Company Formations in 2017: East Sussex

???? Businesses formed in East Sussex during 2017

2.8% more companies in East Sussex compared to 2016

New businesses in East Sussex mapped

Brighton and Hove 3,786 formed

Eastbourne 739 formed

Hastings 580 formed

Lewes 552 formed

Rother 544 formed

Wealden 1,114 formed

Companies formed in 2017 league table

The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how East Sussex compares.

Rank

County

No. Companies formed

Rank	County	No. Companies formed
1st 2016: 1st	London	205,527
2nd 2016: 2nd	Greater Manchester	31,124
3rd 2016: 3rd	West Midlands	26,802
4th 2016: 4th	West Yorkshire	16,604
5th 2016: 6th	Essex	15,922
19th 2016: 20th	East Sussex	7,318

Rank

County

No. Companies formed

Rank	County	No. Companies formed
1st 2016: 1st	London	205,527
6th 2016: 8th	Kent	14,860
11th 2016: 12th	Surrey	11,009
19th 2016: 20th	East Sussex	7,318
29th 2016: 29th	West Sussex	5,598

Rank

County

No. Companies formed

Rank	County	No. Companies formed
1st 2016: 1st	London	205,527
2nd 2016: 2nd	Greater Manchester	31,124
3rd 2016: 3rd	West Midlands	26,802
4th 2016: 4th	West Yorkshire	16,604
5th 2016: 6th	Essex	15,922
6th 2016: 8th	Kent	14,860
7th 2016: 5th	Hertfordshire	13,752
8th 2016: 9th	Hampshire	13,642
9th 2016: 7th	Cheshire	11,619
10th 2016: 13th	Merseyside	11,016
11th 2016: 12th	Surrey	11,009
12th 2016: 14th	Lancashire	10,646
13th 2016: 18th	Leicestershire	10,566
14th 2016: 22nd	Northamptonshire	9,958
15th 2016: 16th	Berkshire	8,679
16th 2016: 15th	South Yorkshire	8,325
17th 2016: 17th	Buckinghamshire	7,992
18th 2016: 24th	Worcestershire	7,804
19th 2016: 20th	East Sussex	7,318
20th 2016: 19th	Dorset	7,242
21st 2016: 23rd	Nottinghamshire	6,937
22nd 2016: 25th	North Yorkshire	6,766
23rd 2016: 10th	Bedfordshire	6,469
24th 2016: 21st	Staffordshire	6,449
25th 2016: 28th	Cambridgeshire	6,384
26th 2016: 26th	Tyne and Wear	6,166
27th 2016: 27th	Derbyshire	5,803
28th 2016: 30th	Devon	5,615
29th 2016: 29th	West Sussex	5,598
30th 2016: 32nd	Gloucestershire	5,447
31st 2016: 31st	Lincolnshire	5,414
32nd 2016: 33rd	Somerset	5,329
33rd 2016: 11th	Wiltshire	5,227
34th 2016: 34th	Bristol	4,744
35th 2016: 39th	East Riding of Yorkshire	4,646
36th 2016: 35th	Warwickshire	4,617
37th 2016: 36th	Oxfordshire	4,612
38th 2016: 37th	Norfolk	4,399
39th 2016: 38th	Suffolk	4,145
40th 2016: 40th	Durham	4,077
41st 2016: 42nd	Cornwall	2,665
42nd 2016: 41st	Shropshire	2,474
43rd 2016: 43rd	Cumbria	2,215
44th 2016: 44th	Northumberland	1,360
45th 2016: 45th	Herefordshire	906
46th 2016: 46th	Isle of Wight	528
47th 2016: 47th	Rutland	186

New incorporations in 2017 per 1000 people

In East Sussex

9.1

National Average

10.0

Type of companies formed in East Sussex breakdown

96% Private Limited Companies (7,057 companies)

4% Other company types (261 companies)

Public Limited Company 0.4% (1 company)
Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) 29.9% (78 companies)
Company Limited by Guarantee 48.7% (127 companies)
Community Interest Company 20.3% (53 companies)
Other 0.8% (2 companies)

Other company types breakdown (261 companies)

Total companies in East Sussex by the end of 2017

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Businesses formed in East Sussex during 2017

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Businesses dissolved in East Sussex during 2017

meaning there is a total of

64,805

businesses registered in East Sussex at the end of 2017.

