2013
22,362 formed
15,633 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Greater Manchester during 2017
5.7% more companies in Greater Manchester compared to 2016
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Greater Manchester compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2016: 1st
|
London |
205,527 |
2nd
2016: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
31,124 |
3rd
2016: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
26,802 |
4th
2016: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
16,604 |
5th
2016: 6th
|
Essex |
15,922 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
2nd
2016: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
31,124 |
4th
2016: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
16,604 |
9th
2016: 7th
|
Cheshire |
11,619 |
10th
2016: 13th
|
Merseyside |
11,016 |
12th
2016: 14th
|
Lancashire |
10,646 |
16th
2016: 15th
|
South Yorkshire |
8,325 |
27th
2016: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
5,803 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2016: 1st
|
London |
205,527 |
2nd 2016: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
31,124 |
3rd 2016: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
26,802 |
4th 2016: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
16,604 |
5th 2016: 6th
|
Essex |
15,922 |
6th 2016: 8th
|
Kent |
14,860 |
7th 2016: 5th
|
Hertfordshire |
13,752 |
8th 2016: 9th
|
Hampshire |
13,642 |
9th 2016: 7th
|
Cheshire |
11,619 |
10th 2016: 13th
|
Merseyside |
11,016 |
11th 2016: 12th
|
Surrey |
11,009 |
12th 2016: 14th
|
Lancashire |
10,646 |
13th 2016: 18th
|
Leicestershire |
10,566 |
14th 2016: 22nd
|
Northamptonshire |
9,958 |
15th 2016: 16th
|
Berkshire |
8,679 |
16th 2016: 15th
|
South Yorkshire |
8,325 |
17th 2016: 17th
|
Buckinghamshire |
7,992 |
18th 2016: 24th
|
Worcestershire |
7,804 |
19th 2016: 20th
|
East Sussex |
7,318 |
20th 2016: 19th
|
Dorset |
7,242 |
21st 2016: 23rd
|
Nottinghamshire |
6,937 |
22nd 2016: 25th
|
North Yorkshire |
6,766 |
23rd 2016: 10th
|
Bedfordshire |
6,469 |
24th 2016: 21st
|
Staffordshire |
6,449 |
25th 2016: 28th
|
Cambridgeshire |
6,384 |
26th 2016: 26th
|
Tyne and Wear |
6,166 |
27th 2016: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
5,803 |
28th 2016: 30th
|
Devon |
5,615 |
29th 2016: 29th
|
West Sussex |
5,598 |
30th 2016: 32nd
|
Gloucestershire |
5,447 |
31st 2016: 31st
|
Lincolnshire |
5,414 |
32nd 2016: 33rd
|
Somerset |
5,329 |
33rd 2016: 11th
|
Wiltshire |
5,227 |
34th 2016: 34th
|
Bristol |
4,744 |
35th 2016: 39th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
4,646 |
36th 2016: 35th
|
Warwickshire |
4,617 |
37th 2016: 36th
|
Oxfordshire |
4,612 |
38th 2016: 37th
|
Norfolk |
4,399 |
39th 2016: 38th
|
Suffolk |
4,145 |
40th 2016: 40th
|
Durham |
4,077 |
41st 2016: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
2,665 |
42nd 2016: 41st
|
Shropshire |
2,474 |
43rd 2016: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,215 |
44th 2016: 44th
|
Northumberland |
1,360 |
45th 2016: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
906 |
46th 2016: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
528 |
47th 2016: 47th
|
Rutland |
186 |
people
11.6
10.0
98% Private Limited Companies (30,408 companies)
2% Other company types (716 companies)
Other company types breakdown (716 companies)
????
Businesses formed in Greater Manchester during 2017
????
Businesses dissolved in Greater Manchester during 2017
177,360
businesses registered in Greater Manchester at the end of 2017.
