2017
15,922 formed
12,534 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Essex during 2021
3.4% more companies in Essex compared to 2020
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Essex 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 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2020: 1st
|
London |
269,246 |
5th
2020: 5th
|
Essex |
18,584 |
6th
2020: 6th
|
Kent |
16,625 |
8th
2020: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
13,899 |
23rd
2020: 24th
|
Cambridgeshire |
7,476 |
33rd
2020: 35th
|
Suffolk |
5,445 |
| 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 |
people
10.7
12.2
97% Private Limited Companies (18,061 companies)
3% Other company types (523 companies)
Other company types breakdown (523 companies)
????
Businesses formed in Essex during 2021
????
Businesses dissolved in Essex during 2021
141,948
businesses registered in Essex at the end of 2021.
3.4% more companies in Essex compared to 2020
Cambridgeshire
56,346 total businesses
7,476 formed in 2021
6,893 dissolved in 2021
Hertfordshire
118,798 total businesses
13,899 formed in 2021
13,874 dissolved in 2021
Kent
126,550 total businesses
16,625 formed in 2021
14,027 dissolved in 2021
Suffolk
41,836 total businesses
5,445 formed in 2021
3,854 dissolved in 2021
London
1,397,474 total businesses
269,246 formed in 2021
187,697 dissolved in 2021
Essex
141,948 total businesses
18,584 formed in 2021
15,408 dissolved in 2021
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Billericay East |
1 |
||
Billericay West |
28 |
||
Burstead |
21 |
||
Crouch |
17 |
||
Fryerns |
78 |
||
Laindon Park |
5 |
||
Langdon Hills |
-4 |
||
Lee Chapel North |
27 |
||
Nethermayne |
21 |
||
Pitsea North West |
28 |
||
Pitsea South East |
24 |
||
St Martin's |
5 |
||
Vange |
-13 |
||
Wickford Castledon |
-7 |
||
Wickford North |
58 |
||
Wickford Park |
2 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bocking Blackwater |
-3 |
||
Bocking North |
0 |
||
Bocking South |
-5 |
||
Braintree Central & Beckers Green |
17 |
||
Braintree South |
-11 |
||
Braintree West |
9 |
||
Bumpstead |
4 |
||
Coggeshall |
-6 |
||
Gosfield & Greenstead Green |
5 |
||
Great Notley & Black Notley |
4 |
||
Halstead St Andrew's |
10 |
||
Halstead Trinity |
0 |
||
Hatfield Peverel & Terling |
12 |
||
Hedingham |
12 |
||
Kelvedon & Feering |
31 |
||
Rayne |
1 |
||
Silver End & Cressing |
7 |
||
Stour Valley North |
0 |
||
Stour Valley South |
-12 |
||
The Colnes |
-10 |
||
Three Fields |
16 |
||
Witham Central |
12 |
||
Witham North |
12 |
||
Witham South |
2 |
||
Witham West |
5 |
||
Yeldham |
-3 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Brentwood North |
29 |
||
Brentwood South |
5 |
||
Brentwood West |
19 |
||
Brizes and Doddinghurst |
5 |
||
Herongate Ingrave and West Horndon |
-21 |
||
Hutton Central |
4 |
||
Hutton East |
9 |
||
Hutton North |
25 |
||
Hutton South |
1 |
||
Ingatestone Fryerning and Mountnessing |
7 |
||
Pilgrims Hatch |
-2 |
||
Shenfield |
-13 |
||
South Weald |
5 |
||
Tipps Cross |
11 |
||
Warley |
-103 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Appleton |
2 |
||
Boyce |
2 |
||
Canvey Island Central |
-4 |
||
Canvey Island East |
8 |
||
Canvey Island North |
-2 |
||
Canvey Island South |
-1 |
||
Canvey Island West |
16 |
||
Canvey Island Winter Gardens |
18 |
||
Cedar Hall |
-20 |
||
St George's |
-104 |
||
St James |
30 |
||
St Mary's |
29 |
||
St Peter's |
11 |
||
Victoria |
70 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bicknacre and East and West Hanningfield |
65 |
||
Boreham and The Leighs |
5 |
||
Broomfield and The Walthams |
