2016
5,639 formed
4,437 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Gloucestershire during 2020
5.0% more companies in Gloucestershire compared to 2019
Cheltenham 1,002 formed
Cotswold 748 formed
Forest of Dean 384 formed
Gloucester 1,012 formed
South Gloucestershire 1,847 formed
Stroud 758 formed
Tewkesbury 658 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Gloucestershire compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2019: 1st
|
London |
270,114 |
2nd
2019: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
37,202 |
3rd
2019: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
36,288 |
4th
2019: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
22,615 |
5th
2019: 5th
|
Essex |
19,277 |
32nd 2019: 32nd
|
Gloucestershire |
6,419 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
28th
2019: 14th
|
Worcestershire |
6,955 |
31st
2019: 31st
|
Somerset |
6,432 |
32nd
2019: 32nd
|
Gloucestershire |
6,419 |
33rd
2019: 35th
|
Bristol |
5,559 |
34th
2019: 34th
|
Oxfordshire |
5,363 |
38th
2019: 33rd
|
Warwickshire |
4,920 |
39th
2019: 39th
|
Wiltshire |
4,645 |
44th
2019: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
2,327 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2019: 1st
|
London |
270,114 |
2nd 2019: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
37,202 |
3rd 2019: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
36,288 |
4th 2019: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
22,615 |
5th 2019: 5th
|
Essex |
19,277 |
6th 2019: 6th
|
Kent |
18,501 |
7th 2019: 8th
|
Hampshire |
15,534 |
8th 2019: 7th
|
Hertfordshire |
14,464 |
9th 2019: 10th
|
Merseyside |
13,410 |
10th 2019: 11th
|
Lancashire |
12,655 |
11th 2019: 13th
|
Leicestershire |
12,543 |
12th 2019: 12th
|
Surrey |
11,997 |
13th 2019: 9th
|
Cheshire |
11,017 |
14th 2019: 15th
|
South Yorkshire |
10,450 |
15th 2019: 16th
|
Berkshire |
9,920 |
16th 2019: 17th
|
Buckinghamshire |
9,394 |
17th 2019: 21st
|
Nottinghamshire |
8,760 |
18th 2019: 26th
|
Bedfordshire |
8,238 |
19th 2019: 22nd
|
North Yorkshire |
8,200 |
20th 2019: 20th
|
East Sussex |
8,149 |
21st 2019: 23rd
|
Tyne and Wear |
7,867 |
22nd 2019: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
7,720 |
23rd 2019: 18th
|
Northamptonshire |
7,534 |
24th 2019: 25th
|
Cambridgeshire |
7,516 |
25th 2019: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
7,413 |
26th 2019: 19th
|
Dorset |
7,253 |
27th 2019: 28th
|
Devon |
7,174 |
28th 2019: 14th
|
Worcestershire |
6,955 |
29th 2019: 29th
|
West Sussex |
6,880 |
30th 2019: 30th
|
Lincolnshire |
6,475 |
31st 2019: 31st
|
Somerset |
6,432 |
32nd 2019: 32nd
|
Gloucestershire |
6,419 |
33rd 2019: 35th
|
Bristol |
5,559 |
34th 2019: 34th
|
Oxfordshire |
5,363 |
35th 2019: 38th
|
Suffolk |
5,105 |
36th 2019: 37th
|
Durham |
5,083 |
37th 2019: 36th
|
Norfolk |
5,006 |
38th 2019: 33rd
|
Warwickshire |
4,920 |
39th 2019: 39th
|
Wiltshire |
4,645 |
40th 2019: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
3,667 |
41st 2019: 41st
|
Shropshire |
3,386 |
42nd 2019: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
2,951 |
43rd 2019: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,333 |
44th 2019: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
2,327 |
45th 2019: 44th
|
Northumberland |
1,560 |
46th 2019: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
765 |
47th 2019: 47th
|
Rutland |
410 |
people
7.4
12.3
96% Private Limited Companies (6,178 companies)
4% Other company types (241 companies)
Other company types breakdown (241 companies)
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Businesses formed in Gloucestershire during 2020
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Businesses dissolved in Gloucestershire during 2020
55,106
businesses registered in Gloucestershire at the end of 2020.