5.7% more companies in Greater Manchester compared to 2016
Lancashire
71,294 total businesses
10,646 formed in 2017
8,024 dissolved in 2017
Derbyshire
44,849 total businesses
5,803 formed in 2017
4,531 dissolved in 2017
South Yorkshire
56,932 total businesses
8,325 formed in 2017
7,447 dissolved in 2017
West Yorkshire
113,471 total businesses
16,604 formed in 2017
12,646 dissolved in 2017
Cheshire
76,254 total businesses
11,619 formed in 2017
6,981 dissolved in 2017
Merseyside
63,781 total businesses
11,016 formed in 2017
7,548 dissolved in 2017
Greater Manchester
177,360 total businesses
31,124 formed in 2017
23,467 dissolved in 2017
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Astley Bridge |
17 |
||
Bradshaw |
10 |
||
Breightmet |
19 |
||
Bromley Cross |
58 |
||
Crompton |
46 |
||
Farnworth |
143 |
||
Great Lever |
245 |
||
Halliwell |
18 |
||
Harper Green |
6 |
||
Heaton and Lostock |
29 |
||
Horwich and Blackrod |
97 |
||
Horwich North East |
17 |
||
Hulton |
40 |
||
Kearsley |
29 |
||
Little Lever and Darcy Lever |
16 |
||
Rumworth |
93 |
||
Smithills |
26 |
||
Tonge with the Haulgh |
22 |
||
Westhoughton North and Chew Moor |
30 |
||
Westhoughton South |
6 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Besses |
20 |
||
Church |
37 |
||
East |
69 |
||
Elton |
19 |
||
Holyrood |
16 |
||
Moorside |
-211 |
||
North Manor |
36 |
||
Pilkington Park |
22 |
||
Radcliffe East |
24 |
||
Radcliffe North |
16 |
||
Radcliffe West |
-22 |
||
Ramsbottom |
33 |
||
Redvales |
30 |
||
Sedgley |
172 |
||
St Mary's |
586 |
||
Tottington |
45 |
||
Unsworth |
-100 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ancoats and Clayton |
127 |
||
Ardwick |
101 |
||
Baguley |
15 |
||
Bradford |
36 |
||
Brooklands |
125 |
||
Burnage |
27 |
||
Charlestown |
50 |
||
Cheetham |
265 |
||
Chorlton |
44 |
||
Chorlton Park |
86 |
||
City Centre |
-156 |
||
Crumpsall |
170 |
||
Didsbury East |
42 |
||
Didsbury West |
52 |
||
Failsworth West |
15 |
||
Fallowfield |
84 |
||
Gorton North |
21 |
||
Gorton South |
99 |
||
Harpurhey |
8 |
||
Higher Blackley |
48 |
||
Hulme |
18 |
||
Levenshulme |
61 |
||
Longsight |
14 |
||
Miles Platting and Newton Heath |
91 |
||
Moss Side |
11 |
||
Moston |
66 |
||
Northenden |
16 |
||
Old Moat |
38 |
||
Rusholme |
66 |
||
Sharston |
19 |
||
Whalley Range |
51 |
||
Withington |
39 |
||
Woodhouse Park |
52 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Alexandra |
35 |
||
Chadderton Central |
28 |
||
Chadderton North |
18 |
||
Chadderton South |
17 |
||
Coldhurst |
43 |
||
Crompton |
46 |
||
Failsworth East |
72 |
||
Failsworth West |
15 |
||
Hollinwood |
106 |
||
Medlock Vale |
38 |
||
Royton North |
3 |
||
Royton South |
18 |
||
Saddleworth North |
21 |
||
Saddleworth South |
21 |
||
Saddleworth West and Lees |
34 |
||
Shaw |
70 |
||
St James' |
13 |
||
St Mary's |
586 |
||
Waterhead |
5 |
||
Werneth |
51 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Balderstone and Kirkholt |
61 |
||
Bamford |
13 |
||
Castleton |
25 |
||
Central Rochdale |
56 |
||
East Middleton |
21 |
||
Healey |
35 |
||
Hopwood Hall |
34 |
||
Kingsway |
27 |
||
Littleborough Lakeside |
65 |
||
Milkstone and Deeplish |
429 |
||
Milnrow and Newhey |
13 |
||
Norden |
18 |
||
