2011
10,785 formed
7,216 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Hampshire during 2015
6.3% more companies in Hampshire compared to 2014
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Hampshire 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 |
8th 2014: 6th
|
Hampshire |
13,779 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
8th
2014: 6th
|
Hampshire |
13,779 |
9th
2014: 9th
|
Surrey |
12,014 |
14th
2014: 13th
|
Berkshire |
9,135 |
17th
2014: 20th
|
Dorset |
7,791 |
26th
2014: 21st
|
West Sussex |
6,136 |
34th
2014: 35th
|
Wiltshire |
4,506 |
46th
2014: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
560 |
| 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
7.8
9.7
97% Private Limited Companies (13,412 companies)
3% Other company types (367 companies)
Other company types breakdown (367 companies)
????
Businesses formed in Hampshire during 2015
????
Businesses dissolved in Hampshire during 2015
98,825
businesses registered in Hampshire at the end of 2015.
6.3% more companies in Hampshire compared to 2014
Dorset
47,433 total businesses
7,791 formed in 2015
3,732 dissolved in 2015
West Sussex
47,267 total businesses
6,136 formed in 2015
4,025 dissolved in 2015
Surrey
93,699 total businesses
12,014 formed in 2015
7,623 dissolved in 2015
Berkshire
63,186 total businesses
9,135 formed in 2015
6,380 dissolved in 2015
Isle of Wight
4,853 total businesses
560 formed in 2015
374 dissolved in 2015
Wiltshire
33,003 total businesses
4,506 formed in 2015
2,718 dissolved in 2015
Hampshire
98,825 total businesses
13,779 formed in 2015
8,825 dissolved in 2015
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Basing |
12 |
||
Baughurst and Tadley North |
-4 |
||
Bramley and Sherfield |
7 |
||
Brighton Hill North |
2 |
||
Brighton Hill South |
10 |
||
Brookvale and Kings Furlong |
12 |
||
Buckskin |
6 |
||
Burghclere Highclere and St Mary Bourne |
20 |
||
Chineham |
26 |
||
East Woodhay |
-4 |
||
Eastrop |
59 |
||
Grove |
10 |
||
Hatch Warren and Beggarwood |
23 |
||
Kempshott |
6 |
||
Kingsclere |
17 |
||
Norden |
32 |
||
Oakley and North Waltham |
21 |
||
Overton Laverstoke and Steventon |
13 |
||
Pamber and Silchester |
22 |
||
Popley East |
21 |
||
Popley West |
1 |
||
Rooksdown |
24 |
||
Sherborne St John |
-5 |
||
South Ham |
64 |
||
Tadley Central |
3 |
||
Tadley South |
21 |
||
Upton Grey and The Candovers |
-5 |
||
Whitchurch |
8 |
||
Winklebury |
-6 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Alton Amery |
6 |
||
Alton Ashdell |
3 |
||
Alton Eastbrooke |
4 |
||
Alton Westbrooke |
33 |
||
Alton Whitedown |
5 |
||
Alton Wooteys |
2 |
||
Binsted and Bentley |
6 |
||
Bramshott and Liphook |
21 |
||
Clanfield and Finchdean |
-1 |
||
Downland |
1 |
||
East Meon |
3 |
||
Four Marks and Medstead |
17 |
||
Froxfield and Steep |
9 |
||
Grayshott |
2 |
||
Headley |
2 |
||
Holybourne and Froyle |
12 |
||
Horndean Catherington and Lovedean |
3 |
||
Horndean Downs |
-2 |
||
Horndean Hazleton and Blendworth |
9 |
||
Horndean Kings |
6 |
||
Horndean Murray |
4 |
||
Lindford |
1 |
||
Liss |
9 |
||
Petersfield Bell Hill |
6 |
||
Petersfield Causeway |
2 |
||
Petersfield Heath |
7 |
||
Petersfield Rother |
10 |
||
Petersfield St Marys |
-4 |
||
Petersfield St Peters |
34 |
||
Ropley and Tisted |
7 |
||
Rowlands Castle |
8 |
||
Selborne |
