2020
19,277 formed
11,274 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Essex during 2024
2.3% more companies in Essex compared to 2023
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Essex compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2023: 1st
|
London |
280,423 |
2nd
2023: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
41,700 |
3rd
2023: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
40,892 |
4th
2023: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
23,972 |
5th
2023: 5th
|
Essex |
19,024 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2023: 1st
|
London |
280,423 |
5th
2023: 5th
|
Essex |
19,024 |
6th
2023: 6th
|
Kent |
16,490 |
8th
2023: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
14,111 |
18th
2023: 20th
|
Suffolk |
9,091 |
20th
2023: 22nd
|
Cambridgeshire |
8,588 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2023: 1st
|
London |
280,423 |
2nd 2023: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
41,700 |
3rd 2023: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
40,892 |
4th 2023: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
23,972 |
5th 2023: 5th
|
Essex |
19,024 |
6th 2023: 6th
|
Kent |
16,490 |
7th 2023: 7th
|
Hampshire |
14,534 |
8th 2023: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
14,111 |
9th 2023: 10th
|
Lancashire |
13,620 |
10th 2023: 9th
|
Merseyside |
13,029 |
11th 2023: 12th
|
South Yorkshire |
11,673 |
12th 2023: 11th
|
Surrey |
11,351 |
13th 2023: 13th
|
Leicestershire |
11,209 |
14th 2023: 14th
|
Berkshire |
10,454 |
15th 2023: 15th
|
Cheshire |
9,854 |
16th 2023: 17th
|
Nottinghamshire |
9,248 |
17th 2023: 16th
|
Buckinghamshire |
9,185 |
18th 2023: 20th
|
Suffolk |
9,091 |
19th 2023: 18th
|
North Yorkshire |
8,830 |
20th 2023: 22nd
|
Cambridgeshire |
8,588 |
21st 2023: 24th
|
Tyne and Wear |
8,269 |
22nd 2023: 19th
|
Bedfordshire |
8,251 |
23rd 2023: 21st
|
Staffordshire |
8,181 |
24th 2023: 23rd
|
Dorset |
7,890 |
25th 2023: 26th
|
Derbyshire |
7,553 |
26th 2023: 27th
|
East Sussex |
7,231 |
27th 2023: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
7,132 |
28th 2023: 25th
|
Northamptonshire |
6,894 |
29th 2023: 28th
|
Devon |
6,646 |
30th 2023: 30th
|
Gloucestershire |
6,522 |
31st 2023: 31st
|
West Sussex |
6,467 |
32nd 2023: 32nd
|
Somerset |
6,153 |
33rd 2023: 34th
|
Durham |
5,616 |
34th 2023: 33rd
|
Norfolk |
5,434 |
35th 2023: 35th
|
Oxfordshire |
5,301 |
36th 2023: 36th
|
Warwickshire |
5,070 |
37th 2023: 39th
|
Worcestershire |
5,059 |
38th 2023: 38th
|
Wiltshire |
4,609 |
39th 2023: 37th
|
Bristol |
4,467 |
40th 2023: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
4,234 |
41st 2023: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
4,025 |
42nd 2023: 41st
|
Shropshire |
3,031 |
43rd 2023: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
2,854 |
44th 2023: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,453 |
45th 2023: 45th
|
Northumberland |
1,577 |
46th 2023: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
718 |
47th 2023: 47th
|
Rutland |
242 |
people
10.1
12.5
97% Private Limited Companies (18,479 companies)
3% Other company types (545 companies)
Other company types breakdown (545 companies)
????
Businesses formed in Essex during 2024
????
Businesses dissolved in Essex during 2024
157,235
businesses registered in Essex at the end of 2024.
