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Company Formations in 2021: Devon

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4.8% more companies in Devon compared to 2020

New businesses in Devon mapped

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  • AEast Devon: 764
  • BExeter: 1,054
  • CMid Devon: 390
  • DNorth Devon: 438
  • EPlymouth: 1,416
  • FSouth Hams: 538
  • GTeignbridge: 824
  • HTorbay: 823
  • ITorridge: 319
  • JWest Devon: 240

Companies formed in 2021 league table

The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Devon 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
30th 2020: 27th
Devon
6,825
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County
No. Companies formed
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
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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 Devon breakdown

94% Private Limited Companies (6,440 companies)

6% Other company types (385 companies)

Other company types breakdown (385 companies)

Total companies in Devon by the end of 2021

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Businesses formed in Devon during 2021

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Businesses dissolved in Devon 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

60,022

businesses registered in Devon at the end of 2021.

4.8% more companies in Devon compared to 2020

Surrounding counties 2021 breakdown & comparison

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

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Ward breakdown data for

Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Axminster Rural
5
3
-2
Axminster Town
44
61
17
Beer and Branscombe
4
7
3
Broadclyst
48
60
12
Budleigh
21
26
5
Clyst Valley
34
56
22
Coly Valley
15
16
1
Dunkeswell
10
7
-3
Exe Valley
8
9
1
Exmouth Brixington
14
16
2
Exmouth Halsdon
12
22
10
Exmouth Littleham
20
27
7
Exmouth Town
76
86
10
Exmouth Withycombe Raleigh
16
24
8
Feniton and Buckerell
3
5
2
Honiton St Michael's
25
29
4
Honiton St Paul's
26
38
12
Newbridges
16
12
-4
Newton Poppleford and Harpford
5
9
4
Otterhead
14
11
-3
Ottery St Mary Rural
16
17
1
Ottery St Mary Town
19
25
6
Raleigh
13
11
-2
Seaton
29
62
33
Sidmouth Rural
3
3
0
Sidmouth Sidford
15
9
-6
Sidmouth Town
22
24
2
Tale Vale
12
14
2
Trinity
16
7
-9
Whimple
7
11
4
Woodbury and Lympstone
26
53
27
Yarty
13
4
-9
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Alphington
103
247
144
Cowick
12
16
4
Duryard
19
23
4
Exwick
15
29
14
Heavitree
15
18
3
Mincinglake
17
16
-1
Newtown
33
48
15
Pennsylvania
4
24
20
Pinhoe
29
29
0
Polsloe
15
18
3
Priory
17
36
19
St David's
206
272
66
St James
27
29
2
St Leonard's
16
19
3
St Loyes
84
53
-31
St Thomas
28
37
9
Topsham
47
69
22
Whipton & Barton
68
71
3
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Boniface
14
13
-1
Bradninch
1
7
6
Cadbury
5
11
6
Canonsleigh
9
19
10
Castle
31
32
1
Clare and Shuttern
19
15
-4
Cranmore
17
16
-1
Cullompton North
17
24
7
Cullompton Outer
16
10
-6
Cullompton South
11
10
-1
Exe Valley
8
9
1
Halberton
5
24
19
Lawrence
45
63
18
Lower Culm
14
26
12
Lowman
16
24
8
Newbrooke
6
6
0
Sandford and Creedy
7
14
7
Silverton
2
8
6
Taw
3
6
3
Taw Vale
5
4
-1
Upper Culm
19
15
-4
Upper Yeo
4
5
1
Way
6
5
-1
Westexe
10
21
11
Yeo
10
12
2
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Bickington and Roundswell
12
24
12
Bishop's Nympton
7
6
-1
Bratton Fleming
5
7
2
Braunton East
17
15
-2
Braunton West
17
29
12
Central Town
50
64
14
Chittlehampton
6
12
6
Chulmleigh
10
9
-1
Combe Martin
12
11
-1
Forches and Whiddon Valley
5
10
5
Fremington
7
10
3
Georgeham and Mortehoe
25
18
-7
Heanton Punchardon
11
12
1
Ilfracombe Central
30
28
-2
Ilfracombe East
3
7
4
Ilfracombe West
13
10
-3
Instow
4
4
0
Landkey Swimbridge and Taw
17
22
5
Longbridge
6
18
12
Lynton and Lynmouth
5
12
7
Marwood