13 |
||
The Hangers and Forest |
8 |
||
Whitehill Chase |
3 |
||
Whitehill Deadwater |
3 |
||
Whitehill Hogmoor |
7 |
||
Whitehill Pinewood |
5 |
||
Whitehill Walldown |
13 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bishopstoke East |
9 |
||
Bishopstoke West |
15 |
||
Botley |
11 |
||
Bursledon and Old Netley |
8 |
||
Chandler's Ford East |
5 |
||
Chandler's Ford West |
34 |
||
Eastleigh Central |
104 |
||
Eastleigh North |
13 |
||
Eastleigh South |
16 |
||
Fair Oak and Horton Heath |
30 |
||
Hamble-le-Rice and Butlocks Heath |
-2 |
||
Hedge End Grange Park |
20 |
||
Hedge End St John's |
18 |
||
Hedge End Wildern |
10 |
||
Hiltingbury East |
21 |
||
Hiltingbury West |
-3 |
||
Netley Abbey |
12 |
||
West End North |
29 |
||
West End South |
16 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Fareham East |
44 |
||
Fareham North |
34 |
||
Fareham North-West |
5 |
||
Fareham South |
1 |
||
Fareham West |
7 |
||
Hill Head |
2 |
||
Locks Heath |
4 |
||
Park Gate |
-48 |
||
Portchester East |
12 |
||
Portchester West |
2 |
||
Sarisbury |
7 |
||
Stubbington |
30 |
||
Titchfield |
44 |
||
Titchfield Common |
11 |
||
Warsash |
12 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Alverstoke |
9 |
||
Anglesey |
1 |
||
Bridgemary North |
3 |
||
Bridgemary South |
-2 |
||
Brockhurst |
8 |
||
Christchurch |
13 |
||
Elson |
2 |
||
Forton |
4 |
||
Grange |
22 |
||
Hardway |
12 |
||
Lee East |
-2 |
||
Lee West |
16 |
||
Leesland |
1 |
||
Peel Common |
6 |
||
Privett |
-3 |
||
Rowner and Holbrook |
4 |
||
Town |
-2 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Blackwater and Hawley |
23 |
||
Crookham East |
8 |
||
Crookham West and Ewshot |
19 |
||
Fleet Central |
-31 |
||
Fleet East |
33 |
||
Fleet West |
16 |
||
Hartley Wintney |
29 |
||
Hook |
-3 |
||
Odiham |
20 |
||
Swallowfield |
0 |
||
Yateley East |
26 |
||
Yateley West |
6 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Barncroft |
10 |
||
Battins |
19 |
||
Bedhampton |
14 |
||
Bondfields |
24 |
||
Cowplain |
-4 |
||
Emsworth |
34 |
||
Hart Plain |
18 |
||
Hayling East |
-4 |
||
Hayling West |
12 |
||
Purbrook |
30 |
||
St Faith's |
102 |
||
Stakes |
42 |
||
Warren Park |
3 |
||
Waterloo |
103 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ashurst Copythorne South and Netley Marsh |
14 |
||
Barton |
-6 |
||
Bashley |
10 |
||
Becton |
3 |
||
Boldre and Sway |
5 |
||
Bramshaw Copythorne North and Minstead |
34 |
||
Bransgore and Burley |
20 |
||
Brockenhurst and Forest South East |
8 |
||
Buckland |
4 |
||
Butts Ash and Dibden Purlieu |
9 |
||
Dibden and Hythe East |
5 |
||
Downlands and Forest |
4 |
||
Fawley Blackfield and Langley |
-2 |
||
Fernhill |
19 |
||
Fordingbridge |
26 |
||
Forest North West |
13 |
||
Furzedown and Hardley |
7 |
||
Holbury and North Blackfield |
3 |
||
Hordle |
10 |
||
Hythe West and Langdown |
7 |
||
Lymington Town |
-6 |
||
Lyndhurst |
17 |
||
Marchwood |
18 |
||
Milford |
3 |
||
Milton |
35 |
||
Pennington |
5 |
||
Ringwood East and Sopley |
-1 |
||
Ringwood North |
14 |
||
Ringwood South |
-51 |
||
Totton Central |
0 |
||
Totton East |
11 |
||
Totton North |
5 |
||
Totton South |
19 |
||
Totton West |
-5 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Baffins |
18 |
||
Central Southsea |
31 |
||
Charles Dickens |
-119 |
||
Copnor |
32 |
||