2.3% more companies in Essex compared to 2023
Cambridgeshire
61,973 total businesses
8,588 formed in 2024
6,428 dissolved in 2024
Hertfordshire
125,410 total businesses
14,111 formed in 2024
11,897 dissolved in 2024
Kent
136,504 total businesses
16,490 formed in 2024
14,258 dissolved in 2024
Suffolk
55,335 total businesses
9,091 formed in 2024
5,970 dissolved in 2024
London
1,560,328 total businesses
280,423 formed in 2024
219,451 dissolved in 2024
Essex
157,235 total businesses
19,024 formed in 2024
15,914 dissolved in 2024
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Billericay East |
45 |
||
Billericay West |
32 |
||
Burstead |
16 |
||
Crouch |
15 |
||
Fryerns |
106 |
||
Laindon Park |
27 |
||
Langdon Hills |
23 |
||
Lee Chapel North |
40 |
||
Nethermayne |
10 |
||
Pitsea North West |
3 |
||
Pitsea South East |
16 |
||
St Martin's |
0 |
||
Vange |
13 |
||
Wickford Castledon |
-10 |
||
Wickford North |
46 |
||
Wickford Park |
30 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bocking Blackwater |
19 |
||
Bocking North |
8 |
||
Bocking South |
-2 |
||
Braintree Central & Beckers Green |
69 |
||
Braintree South |
4 |
||
Braintree West |
-6 |
||
Bumpstead |
7 |
||
Coggeshall |
1 |
||
Gosfield & Greenstead Green |
1 |
||
Great Notley & Black Notley |
25 |
||
Halstead St Andrew's |
7 |
||
Halstead Trinity |
16 |
||
Hatfield Peverel & Terling |
24 |
||
Hedingham |
-4 |
||
Kelvedon & Feering |
28 |
||
Rayne |
9 |
||
Silver End & Cressing |
0 |
||
Stour Valley North |
15 |
||
Stour Valley South |
10 |
||
The Colnes |
5 |
||
Three Fields |
-3 |
||
Witham Central |
28 |
||
Witham North |
10 |
||
Witham South |
11 |
||
Witham West |
6 |
||
Yeldham |
0 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Brentwood North |
-10 |
||
Brentwood South |
-23 |
||
Brentwood West |
10 |
||
Brizes and Doddinghurst |
19 |
||
Herongate Ingrave and West Horndon |
8 |
||
Hutton Central |
-8 |
||
Hutton East |
2 |
||
Hutton North |
-2 |
||
Hutton South |
-10 |
||
Ingatestone Fryerning and Mountnessing |
19 |
||
Pilgrims Hatch |
7 |
||
Shenfield |
8 |
||
South Weald |
16 |
||
Tipps Cross |
9 |
||
Warley |
-111 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Appleton |
11 |
||
Boyce |
7 |
||
Canvey Island Central |
13 |
||
Canvey Island East |
1 |
||
Canvey Island North |
1 |
||
Canvey Island South |
-2 |
||
Canvey Island West |
7 |
||
Canvey Island Winter Gardens |
17 |
||
Cedar Hall |
-2 |
||
St George's |
17 |
||
St James |
11 |
||
St Mary's |
32 |
||
St Peter's |
12 |
||
Victoria |
27 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bicknacre and East and West Hanningfield |
6 |
||
Boreham and The Leighs |
16 |
||
Broomfield and The Walthams |
23 |
||
Chelmer Village and Beaulieu Park |
26 |
||
Chelmsford Rural West |
13 |
||
Galleywood |
-1 |
||
Goat Hall |
-9 |
||
Great Baddow East |
10 |
||
Great Baddow West |
12 |
||
Little Baddow Danbury and Sandon |
-3 |
||
Marconi |
-7 |
||
Moulsham and Central |
-47 |
||
Moulsham Lodge |
2 |
||
Patching Hall |
6 |
||
Rettendon and Runwell |
10 |
||
South Hanningfield Stock and Margaretting |
16 |
