2017
5,615 formed
4,335 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Devon during 2021
4.8% more companies in Devon compared to 2020
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Devon compares.
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 |
30th 2020: 27th
|
Devon |
6,825 |
Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
---|---|---|
22nd
2020: 26th
|
Dorset |
7,584 |
28th
2020: 31st
|
Somerset |
7,057 |
30th
2020: 27th
|
Devon |
6,825 |
41st
2020: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
2,993 |
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 |
6.0
12.2
94% Private Limited Companies (6,440 companies)
6% Other company types (385 companies)
Other company types breakdown (385 companies)
????
Businesses formed in Devon during 2021
????
Businesses dissolved in Devon during 2021
60,022
businesses registered in Devon at the end of 2021.
4.8% more companies in Devon compared to 2020
Dorset
56,465 total businesses
7,584 formed in 2021
6,001 dissolved in 2021
Somerset
57,300 total businesses
7,057 formed in 2021
5,667 dissolved in 2021
Cornwall
24,752 total businesses
2,993 formed in 2021
2,145 dissolved in 2021
Devon
60,022 total businesses
6,825 formed in 2021
5,551 dissolved in 2021
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Axminster Rural |
-2 |
||
Axminster Town |
17 |
||
Beer and Branscombe |
3 |
||
Broadclyst |
12 |
||
Budleigh |
5 |
||
Clyst Valley |
22 |
||
Coly Valley |
1 |
||
Dunkeswell |
-3 |
||
Exe Valley |
1 |
||
Exmouth Brixington |
2 |
||
Exmouth Halsdon |
10 |
||
Exmouth Littleham |
7 |
||
Exmouth Town |
10 |
||
Exmouth Withycombe Raleigh |
8 |
||
Feniton and Buckerell |
2 |
||
Honiton St Michael's |
4 |
||
Honiton St Paul's |
12 |
||
Newbridges |
-4 |
||
Newton Poppleford and Harpford |
4 |
||
Otterhead |
-3 |
||
Ottery St Mary Rural |
1 |
||
Ottery St Mary Town |
6 |
||
Raleigh |
-2 |
||
Seaton |
33 |
||
Sidmouth Rural |
0 |
||
Sidmouth Sidford |
-6 |
||
Sidmouth Town |
2 |
||
Tale Vale |
2 |
||
Trinity |
-9 |
||
Whimple |
4 |
||
Woodbury and Lympstone |
27 |
||
Yarty |
-9 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Alphington |
144 |
||
Cowick |
4 |
||
Duryard |
4 |
||
Exwick |
14 |
||
Heavitree |
3 |
||
Mincinglake |
-1 |
||
Newtown |
15 |
||
Pennsylvania |
20 |
||
Pinhoe |
0 |
||
Polsloe |
3 |
||
Priory |
19 |
||
St David's |
66 |
||
St James |
2 |
||
St Leonard's |
3 |
||
St Loyes |
-31 |
||
St Thomas |
9 |
||
Topsham |
22 |
||
Whipton & Barton |
3 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Boniface |
-1 |
||
Bradninch |
6 |
||
Cadbury |
6 |
||
Canonsleigh |
10 |
||
Castle |
1 |
||
Clare and Shuttern |
-4 |
||
Cranmore |
-1 |
||
Cullompton North |
7 |
||
Cullompton Outer |
-6 |
||
Cullompton South |
-1 |
||
Exe Valley |
1 |
||
Halberton |
19 |
||
Lawrence |
18 |
||
Lower Culm |
12 |
||
Lowman |
8 |
||
Newbrooke |
0 |
||
Sandford and Creedy |
7 |
||
Silverton |
6 |
||
Taw |
3 |
||
Taw Vale |
-1 |
||
Upper Culm |
-4 |
||
Upper Yeo |
1 |
||
Way |
-1 |
||
Westexe |
11 |
||
Yeo |
2 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Bickington and Roundswell |
12 |
||
Bishop's Nympton |
-1 |
||
Bratton Fleming |
2 |
||
Braunton East |
-2 |
||
Braunton West |
12 |
||
Central Town |
14 |
||
Chittlehampton |
6 |
||
Chulmleigh |
-1 |
||
Combe Martin |
-1 |
||
Forches and Whiddon Valley |
5 |
||
Fremington |
3 |
||
Georgeham and Mortehoe |
-7 |
||
Heanton Punchardon |
1 |
||
Ilfracombe Central |
-2 |
||
Ilfracombe East |
4 |
||
Ilfracombe West |
-3 |
||
Instow |
0 |
||
Landkey Swimbridge and Taw |
5 |
||
Longbridge |
12 |
||
Lynton and Lynmouth |
7 |
||
Marwood |
7 |
||
Newport |
4 |
||
North Molton |
-1 |
||
Pilton |
-4 |
||
South Molton |
-1 |
||
Witheridge |
16 |
||
Yeo Valley |
2 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Budshead |
6 |
||
Compton |
18 |
||
Devonport |
14 |
||
Drake |
-12 |
||
Efford and Lipson |
-6 |
||
Eggbuckland |
3 |
||
Ham |
5 |
||
Honicknowle |
7 |
||
Moor View |
3 |
||
Peverell |
16 |
