2011
4,833 formed
2,989 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Gloucestershire during 2015
5.5% more companies in Gloucestershire compared to 2014
Cheltenham 1,256 formed
Cotswold 636 formed
Forest of Dean 362 formed
Gloucester 695 formed
South Gloucestershire 1,640 formed
Stroud 647 formed
Tewkesbury 505 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Gloucestershire compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2014: 1st
|
London |
198,282 |
2nd
2014: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
28,265 |
3rd
2014: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
26,952 |
4th
2014: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
17,066 |
5th
2014: 5th
|
Essex |
16,147 |
29th 2014: 29th
|
Gloucestershire |
5,741 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
29th
2014: 29th
|
Gloucestershire |
5,741 |
31st
2014: 31st
|
Somerset |
5,383 |
32nd
2014: 32nd
|
Bristol |
4,942 |
33rd
2014: 33rd
|
Oxfordshire |
4,611 |
34th
2014: 35th
|
Wiltshire |
4,506 |
35th
2014: 34th
|
Warwickshire |
4,424 |
39th
2014: 39th
|
Worcestershire |
3,572 |
45th
2014: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
950 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2014: 1st
|
London |
198,282 |
2nd 2014: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
28,265 |
3rd 2014: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
26,952 |
4th 2014: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
17,066 |
5th 2014: 5th
|
Essex |
16,147 |
6th 2014: 7th
|
Hertfordshire |
14,575 |
7th 2014: 8th
|
Kent |
14,246 |
8th 2014: 6th
|
Hampshire |
13,779 |
9th 2014: 9th
|
Surrey |
12,014 |
10th 2014: 10th
|
Cheshire |
11,974 |
11th 2014: 11th
|
Lancashire |
10,080 |
12th 2014: 12th
|
Merseyside |
9,857 |
13th 2014: 15th
|
South Yorkshire |
9,290 |
14th 2014: 13th
|
Berkshire |
9,135 |
15th 2014: 14th
|
East Sussex |
8,786 |
16th 2014: 16th
|
Buckinghamshire |
8,249 |
17th 2014: 20th
|
Dorset |
7,791 |
18th 2014: 18th
|
Leicestershire |
7,712 |
19th 2014: 25th
|
Derbyshire |
7,414 |
20th 2014: 17th
|
Nottinghamshire |
6,908 |
21st 2014: 19th
|
North Yorkshire |
6,437 |
22nd 2014: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
6,375 |
23rd 2014: 23rd
|
Northamptonshire |
6,347 |
24th 2014: 26th
|
Bedfordshire |
6,245 |
25th 2014: 27th
|
Cambridgeshire |
6,235 |
26th 2014: 21st
|
West Sussex |
6,136 |
27th 2014: 28th
|
Tyne and Wear |
6,042 |
28th 2014: 22nd
|
Lincolnshire |
5,879 |
29th 2014: 29th
|
Gloucestershire |
5,741 |
30th 2014: 30th
|
Devon |
5,394 |
31st 2014: 31st
|
Somerset |
5,383 |
32nd 2014: 32nd
|
Bristol |
4,942 |
33rd 2014: 33rd
|
Oxfordshire |
4,611 |
34th 2014: 35th
|
Wiltshire |
4,506 |
35th 2014: 34th
|
Warwickshire |
4,424 |
36th 2014: 36th
|
Norfolk |
4,296 |
37th 2014: 38th
|
Suffolk |
4,031 |
38th 2014: 37th
|
Durham |
3,834 |
39th 2014: 39th
|
Worcestershire |
3,572 |
40th 2014: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
2,967 |
41st 2014: 42nd
|
Shropshire |
2,416 |
42nd 2014: 41st
|
Cornwall |
2,392 |
43rd 2014: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,166 |
44th 2014: 44th
|
Northumberland |
1,289 |
45th 2014: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
950 |
46th 2014: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
560 |
47th 2014: 47th
|
Rutland |
194 |
people
6.7
9.7
96% Private Limited Companies (5,516 companies)
4% Other company types (225 companies)
Other company types breakdown (225 companies)
????
