2012
5,015 formed
2,783 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Gloucestershire during 2016
3.6% more companies in Gloucestershire compared to 2015
Cheltenham 1,041 formed
Cotswold 661 formed
Forest of Dean 318 formed
Gloucester 711 formed
South Gloucestershire 1,659 formed
Stroud 610 formed
Tewkesbury 632 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Gloucestershire compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2015: 1st
|
London |
209,869 |
2nd
2015: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
32,999 |
3rd
2015: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
31,162 |
4th
2015: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
17,837 |
5th
2015: 6th
|
Hertfordshire |
17,671 |
32nd 2015: 29th
|
Gloucestershire |
5,639 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
11th
2015: 34th
|
Wiltshire |
11,837 |
24th
2015: 39th
|
Worcestershire |
6,602 |
32nd
2015: 29th
|
Gloucestershire |
5,639 |
33rd
2015: 31st
|
Somerset |
5,328 |
34th
2015: 32nd
|
Bristol |
5,196 |
35th
2015: 35th
|
Warwickshire |
4,709 |
36th
2015: 33rd
|
Oxfordshire |
4,517 |
45th
2015: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
853 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2015: 1st
|
London |
209,869 |
2nd 2015: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
32,999 |
3rd 2015: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
31,162 |
4th 2015: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
17,837 |
5th 2015: 6th
|
Hertfordshire |
17,671 |
6th 2015: 5th
|
Essex |
15,887 |
7th 2015: 10th
|
Cheshire |
15,328 |
8th 2015: 7th
|
Kent |
14,577 |
9th 2015: 8th
|
Hampshire |
14,249 |
10th 2015: 24th
|
Bedfordshire |
13,677 |
11th 2015: 34th
|
Wiltshire |
11,837 |
12th 2015: 9th
|
Surrey |
11,070 |
13th 2015: 12th
|
Merseyside |
10,617 |
14th 2015: 11th
|
Lancashire |
10,600 |
15th 2015: 13th
|
South Yorkshire |
9,265 |
16th 2015: 14th
|
Berkshire |
9,081 |
17th 2015: 16th
|
Buckinghamshire |
8,523 |
18th 2015: 18th
|
Leicestershire |
8,307 |
19th 2015: 17th
|
Dorset |
8,113 |
20th 2015: 15th
|
East Sussex |
7,939 |
21st 2015: 22nd
|
Staffordshire |
7,618 |
22nd 2015: 23rd
|
Northamptonshire |
7,050 |
23rd 2015: 20th
|
Nottinghamshire |
6,642 |
24th 2015: 39th
|
Worcestershire |
6,602 |
25th 2015: 21st
|
North Yorkshire |
6,525 |
26th 2015: 27th
|
Tyne and Wear |
6,380 |
27th 2015: 19th
|
Derbyshire |
6,271 |
28th 2015: 25th
|
Cambridgeshire |
6,208 |
29th 2015: 26th
|
West Sussex |
5,996 |
30th 2015: 30th
|
Devon |
5,703 |
31st 2015: 28th
|
Lincolnshire |
5,698 |
32nd 2015: 29th
|
Gloucestershire |
5,639 |
33rd 2015: 31st
|
Somerset |
5,328 |
34th 2015: 32nd
|
Bristol |
5,196 |
35th 2015: 35th
|
Warwickshire |
4,709 |
36th 2015: 33rd
|
Oxfordshire |
4,517 |
37th 2015: 36th
|
Norfolk |
4,480 |
38th 2015: 37th
|
Suffolk |
4,291 |
39th 2015: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
4,080 |
40th 2015: 38th
|
Durham |
4,017 |
41st 2015: 41st
|
Shropshire |
2,496 |
42nd 2015: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
2,468 |
43rd 2015: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
1,979 |
44th 2015: 44th
|
Northumberland |
1,302 |
45th 2015: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
853 |
46th 2015: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
545 |
47th 2015: 47th
|
Rutland |
217 |
people
6.5
10.5
97% Private Limited Companies (5,470 companies)
3% Other company types (169 companies)
Other company types breakdown (169 companies)
????