5.0% more companies in Gloucestershire compared to 2019
Monmouthshire
4,876 total businesses
592 formed in 2020
329 dissolved in 2020
Somerset
55,092 total businesses
6,432 formed in 2020
3,899 dissolved in 2020
Warwickshire
40,304 total businesses
4,920 formed in 2020
3,587 dissolved in 2020
Worcestershire
44,570 total businesses
6,955 formed in 2020
5,992 dissolved in 2020
Oxfordshire
45,071 total businesses
5,363 formed in 2020
3,171 dissolved in 2020
Bristol
36,208 total businesses
5,559 formed in 2020
2,879 dissolved in 2020
Herefordshire
12,800 total businesses
2,327 formed in 2020
766 dissolved in 2020
Wiltshire
39,022 total businesses
4,645 formed in 2020
3,195 dissolved in 2020
Gloucestershire
55,106 total businesses
6,419 formed in 2020
4,233 dissolved in 2020
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
All Saints |
26 |
||
Battledown |
-97 |
||
Benhall and The Reddings |
14 |
||
Charlton Kings |
10 |
||
Charlton Park |
-2 |
||
College |
-16 |
||
Hesters Way |
2 |
||
Lansdown |
62 |
||
Leckhampton |
2 |
||
Oakley |
1 |
||
Park |
-3 |
||
Pittville |
22 |
||
Prestbury |
-8 |
||
Springbank |
16 |
||
St Mark's |
12 |
||
St Paul's |
10 |
||
St Peter's |
31 |
||
Swindon Village |
20 |
||
Up Hatherley |
7 |
||
Warden Hill |
10 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
19 |
||
Blockley |
3 |
||
Bourton Vale |
6 |
||
Bourton Village |
6 |
||
Campden & Vale |
11 |
||
Chedworth & Churn Valley |
1 |
||
Chesterton |
1 |
||
Coln Valley |
15 |
||
Ermin |
3 |
||
Fairford North |
13 |
||
Fosseridge |
12 |
||
Four Acres |
5 |
||
Grumbolds Ash with Avening |
11 |
||
Kemble |
7 |
||
Lechlade Kempsford & Fairford South |
18 |
||
Moreton East |
17 |
||
Moreton West |
13 |
||
New Mills |
9 |
||
Northleach |
16 |
||
Sandywell |
14 |
||
Siddington & Cerney Rural |
10 |
||
South Cerney Village |
-5 |
||
St Michael's |
10 |
||
Stow |
10 |
||
Stratton |
-1 |
||
Tetbury East & Rural |
18 |
||
Tetbury Town |
8 |
||
Tetbury with Upton |
-2 |
||
The Ampneys & Hampton |
8 |
||
The Beeches |
6 |
||
The Rissingtons |
11 |
||
Watermoor |
43 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Alvington Aylburton and West Lydney |
11 |
||
Awre |
4 |
||
Berry Hill |
4 |
||
Blaisdon and Longhope |
-5 |
||
Bream |
-8 |
||
Bromesberrow and Dymock |
7 |
||
Christchurch and English Bicknor |
-5 |
||
Churcham and Huntley |
2 |
||
Cinderford East |
3 |
||
Cinderford West |
11 |
||
Coleford Central |
1 |
||
Coleford East |
5 |
||
Hartpury |
14 |
||
Hewelsfield and Woolaston |
9 |
||
Littledean and Ruspidge |
3 |
||
Lydbrook and Ruardean |
8 |
||
Lydney East |
12 |
||
Lydney North |
-2 |
||
Mitcheldean and Drybrook |
16 |
||
Newent Central |
2 |
||
Newland and St Briavels |
4 |
||
Newnham and Westbury |
3 |
||
Oxenhall and Newent North East |
2 |
||
Pillowell |
-2 |
||
Redmarley |
3 |
||
Tibberton |
0 |
||
Tidenham |
6 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
19 |
||
Barnwood |
20 |
||
Barton and Tredworth |
90 |
||
Elmbridge |
7 |
||
Grange |
12 |
||