Businesses formed in Gloucestershire during 2015
????
Businesses dissolved in Gloucestershire during 2015
46,009
businesses registered in Gloucestershire at the end of 2015.
5.5% more companies in Gloucestershire compared to 2014
Monmouthshire
3,907 total businesses
502 formed in 2015
312 dissolved in 2015
Somerset
44,277 total businesses
5,383 formed in 2015
3,379 dissolved in 2015
Warwickshire
32,797 total businesses
4,424 formed in 2015
2,675 dissolved in 2015
Worcestershire
29,303 total businesses
3,572 formed in 2015
2,593 dissolved in 2015
Oxfordshire
37,534 total businesses
4,611 formed in 2015
2,781 dissolved in 2015
Bristol
30,301 total businesses
4,942 formed in 2015
3,170 dissolved in 2015
Herefordshire
8,115 total businesses
950 formed in 2015
543 dissolved in 2015
Wiltshire
33,003 total businesses
4,506 formed in 2015
2,718 dissolved in 2015
Gloucestershire
46,009 total businesses
5,741 formed in 2015
3,809 dissolved in 2015
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
All Saints |
3 |
||
Battledown |
-170 |
||
Benhall and The Reddings |
19 |
||
Charlton Kings |
24 |
||
Charlton Park |
-6 |
||
College |
101 |
||
Hesters Way |
9 |
||
Lansdown |
339 |
||
Leckhampton |
4 |
||
Oakley |
4 |
||
Park |
20 |
||
Pittville |
7 |
||
Prestbury |
19 |
||
Springbank |
8 |
||
St Mark's |
3 |
||
St Paul's |
17 |
||
St Peter's |
13 |
||
Swindon Village |
4 |
||
Up Hatherley |
3 |
||
Warden Hill |
0 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
-18 |
||
Blockley |
16 |
||
Bourton Vale |
9 |
||
Bourton Village |
5 |
||
Campden & Vale |
8 |
||
Chedworth & Churn Valley |
2 |
||
Chesterton |
4 |
||
Coln Valley |
6 |
||
Ermin |
4 |
||
Fairford North |
5 |
||
Fosseridge |
10 |
||
Four Acres |
18 |
||
Grumbolds Ash with Avening |
7 |
||
Kemble |
7 |
||
Lechlade Kempsford & Fairford South |
0 |
||
Moreton East |
6 |
||
Moreton West |
10 |
||
New Mills |
3 |
||
Northleach |
29 |
||
Sandywell |
1 |
||
Siddington & Cerney Rural |
-7 |
||
South Cerney Village |
-4 |
||
St Michael's |
7 |
||
Stow |
0 |
||
Stratton |
7 |
||
Tetbury East & Rural |
9 |
||
Tetbury Town |
3 |
||
Tetbury with Upton |
-5 |
||
The Ampneys & Hampton |
-2 |
||
The Beeches |
7 |
||
The Rissingtons |
2 |
||
Watermoor |
-2 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Alvington Aylburton and West Lydney |
-3 |
||
Awre |
3 |
||
Berry Hill |
-2 |
||
Blaisdon and Longhope |
4 |
||
Bream |
3 |
||
Bromesberrow and Dymock |
3 |
||
Christchurch and English Bicknor |
1 |
||
Churcham and Huntley |
5 |
||
Cinderford East |
4 |
||
Cinderford West |
13 |
||
Coleford Central |
-2 |
||
Coleford East |
9 |
||
Hartpury |
-2 |
||
Hewelsfield and Woolaston |
6 |
||
Littledean and Ruspidge |
3 |
||
Lydbrook and Ruardean |
19 |
||
Lydney East |
10 |
||
Lydney North |
2 |
||
Mitcheldean and Drybrook |
15 |
||
Newent Central |
2 |
||
Newland and St Briavels |
-48 |
||
Newnham and Westbury |
8 |
||
Oxenhall and Newent North East |
3 |
||
Pillowell |
15 |
||
Redmarley |
4 |
||
Tibberton |
1 |
||
Tidenham |
18 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
