2019
5,971 formed
4,752 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Gloucestershire during 2023
3.4% more companies in Gloucestershire compared to 2022
Cheltenham 1,174 formed
Cotswold 672 formed
Forest of Dean 476 formed
Gloucester 1,076 formed
South Gloucestershire 2,120 formed
Stroud 719 formed
Tewkesbury 646 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Gloucestershire compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2022: 1st
|
London |
313,446 |
2nd
2022: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
44,594 |
3rd
2022: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
41,222 |
4th
2022: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
24,534 |
5th
2022: 5th
|
Essex |
20,333 |
30th 2022: 31st
|
Gloucestershire |
6,902 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
30th
2022: 31st
|
Gloucestershire |
6,902 |
32nd
2022: 27th
|
Somerset |
6,531 |
35th
2022: 38th
|
Oxfordshire |
5,446 |
36th
2022: 33rd
|
Warwickshire |
5,157 |
37th
2022: 36th
|
Bristol |
5,050 |
38th
2022: 39th
|
Wiltshire |
4,965 |
39th
2022: 37th
|
Worcestershire |
4,808 |
44th
2022: 42nd
|
Herefordshire |
2,540 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2022: 1st
|
London |
313,446 |
2nd 2022: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
44,594 |
3rd 2022: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
41,222 |
4th 2022: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
24,534 |
5th 2022: 5th
|
Essex |
20,333 |
6th 2022: 6th
|
Kent |
17,620 |
7th 2022: 7th
|
Hampshire |
15,385 |
8th 2022: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
14,512 |
9th 2022: 9th
|
Merseyside |
14,307 |
10th 2022: 10th
|
Lancashire |
14,223 |
11th 2022: 12th
|
Surrey |
12,018 |
12th 2022: 11th
|
South Yorkshire |
11,638 |
13th 2022: 13th
|
Leicestershire |
11,417 |
14th 2022: 14th
|
Berkshire |
10,571 |
15th 2022: 15th
|
Cheshire |
9,952 |
16th 2022: 17th
|
Buckinghamshire |
9,591 |
17th 2022: 16th
|
Nottinghamshire |
9,559 |
18th 2022: 20th
|
North Yorkshire |
9,266 |
19th 2022: 18th
|
Bedfordshire |
9,025 |
20th 2022: 30th
|
Suffolk |
8,934 |
21st 2022: 21st
|
Staffordshire |
8,878 |
22nd 2022: 25th
|
Cambridgeshire |
8,677 |
23rd 2022: 19th
|
Dorset |
8,565 |
24th 2022: 22nd
|
Tyne and Wear |
8,274 |
25th 2022: 23rd
|
Northamptonshire |
8,191 |
26th 2022: 24th
|
Derbyshire |
7,528 |
27th 2022: 26th
|
East Sussex |
7,311 |
28th 2022: 29th
|
Devon |
7,183 |
29th 2022: 28th
|
Lincolnshire |
7,141 |
30th 2022: 31st
|
Gloucestershire |
6,902 |
31st 2022: 32nd
|
West Sussex |
6,678 |
32nd 2022: 27th
|
Somerset |
6,531 |
33rd 2022: 34th
|
Norfolk |
5,723 |
34th 2022: 35th
|
Durham |
5,696 |
35th 2022: 38th
|
Oxfordshire |
5,446 |
36th 2022: 33rd
|
Warwickshire |
5,157 |
37th 2022: 36th
|
Bristol |
5,050 |
38th 2022: 39th
|
Wiltshire |
4,965 |
39th 2022: 37th
|
Worcestershire |
4,808 |
40th 2022: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
4,211 |
41st 2022: 41st
|
Shropshire |
3,480 |
42nd 2022: 43rd
|
Cornwall |
3,074 |
43rd 2022: 44th
|
Cumbria |
2,686 |
44th 2022: 42nd
|
Herefordshire |
2,540 |
45th 2022: 45th
|
Northumberland |
1,554 |
46th 2022: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
757 |
47th 2022: 47th
|
Rutland |
232 |
people
8.0
14.2
96% Private Limited Companies (6,620 companies)
4% Other company types (282 companies)
Other company types breakdown (282 companies)
????
