2014
15,815 formed
10,723 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Essex during 2018
4.9% more companies in Essex compared to 2017
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Essex compares.
Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
---|---|---|
1st
2017: 1st
|
London |
217,617 |
2nd
2017: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
32,571 |
3rd
2017: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
31,875 |
4th
2017: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
18,204 |
5th
2017: 5th
|
Essex |
17,063 |
Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
---|---|---|
1st
2017: 1st
|
London |
217,617 |
5th
2017: 5th
|
Essex |
17,063 |
6th
2017: 7th
|
Hertfordshire |
15,554 |
7th
2017: 6th
|
Kent |
15,057 |
24th
2017: 25th
|
Cambridgeshire |
6,786 |
37th
2017: 38th
|
Norfolk |
4,542 |
39th
2017: 39th
|
Suffolk |
4,292 |
Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
---|---|---|
1st 2017: 1st
|
London |
217,617 |
2nd 2017: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
32,571 |
3rd 2017: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
31,875 |
4th 2017: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
18,204 |
5th 2017: 5th
|
Essex |
17,063 |
6th 2017: 7th
|
Hertfordshire |
15,554 |
7th 2017: 6th
|
Kent |
15,057 |
8th 2017: 8th
|
Hampshire |
14,244 |
9th 2017: 9th
|
Cheshire |
13,259 |
10th 2017: 10th
|
Merseyside |
11,451 |
11th 2017: 12th
|
Lancashire |
11,291 |
12th 2017: 11th
|
Surrey |
11,179 |
13th 2017: 15th
|
Berkshire |
9,166 |
14th 2017: 17th
|
Buckinghamshire |
8,915 |
15th 2017: 13th
|
Leicestershire |
8,896 |
16th 2017: 16th
|
South Yorkshire |
8,542 |
17th 2017: 20th
|
Dorset |
8,314 |
18th 2017: 14th
|
Northamptonshire |
7,630 |
19th 2017: 19th
|
East Sussex |
7,462 |
20th 2017: 21st
|
Nottinghamshire |
7,429 |
21st 2017: 23rd
|
Bedfordshire |
7,013 |
22nd 2017: 18th
|
Worcestershire |
6,889 |
23rd 2017: 22nd
|
North Yorkshire |
6,822 |
24th 2017: 25th
|
Cambridgeshire |
6,786 |
25th 2017: 26th
|
Tyne and Wear |
6,669 |
26th 2017: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
6,474 |
27th 2017: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
6,167 |
28th 2017: 29th
|
West Sussex |
6,048 |
29th 2017: 31st
|
Lincolnshire |
5,910 |
30th 2017: 28th
|
Devon |
5,908 |
31st 2017: 30th
|
Gloucestershire |
5,719 |
32nd 2017: 32nd
|
Somerset |
5,537 |
33rd 2017: 40th
|
Durham |
5,223 |
34th 2017: 36th
|
Warwickshire |
4,755 |
35th 2017: 34th
|
Bristol |
4,635 |
36th 2017: 37th
|
Oxfordshire |
4,631 |
37th 2017: 38th
|
Norfolk |
4,542 |
38th 2017: 33rd
|
Wiltshire |
4,348 |
39th 2017: 39th
|
Suffolk |
4,292 |
40th 2017: 35th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
3,195 |
41st 2017: 41st
|
Cornwall |
2,829 |
42nd 2017: 42nd
|
Shropshire |
2,634 |
43rd 2017: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,259 |
44th 2017: 44th
|
Northumberland |
1,422 |
45th 2017: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
1,054 |
46th 2017: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
645 |
47th 2017: 47th
|
Rutland |
198 |
9.9
10.6
98% Private Limited Companies (16,690 companies)
2% Other company types (373 companies)
Other company types breakdown (373 companies)
????
Businesses formed in Essex during 2018
????
Businesses dissolved in Essex during 2018
122,421
businesses registered in Essex at the end of 2018.