32 |
||
Chelmer Village and Beaulieu Park |
18 |
||
Chelmsford Rural West |
12 |
||
Galleywood |
8 |
||
Goat Hall |
6 |
||
Great Baddow East |
-15 |
||
Great Baddow West |
6 |
||
Little Baddow Danbury and Sandon |
-1 |
||
Marconi |
28 |
||
Moulsham and Central |
78 |
||
Moulsham Lodge |
17 |
||
Patching Hall |
19 |
||
Rettendon and Runwell |
8 |
||
South Hanningfield Stock and Margaretting |
16 |
||
South Woodham-Chetwood and Collingwood |
5 |
||
South Woodham-Elmwood and Woodville |
26 |
||
Springfield North |
0 |
||
St Andrews |
6 |
||
The Lawns |
20 |
||
Trinity |
24 |
||
Waterhouse Farm |
25 |
||
Writtle |
10 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Berechurch |
15 |
||
Birch and Winstree |
3 |
||
Castle |
15 |
||
Christ Church |
19 |
||
Copford and West Stanway |
-14 |
||
Dedham and Langham |
78 |
||
East Donyland |
5 |
||
Fordham and Stour |
9 |
||
Great Tey |
31 |
||
Highwoods |
-10 |
||
Lexden |
-13 |
||
Marks Tey |
11 |
||
Mile End |
14 |
||
New Town |
19 |
||
Old Heath |
21 |
||
Prettygate |
-10 |
||
Pyefleet |
3 |
||
Shrub End |
24 |
||
St Andrew's |
32 |
||
St Anne's |
11 |
||
St John's |
4 |
||
Stanway |
6 |
||
Tiptree |
6 |
||
West Bergholt and Eight Ash Green |
-1 |
||
West Mersea |
14 |
||
Wivenhoe Cross |
7 |
||
Wivenhoe Quay |
-14 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
#N A |
0 |
||
Broadley Common Epping Upland and Nazeing |
2 |
||
Buckhurst Hill East |
6 |
||
Buckhurst Hill West |
26 |
||
Chigwell Row |
11 |
||
Chigwell Village |
13 |
||
Chipping Ongar Greensted and Marden Ash |
7 |
||
Epping Hemnall |
-3 |
||
Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common |
40 |
||
Grange Hill |
33 |
||
Hastingwood Matching and Sheering Village |
7 |
||
High Ongar Willingale and The Rodings |
12 |
||
Lambourne |
-2 |
||
Loughton Alderton |
1 |
||
Loughton Broadway |
36 |
||
Loughton Fairmead |
-1 |
||
Loughton Forest |
70 |
||
Loughton Roding |
19 |
||
Loughton St John's |
48 |
||
Loughton St Mary's |
-11 |
||
Lower Nazeing |
-7 |
||
Lower Sheering |
-24 |
||
Moreton and Fyfield |
28 |
||
North Weald Bassett |
13 |
||
Passingford |
8 |
||
Roydon |
4 |
||
Shelley |
10 |
||
Theydon Bois |
-8 |
||
Waltham Abbey High Beach |
17 |
||
Waltham Abbey Honey Lane |
10 |
||
Waltham Abbey North East |
14 |
||
Waltham Abbey Paternoster |
-8 |
||
Waltham Abbey South West |
31 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bush Fair |
2 |
||
Church Langley |
17 |
||
Great Parndon |
20 |
||
Harlow Common |
30 |
||
Hunsdon |
0 |
||
Little Parndon and Hare Street |
35 |
||
Mark Hall |
-2 |
||
Netteswell |
11 |
||
Old Harlow |
22 |
||
Staple Tye |
11 |
||
Sumners and Kingsmoor |
21 |
||
Toddbrook |
181 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Althorne |
18 |
||
Burnham-on-Crouch North |
4 |
||
Burnham-on-Crouch South |
0 |
||
Great Totham |
6 |
||
Heybridge East |
7 |
||
Heybridge West |
11 |
||
Maldon East |
0 |
||
Maldon North |
35 |
||
Maldon South |
4 |
||
Maldon West |
8 |
||
Mayland |
1 |
||
Purleigh |
7 |
||
Silver End & Cressing |
7 |
||
Southminster |
21 |
||
Tillingham |
11 |
||
Tollesbury |
-1 |
||
Tolleshunt D'Arcy |
26 |
||
Wickham Bishops and Woodham |
14 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ashingdon and Canewdon |
-1 |
||
Barling and Sutton |
-2 |
||
Downhall and Rawreth |
8 |
||
Foulness and Great Wakering |
5 |
||
Grange |
5 |
||
Hawkwell North |
6 |
||
Hawkwell South |
5 |
||
Hawkwell West |
-15 |
||
Hockley Central |
-1 |
||
Hockley North |
9 |
||
Hockley West |
-5 |
||
Hullbridge |
24 |
||
Lodge |
24 |
||
Rayleigh Central |
-7 |
||
Rochford |