North Heywood |
78 |
||
North Middleton |
386 |
||
Smallbridge and Firgrove |
50 |
||
South Middleton |
43 |
||
Spotland and Falinge |
27 |
||
Wardle and West Littleborough |
12 |
||
West Heywood |
33 |
||
West Middleton |
111 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Astley Mosley Common |
24 |
||
Barton |
30 |
||
Boothstown and Ellenbrook |
8 |
||
Broughton |
148 |
||
Cadishead |
67 |
||
Cheetham |
265 |
||
Claremont |
9 |
||
Eccles |
10 |
||
Irlam |
40 |
||
Irwell Riverside |
101 |
||
Kersal |
53 |
||
Langworthy |
25 |
||
Little Hulton |
12 |
||
Ordsall |
-5 |
||
Pendlebury |
9 |
||
Swinton North |
24 |
||
Swinton South |
6 |
||
Walkden North |
-6 |
||
Walkden South |
13 |
||
Weaste and Seedley |
59 |
||
Winton |
12 |
||
Worsley |
38 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bramhall North |
22 |
||
Bramhall South and Woodford |
-388 |
||
Bredbury and Woodley |
8 |
||
Bredbury Green and Romiley |
29 |
||
Brinnington and Central |
20 |
||
Cheadle and Gatley |
39 |
||
Cheadle Hulme North |
30 |
||
Cheadle Hulme South |
-38 |
||
Davenport and Cale Green |
33 |
||
Edgeley and Cheadle Heath |
19 |
||
Hazel Grove |
2 |
||
Heald Green |
33 |
||
Heatons North |
32 |
||
Heatons South |
16 |
||
Manor |
-2 |
||
Marple North |
21 |
||
Marple South |
0 |
||
Offerton |
2 |
||
Reddish North |
28 |
||
Reddish South |
22 |
||
Stepping Hill |
32 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ashton Hurst |
8 |
||
Ashton St Michael's |
-5 |
||
Ashton Waterloo |
-13 |
||
Audenshaw |
6 |
||
Denton North East |
25 |
||
Denton South |
-3 |
||
Denton West |
38 |
||
Droylsden East |
28 |
||
Droylsden West |
22 |
||
Dukinfield |
33 |
||
Dukinfield Stalybridge |
16 |
||
Hyde Godley |
61 |
||
Hyde Newton |
18 |
||
Hyde Werneth |
13 |
||
Longdendale |
26 |
||
Mossley |
3 |
||
St Peter's |
34 |
||
Stalybridge North |
61 |
||
Stalybridge South |
34 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Altrincham |
111 |
||
Ashton upon Mersey |
-33 |
||
Bowdon |
51 |
||
Broadheath |
47 |
||
Brooklands |
125 |
||
Bucklow-St Martins |
16 |
||
Clifford |
5 |
||
Davyhulme East |
17 |
||
Davyhulme West |
18 |
||
Flixton |
5 |
||
Gorse Hill |
29 |
||
Hale Barns |
10 |
||
Hale Central |
26 |
||
Longford |
28 |
||
Priory |
49 |
||
Sale Moor |
17 |
||
St Mary's |
586 |
||
Stretford |
47 |
||
Timperley |
23 |
||
Urmston |
21 |
||
Village |
14 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abram |
22 |
||
Ashton |
7 |
||
Aspull New Springs Whelley |
10 |
||
Astley Mosley Common |
24 |
||
Atherleigh |
40 |
||
Atherton |
42 |
||
Bryn |
-27 |
||
Douglas |
-1 |
||
Golborne and Lowton West |
9 |
||
Hindley |
30 |
||
Hindley Green |
-8 |
||
Ince |
14 |
||
Leigh East |
15 |
||
Leigh South |
55 |
||
Leigh West |
0 |
||
Lowton East |
20 |
||
Orrell |
37 |
||
Pemberton |
13 |
||
Shevington with Lower Ground |
4 |
||
Standish with Langtree |
51 |
||
Tyldesley |
30 |
||
Wigan Central |
18 |
||
Wigan West |
13 |
||
Winstanley |
14 |
||
Worsley Mesnes |
24 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2017 and how Greater Manchester compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2016: 1st
|
London |
1,114,699 |
2nd
2016: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