4.9% more companies in Essex compared to 2017
Cambridgeshire
48,390 total businesses
6,786 formed in 2018
4,809 dissolved in 2018
Hertfordshire
111,063 total businesses
15,554 formed in 2018
12,657 dissolved in 2018
Kent
108,910 total businesses
15,057 formed in 2018
11,568 dissolved in 2018
Norfolk
37,466 total businesses
4,542 formed in 2018
3,991 dissolved in 2018
Suffolk
35,510 total businesses
4,292 formed in 2018
3,166 dissolved in 2018
London
1,163,777 total businesses
217,617 formed in 2018
155,611 dissolved in 2018
Essex
122,421 total businesses
17,063 formed in 2018
13,119 dissolved in 2018
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Billericay East |
98 |
||
Billericay West |
14 |
||
Burstead |
33 |
||
Crouch |
33 |
||
Fryerns |
138 |
||
Laindon Park |
30 |
||
Langdon Hills |
-22 |
||
Lee Chapel North |
5 |
||
Nethermayne |
13 |
||
Pitsea North West |
18 |
||
Pitsea South East |
10 |
||
St Martin's |
1 |
||
Vange |
25 |
||
Wickford Castledon |
-45 |
||
Wickford North |
62 |
||
Wickford Park |
6 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Bocking Blackwater |
12 |
||
Bocking North |
8 |
||
Bocking South |
-3 |
||
Braintree Central & Beckers Green |
37 |
||
Braintree South |
5 |
||
Braintree West |
5 |
||
Bumpstead |
15 |
||
Coggeshall |
-6 |
||
Gosfield & Greenstead Green |
0 |
||
Great Notley & Black Notley |
9 |
||
Halstead St Andrew's |
16 |
||
Halstead Trinity |
8 |
||
Hatfield Peverel & Terling |
7 |
||
Hedingham |
39 |
||
Kelvedon & Feering |
15 |
||
Rayne |
0 |
||
Silver End & Cressing |
8 |
||
Stour Valley North |
2 |
||
Stour Valley South |
0 |
||
The Colnes |
22 |
||
Three Fields |
11 |
||
Witham Central |
6 |
||
Witham North |
17 |
||
Witham South |
44 |
||
Witham West |
5 |
||
Yeldham |
12 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Brentwood North |
70 |
||
Brentwood South |
-3 |
||
Brentwood West |
53 |
||
Brizes and Doddinghurst |
3 |
||
Herongate Ingrave and West Horndon |
-13 |
||
Hutton Central |
10 |
||
Hutton East |
1 |
||
Hutton North |
9 |
||
Hutton South |
17 |
||
Ingatestone Fryerning and Mountnessing |
34 |
||
Pilgrims Hatch |
3 |
||
Shenfield |
9 |
||
South Weald |
16 |
||
Tipps Cross |
-1 |
||
Warley |
-118 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Appleton |
7 |
||
Boyce |
20 |
||
Canvey Island Central |
55 |
||
Canvey Island East |
12 |
||
Canvey Island North |
3 |
||
Canvey Island South |
37 |
||
Canvey Island West |
14 |
||
Canvey Island Winter Gardens |
12 |
||
Cedar Hall |
20 |
||
St George's |
13 |
||
St James |
1 |
||
St Mary's |
13 |
||
St Peter's |
42 |
||
Victoria |
34 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Bicknacre and East and West Hanningfield |
15 |
||
Boreham and The Leighs |
14 |
||
Broomfield and The Walthams |
57 |
||
Chelmer Village and Beaulieu Park |
34 |
||
Chelmsford Rural West |
5 |
||
Galleywood |
10 |
||
Goat Hall |
15 |
||
Great Baddow East |
23 |
||
Great Baddow West |
10 |
||
Little Baddow Danbury and Sandon |
30 |
||
Marconi |
-5 |
||
Moulsham and Central |
9 |
||
Moulsham Lodge |
-9 |