-18 |
||
Sweyne Park |
1 |
||
Trinity |
24 |
||
Wheatley |
5 |
||
Whitehouse |
1 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Belfairs |
185 |
||
Blenheim Park |
30 |
||
Chalkwell |
17 |
||
Eastwood Park |
5 |
||
Kursaal |
-229 |
||
Leigh |
40 |
||
Milton |
-13 |
||
Prittlewell |
-8 |
||
Shoeburyness |
34 |
||
Southchurch |
21 |
||
St Laurence |
29 |
||
St. Luke's |
33 |
||
Thorpe |
9 |
||
Victoria |
70 |
||
West Leigh |
84 |
||
West Shoebury |
-4 |
||
Westborough |
18 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Alresford |
-4 |
||
Alton Park |
8 |
||
Ardleigh and Little Bromley |
15 |
||
Beaumont and Thorpe |
35 |
||
Bockings Elm |
13 |
||
Bradfield Wrabness and Wix |
3 |
||
Brightlingsea |
11 |
||
Burrsville |
3 |
||
Frinton |
-8 |
||
Golf Green |
8 |
||
Great and Little Oakley |
-1 |
||
Great Bentley |
-1 |
||
Hamford |
0 |
||
Harwich East |
8 |
||
Harwich East Central |
11 |
||
Harwich West |
8 |
||
Harwich West Central |
4 |
||
Haven |
-7 |
||
Holland and Kirby |
9 |
||
Homelands |
5 |
||
Lawford |
3 |
||
Little Clacton and Weeley |
12 |
||
Manningtree Mistley Little Bentley and Tendring |
10 |
||
Peter Bruff |
-4 |
||
Pier |
-10 |
||
Ramsey and Parkeston |
11 |
||
Rush Green |
-2 |
||
St Bartholomews |
1 |
||
St James |
30 |
||
St Johns |
6 |
||
St Marys |
4 |
||
St Osyth and Point Clear |
16 |
||
St Pauls |
-11 |
||
Thorrington Frating Elmstead and Great Bromley |
14 |
||
Walton |
72 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Aveley and Uplands |
13 |
||
Belhus |
7 |
||
Chadwell St Mary |
34 |
||
Chafford and North Stifford |
30 |
||
Corringham and Fobbing |
17 |
||
East Tilbury |
65 |
||
Grays Riverside |
66 |
||
Grays Thurrock |
37 |
||
Little Thurrock Blackshots |
-4 |
||
Little Thurrock Rectory |
41 |
||
Ockendon |
26 |
||
Orsett |
-1 |
||
South Chafford |
13 |
||
Stanford East and Corringham Town |
8 |
||
Stanford-le-Hope West |
-14 |
||
Stifford Clays |
16 |
||
The Homesteads |
2 |
||
Tilbury Riverside and Thurrock Park |
56 |
||
Tilbury St Chads |
11 |
||
West Thurrock and South Stifford |
29 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ashdon |
4 |
||
Broad Oak & the Hallingburys |
11 |
||
Clavering |
-1 |
||
Debden & Wimbish |
3 |
||
Elsenham & Henham |
9 |
||
Felsted & Stebbing |
-5 |
||
Flitch Green & Little Dunmow |
15 |
||
Great Dunmow North |
16 |
||
Great Dunmow South & Barnston |
28 |
||
Hatfield Heath |
8 |
||
High Easter & the Rodings |
0 |
||
Littlebury Chesterford & Wenden Lofts |
-14 |
||
Newport |
-5 |
||
Saffron Walden Audley |
56 |
||
Saffron Walden Castle |
6 |
||
Saffron Walden Shire |
15 |
||
Stansted North |
16 |
||
Stansted South & Birchanger |
13 |
||
Stort Valley |
1 |
||
Takeley |
-3 |
||
Thaxted & the Eastons |
14 |
||
The Sampfords |
1 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2021 and how Essex 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 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2020: 1st
|
London |
1,397,474 |
4th
2020: 4th
|
Essex |
141,948 |
6th
2020: 6th
|
Kent |
126,550 |
8th
2020: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
118,798 |
26th
2020: 26th
|
Cambridgeshire |
56,346 |
35th
2020: 36th
|
Suffolk |
41,836 |
| 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 |
people
82.1
79.1
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.
2017
15,922 formed
12,534 dissolved
2018
17,063 formed
13,119 dissolved
2019
17,816 formed
14,103 dissolved
2020
19,277 formed
11,274 dissolved
2021
18,584 formed
15,408 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
4.93% vs 2017
4.91% vs 2018
6.91% vs 2019
3.4% vs 2020