2.8% more companies in East Sussex compared to 2016

Surrounding counties 2017 breakdown & comparison

Kent

105,182 total businesses
14,860 formed in 2017
10,950 dissolved in 2017

West Sussex

49,845 total businesses
5,598 formed in 2017
4,690 dissolved in 2017

Surrey

96,847 total businesses
11,009 formed in 2017
10,367 dissolved in 2017

London

1,114,699 total businesses
205,527 formed in 2017
153,566 dissolved in 2017

East Sussex

64,805 total businesses
7,318 formed in 2017
5,947 dissolved in 2017

Ward breakdown data for

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Brunswick and Adelaide	133	167	34
Central Hove	355	488	133
East Brighton	57	77	20
Goldsmid	298	147	-151
Hangleton and Knoll	58	78	20
Hanover and Elm Grove	51	71	20
Hollingdean and Stanmer	27	46	19
Hove Park	60	72	12
Moulsecoomb and Bevendean	32	48	16
North Portslade	20	32	12
Patcham	57	78	21
Preston Park	468	1154	686
Queen's Park	91	125	34
Regency	343	247	-96
Rottingdean Coastal	69	89	20
South Portslade	62	55	-7
St. Peter's and North Laine	532	477	-55
Westbourne	53	85	32
Wish	85	60	-25
Withdean	116	160	44
Woodingdean	24	30	6

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Devonshire	104	124	20
Hampden Park	37	37	0
Langney	15	22	7
Meads	172	172	0
Old Town	30	39	9
Ratton	18	24	6
Sovereign	35	37	2
St Anthony's	71	117	46
Upperton	109	175	66

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Ashdown	13	24	11
Baird	11	9	-2
Braybrooke	10	34	24
Brede Valley	14	23	9
Castle	91	132	41
Central St Leonards	45	63	18
Conquest	13	11	-2
Gensing	79	145	66
Hollington	19	18	-1
Maze Hill	17	17	0
Old Hastings	32	26	-6
Ore	13	16	3
Silverhill	5	18	13
St Helens	10	10	0
Tressell	10	19	9
West St Leonards	10	9	-1
Wishing Tree	23	31	8

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Barcombe and Hamsey	12	17	5
Chailey and Wivelsfield	30	39	9
Ditchling and Westmeston	16	17	1
East Saltdean and Telscombe Cliffs	28	30	2
Hollingdean and Stanmer	27	46	19
Kingston	8	19	11
Lewes Bridge	31	27	-4
Lewes Castle	28	25	-3
Lewes Priory	44	80	36
Newhaven Denton and Meeching	52	63	11
Newhaven Valley	34	31	-3
Newick	6	11	5
Ouse Valley and Ringmer	23	26	3
Peacehaven East	32	34	2
Peacehaven North	10	9	-1
Peacehaven West	12	17	5
Plumpton Streat East Chiltington and St John (Without)	12	21	9
Seaford Central	22	32	10
Seaford East	10	12	2
Seaford North	7	13	6
Seaford South	17	17	0
Seaford West	10	12	2

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Battle Town	95	44	-51
Brede Valley	14	23	9
Central	91	132	41
Collington	16	11	-5
Crowhurst	12	10	-2
Darwell	20	24	4
Eastern Rother	19	15	-4
Ewhurst and Sedlescombe	13	12	-1
Kewhurst	11	10	-1
Marsham	5	19	14
Old Town	30	39	9
Rother Levels	14	22	8
Rye	24	38	14
Sackville	27	21	-6
Salehurst	52	35	-17
Sidley	18	24	6
St Helens	10	10	0
St Marks	5	14	9
St Michaels	10	16	6
St Stephens	17	15	-2
Ticehurst and Etchingham	21	49	28

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Alfriston	14	15	1
Buxted and Maresfield	31	29	-2
Chiddingly and East Hoathly	24	33	9
Cross in Hand Five Ashes	17	19	2
Crowborough East	9	22	13
Crowborough Jarvis Brook	15	17	2
Crowborough North	21	35	14
Crowborough St. Johns	16	14	-2
Crowborough West	48	28	-20
Danehill Fletching Nutley	38	34	-4
East Dean	21	8	-13
Forest Row	62	71	9
Framfield	24	20	-4
Frant Withyham	88	85	-3
Hailsham Central and North	92	125	33
Hailsham East	4	2	-2
Hailsham South and West	21	18	-3
Hartfield	16	14	-2
Heathfield East	6	10	4
Heathfield North and Central	46	69	23
Hellingly	20	50	30
Herstmonceux	29	20	-9
Horam	13	7	-6
Langney	15	22	7
Mayfield	23	16	-7
Ninfield and Hooe with Wartling	12	8	-4
Pevensey and Westham	38	58	20
Polegate North	134	130	-4
Polegate South	4	8	4
Rotherfield	14	16	2
Uckfield Central	42	27	-15
Uckfield New Town	14	16	2
Uckfield North	9	13	4
Uckfield Ridgewood	11	23	12
Wadhurst	41	34	-7
Willingdon	15	20	5

Total companies 2017 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2017 and how East Sussex compares to them.