||
South Woodham-Chetwood and Collingwood |
5 |
||
South Woodham-Elmwood and Woodville |
25 |
||
Springfield North |
21 |
||
St Andrews |
19 |
||
The Lawns |
6 |
||
Trinity |
10 |
||
Waterhouse Farm |
-4 |
||
Writtle |
8 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Berechurch |
-2 |
||
Birch and Winstree |
6 |
||
Castle |
-81 |
||
Christ Church |
5 |
||
Copford and West Stanway |
-6 |
||
Dedham and Langham |
16 |
||
East Donyland |
1 |
||
Fordham and Stour |
7 |
||
Great Tey |
7 |
||
Highwoods |
43 |
||
Lexden |
13 |
||
Marks Tey |
5 |
||
Mile End |
18 |
||
New Town |
62 |
||
Old Heath |
22 |
||
Prettygate |
15 |
||
Pyefleet |
1 |
||
Shrub End |
13 |
||
St Andrew's |
41 |
||
St Anne's |
20 |
||
St John's |
-2 |
||
Stanway |
29 |
||
Tiptree |
21 |
||
West Bergholt and Eight Ash Green |
1 |
||
West Mersea |
-7 |
||
Wivenhoe Cross |
5 |
||
Wivenhoe Quay |
-19 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
#N A |
0 |
||
Broadley Common Epping Upland and Nazeing |
10 |
||
Buckhurst Hill East |
12 |
||
Buckhurst Hill West |
12 |
||
Chigwell Row |
25 |
||
Chigwell Village |
26 |
||
Chipping Ongar Greensted and Marden Ash |
22 |
||
Epping Hemnall |
16 |
||
Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common |
11 |
||
Grange Hill |
48 |
||
Hastingwood Matching and Sheering Village |
3 |
||
High Ongar Willingale and The Rodings |
20 |
||
Lambourne |
2 |
||
Loughton Alderton |
13 |
||
Loughton Broadway |
40 |
||
Loughton Fairmead |
3 |
||
Loughton Forest |
48 |
||
Loughton Roding |
20 |
||
Loughton St John's |
23 |
||
Loughton St Mary's |
-60 |
||
Lower Nazeing |
21 |
||
Lower Sheering |
-4 |
||
Moreton and Fyfield |
12 |
||
North Weald Bassett |
17 |
||
Passingford |
12 |
||
Roydon |
-8 |
||
Shelley |
1 |
||
Theydon Bois |
-2 |
||
Waltham Abbey High Beach |
27 |
||
Waltham Abbey Honey Lane |
24 |
||
Waltham Abbey North East |
-9 |
||
Waltham Abbey Paternoster |
6 |
||
Waltham Abbey South West |
129 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bush Fair |
-8 |
||
Church Langley |
44 |
||
Great Parndon |
19 |
||
Harlow Common |
1 |
||
Hunsdon |
0 |
||
Little Parndon and Hare Street |
57 |
||
Mark Hall |
37 |
||
Netteswell |
7 |
||
Old Harlow |
26 |
||
Staple Tye |
13 |
||
Sumners and Kingsmoor |
1 |
||
Toddbrook |
314 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Althorne |
13 |
||
Burnham-on-Crouch North |
-5 |
||
Burnham-on-Crouch South |
49 |
||
Great Totham |
4 |
||
Heybridge East |
12 |
||
Heybridge West |
3 |
||
Maldon East |
6 |
||
Maldon North |
-8 |
||
Maldon South |
-7 |
||
Maldon West |
-8 |
||
Mayland |
-2 |
||
Purleigh |
16 |
||
Silver End & Cressing |
0 |
||
Southminster |
-2 |
||
Tillingham |
-1 |
||
Tollesbury |
2 |
||
Tolleshunt D'Arcy |
3 |
||
Wickham Bishops and Woodham |
8 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ashingdon and Canewdon |
3 |
||
Barling and Sutton |
-3 |
||
Downhall and Rawreth |
3 |
||
Foulness and Great Wakering |
-20 |
||
Grange |
6 |
||
Hawkwell North |
14 |
||
Hawkwell South |
15 |
||
Hawkwell West |
4 |
||
Hockley Central |
8 |
||
Hockley North |
-1 |
||