||
Patching Hall |
20 |
||
Rettendon and Runwell |
5 |
||
South Hanningfield Stock and Margaretting |
21 |
||
South Woodham-Chetwood and Collingwood |
24 |
||
South Woodham-Elmwood and Woodville |
41 |
||
Springfield North |
0 |
||
St Andrews |
12 |
||
The Lawns |
9 |
||
Trinity |
0 |
||
Waterhouse Farm |
40 |
||
Writtle |
30 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Berechurch |
0 |
||
Birch and Winstree |
9 |
||
Castle |
90 |
||
Christ Church |
15 |
||
Copford and West Stanway |
19 |
||
Dedham and Langham |
8 |
||
East Donyland |
1 |
||
Fordham and Stour |
9 |
||
Great Tey |
9 |
||
Highwoods |
32 |
||
Lexden |
25 |
||
Marks Tey |
-1 |
||
Mile End |
11 |
||
New Town |
33 |
||
Old Heath |
11 |
||
Prettygate |
21 |
||
Pyefleet |
2 |
||
Shrub End |
7 |
||
St Andrew's |
4 |
||
St Anne's |
-12 |
||
St John's |
4 |
||
Stanway |
3 |
||
Tiptree |
42 |
||
West Bergholt and Eight Ash Green |
11 |
||
West Mersea |
4 |
||
Wivenhoe Cross |
15 |
||
Wivenhoe Quay |
13 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
#N A |
0 |
||
Broadley Common Epping Upland and Nazeing |
-5 |
||
Buckhurst Hill East |
18 |
||
Buckhurst Hill West |
-2 |
||
Chigwell Row |
0 |
||
Chigwell Village |
13 |
||
Chipping Ongar Greensted and Marden Ash |
3 |
||
Epping Hemnall |
-6 |
||
Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common |
51 |
||
Grange Hill |
31 |
||
Hastingwood Matching and Sheering Village |
-4 |
||
High Ongar Willingale and The Rodings |
8 |
||
Lambourne |
6 |
||
Loughton Alderton |
17 |
||
Loughton Broadway |
38 |
||
Loughton Fairmead |
0 |
||
Loughton Forest |
79 |
||
Loughton Roding |
13 |
||
Loughton St John's |
14 |
||
Loughton St Mary's |
-90 |
||
Lower Nazeing |
11 |
||
Lower Sheering |
22 |
||
Moreton and Fyfield |
3 |
||
North Weald Bassett |
8 |
||
Passingford |
11 |
||
Roydon |
3 |
||
Shelley |
4 |
||
Theydon Bois |
2 |
||
Waltham Abbey High Beach |
4 |
||
Waltham Abbey Honey Lane |
3 |
||
Waltham Abbey North East |
13 |
||
Waltham Abbey Paternoster |
17 |
||
Waltham Abbey South West |
47 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Bush Fair |
20 |
||
Church Langley |
74 |
||
Great Parndon |
8 |
||
Harlow Common |
13 |
||
Hunsdon |
0 |
||
Little Parndon and Hare Street |
23 |
||
Mark Hall |
67 |
||
Netteswell |
29 |
||
Old Harlow |
35 |
||
Staple Tye |
4 |
||
Sumners and Kingsmoor |
3 |
||
Toddbrook |
11 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Althorne |
2 |
||
Burnham-on-Crouch North |
7 |
||
Burnham-on-Crouch South |
-9 |
||
Great Totham |
0 |
||
Heybridge East |
6 |
||
Heybridge West |
19 |
||
Maldon East |
7 |
||
Maldon North |
35 |
||
Maldon South |
8 |
||
Maldon West |
13 |
||
Mayland |
18 |
||
Purleigh |
5 |
||
Silver End & Cressing |
8 |
||
Southminster |
6 |
||
Tillingham |
2 |
||
Tollesbury |
-1 |
||
Tolleshunt D'Arcy |
20 |
||
Wickham Bishops and Woodham |
9 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Ashingdon and Canewdon |
0 |
||
Barling and Sutton |
1 |
||
Downhall and Rawreth |
16 |
||
Foulness and Great Wakering |
11 |
||
Grange |
-2 |