Businesses formed in Gloucestershire during 2016
????
Businesses dissolved in Gloucestershire during 2016
47,665
businesses registered in Gloucestershire at the end of 2016.
3.6% more companies in Gloucestershire compared to 2015
Monmouthshire
4,119 total businesses
560 formed in 2016
376 dissolved in 2016
Somerset
46,011 total businesses
5,328 formed in 2016
3,994 dissolved in 2016
Warwickshire
34,180 total businesses
4,709 formed in 2016
3,473 dissolved in 2016
Worcestershire
33,436 total businesses
6,602 formed in 2016
2,820 dissolved in 2016
Oxfordshire
38,413 total businesses
4,517 formed in 2016
3,529 dissolved in 2016
Bristol
31,308 total businesses
5,196 formed in 2016
3,846 dissolved in 2016
Herefordshire
8,293 total businesses
853 formed in 2016
687 dissolved in 2016
Wiltshire
41,591 total businesses
11,837 formed in 2016
3,316 dissolved in 2016
Gloucestershire
47,665 total businesses
5,639 formed in 2016
4,437 dissolved in 2016
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
All Saints |
14 |
||
Battledown |
-202 |
||
Benhall and The Reddings |
8 |
||
Charlton Kings |
-1 |
||
Charlton Park |
22 |
||
College |
82 |
||
Hesters Way |
15 |
||
Lansdown |
50 |
||
Leckhampton |
-6 |
||
Oakley |
0 |
||
Park |
20 |
||
Pittville |
19 |
||
Prestbury |
15 |
||
Springbank |
16 |
||
St Mark's |
8 |
||
St Paul's |
6 |
||
St Peter's |
7 |
||
Swindon Village |
7 |
||
Up Hatherley |
-8 |
||
Warden Hill |
-1 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
17 |
||
Blockley |
-1 |
||
Bourton Vale |
22 |
||
Bourton Village |
-3 |
||
Campden & Vale |
-1 |
||
Chedworth & Churn Valley |
-14 |
||
Chesterton |
-3 |
||
Coln Valley |
9 |
||
Ermin |
12 |
||
Fairford North |
9 |
||
Fosseridge |
5 |
||
Four Acres |
-2 |
||
Grumbolds Ash with Avening |
-7 |
||
Kemble |
11 |
||
Lechlade Kempsford & Fairford South |
6 |
||
Moreton East |
-3 |
||
Moreton West |
13 |
||
New Mills |
1 |
||
Northleach |
9 |
||
Sandywell |
-3 |
||
Siddington & Cerney Rural |
-3 |
||
South Cerney Village |
-5 |
||
St Michael's |
4 |
||
Stow |
15 |
||
Stratton |
-4 |
||
Tetbury East & Rural |
28 |
||
Tetbury Town |
-3 |
||
Tetbury with Upton |
5 |
||
The Ampneys & Hampton |
4 |
||
The Beeches |
6 |
||
The Rissingtons |
12 |
||
Watermoor |
-9 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Alvington Aylburton and West Lydney |
-4 |
||
Awre |
-1 |
||
Berry Hill |
-1 |
||
Blaisdon and Longhope |
2 |
||
Bream |
1 |
||
Bromesberrow and Dymock |
2 |
||
Christchurch and English Bicknor |
0 |
||
Churcham and Huntley |
2 |
||
Cinderford East |
3 |
||
Cinderford West |
10 |
||
Coleford Central |
0 |
||
Coleford East |
5 |
||
Hartpury |
1 |
||
Hewelsfield and Woolaston |
8 |
||
Littledean and Ruspidge |
-1 |
||
Lydbrook and Ruardean |
9 |
||
Lydney East |
16 |
||
Lydney North |
1 |
||
Mitcheldean and Drybrook |
-4 |
||
Newent Central |
10 |
||
Newland and St Briavels |
-2 |
||
Newnham and Westbury |
1 |
||
Oxenhall and Newent North East |
0 |
||
Pillowell |
-3 |
||
Redmarley |