Hockley West |
9 |
||
Hullbridge |
-12 |
||
Lodge |
12 |
||
Rayleigh Central |
5 |
||
Rochford |
35 |
||
Sweyne Park |
4 |
||
Trinity |
10 |
||
Wheatley |
46 |
||
Whitehouse |
-21 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Belfairs |
-1 |
||
Blenheim Park |
14 |
||
Chalkwell |
5 |
||
Eastwood Park |
17 |
||
Kursaal |
-17 |
||
Leigh |
-99 |
||
Milton |
-108 |
||
Prittlewell |
23 |
||
Shoeburyness |
57 |
||
Southchurch |
18 |
||
St Laurence |
2 |
||
St. Luke's |
-3 |
||
Thorpe |
21 |
||
Victoria |
27 |
||
West Leigh |
1 |
||
West Shoebury |
10 |
||
Westborough |
26 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Alresford |
11 |
||
Alton Park |
-7 |
||
Ardleigh and Little Bromley |
2 |
||
Beaumont and Thorpe |
2 |
||
Bockings Elm |
2 |
||
Bradfield Wrabness and Wix |
3 |
||
Brightlingsea |
2 |
||
Burrsville |
7 |
||
Frinton |
6 |
||
Golf Green |
10 |
||
Great and Little Oakley |
5 |
||
Great Bentley |
5 |
||
Hamford |
2 |
||
Harwich East |
2 |
||
Harwich East Central |
13 |
||
Harwich West |
4 |
||
Harwich West Central |
-3 |
||
Haven |
-5 |
||
Holland and Kirby |
-4 |
||
Homelands |
2 |
||
Lawford |
-8 |
||
Little Clacton and Weeley |
8 |
||
Manningtree Mistley Little Bentley and Tendring |
2 |
||
Peter Bruff |
4 |
||
Pier |
-10 |
||
Ramsey and Parkeston |
8 |
||
Rush Green |
-3 |
||
St Bartholomews |
6 |
||
St James |
11 |
||
St Johns |
8 |
||
St Marys |
-2 |
||
St Osyth and Point Clear |
28 |
||
St Pauls |
4 |
||
Thorrington Frating Elmstead and Great Bromley |
50 |
||
Walton |
-6 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Aveley and Uplands |
-2 |
||
Belhus |
26 |
||
Chadwell St Mary |
46 |
||
Chafford and North Stifford |
30 |
||
Corringham and Fobbing |
4 |
||
East Tilbury |
52 |
||
Grays Riverside |
72 |
||
Grays Thurrock |
-4 |
||
Little Thurrock Blackshots |
27 |
||
Little Thurrock Rectory |
34 |
||
Ockendon |
12 |
||
Orsett |
2 |
||
South Chafford |
23 |
||
Stanford East and Corringham Town |
3 |
||
Stanford-le-Hope West |
30 |
||
Stifford Clays |
43 |
||
The Homesteads |
4 |
||
Tilbury Riverside and Thurrock Park |
-10 |
||
Tilbury St Chads |
34 |
||
West Thurrock and South Stifford |
85 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ashdon |
11 |
||
Broad Oak & the Hallingburys |
5 |
||
Clavering |
4 |
||
Debden & Wimbish |
7 |
||
Elsenham & Henham |
-5 |
||
Felsted & Stebbing |
-10 |
||
Flitch Green & Little Dunmow |
-8 |
||
Great Dunmow North |
12 |
||
Great Dunmow South & Barnston |
42 |
||
Hatfield Heath |
-7 |
||
High Easter & the Rodings |
17 |
||
Littlebury Chesterford & Wenden Lofts |
1 |
||
Newport |
-6 |
||
Saffron Walden Audley |
29 |
||
Saffron Walden Castle |
6 |
||
Saffron Walden Shire |
31 |
||
Stansted North |
-25 |
||
Stansted South & Birchanger |
17 |
||
Stort Valley |
10 |
||
Takeley |
20 |
||
Thaxted & the Eastons |
7 |
||
The Sampfords |
5 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2024 and how Essex compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2023: 1st
|
London |
1,560,328 |
2nd
2023: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
251,769 |
3rd