Businesses formed in Gloucestershire during 2023
????
Businesses dissolved in Gloucestershire during 2023
59,830
businesses registered in Gloucestershire at the end of 2023.
3.4% more companies in Gloucestershire compared to 2022
Monmouthshire
5,223 total businesses
551 formed in 2023
540 dissolved in 2023
Somerset
60,186 total businesses
6,531 formed in 2023
6,028 dissolved in 2023
Warwickshire
43,587 total businesses
5,157 formed in 2023
4,554 dissolved in 2023
Worcestershire
45,794 total businesses
4,808 formed in 2023
4,858 dissolved in 2023
Oxfordshire
48,030 total businesses
5,446 formed in 2023
4,452 dissolved in 2023
Bristol
37,161 total businesses
5,050 formed in 2023
4,143 dissolved in 2023
Herefordshire
16,164 total businesses
2,540 formed in 2023
1,684 dissolved in 2023
Wiltshire
42,004 total businesses
4,965 formed in 2023
4,265 dissolved in 2023
Gloucestershire
59,830 total businesses
6,902 formed in 2023
5,515 dissolved in 2023
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
All Saints |
25 |
||
Battledown |
-89 |
||
Benhall and The Reddings |
-7 |
||
Charlton Kings |
-6 |
||
Charlton Park |
-5 |
||
College |
-19 |
||
Hesters Way |
20 |
||
Lansdown |
135 |
||
Leckhampton |
7 |
||
Oakley |
12 |
||
Park |
8 |
||
Pittville |
6 |
||
Prestbury |
5 |
||
Springbank |
29 |
||
St Mark's |
12 |
||
St Paul's |
16 |
||
St Peter's |
25 |
||
Swindon Village |
9 |
||
Up Hatherley |
10 |
||
Warden Hill |
1 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
8 |
||
Blockley |
4 |
||
Bourton Vale |
9 |
||
Bourton Village |
-7 |
||
Campden & Vale |
8 |
||
Chedworth & Churn Valley |
2 |
||
Chesterton |
-2 |
||
Coln Valley |
-2 |
||
Ermin |
-2 |
||
Fairford North |
4 |
||
Fosseridge |
10 |
||
Four Acres |
21 |
||
Grumbolds Ash with Avening |
-7 |
||
Kemble |
-2 |
||
Lechlade Kempsford & Fairford South |
2 |
||
Moreton East |
-6 |
||
Moreton West |
10 |
||
New Mills |
1 |
||
Northleach |
-4 |
||
Sandywell |
8 |
||
Siddington & Cerney Rural |
11 |
||
South Cerney Village |
2 |
||
St Michael's |
-8 |
||
Stow |
5 |
||
Stratton |
3 |
||
Tetbury East & Rural |
-15 |
||
Tetbury Town |
0 |
||
Tetbury with Upton |
3 |
||
The Ampneys & Hampton |
6 |
||
The Beeches |
-5 |
||
The Rissingtons |
0 |
||
Watermoor |
6 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Alvington Aylburton and West Lydney |
-5 |
||
Awre |
-11 |
||
Berry Hill |
2 |
||
Blaisdon and Longhope |
0 |
||
Bream |
-2 |
||
Bromesberrow and Dymock |
5 |
||
Christchurch and English Bicknor |
0 |
||
Churcham and Huntley |
8 |
||
Cinderford East |
-1 |
||
Cinderford West |
55 |
||
Coleford Central |
11 |
||
Coleford East |
11 |
||
Hartpury |
11 |
||
Hewelsfield and Woolaston |
-2 |
||
Littledean and Ruspidge |
0 |
||
Lydbrook and Ruardean |
2 |
||
Lydney East |
3 |
||
Lydney North |
4 |
||
Mitcheldean and Drybrook |
3 |
||
Newent Central |
11 |
||
Newland and St Briavels |
1 |
||
Newnham and Westbury |
7 |
||
Oxenhall and Newent North East |
-5 |
||
Pillowell |
1 |
||
Redmarley |
8 |
||
Tibberton |
-2 |
||
Tidenham |
1 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