Rank

County

Total companies

Rank	County	Total companies
1st 2016: 1st	London	1,114,699
2nd 2016: 2nd	Greater Manchester	177,360
3rd 2016: 3rd	West Midlands	159,647
4th 2016: 4th	Essex	116,669
5th 2016: 5th	West Yorkshire	113,471
13th 2016: 13th	East Sussex	64,805

Rank

County

Total companies

Rank	County	Total companies
1st 2016: 1st	London	1,114,699
8th 2016: 8th	Kent	105,182
9th 2016: 9th	Surrey	96,847
13th 2016: 13th	East Sussex	64,805
20th 2016: 19th	West Sussex	49,845

Rank

County

Total companies

Rank	County	Total companies
1st 2016: 1st	London	1,114,699
2nd 2016: 2nd	Greater Manchester	177,360
3rd 2016: 3rd	West Midlands	159,647
4th 2016: 4th	Essex	116,669
5th 2016: 5th	West Yorkshire	113,471
6th 2016: 7th	Hampshire	106,588
7th 2016: 6th	Hertfordshire	105,506
8th 2016: 8th	Kent	105,182
9th 2016: 9th	Surrey	96,847
10th 2016: 10th	Cheshire	76,254
11th 2016: 11th	Lancashire	71,294
12th 2016: 12th	Berkshire	66,738
13th 2016: 13th	East Sussex	64,805
14th 2016: 14th	Buckinghamshire	64,538
15th 2016: 15th	Merseyside	63,781
16th 2016: 17th	Leicestershire	57,830
17th 2016: 16th	South Yorkshire	56,932
18th 2016: 18th	Dorset	52,411
19th 2016: 20th	North Yorkshire	50,798
20th 2016: 19th	West Sussex	49,845
21st 2016: 21st	Gloucestershire	49,129
22nd 2016: 22nd	Devon	48,848
23rd 2016: 23rd	Staffordshire	47,930
24th 2016: 24th	Somerset	47,912
25th 2016: 25th	Nottinghamshire	47,771
26th 2016: 31st	Northamptonshire	46,778
27th 2016: 28th	Cambridgeshire	46,059
28th 2016: 27th	Derbyshire	44,849
29th 2016: 30th	Lincolnshire	41,976
30th 2016: 32nd	Tyne and Wear	40,273
31st 2016: 33rd	Oxfordshire	39,736
32nd 2016: 26th	Bedfordshire	38,894
33rd 2016: 36th	Worcestershire	38,764
34th 2016: 29th	Wiltshire	36,977
35th 2016: 34th	Norfolk	36,459
36th 2016: 35th	Warwickshire	35,844
37th 2016: 37th	Suffolk	33,994
38th 2016: 38th	Bristol	32,106
39th 2016: 39th	Durham	26,562
40th 2016: 40th	East Riding of Yorkshire	25,585
41st 2016: 41st	Shropshire	21,473
42nd 2016: 43rd	Cornwall	20,746
43rd 2016: 42nd	Cumbria	20,316
44th 2016: 44th	Northumberland	10,100
45th 2016: 45th	Herefordshire	8,627
46th 2016: 46th	Isle of Wight	5,125
47th 2016: 47th	Rutland	1,797

Total companies at the end of 2017 per 1000 people

In East Sussex

81.0

National Average

65.1

The last 5 years

How the total number of companies in East Sussex has changed over the last 5 years as new companies have been formed and some existing companies dissolved.

2013

7,884 formed

4,276 dissolved

2014

8,381 formed

5,072 dissolved

2015

8,786 formed

4,854 dissolved

2016

7,939 formed

6,377 dissolved

2017

7,318 formed

5,947 dissolved

Overall growth compared to previous year

6.2% vs 2013

7.9% vs 2014

2.8% vs 2015

2.8% vs 2016

Company Formations in 2017: East Sussex

New businesses in East Sussex mapped

Companies formed in 2017 league table

New incorporations in 2017 per 1000 people

In East Sussex

National Average

Type of companies formed in East Sussex breakdown

Total companies in East Sussex by the end of 2017

meaning there is a total of

Surrounding counties 2017 breakdown & comparison

Ward breakdown data for Brighton and Hove Eastbourne Hastings Lewes Rother Wealden

Total companies 2017 league table

Total companies at the end of 2017 per 1000 people

In East Sussex

National Average

The last 5 years

Ward breakdown data for