Cosham |
86 |
||
Drayton and Farlington |
13 |
||
Eastney and Craneswater |
33 |
||
Fratton |
37 |
||
Hilsea |
33 |
||
Milton |
35 |
||
Nelson |
110 |
||
Paulsgrove |
646 |
||
St Jude |
46 |
||
St Thomas |
126 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Aldershot Park |
2 |
||
Cherrywood |
15 |
||
Cove and Southwood |
22 |
||
Empress |
43 |
||
Fernhill |
19 |
||
Fleet East |
33 |
||
Knellwood |
4 |
||
Manor Park |
56 |
||
North Town |
17 |
||
Rowhill |
10 |
||
St John's |
16 |
||
St Mark's |
34 |
||
Wellington |
33 |
||
West Heath |
8 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bargate |
173 |
||
Bassett |
37 |
||
Bevois |
-148 |
||
Bitterne |
-1 |
||
Bitterne Park |
36 |
||
Coxford |
35 |
||
Freemantle |
85 |
||
Harefield |
19 |
||
Millbrook |
65 |
||
Peartree |
22 |
||
Portswood |
17 |
||
Redbridge |
38 |
||
Shirley |
65 |
||
Sholing |
46 |
||
Swaythling |
51 |
||
Woolston |
50 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
47 |
||
Alamein |
32 |
||
Ampfield and Braishfield |
-3 |
||
Amport |
8 |
||
Anna |
9 |
||
Blackwater |
5 |
||
Bourne Valley |
3 |
||
Broughton and Stockbridge |
6 |
||
Charlton |
4 |
||
Chilworth Nursling and Rownhams |
19 |
||
Coxford |
35 |
||
Cupernham |
-16 |
||
Dun Valley |
5 |
||
Harewood |
5 |
||
Harroway |
26 |
||
Kings Somborne and Michelmersh |
25 |
||
Millway |
16 |
||
North Baddesley |
7 |
||
Over Wallop |
5 |
||
Penton Bellinger |
7 |
||
Redbridge |
38 |
||
Romsey Extra |
47 |
||
St Mary's |
46 |
||
Tadburn |
3 |
||
Valley Park |
3 |
||
Winton |
24 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bishops Waltham |
26 |
||
Boarhunt and Southwick |
22 |
||
Cheriton and Bishops Sutton |
-2 |
||
Colden Common and Twyford |
44 |
||
Compton and Otterbourne |
16 |
||
Denmead |
54 |
||
Droxford Soberton and Hambledon |
4 |
||
Itchen Valley |
10 |
||
Kings Worthy |
17 |
||
Littleton and Harestock |
18 |
||
Olivers Battery and Badger Farm |
5 |
||
Owslebury and Curdridge |
16 |
||
Shedfield |
-1 |
||
Sparsholt |
23 |
||
St Barnabas |
1 |
||
St Bartholomew |
135 |
||
St John and All Saints |
16 |
||
St Luke |
9 |
||
St Michael |
61 |
||
St Paul |
24 |
||
Swanmore and Newtown |
17 |
||
The Alresfords |
2 |
||
Upper Meon Valley |
13 |
||
Waterloo |
103 |
||
Whiteley |
25 |
||
Wickham |
-3 |
||
Wonston and Micheldever |
3 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2015 and how Hampshire 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 |
6th 2014: 6th
|
Hampshire |
98,825 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
6th
2014: 6th
|
Hampshire |
98,825 |
9th
2014: 7th
|
Surrey |
93,699 |
12th
2014: 12th
|
Berkshire |
63,186 |
18th
2014: 19th
|
Dorset |
47,433 |
19th
2014: 17th
|
West Sussex |
47,267 |
33rd
2014: 33rd
|
Wiltshire |
33,003 |
46th
2014: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
4,853 |
| 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
56.0
59.4
How the total number of companies in Hampshire has changed over the last 5 years as new companies have been formed and some existing companies dissolved.
2011
10,785 formed
7,216 dissolved
2012
11,923 formed
6,597 dissolved
2013
12,526 formed
7,560 dissolved
2014
13,840 formed
8,627 dissolved
2015
13,779 formed
8,825 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
6.9% vs 2011
6% vs 2012
5.9% vs 2013
6.3% vs 2014