8 |
||
Barnwood |
53 |
||
Barton and Tredworth |
55 |
||
Elmbridge |
14 |
||
Grange |
-10 |
||
Hucclecote |
-16 |
||
Kingsholm and Wotton |
34 |
||
Longlevens |
3 |
||
Matson and Robinswood |
-4 |
||
Moreland |
-41 |
||
Podsmead |
2 |
||
Quedgeley Fieldcourt |
18 |
||
Quedgeley Severn Vale |
35 |
||
Tuffley |
-2 |
||
Westgate |
76 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Almondsbury |
17 |
||
Bitton |
7 |
||
Boyd Valley |
29 |
||
Bradley Stoke Central and Stoke Lodge |
5 |
||
Bradley Stoke North |
55 |
||
Bradley Stoke South |
47 |
||
Charfield |
8 |
||
Chipping Sodbury |
35 |
||
Cotswold Edge |
13 |
||
Dodington |
1 |
||
Downend |
-15 |
||
Emersons Green |
24 |
||
Filton |
10 |
||
Frampton Cotterell |
22 |
||
Frenchay and Stoke Park |
38 |
||
Hanham |
53 |
||
Kings Chase |
28 |
||
Ladden Brook |
8 |
||
Longwell Green |
3 |
||
Oldland Common |
6 |
||
Parkwall |
13 |
||
Patchway |
42 |
||
Pilning and Severn Beach |
-6 |
||
Rodway |
20 |
||
Severn |
-1 |
||
Siston |
41 |
||
Staple Hill |
37 |
||
Stoke Gifford |
22 |
||
Thornbury North |
3 |
||
Thornbury South and Alveston |
36 |
||
Westerleigh |
10 |
||
Winterbourne |
8 |
||
Woodstock |
35 |
||
Yate Central |
16 |
||
Yate North |
22 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Amberley and Woodchester |
-7 |
||
Berkeley |
1 |
||
Bisley |
5 |
||
Cainscross |
16 |
||
Cam East |
0 |
||
Cam West |
12 |
||
Central |
15 |
||
Chalford |
5 |
||
Coaley and Uley |
-12 |
||
Dursley |
-2 |
||
Eastington and Standish |
6 |
||
Farmhill and Paganhill |
0 |
||
Hardwicke |
12 |
||
Hucclecote |
-16 |
||
Kingswood |
-4 |
||
Minchinhampton |
-9 |
||
Nailsworth |
-7 |
||
Painswick |
2 |
||
Randwick Whiteshill and Ruscombe |
-2 |
||
Rodborough |
20 |
||
Severn |
-1 |
||
Slade |
-1 |
||
Stonehouse |
22 |
||
The Stanleys |
-4 |
||
Thrupp |
-4 |
||
Trinity |
-4 |
||
Uplands |
8 |
||
Upton St Leonards |
8 |
||
Vale |
0 |
||
Valley |
5 |
||
Wotton-under-Edge |
-2 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ashchurch with Walton Cardiff |
-3 |
||
Badgeworth |
0 |
||
Bourton Vale |
9 |
||
Brockworth |
17 |
||
Churchdown Brookfield |
7 |
||
Churchdown St John's |
10 |
||
Cleeve Grange |
-5 |
||
Cleeve Hill |
15 |
||
Cleeve St Michael's |
1 |
||
Cleeve West |
-12 |
||
Coombe Hill |
3 |
||
Highnam with Haw Bridge |
12 |
||
Hucclecote |
-16 |
||
Innsworth with Down Hatherley |
11 |
||
Isbourne |
2 |
||
Leckhampton |
7 |
||
Northway |
9 |
||
Oxenton Hill |
-2 |
||
Shurdington |
-1 |
||
Tewkesbury Newtown |
-14 |
||
Tewkesbury Prior's Park |
-6 |
||
Tewkesbury Town with Mitton |
47 |
||
Twyning |
-19 |
||
Winchcombe |
14 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2023 and how Gloucestershire compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2022: 1st
|
London |
1,534,936 |
2nd
2022: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
244,408 |
3rd
2022: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
227,431 |
4th
2022: 5th
|
Essex |
153,732 |
5th
2022: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
153,003 |