9
16
7
Newport
12
16
4
North Molton
6
5
-1
Pilton
19
15
-4
South Molton
36
35
-1
Witheridge
1
17
16
Yeo Valley
4
6
2
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Budshead
44
50
6
Compton
55
73
18
Devonport
58
72
14
Drake
86
74
-12
Efford and Lipson
43
37
-6
Eggbuckland
24
27
3
Ham
35
40
5
Honicknowle
25
32
7
Moor View
109
112
3
Peverell
40
56
16
Plympton Chaddlewood
23
27
4
Plympton Erle
30
32
2
Plympton St Mary
43
52
9
Plymstock Dunstone
31
33
2
Plymstock Radford
39
44
5
Southway
17
40
23
St Budeaux
31
40
9
St Peter and the Waterfront
472
359
-113
Stoke
72
75
3
Sutton and Mount Gould
71
141
70
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Allington & Strete
8
18
10
Bickleigh & Cornwood
14
13
-1
Blackawton & Stoke Fleming
11
16
5
Charterlands
17
23
6
Dartington & Staverton
20
19
-1
Dartmouth & East Dart
32
40
8
Ermington & Ugborough
11
26
15
Ivybridge East
23
32
9
Ivybridge West
68
24
-44
Kingsbridge
27
29
2
Loddiswell & Aveton Gifford
14
12
-2
Marldon & Littlehempston
14
14
0
Newton & Yealmpton
56
70
14
Salcombe & Thurlestone
24
27
3
South Brent
23
29
6
Stokenham
10
12
2
Totnes
53
78
25
Wembury & Brixton
10
28
18
West Dart
16
20
4
Woolwell
5
8
3
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ambrook
18
15
-3
Ashburton and Buckfastleigh
35
43
8
Bishopsteignton
10
5
-5
Bovey
76
52
-24
Bradley
17
22
5
Buckland and Milber
20
29
9
Bushell
110
192
82
Chudleigh
13
92
79
College
21
31
10
Dawlish Central and North East
28
35
7
Dawlish South West
14
13
-1
Haytor
12
13
1
Ipplepen
7
10
3
Kenn Valley
36
49
13
Kenton with Starcross
9
9
0
Kerswell-with-Combe
11
26
15
Kingsteignton East
16
25
9
Kingsteignton West
12
13
1
Moorland
15
12
-3
Shaldon and Stokeinteignhead
11
7
-4
Shiphay-with-the-Willows
90
110
20
South Brent
23
29
6
Teign Valley
17
22
5
Teignbridge North
13
12
-1
Teignmouth Central
12
18
6
Teignmouth East
43
69
26
Teignmouth West
6
9
3
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Berry Head-with-Furzeham
50
45
-5
Blatchcombe
37
64
27
Churston-with-Galmpton
20
34
14
Clifton-with-Maidenway
15
24
9
Cockington-with-Chelston
37
39
2
Ellacombe
50
62
12
Goodrington-with-Roselands
10
20
10
Preston
69
85
16
Roundham-with-Hyde
44
103
59
Shiphay-with-the-Willows
90
110
20
St Mary's-with-Summercombe
16
16
0
St Marychurch
30
39
9
Tormohun
175
133
-42
Watcombe
13
11
-2
Wellswood
46
39
-7
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Appledore
8
17
9
Bideford East
26
27
1
Bideford North
55
79
24
Bideford South
16
10
-6
Broadheath
4
10
6
Chittlehampton
6
12
6
Clinton
6
6
0
Clovelly Bay
9
9
0
Coham Bridge
3
6
3
Forest
5
3
-2
Hartland and Bradworthy
10
15
5
Holsworthy
6
16
10
Kenwith
3
2
-1
Monkleigh and Littleham
4
32
28
Northam
12
12
0
Orchard Hill
1
1
0
Shebbear and Langtree
4
6
2
Tamarside
17
11
-6
Three Moors
2
10
8
Torrington
9
25
16
Two Rivers
4
11
7
Waldon
5
5
0
Westward Ho!
9
7
-2
Winkleigh
10
6
-4
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Bere Ferrers
14
7
-7
Bridestowe
13
18
5
Buckland Monachorum
23
14
-9
Burrator
5
12
7
Chagford
7
5
-2
Dartmoor
4
7
3
Drewsteignton
9
5
-4
Exbourne
10
14
4
Hatherleigh
25
15
-10
Mary Tavy
4
8
4
Milton Ford
2
10
8
Okehampton North
14
27
13
Okehampton South
8
19
11
South Tawton
7
8
1
Tamarside
17
11
-6
Tavistock North
35
34
-1
Tavistock South East
9
10
1
Tavistock South West
4
20
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Total companies 2021 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2021 and how Devon 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
18th 2020: 19th
Devon
60,022
Rank
County
Total companies
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
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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79.1

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The last 5 years

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