||
Hawkwell North |
5 |
||
Hawkwell South |
0 |
||
Hawkwell West |
13 |
||
Hockley Central |
-14 |
||
Hockley North |
1 |
||
Hockley West |
-4 |
||
Hullbridge |
7 |
||
Lodge |
-1 |
||
Rayleigh Central |
-7 |
||
Rochford |
2 |
||
Sweyne Park |
5 |
||
Trinity |
0 |
||
Wheatley |
25 |
||
Whitehouse |
25 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Belfairs |
6 |
||
Blenheim Park |
47 |
||
Chalkwell |
54 |
||
Eastwood Park |
26 |
||
Kursaal |
-158 |
||
Leigh |
97 |
||
Milton |
-35 |
||
Prittlewell |
14 |
||
Shoeburyness |
32 |
||
Southchurch |
6 |
||
St Laurence |
18 |
||
St. Luke's |
3 |
||
Thorpe |
13 |
||
Victoria |
34 |
||
West Leigh |
76 |
||
West Shoebury |
12 |
||
Westborough |
20 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Alresford |
5 |
||
Alton Park |
-1 |
||
Ardleigh and Little Bromley |
20 |
||
Beaumont and Thorpe |
-1 |
||
Bockings Elm |
9 |
||
Bradfield Wrabness and Wix |
2 |
||
Brightlingsea |
-5 |
||
Burrsville |
7 |
||
Frinton |
9 |
||
Golf Green |
3 |
||
Great and Little Oakley |
0 |
||
Great Bentley |
3 |
||
Hamford |
2 |
||
Harwich East |
11 |
||
Harwich East Central |
4 |
||
Harwich West |
10 |
||
Harwich West Central |
4 |
||
Haven |
4 |
||
Holland and Kirby |
0 |
||
Homelands |
1 |
||
Lawford |
4 |
||
Little Clacton and Weeley |
6 |
||
Manningtree Mistley Little Bentley and Tendring |
22 |
||
Peter Bruff |
13 |
||
Pier |
24 |
||
Ramsey and Parkeston |
2 |
||
Rush Green |
5 |
||
St Bartholomews |
10 |
||
St James |
1 |
||
St Johns |
0 |
||
St Marys |
-2 |
||
St Osyth and Point Clear |
11 |
||
St Pauls |
5 |
||
Thorrington Frating Elmstead and Great Bromley |
20 |
||
Walton |
-9 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Aveley and Uplands |
21 |
||
Belhus |
23 |
||
Chadwell St Mary |
14 |
||
Chafford and North Stifford |
8 |
||
Corringham and Fobbing |
18 |
||
East Tilbury |
16 |
||
Grays Riverside |
138 |
||
Grays Thurrock |
12 |
||
Little Thurrock Blackshots |
32 |
||
Little Thurrock Rectory |
3 |
||
Ockendon |
24 |
||
Orsett |
23 |
||
South Chafford |
63 |
||
Stanford East and Corringham Town |
9 |
||
Stanford-le-Hope West |
104 |
||
Stifford Clays |
7 |
||
The Homesteads |
-1 |
||
Tilbury Riverside and Thurrock Park |
16 |
||
Tilbury St Chads |
-6 |
||
West Thurrock and South Stifford |
104 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Ashdon |
-8 |
||
Broad Oak & the Hallingburys |
6 |
||
Clavering |
9 |
||
Debden & Wimbish |
-3 |
||
Elsenham & Henham |
1 |
||
Felsted & Stebbing |
3 |
||
Flitch Green & Little Dunmow |
5 |
||
Great Dunmow North |
11 |
||
Great Dunmow South & Barnston |
36 |
||
Hatfield Heath |
-3 |
||
High Easter & the Rodings |
5 |
||
Littlebury Chesterford & Wenden Lofts |
14 |
||
Newport |
5 |
||
Saffron Walden Audley |
12 |
||
Saffron Walden Castle |
-6 |
||
Saffron Walden Shire |
5 |
||
Stansted North |
29 |
||
Stansted South & Birchanger |
-10 |
||
Stort Valley |
5 |
||
Takeley |
31 |
||
Thaxted & the Eastons |
9 |
||
The Sampfords |
10 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2018 and how Essex compares to them.