-18 |
||
Barnwood |
-54 |
||
Barton and Tredworth |
18 |
||
Elmbridge |
6 |
||
Grange |
3 |
||
Hucclecote |
11 |
||
Kingsholm and Wotton |
30 |
||
Longlevens |
17 |
||
Matson and Robinswood |
11 |
||
Moreland |
26 |
||
Podsmead |
20 |
||
Quedgeley Fieldcourt |
42 |
||
Quedgeley Severn Vale |
12 |
||
Tuffley |
6 |
||
Westgate |
90 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Almondsbury |
-14 |
||
Bitton |
18 |
||
Boyd Valley |
27 |
||
Bradley Stoke Central and Stoke Lodge |
33 |
||
Bradley Stoke North |
40 |
||
Bradley Stoke South |
26 |
||
Charfield |
5 |
||
Chipping Sodbury |
12 |
||
Cotswold Edge |
4 |
||
Dodington |
6 |
||
Downend |
16 |
||
Emersons Green |
-28 |
||
Filton |
49 |
||
Frampton Cotterell |
32 |
||
Frenchay and Stoke Park |
2 |
||
Hanham |
9 |
||
Kings Chase |
42 |
||
Ladden Brook |
6 |
||
Longwell Green |
7 |
||
Oldland Common |
5 |
||
Parkwall |
0 |
||
Patchway |
64 |
||
Pilning and Severn Beach |
24 |
||
Rodway |
30 |
||
Severn |
28 |
||
Siston |
31 |
||
Staple Hill |
36 |
||
Stoke Gifford |
-4 |
||
Thornbury North |
19 |
||
Thornbury South and Alveston |
12 |
||
Westerleigh |
5 |
||
Winterbourne |
40 |
||
Woodstock |
7 |
||
Yate Central |
8 |
||
Yate North |
2 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Amberley and Woodchester |
28 |
||
Berkeley |
5 |
||
Bisley |
-3 |
||
Cainscross |
2 |
||
Cam East |
2 |
||
Cam West |
-3 |
||
Central |
8 |
||
Chalford |
20 |
||
Coaley and Uley |
5 |
||
Dursley |
-8 |
||
Eastington and Standish |
0 |
||
Farmhill and Paganhill |
3 |
||
Hardwicke |
23 |
||
Hucclecote |
11 |
||
Kingswood |
3 |
||
Minchinhampton |
21 |
||
Nailsworth |
49 |
||
Painswick |
-3 |
||
Randwick Whiteshill and Ruscombe |
3 |
||
Rodborough |
-5 |
||
Severn |
28 |
||
Slade |
3 |
||
Stonehouse |
35 |
||
The Stanleys |
3 |
||
Thrupp |
12 |
||
Trinity |
2 |
||
Uplands |
-2 |
||
Upton St Leonards |
3 |
||
Vale |
4 |
||
Valley |
3 |
||
Wotton-under-Edge |
27 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ashchurch with Walton Cardiff |
10 |
||
Badgeworth |
35 |
||
Bourton Vale |
9 |
||
Brockworth |
7 |
||
Churchdown Brookfield |
6 |
||
Churchdown St John's |
8 |
||
Cleeve Grange |
4 |
||
Cleeve Hill |
10 |
||
Cleeve St Michael's |
6 |
||
Cleeve West |
7 |
||
Coombe Hill |
20 |
||
Highnam with Haw Bridge |
28 |
||
Hucclecote |
11 |
||
Innsworth with Down Hatherley |
1 |
||
Isbourne |
21 |
||
Leckhampton |
4 |
||
Northway |
6 |
||
Oxenton Hill |
1 |
||
Shurdington |
-8 |
||
Tewkesbury Newtown |
6 |
||
Tewkesbury Prior's Park |
8 |
||
Tewkesbury Town with Mitton |
11 |
||
Twyning |
6 |
||
Winchcombe |
0 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2015 and how Gloucestershire compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2014: 1st
|
London |
1,017,154 |
2nd
2014: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
156,025 |
3rd
2014: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
147,044 |
4th
2014: 4th
|
Essex |
107,891 |
5th
2014: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
102,450 |