26th 2022: 25th
|
Gloucestershire |
59,830 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
23rd
2022: 23rd
|
Somerset |
60,186 |
26th
2022: 25th
|
Gloucestershire |
59,830 |
34th
2022: 32nd
|
Oxfordshire |
48,030 |
35th
2022: 35th
|
Worcestershire |
45,794 |
36th
2022: 36th
|
Warwickshire |
43,587 |
37th
2022: 37th
|
Wiltshire |
42,004 |
39th
2022: 38th
|
Bristol |
37,161 |
44th
2022: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
16,164 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2022: 1st
|
London |
1,534,936 |
2nd 2022: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
244,408 |
3rd 2022: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
227,431 |
4th 2022: 5th
|
Essex |
153,732 |
5th 2022: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
153,003 |
6th 2022: 6th
|
Kent |
133,898 |
7th 2022: 7th
|
Hampshire |
126,128 |
8th 2022: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
122,871 |
9th 2022: 9th
|
Surrey |
109,469 |
10th 2022: 10th
|
Lancashire |
95,511 |
11th 2022: 12th
|
Merseyside |
83,450 |
12th 2022: 11th
|
Cheshire |
82,175 |
13th 2022: 13th
|
Buckinghamshire |
78,961 |
14th 2022: 14th
|
Berkshire |
78,581 |
15th 2022: 15th
|
Leicestershire |
75,930 |
16th 2022: 16th
|
South Yorkshire |
73,897 |
17th 2022: 17th
|
East Sussex |
71,059 |
18th 2022: 18th
|
North Yorkshire |
65,895 |
19th 2022: 19th
|
Nottinghamshire |
64,763 |
20th 2022: 20th
|
Devon |
63,364 |
21st 2022: 21st
|
Dorset |
63,266 |
22nd 2022: 22nd
|
Staffordshire |
61,360 |
23rd 2022: 23rd
|
Somerset |
60,186 |
24th 2022: 26th
|
Cambridgeshire |
60,023 |
25th 2022: 24th
|
West Sussex |
59,896 |
26th 2022: 25th
|
Gloucestershire |
59,830 |
27th 2022: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
57,297 |
28th 2022: 28th
|
Lincolnshire |
54,523 |
29th 2022: 29th
|
Northamptonshire |
53,911 |
30th 2022: 30th
|
Tyne and Wear |
53,391 |
31st 2022: 31st
|
Bedfordshire |
52,721 |
32nd 2022: 34th
|
Suffolk |
51,083 |
33rd 2022: 33rd
|
Norfolk |
48,437 |
34th 2022: 32nd
|
Oxfordshire |
48,030 |
35th 2022: 35th
|
Worcestershire |
45,794 |
36th 2022: 36th
|
Warwickshire |
43,587 |
37th 2022: 37th
|
Wiltshire |
42,004 |
38th 2022: 39th
|
Durham |
37,332 |
39th 2022: 38th
|
Bristol |
37,161 |
40th 2022: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
30,108 |
41st 2022: 41st
|
Shropshire |
28,037 |
42nd 2022: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
26,998 |
43rd 2022: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
23,719 |
44th 2022: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
16,164 |
45th 2022: 45th
|
Northumberland |
12,830 |
46th 2022: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
6,580 |
47th 2022: 47th
|
Rutland |
2,133 |
people
69.4
86.6
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.
2019
5,971 formed
4,752 dissolved
2020
6,419 formed
4,233 dissolved
2021
6,357 formed
5,435 dissolved
2022
6,373 formed
5,441 dissolved
2023
6,902 formed
5,515 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
4.98% vs 2019
2.91% vs 2020
2.01% vs 2021
3.4% vs 2022