177,360 |
3rd
2016: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
159,647 |
4th
2016: 4th
|
Essex |
116,669 |
5th
2016: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
113,471 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
2nd
2016: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
177,360 |
5th
2016: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
113,471 |
10th
2016: 10th
|
Cheshire |
76,254 |
11th
2016: 11th
|
Lancashire |
71,294 |
15th
2016: 15th
|
Merseyside |
63,781 |
17th
2016: 16th
|
South Yorkshire |
56,932 |
28th
2016: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
44,849 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2016: 1st
|
London |
1,114,699 |
2nd 2016: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
177,360 |
3rd 2016: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
159,647 |
4th 2016: 4th
|
Essex |
116,669 |
5th 2016: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
113,471 |
6th 2016: 7th
|
Hampshire |
106,588 |
7th 2016: 6th
|
Hertfordshire |
105,506 |
8th 2016: 8th
|
Kent |
105,182 |
9th 2016: 9th
|
Surrey |
96,847 |
10th 2016: 10th
|
Cheshire |
76,254 |
11th 2016: 11th
|
Lancashire |
71,294 |
12th 2016: 12th
|
Berkshire |
66,738 |
13th 2016: 13th
|
East Sussex |
64,805 |
14th 2016: 14th
|
Buckinghamshire |
64,538 |
15th 2016: 15th
|
Merseyside |
63,781 |
16th 2016: 17th
|
Leicestershire |
57,830 |
17th 2016: 16th
|
South Yorkshire |
56,932 |
18th 2016: 18th
|
Dorset |
52,411 |
19th 2016: 20th
|
North Yorkshire |
50,798 |
20th 2016: 19th
|
West Sussex |
49,845 |
21st 2016: 21st
|
Gloucestershire |
49,129 |
22nd 2016: 22nd
|
Devon |
48,848 |
23rd 2016: 23rd
|
Staffordshire |
47,930 |
24th 2016: 24th
|
Somerset |
47,912 |
25th 2016: 25th
|
Nottinghamshire |
47,771 |
26th 2016: 31st
|
Northamptonshire |
46,778 |
27th 2016: 28th
|
Cambridgeshire |
46,059 |
28th 2016: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
44,849 |
29th 2016: 30th
|
Lincolnshire |
41,976 |
30th 2016: 32nd
|
Tyne and Wear |
40,273 |
31st 2016: 33rd
|
Oxfordshire |
39,736 |
32nd 2016: 26th
|
Bedfordshire |
38,894 |
33rd 2016: 36th
|
Worcestershire |
38,764 |
34th 2016: 29th
|
Wiltshire |
36,977 |
35th 2016: 34th
|
Norfolk |
36,459 |
36th 2016: 35th
|
Warwickshire |
35,844 |
37th 2016: 37th
|
Suffolk |
33,994 |
38th 2016: 38th
|
Bristol |
32,106 |
39th 2016: 39th
|
Durham |
26,562 |
40th 2016: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
25,585 |
41st 2016: 41st
|
Shropshire |
21,473 |
42nd 2016: 43rd
|
Cornwall |
20,746 |
43rd 2016: 42nd
|
Cumbria |
20,316 |
44th 2016: 44th
|
Northumberland |
10,100 |
45th 2016: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
8,627 |
46th 2016: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
5,125 |
47th 2016: 47th
|
Rutland |
1,797 |
people
66.0
65.1
How the total number of companies in Greater Manchester has changed over the last 5 years as new companies have been formed and some existing companies dissolved.
2013
22,362 formed
15,633 dissolved
2014
25,381 formed
18,007 dissolved
2015
28,265 formed
18,047 dissolved
2016
32,999 formed
23,445 dissolved
2017
31,124 formed
23,467 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
5.4% vs 2013
8.5% vs 2014
7.5% vs 2015
5.7% vs 2016