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Company Formations in 2017: East Sussex

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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.

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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
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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
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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 Man standing people

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9.1

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10.0

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Type of companies formed in East Sussex breakdown

96% Private Limited Companies (7,057 companies)

4% Other company types (261 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

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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
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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.

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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 Person people

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81.0

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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