21st 2014: 20th
|
Gloucestershire |
46,009 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
21st
2014: 20th
|
Gloucestershire |
46,009 |
23rd
2014: 23rd
|
Somerset |
44,277 |
30th
2014: 30th
|
Oxfordshire |
37,534 |
33rd
2014: 33rd
|
Wiltshire |
33,003 |
34th
2014: 34th
|
Warwickshire |
32,797 |
37th
2014: 37th
|
Bristol |
30,301 |
38th
2014: 38th
|
Worcestershire |
29,303 |
45th
2014: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
8,115 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2014: 1st
|
London |
1,017,154 |
2nd 2014: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
156,025 |
3rd 2014: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
147,044 |
4th 2014: 4th
|
Essex |
107,891 |
5th 2014: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
102,450 |
6th 2014: 6th
|
Hampshire |
98,825 |
7th 2014: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
96,909 |
8th 2014: 9th
|
Kent |
94,176 |
9th 2014: 7th
|
Surrey |
93,699 |
10th 2014: 10th
|
Cheshire |
67,995 |
11th 2014: 11th
|
Lancashire |
65,240 |
12th 2014: 12th
|
Berkshire |
63,186 |
13th 2014: 13th
|
East Sussex |
61,290 |
14th 2014: 14th
|
Buckinghamshire |
59,305 |
15th 2014: 15th
|
Merseyside |
56,875 |
16th 2014: 16th
|
South Yorkshire |
52,205 |
17th 2014: 18th
|
Leicestershire |
48,126 |
18th 2014: 19th
|
Dorset |
47,433 |
19th 2014: 17th
|
West Sussex |
47,267 |
20th 2014: 21st
|
North Yorkshire |
46,660 |
21st 2014: 20th
|
Gloucestershire |
46,009 |
22nd 2014: 22nd
|
Devon |
44,917 |
23rd 2014: 23rd
|
Somerset |
44,277 |
24th 2014: 25th
|
Staffordshire |
44,125 |
25th 2014: 26th
|
Derbyshire |
43,692 |
26th 2014: 24th
|
Nottinghamshire |
43,336 |
27th 2014: 27th
|
Cambridgeshire |
41,403 |
28th 2014: 28th
|
Lincolnshire |
39,944 |
29th 2014: 29th
|
Northamptonshire |
39,638 |
30th 2014: 30th
|
Oxfordshire |
37,534 |
31st 2014: 31st
|
Tyne and Wear |
36,643 |
32nd 2014: 32nd
|
Bedfordshire |
34,911 |
33rd 2014: 33rd
|
Wiltshire |
33,003 |
34th 2014: 34th
|
Warwickshire |
32,797 |
35th 2014: 35th
|
Norfolk |
32,493 |
36th 2014: 36th
|
Suffolk |
30,944 |
37th 2014: 37th
|
Bristol |
30,301 |
38th 2014: 38th
|
Worcestershire |
29,303 |
39th 2014: 39th
|
Durham |
24,091 |
40th 2014: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
22,144 |
41st 2014: 41st
|
Shropshire |
19,451 |
42nd 2014: 42nd
|
Cumbria |
19,348 |
43rd 2014: 43rd
|
Cornwall |
18,859 |
44th 2014: 44th
|
Northumberland |
9,370 |
45th 2014: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
8,115 |
46th 2014: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
4,853 |
47th 2014: 47th
|
Rutland |
1,677 |
people
53.4
59.4
How the total number of companies in Gloucestershire has changed over the last 5 years as new companies have been formed and some existing companies dissolved.
2011
4,833 formed
2,989 dissolved
2012
5,015 formed
2,783 dissolved
2013
5,308 formed
3,266 dissolved
2014
5,634 formed
3,827 dissolved
2015
5,741 formed
3,809 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
6% vs 2011
5.1% vs 2012
4.3% vs 2013
5.5% vs 2014