th
Bedfordshire
9,025
20th 2022: 30th
Suffolk
8,934
21st 2022: 21st
Staffordshire
8,878
22nd 2022: 25th
Cambridgeshire
8,677
23rd 2022: 19th
Dorset
8,565
24th 2022: 22nd
Tyne and Wear
8,274
25th 2022: 23rd
Northamptonshire
8,191
26th 2022: 24th
Derbyshire
7,528
27th 2022: 26th
East Sussex
7,311
28th 2022: 29th
Devon
7,183
29th 2022: 28th
Lincolnshire
7,141
30th 2022: 31st
Gloucestershire
6,902
31st 2022: 32nd
West Sussex
6,678
32nd 2022: 27th
Somerset
6,531
33rd 2022: 34th
Norfolk
5,723
34th 2022: 35th
Durham
5,696
35th 2022: 38th
Oxfordshire
5,446
36th 2022: 33rd
Warwickshire
5,157
37th 2022: 36th
Bristol
5,050
38th 2022: 39th
Wiltshire
4,965
39th 2022: 37th
Worcestershire
4,808
40th 2022: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
4,211
41st 2022: 41st
Shropshire
3,480
42nd 2022: 43rd
Cornwall
3,074
43rd 2022: 44th
Cumbria
2,686
44th 2022: 42nd
Herefordshire
2,540
45th 2022: 45th
Northumberland
1,554
46th 2022: 46th
Isle of Wight
757
47th 2022: 47th
Rutland
232

New incorporations in 2023 per 1000 Man standing people

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Type of companies formed in Derbyshire breakdown

97% Private Limited Companies (7,307 companies)

3% Other company types (221 companies)

Other company types breakdown (221 companies)

Total companies in Derbyshire by the end of 2023

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Businesses formed in Derbyshire during 2023

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Businesses dissolved in Derbyshire during 2023

meaning there is a total of

57,297

businesses registered in Derbyshire at the end of 2023.