Hucclecote |
12 |
||
Kingsholm and Wotton |
54 |
||
Longlevens |
5 |
||
Matson and Robinswood |
36 |
||
Moreland |
48 |
||
Podsmead |
32 |
||
Quedgeley Fieldcourt |
61 |
||
Quedgeley Severn Vale |
83 |
||
Tuffley |
2 |
||
Westgate |
74 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Almondsbury |
9 |
||
Bitton |
-4 |
||
Boyd Valley |
46 |
||
Bradley Stoke Central and Stoke Lodge |
14 |
||
Bradley Stoke North |
51 |
||
Bradley Stoke South |
6 |
||
Charfield |
13 |
||
Chipping Sodbury |
25 |
||
Cotswold Edge |
7 |
||
Dodington |
-3 |
||
Downend |
45 |
||
Emersons Green |
16 |
||
Filton |
24 |
||
Frampton Cotterell |
21 |
||
Frenchay and Stoke Park |
15 |
||
Hanham |
39 |
||
Kings Chase |
51 |
||
Ladden Brook |
18 |
||
Longwell Green |
-3 |
||
Oldland Common |
14 |
||
Parkwall |
18 |
||
Patchway |
63 |
||
Pilning and Severn Beach |
-31 |
||
Rodway |
33 |
||
Severn |
11 |
||
Siston |
46 |
||
Staple Hill |
48 |
||
Stoke Gifford |
8 |
||
Thornbury North |
-7 |
||
Thornbury South and Alveston |
6 |
||
Westerleigh |
3 |
||
Winterbourne |
3 |
||
Woodstock |
59 |
||
Yate Central |
12 |
||
Yate North |
8 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Amberley and Woodchester |
4 |
||
Berkeley |
27 |
||
Bisley |
12 |
||
Cainscross |
-3 |
||
Cam East |
1 |
||
Cam West |
3 |
||
Central |
30 |
||
Chalford |
-9 |
||
Coaley and Uley |
0 |
||
Dursley |
3 |
||
Eastington and Standish |
4 |
||
Farmhill and Paganhill |
6 |
||
Hardwicke |
19 |
||
Hucclecote |
12 |
||
Kingswood |
6 |
||
Minchinhampton |
8 |
||
Nailsworth |
27 |
||
Painswick |
5 |
||
Randwick Whiteshill and Ruscombe |
1 |
||
Rodborough |
0 |
||
Severn |
11 |
||
Slade |
3 |
||
Stonehouse |
13 |
||
The Stanleys |
8 |
||
Thrupp |
6 |
||
Trinity |
-1 |
||
Uplands |
4 |
||
Upton St Leonards |
11 |
||
Vale |
11 |
||
Valley |
-3 |
||
Wotton-under-Edge |
17 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ashchurch with Walton Cardiff |
19 |
||
Badgeworth |
11 |
||
Bourton Vale |
6 |
||
Brockworth |
18 |
||
Churchdown Brookfield |
3 |
||
Churchdown St John's |
11 |
||
Cleeve Grange |
1 |
||
Cleeve Hill |
7 |
||
Cleeve St Michael's |
7 |
||
Cleeve West |
14 |
||
Coombe Hill |
31 |
||
Highnam with Haw Bridge |
25 |
||
Hucclecote |
12 |
||
Innsworth with Down Hatherley |
3 |
||
Isbourne |
4 |
||
Leckhampton |
2 |
||
Northway |
5 |
||
Oxenton Hill |
9 |
||
Shurdington |
1 |
||
Tewkesbury Newtown |
11 |
||
Tewkesbury Prior's Park |
12 |
||
Tewkesbury Town with Mitton |
11 |
||
Twyning |
7 |
||
Winchcombe |
12 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2020 and how Gloucestershire compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2019: 1st
|
London |
1,338,261 |
2nd
2019: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
207,946 |
3rd
2019: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
191,692 |
4th
2019: 4th
|
Essex |
137,310 |
5th
2019: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
135,276 |
22nd 2019: 22nd
|
Gloucestershire |
55,106 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