0 |
||
Tibberton |
2 |
||
Tidenham |
8 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
17 |
||
Barnwood |
-7 |
||
Barton and Tredworth |
30 |
||
Elmbridge |
14 |
||
Grange |
7 |
||
Hucclecote |
24 |
||
Kingsholm and Wotton |
22 |
||
Longlevens |
4 |
||
Matson and Robinswood |
23 |
||
Moreland |
25 |
||
Podsmead |
-7 |
||
Quedgeley Fieldcourt |
10 |
||
Quedgeley Severn Vale |
11 |
||
Tuffley |
3 |
||
Westgate |
49 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Almondsbury |
-28 |
||
Bitton |
29 |
||
Boyd Valley |
15 |
||
Bradley Stoke Central and Stoke Lodge |
20 |
||
Bradley Stoke North |
56 |
||
Bradley Stoke South |
-3 |
||
Charfield |
-2 |
||
Chipping Sodbury |
18 |
||
Cotswold Edge |
2 |
||
Dodington |
3 |
||
Downend |
42 |
||
Emersons Green |
5 |
||
Filton |
34 |
||
Frampton Cotterell |
16 |
||
Frenchay and Stoke Park |
-13 |
||
Hanham |
33 |
||
Kings Chase |
16 |
||
Ladden Brook |
-2 |
||
Longwell Green |
13 |
||
Oldland Common |
-2 |
||
Parkwall |
11 |
||
Patchway |
66 |
||
Pilning and Severn Beach |
4 |
||
Rodway |
2 |
||
Severn |
9 |
||
Siston |
10 |
||
Staple Hill |
18 |
||
Stoke Gifford |
22 |
||
Thornbury North |
14 |
||
Thornbury South and Alveston |
16 |
||
Westerleigh |
5 |
||
Winterbourne |
0 |
||
Woodstock |
20 |
||
Yate Central |
13 |
||
Yate North |
8 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Amberley and Woodchester |
-24 |
||
Berkeley |
6 |
||
Bisley |
-1 |
||
Cainscross |
11 |
||
Cam East |
1 |
||
Cam West |
-3 |
||
Central |
-1 |
||
Chalford |
-4 |
||
Coaley and Uley |
10 |
||
Dursley |
10 |
||
Eastington and Standish |
0 |
||
Farmhill and Paganhill |
3 |
||
Hardwicke |
4 |
||
Hucclecote |
24 |
||
Kingswood |
4 |
||
Minchinhampton |
2 |
||
Nailsworth |
24 |
||
Painswick |
-2 |
||
Randwick Whiteshill and Ruscombe |
5 |
||
Rodborough |
4 |
||
Severn |
9 |
||
Slade |
1 |
||
Stonehouse |
19 |
||
The Stanleys |
-2 |
||
Thrupp |
-4 |
||
Trinity |
2 |
||
Uplands |
-1 |
||
Upton St Leonards |
7 |
||
Vale |
-2 |
||
Valley |
-7 |
||
Wotton-under-Edge |
8 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ashchurch with Walton Cardiff |
12 |
||
Badgeworth |
-7 |
||
Bourton Vale |
22 |
||
Brockworth |
4 |
||
Churchdown Brookfield |
10 |
||
Churchdown St John's |
6 |
||
Cleeve Grange |
4 |
||
Cleeve Hill |
5 |
||
Cleeve St Michael's |
19 |
||
Cleeve West |
4 |
||
Coombe Hill |
14 |
||
Highnam with Haw Bridge |
21 |
||
Hucclecote |
24 |
||
Innsworth with Down Hatherley |
2 |
||
Isbourne |
5 |
||
Leckhampton |
-6 |
||
Northway |
9 |
||
Oxenton Hill |
8 |
||
Shurdington |
-1 |
||
Tewkesbury Newtown |
62 |
||
Tewkesbury Prior's Park |
-4 |
||
Tewkesbury Town with Mitton |
1 |
||
Twyning |
-1 |
||
Winchcombe |
14 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2016 and how Gloucestershire compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2015: 1st
|
London |
1,070,255 |
2nd
2015: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
167,797 |
3rd
2015: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