2.9% more companies in Derbyshire compared to 2022

Surrounding counties 2023 breakdown & comparison

Leicestershire

75,930 total businesses
11,417 formed in 2023
9,607 dissolved in 2023

Staffordshire

61,360 total businesses
8,878 formed in 2023
7,179 dissolved in 2023

Nottinghamshire

64,763 total businesses
9,559 formed in 2023
7,255 dissolved in 2023

South Yorkshire

73,897 total businesses
11,638 formed in 2023
9,819 dissolved in 2023

Greater Manchester

244,408 total businesses
41,222 formed in 2023
33,808 dissolved in 2023

West Yorkshire

153,003 total businesses
24,534 formed in 2023
21,511 dissolved in 2023

Cheshire

82,175 total businesses
9,952 formed in 2023
10,096 dissolved in 2023

Derbyshire

57,297 total businesses
7,528 formed in 2023
6,299 dissolved in 2023

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Ward breakdown data for

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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Alfreton
38
76
38
Alport
16
14
-2
Belper Central
66
70
4
Belper East
10
13
3
Belper North
13
17
4
Belper South
61
50
-11
Codnor and Waingroves
12
22
10
Crich
8
21
13
Duffield
29
24
-5
Heage and Ambergate
46
34
-12
Heanor and Loscoe
16
22
6
Heanor East
14
22
8
Heanor West
42
60
18
Ironville and Riddings
19
23
4
Jacksdale
0
0
Kilburn Denby and Holbrook
29
27
-2
Langley Mill and Aldercar
31
30
-1
Ripley
64
53
-11
Ripley and Marehay
49
47
-2
Shipley Park Horsley and Horsley Woodhouse
20
28
8
Somercotes
18
29
11
South West Parishes
16
26
10
Swanwick
12
12
0
Wingfield
6
13
7
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Barlborough
46
61
15
Blackwell
14
15
1
Bolsover North West
10
14
4
Bolsover South
12
16
4
Bolsover West
6
10
4
Clowne North
12
16
4
Clowne South
20
18
-2
Elmton-with-Creswell
25
24
-1
Pinxton
17
25
8
Pleasley
13
17
4
Scarcliffe
13
15
2
Shirebrook East
11
29
18
Shirebrook Langwith
8
12
4
Shirebrook North West
1
11
10
Shirebrook South East
31
44
13
Shirebrook South West
9
13
4
South Normanton East
20
18
-2
South Normanton West
16
35
19
Tibshelf
13
19
6
Whitwell
13
24
11
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Barrow Hill and New Whittington
15
19
4
Brimington North
13
13
0
Brimington South
14
15
1
Brockwell
72
112
40
Dunston
106
48
-58
Hasland
25
40
15
Hollingwood and Inkersall
25
42
17
Holmebrook
16
49
33
Linacre
11
11
0
Loundsley Green
7
17
10
Lowgates and Woodthorpe
15
28
13
Middlecroft and Poolsbrook
23
50
27
Moor
25
28
3
Old Whittington
23
35
12
Rother
16
8
-8
St Helen's
31
32
1
St Leonard's
62
82
20
Walton
22
14
-8
West
22
31
9
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Abbey
147
175
28
Allestree
47
64
17
Alvaston
261
299
38
Arboretum
507
684
177
Blagreaves
77
119
42
Boulton
50
73
23
Chaddesden
84
94
10
Chellaston
67
93
26
Darley
210
343
133
Derwent
72
93
21
Littleover
85
136
51
Mackworth
153
155
2
Mickleover
50
58
8
Normanton
160
245
85
Oakwood
51
64
13
Sinfin
122
150
28
Spondon
65
80
15
Stenson
27
42
15
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ashbourne North
28
24
-4
Ashbourne South
25
36
11
Bakewell
30
47
17
Bradwell
3
6
3
Brailsford
13
7
-6
Calver
12
15
3
Carsington Water
12
10
-2
Chatsworth
8
9
1
Clifton and Bradley
6
5
-1
Darley Dale
17
21
4
Dovedale and Parwich
9
2
-7
Doveridge and Sudbury
18
11
-7
Hartington and Taddington
3
6
3
Hathersage and Eyam
9
13
4
Hulland
17
11
-6
Lathkill and Bradford
4
7
3
Litton and Longstone
12
14
2
Masson
20
26
6
Matlock All Saints
30
43
13
Matlock St Giles
41
30
-11
Norbury
8
8
0
Stanton
8
10
2
Tideswell
4
12
8
Winster and South Darley
8
10
2
Wirksworth
10
27
17
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Awsworth Road
24
25
1
Breaston
11
24
13
Cotmanhay
21
25
4
Derby Road East
32
50
18
Derby Road West
28
32
4
Draycott & Risley
17
25
8
Hallam Fields
18
27
9
Kirk Hallam & Stanton-by-Dale
12
17
5
Larklands
27
56
29
Little Eaton & Stanley
30
55
25
Little Hallam
48
90
42
Long Eaton Central
110
96
-14
Nottingham Road
32
35
3
Ockbrook & Borrowash
20
29
9
Sandiacre
37
39
2
Sawley
15
30
15
Shipley Park Horsley and Horsley Woodhouse
20
28
8
Shipley View
11
11
0
Spondon
65
80
15
West Hallam & Dale Abbey
16
16
0
Wilsthorpe
31
60
29
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Incorporations
Net Change
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Barms
7
5
-2
Blackbrook
24
17
-7
Burbage
4
10
6
Buxton Central
39
29
-10
Chapel East
3
10
7
Chapel West
30
15
-15
Corbar
28
45
17
Cote Heath
13
7
-6
Dinting
9
8
-1
Gamesley
1
7
6
Hadfield North
14
22
8
Hadfield South
11
20
9
Hartington and Taddington
3
6
3
Hayfield
5
8
3
Hope Valley
14
24
10
Howard Town
68
89
21
Limestone Peak
4
5
1
New Mills East
6
14
8
New Mills West
41
45
4
Old Glossop
21
14
-7
Padfield
14
4
-10
Sett
9
15
6
Simmondley
17
19
2
St John's
10
12
2
Stone Bench
7
16
9
Temple
8
4
-4
Tintwistle
8
8
0
Whaley Bridge
119
71
-48
Whitfield
3
5
2
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
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Ashover
10
15
5
Barlow and Holmesfield
8
14
6
Brampton and Walton
17
20
3
Clay Cross North
37
57
20
Clay Cross South
12
7
-5
Coal Aston
6
9
3
Dronfield North
22
22
0
Dronfield South
26
43
17
Dronfield Woodhouse
12
9
-3
Eckington North
12
26
14
Eckington South
24
28
4
Gosforth Valley
21
22
1
Grassmoor
13
25
12
Holmewood and Heath
15
22
7
Killamarsh East
14
21
7
Killamarsh West
11
14
3
North Wingfield Central
17
19
2
Pilsley and Morton
19
19
0
Renishaw
11
15
4
Ridgeway and Marsh Lane
12
5
-7
Shirland
11
16
5
Sutton
10
17
7
Tupton
14
19
5
Unstone
3
8
5
Wingerworth
22
18
-4
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Aston
49
34
-15
Church Gresley
33
29
-4
Etwall
19
30
11
Hatton
5
10
5
Hilton
45
61
16
Linton
24
25
1
Melbourne
295
38
-257
Midway
28
30
2
Newhall and Stanton
31
28
-3
Repton
42
36
-6
Seales
23
40
17
Stenson
27
42
15
Swadlincote
62
96
34
Willington and Findern
20
22
2
Woodville
29
39
10