22nd
2019: 22nd
|
Gloucestershire |
55,106 |
23rd
2019: 23rd
|
Somerset |
55,092 |
32nd
2019: 32nd
|
Oxfordshire |
45,071 |
33rd
2019: 31st
|
Worcestershire |
44,570 |
35th
2019: 34th
|
Warwickshire |
40,304 |
37th
2019: 36th
|
Wiltshire |
39,022 |
38th
2019: 38th
|
Bristol |
36,208 |
44th
2019: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
12,800 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2019: 1st
|
London |
1,338,261 |
2nd 2019: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
207,946 |
3rd 2019: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
191,692 |
4th 2019: 4th
|
Essex |
137,310 |
5th 2019: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
135,276 |
6th 2019: 7th
|
Kent |
122,694 |
7th 2019: 6th
|
Hampshire |
121,331 |
8th 2019: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
117,796 |
9th 2019: 9th
|
Surrey |
105,715 |
10th 2019: 10th
|
Cheshire |
86,796 |
11th 2019: 11th
|
Lancashire |
83,690 |
12th 2019: 14th
|
Merseyside |
74,780 |
13th 2019: 13th
|
Buckinghamshire |
73,748 |
14th 2019: 12th
|
Berkshire |
73,492 |
15th 2019: 16th
|
Leicestershire |
71,425 |
16th 2019: 15th
|
East Sussex |
70,311 |
17th 2019: 17th
|
South Yorkshire |
65,398 |
18th 2019: 19th
|
North Yorkshire |
58,526 |
19th 2019: 20th
|
Devon |
57,278 |
20th 2019: 21st
|
West Sussex |
56,212 |
21st 2019: 25th
|
Nottinghamshire |
56,199 |
22nd 2019: 22nd
|
Gloucestershire |
55,106 |
23rd 2019: 23rd
|
Somerset |
55,092 |
24th 2019: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
54,862 |
25th 2019: 18th
|
Dorset |
54,841 |
26th 2019: 26th
|
Cambridgeshire |
54,497 |
27th 2019: 27th
|
Northamptonshire |
52,017 |
28th 2019: 28th
|
Derbyshire |
51,742 |
29th 2019: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
48,061 |
30th 2019: 30th
|
Tyne and Wear |
47,790 |
31st 2019: 33rd
|
Bedfordshire |
46,207 |
32nd 2019: 32nd
|
Oxfordshire |
45,071 |
33rd 2019: 31st
|
Worcestershire |
44,570 |
34th 2019: 35th
|
Norfolk |
41,185 |
35th 2019: 34th
|
Warwickshire |
40,304 |
36th 2019: 37th
|
Suffolk |
39,507 |
37th 2019: 36th
|
Wiltshire |
39,022 |
38th 2019: 38th
|
Bristol |
36,208 |
39th 2019: 39th
|
Durham |
31,943 |
40th 2019: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
26,864 |
41st 2019: 41st
|
Shropshire |
25,603 |
42nd 2019: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
23,804 |
43rd 2019: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
22,186 |
44th 2019: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
12,800 |
45th 2019: 44th
|
Northumberland |
11,575 |
46th 2019: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
6,118 |
47th 2019: 47th
|
Rutland |
2,257 |
people
64.0
76.4
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.
2016
5,639 formed
4,437 dissolved
2017
5,447 formed
4,358 dissolved
2018
5,719 formed
4,536 dissolved
2019
5,971 formed
4,752 dissolved
2020
6,419 formed
4,233 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
3.07% vs 2016
3.08% vs 2017
3.65% vs 2018
5.0% vs 2019