156,118 |
4th
2015: 4th
|
Essex |
112,065 |
5th
2015: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
107,764 |
21st 2015: 21st
|
Gloucestershire |
47,665 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
21st
2015: 21st
|
Gloucestershire |
47,665 |
24th
2015: 23rd
|
Somerset |
46,011 |
29th
2015: 33rd
|
Wiltshire |
41,591 |
33rd
2015: 30th
|
Oxfordshire |
38,413 |
35th
2015: 34th
|
Warwickshire |
34,180 |
36th
2015: 38th
|
Worcestershire |
33,436 |
38th
2015: 37th
|
Bristol |
31,308 |
45th
2015: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
8,293 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2015: 1st
|
London |
1,070,255 |
2nd 2015: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
167,797 |
3rd 2015: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
156,118 |
4th 2015: 4th
|
Essex |
112,065 |
5th 2015: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
107,764 |
6th 2015: 7th
|
Hertfordshire |
104,699 |
7th 2015: 6th
|
Hampshire |
103,043 |
8th 2015: 8th
|
Kent |
98,931 |
9th 2015: 9th
|
Surrey |
95,997 |
10th 2015: 10th
|
Cheshire |
74,912 |
11th 2015: 11th
|
Lancashire |
68,241 |
12th 2015: 12th
|
Berkshire |
64,828 |
13th 2015: 13th
|
East Sussex |
63,012 |
14th 2015: 14th
|
Buckinghamshire |
62,413 |
15th 2015: 15th
|
Merseyside |
60,027 |
16th 2015: 16th
|
South Yorkshire |
55,438 |
17th 2015: 17th
|
Leicestershire |
52,138 |
18th 2015: 18th
|
Dorset |
50,419 |
19th 2015: 19th
|
West Sussex |
48,518 |
20th 2015: 20th
|
North Yorkshire |
48,164 |
21st 2015: 21st
|
Gloucestershire |
47,665 |
22nd 2015: 22nd
|
Devon |
47,095 |
23rd 2015: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
47,000 |
24th 2015: 23rd
|
Somerset |
46,011 |
25th 2015: 26th
|
Nottinghamshire |
45,573 |
26th 2015: 32nd
|
Bedfordshire |
44,451 |
27th 2015: 25th
|
Derbyshire |
43,529 |
28th 2015: 27th
|
Cambridgeshire |
43,412 |
29th 2015: 33rd
|
Wiltshire |
41,591 |
30th 2015: 28th
|
Lincolnshire |
40,701 |
31st 2015: 29th
|
Northamptonshire |
40,600 |
32nd 2015: 31st
|
Tyne and Wear |
38,544 |
33rd 2015: 30th
|
Oxfordshire |
38,413 |
34th 2015: 35th
|
Norfolk |
34,374 |
35th 2015: 34th
|
Warwickshire |
34,180 |
36th 2015: 38th
|
Worcestershire |
33,436 |
37th 2015: 36th
|
Suffolk |
32,526 |
38th 2015: 37th
|
Bristol |
31,308 |
39th 2015: 39th
|
Durham |
25,127 |
40th 2015: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
23,848 |
41st 2015: 41st
|
Shropshire |
20,422 |
42nd 2015: 42nd
|
Cumbria |
19,675 |
43rd 2015: 43rd
|
Cornwall |
19,655 |
44th 2015: 44th
|
Northumberland |
9,713 |
45th 2015: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
8,293 |
46th 2015: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
4,973 |
47th 2015: 47th
|
Rutland |
1,742 |
people
55.3
62.6
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.
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
2016
5,639 formed
4,437 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
5.1% vs 2012
4.3% vs 2013
5.5% vs 2014
3.6% vs 2015