Total companies 2023 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2023 and how Derbyshire compares to them.

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County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2022: 1st
London
1,534,936
2nd 2022: 2nd
Greater Manchester
244,408
3rd 2022: 3rd
West Midlands
227,431
4th 2022: 5th
Essex
153,732
5th 2022: 4th
West Yorkshire
153,003
27th 2022: 27th
Derbyshire
57,297
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
2nd 2022: 2nd
Greater Manchester
244,408
5th 2022: 4th
West Yorkshire
153,003
12th 2022: 11th
Cheshire
82,175
15th 2022: 15th
Leicestershire
75,930
16th 2022: 16th
South Yorkshire
73,897
19th 2022: 19th
Nottinghamshire
64,763
22nd 2022: 22nd
Staffordshire
61,360
27th 2022: 27th
Derbyshire
57,297
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2022: 1st
London
1,534,936
2nd 2022: 2nd
Greater Manchester
244,408
3rd 2022: 3rd
West Midlands
227,431
4th 2022: 5th
Essex
153,732
5th 2022: 4th
West Yorkshire
153,003
6th 2022: 6th
Kent
133,898
7th 2022: 7th
Hampshire
126,128
8th 2022: 8th
Hertfordshire
122,871
9th 2022: 9th
Surrey
109,469
10th 2022: 10th
Lancashire
95,511
11th 2022: 12th
Merseyside
83,450
12th 2022: 11th
Cheshire
82,175
13th 2022: 13th
Buckinghamshire
78,961
14th 2022: 14th
Berkshire
78,581
15th 2022: 15th
Leicestershire
75,930
16th 2022: 16th
South Yorkshire
73,897
17th 2022: 17th
East Sussex
71,059
18th 2022: 18th
North Yorkshire
65,895
19th 2022: 19th
Nottinghamshire
64,763
20th 2022: 20th
Devon
63,364
21st 2022: 21st
Dorset
63,266
22nd 2022: 22nd
Staffordshire
61,360
23rd 2022: 23rd
Somerset
60,186
24th 2022: 26th
Cambridgeshire
60,023
25th 2022: 24th
West Sussex
59,896
26th 2022: 25th
Gloucestershire
59,830
27th 2022: 27th
Derbyshire
57,297
28th 2022: 28th
Lincolnshire
54,523
29th 2022: 29th
Northamptonshire
53,911
30th 2022: 30th
Tyne and Wear
53,391
31st 2022: 31st
Bedfordshire
52,721
32nd 2022: 34th
Suffolk
51,083
33rd 2022: 33rd
Norfolk
48,437
34th 2022: 32nd
Oxfordshire
48,030
35th 2022: 35th
Worcestershire
45,794
36th 2022: 36th
Warwickshire
43,587
37th 2022: 37th
Wiltshire
42,004
38th 2022: 39th
Durham
37,332
39th 2022: 38th
Bristol
37,161
40th 2022: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
30,108
41st 2022: 41st
Shropshire
28,037
42nd 2022: 42nd
Cornwall
26,998
43rd 2022: 43rd
Cumbria
23,719
44th 2022: 44th
Herefordshire
16,164
45th 2022: 45th
Northumberland
12,830
46th 2022: 46th
Isle of Wight
6,580
47th 2022: 47th
Rutland
2,133

Total companies at the end of 2023 per 1000 Person people

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56.2

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86.6

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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.

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

2023

7,528 formed

6,299 dissolved

Overall growth compared to previous year

7% vs 2019

3.19% vs 2020

4.31% vs 2021

2.9% vs 2022