2023: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
234,944 |
4th
2023: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
157,321 |
5th
2023: 4th
|
Essex |
157,235 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2023: 1st
|
London |
1,560,328 |
5th
2023: 4th
|
Essex |
157,235 |
6th
2023: 6th
|
Kent |
136,504 |
8th
2023: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
125,410 |
23rd
2023: 24th
|
Cambridgeshire |
61,973 |
30th
2023: 32nd
|
Suffolk |
55,335 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2023: 1st
|
London |
1,560,328 |
2nd 2023: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
251,769 |
3rd 2023: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
234,944 |
4th 2023: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
157,321 |
5th 2023: 4th
|
Essex |
157,235 |
6th 2023: 6th
|
Kent |
136,504 |
7th 2023: 7th
|
Hampshire |
127,564 |
8th 2023: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
125,410 |
9th 2023: 9th
|
Surrey |
110,047 |
10th 2023: 10th
|
Lancashire |
97,537 |
11th 2023: 11th
|
Merseyside |
84,857 |
12th 2023: 12th
|
Cheshire |
83,478 |
13th 2023: 13th
|
Buckinghamshire |
80,842 |
14th 2023: 14th
|
Berkshire |
80,348 |
15th 2023: 15th
|
Leicestershire |
78,116 |
16th 2023: 16th
|
South Yorkshire |
75,130 |
17th 2023: 17th
|
East Sussex |
71,666 |
18th 2023: 18th
|
North Yorkshire |
67,293 |
19th 2023: 19th
|
Nottinghamshire |
65,784 |
20th 2023: 20th
|
Devon |
64,346 |
21st 2023: 21st
|
Dorset |
63,675 |
22nd 2023: 22nd
|
Staffordshire |
62,904 |
23rd 2023: 24th
|
Cambridgeshire |
61,973 |
24th 2023: 26th
|
Gloucestershire |
61,133 |
25th 2023: 23rd
|
Somerset |
60,769 |
26th 2023: 25th
|
West Sussex |
60,518 |
27th 2023: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
59,950 |
28th 2023: 28th
|
Lincolnshire |
57,099 |
29th 2023: 29th
|
Northamptonshire |
55,842 |
30th 2023: 32nd
|
Suffolk |
55,335 |
31st 2023: 30th
|
Tyne and Wear |
54,971 |
32nd 2023: 31st
|
Bedfordshire |
53,808 |
33rd 2023: 33rd
|
Norfolk |
49,863 |
34th 2023: 34th
|
Oxfordshire |
48,887 |
35th 2023: 35th
|
Worcestershire |
48,838 |
36th 2023: 36th
|
Warwickshire |
43,777 |
37th 2023: 37th
|
Wiltshire |
42,535 |
38th 2023: 38th
|
Durham |
38,779 |
39th 2023: 39th
|
Bristol |
36,561 |
40th 2023: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
31,014 |
41st 2023: 41st
|
Shropshire |
28,136 |
42nd 2023: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
27,621 |
43rd 2023: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
24,059 |
44th 2023: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
18,258 |
45th 2023: 45th
|
Northumberland |
13,228 |
46th 2023: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
6,739 |
47th 2023: 47th
|
Rutland |
2,179 |
people
83.8
83.4
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.
2020
19,277 formed
11,274 dissolved
2021
18,584 formed
15,408 dissolved
2022
18,955 formed
14,636 dissolved
2023
20,333 formed
16,314 dissolved
2024
19,024 formed
15,914 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
3.38% vs 2020
4.54% vs 2021
3.6% vs 2022
2.3% vs 2023