||
Plympton Chaddlewood |
4 |
||
Plympton Erle |
2 |
||
Plympton St Mary |
9 |
||
Plymstock Dunstone |
2 |
||
Plymstock Radford |
5 |
||
Southway |
23 |
||
St Budeaux |
9 |
||
St Peter and the Waterfront |
-113 |
||
Stoke |
3 |
||
Sutton and Mount Gould |
70 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Allington & Strete |
10 |
||
Bickleigh & Cornwood |
-1 |
||
Blackawton & Stoke Fleming |
5 |
||
Charterlands |
6 |
||
Dartington & Staverton |
-1 |
||
Dartmouth & East Dart |
8 |
||
Ermington & Ugborough |
15 |
||
Ivybridge East |
9 |
||
Ivybridge West |
-44 |
||
Kingsbridge |
2 |
||
Loddiswell & Aveton Gifford |
-2 |
||
Marldon & Littlehempston |
0 |
||
Newton & Yealmpton |
14 |
||
Salcombe & Thurlestone |
3 |
||
South Brent |
6 |
||
Stokenham |
2 |
||
Totnes |
25 |
||
Wembury & Brixton |
18 |
||
West Dart |
4 |
||
Woolwell |
3 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Ambrook |
-3 |
||
Ashburton and Buckfastleigh |
8 |
||
Bishopsteignton |
-5 |
||
Bovey |
-24 |
||
Bradley |
5 |
||
Buckland and Milber |
9 |
||
Bushell |
82 |
||
Chudleigh |
79 |
||
College |
10 |
||
Dawlish Central and North East |
7 |
||
Dawlish South West |
-1 |
||
Haytor |
1 |
||
Ipplepen |
3 |
||
Kenn Valley |
13 |
||
Kenton with Starcross |
0 |
||
Kerswell-with-Combe |
15 |
||
Kingsteignton East |
9 |
||
Kingsteignton West |
1 |
||
Moorland |
-3 |
||
Shaldon and Stokeinteignhead |
-4 |
||
Shiphay-with-the-Willows |
20 |
||
South Brent |
6 |
||
Teign Valley |
5 |
||
Teignbridge North |
-1 |
||
Teignmouth Central |
6 |
||
Teignmouth East |
26 |
||
Teignmouth West |
3 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Berry Head-with-Furzeham |
-5 |
||
Blatchcombe |
27 |
||
Churston-with-Galmpton |
14 |
||
Clifton-with-Maidenway |
9 |
||
Cockington-with-Chelston |
2 |
||
Ellacombe |
12 |
||
Goodrington-with-Roselands |
10 |
||
Preston |
16 |
||
Roundham-with-Hyde |
59 |
||
Shiphay-with-the-Willows |
20 |
||
St Mary's-with-Summercombe |
0 |
||
St Marychurch |
9 |
||
Tormohun |
-42 |
||
Watcombe |
-2 |
||
Wellswood |
-7 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Appledore |
9 |
||
Bideford East |
1 |
||
Bideford North |
24 |
||
Bideford South |
-6 |
||
Broadheath |
6 |
||
Chittlehampton |
6 |
||
Clinton |
0 |
||
Clovelly Bay |
0 |
||
Coham Bridge |
3 |
||
Forest |
-2 |
||
Hartland and Bradworthy |
5 |
||
Holsworthy |
10 |
||
Kenwith |
-1 |
||
Monkleigh and Littleham |
28 |
||
Northam |
0 |
||
Orchard Hill |
0 |
||
Shebbear and Langtree |
2 |
||
Tamarside |
-6 |
||
Three Moors |
8 |
||
Torrington |
16 |
||
Two Rivers |
7 |
||
Waldon |
0 |
||
Westward Ho! |
-2 |
||
Winkleigh |
-4 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Bere Ferrers |
-7 |
||
Bridestowe |
5 |
||
Buckland Monachorum |
-9 |
||
Burrator |
7 |
||
Chagford |
-2 |
||
Dartmoor |
3 |
||
Drewsteignton |
-4 |
||
Exbourne |
4 |
||
Hatherleigh |
-10 |
||
Mary Tavy |
4 |
||
Milton Ford |
8 |
||
Okehampton North |
13 |
||
Okehampton South |
11 |
||
South Tawton |
1 |
||
Tamarside |
-6 |
||
Tavistock North |
-1 |
||
Tavistock South East |
1 |
||
Tavistock South West |
16 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2021 and how Devon compares to them.
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 |
18th 2020: 19th
|
Devon |
60,022 |
Rank | County | Total companies |
---|---|---|
18th
2020: 19th
|
Devon |
60,022 |
23rd
2020: 23rd
|
Somerset |
57,300 |
25th
2020: 25th
|
Dorset |
56,465 |
42nd
2020: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
24,752 |
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 |
52.9
79.1
How the total number of companies in Devon has changed over the last 5 years as new companies have been formed and some existing companies dissolved.
2017
5,615 formed
4,335 dissolved
2018
5,908 formed
4,306 dissolved
2019
6,196 formed
4,846 dissolved
2020
7,174 formed
3,994 dissolved
2021
6,825 formed
5,551 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
4.67% vs 2017
4.18% vs 2018
7.54% vs 2019
4.8% vs 2020