Rank | County | Total companies |
---|---|---|
1st
2017: 1st
|
London |
1,163,777 |
2nd
2017: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
184,396 |
3rd
2017: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
167,807 |
4th
2017: 4th
|
Essex |
122,421 |
5th
2017: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
118,705 |
Rank | County | Total companies |
---|---|---|
1st
2017: 1st
|
London |
1,163,777 |
4th
2017: 4th
|
Essex |
122,421 |
6th
2017: 7th
|
Hertfordshire |
111,063 |
8th
2017: 8th
|
Kent |
108,910 |
26th
2017: 27th
|
Cambridgeshire |
48,390 |
34th
2017: 35th
|
Norfolk |
37,466 |
37th
2017: 37th
|
Suffolk |
35,510 |
Rank | County | Total companies |
---|---|---|
1st 2017: 1st
|
London |
1,163,777 |
2nd 2017: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
184,396 |
3rd 2017: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
167,807 |
4th 2017: 4th
|
Essex |
122,421 |
5th 2017: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
118,705 |
6th 2017: 7th
|
Hertfordshire |
111,063 |
7th 2017: 6th
|
Hampshire |
110,793 |
8th 2017: 8th
|
Kent |
108,910 |
9th 2017: 9th
|
Surrey |
98,968 |
10th 2017: 10th
|
Cheshire |
78,274 |
11th 2017: 11th
|
Lancashire |
75,763 |
12th 2017: 14th
|
Buckinghamshire |
69,301 |
13th 2017: 12th
|
Berkshire |
68,855 |
14th 2017: 13th
|
East Sussex |
66,405 |
15th 2017: 15th
|
Merseyside |
65,551 |
16th 2017: 16th
|
Leicestershire |
60,027 |
17th 2017: 17th
|
South Yorkshire |
58,193 |
18th 2017: 18th
|
Dorset |
56,307 |
19th 2017: 19th
|
North Yorkshire |
52,860 |
20th 2017: 20th
|
West Sussex |
51,556 |
21st 2017: 22nd
|
Devon |
51,129 |
22nd 2017: 21st
|
Gloucestershire |
50,643 |
23rd 2017: 25th
|
Nottinghamshire |
50,491 |
24th 2017: 24th
|
Somerset |
49,396 |
25th 2017: 23rd
|
Staffordshire |
48,752 |
26th 2017: 27th
|
Cambridgeshire |
48,390 |
27th 2017: 28th
|
Derbyshire |
46,632 |
28th 2017: 26th
|
Northamptonshire |
44,212 |
29th 2017: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
43,713 |
30th 2017: 30th
|
Tyne and Wear |
42,534 |
31st 2017: 32nd
|
Bedfordshire |
42,015 |
32nd 2017: 31st
|
Oxfordshire |
40,930 |
33rd 2017: 33rd
|
Worcestershire |
37,800 |
34th 2017: 35th
|
Norfolk |
37,466 |
35th 2017: 36th
|
Warwickshire |
37,025 |
36th 2017: 34th
|
Wiltshire |
36,714 |
37th 2017: 37th
|
Suffolk |
35,510 |
38th 2017: 38th
|
Bristol |
32,794 |
39th 2017: 39th
|
Durham |
28,771 |
40th 2017: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
24,661 |
41st 2017: 41st
|
Shropshire |
22,421 |
42nd 2017: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
21,904 |
43rd 2017: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
20,916 |
44th 2017: 44th
|
Northumberland |
10,423 |
45th 2017: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
9,243 |
46th 2017: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
5,417 |
47th 2017: 47th
|
Rutland |
1,840 |
70.8
68.1
How the total number of companies in Essex has changed over the last 5 years as new companies have been formed and some existing companies dissolved.
2014
15,815 formed
10,723 dissolved
2015
16,147 formed
10,382 dissolved
2016
15,887 formed
12,823 dissolved
2017
15,922 formed
12,534 dissolved
2018
17,063 formed
13,119 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
7% vs 2014
3.9% vs 2015
4.11% vs 2016
4.9% vs 2017