2012
11,923 formed
6,597 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Hampshire during 2016
4.3% more companies in Hampshire compared to 2015
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Hampshire 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 |
9th 2015: 8th
|
Hampshire |
14,249 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
9th
2015: 8th
|
Hampshire |
14,249 |
11th
2015: 34th
|
Wiltshire |
11,837 |
12th
2015: 9th
|
Surrey |
11,070 |
16th
2015: 14th
|
Berkshire |
9,081 |
19th
2015: 17th
|
Dorset |
8,113 |
29th
2015: 26th
|
West Sussex |
5,996 |
46th
2015: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
545 |
| 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
8.1
10.5
97% Private Limited Companies (13,880 companies)
3% Other company types (369 companies)
Other company types breakdown (369 companies)
????
Businesses formed in Hampshire during 2016
????
Businesses dissolved in Hampshire during 2016
103,043
businesses registered in Hampshire at the end of 2016.
4.3% more companies in Hampshire compared to 2015
Dorset
50,419 total businesses
8,113 formed in 2016
4,726 dissolved in 2016
West Sussex
48,518 total businesses
5,996 formed in 2016
4,857 dissolved in 2016
Surrey
95,997 total businesses
11,070 formed in 2016
10,540 dissolved in 2016
Berkshire
64,828 total businesses
9,081 formed in 2016
7,364 dissolved in 2016
Isle of Wight
4,973 total businesses
545 formed in 2016
439 dissolved in 2016
Wiltshire
41,591 total businesses
11,837 formed in 2016
3,316 dissolved in 2016
Hampshire
103,043 total businesses
14,249 formed in 2016
10,922 dissolved in 2016
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Basing |
13 |
||
Baughurst and Tadley North |
12 |
||
Bramley and Sherfield |
19 |
||
Brighton Hill North |
3 |
||
Brighton Hill South |
1 |
||
Brookvale and Kings Furlong |
16 |
||
Buckskin |
23 |
||
Burghclere Highclere and St Mary Bourne |
-8 |
||
Chineham |
10 |
||
East Woodhay |
13 |
||
Eastrop |
46 |
||
Grove |
13 |
||
Hatch Warren and Beggarwood |
12 |
||
Kempshott |
4 |
||
Kingsclere |
6 |
||
Norden |
24 |
||
Oakley and North Waltham |
3 |
||
Overton Laverstoke and Steventon |
-3 |
||
Pamber and Silchester |
20 |
||
Popley East |
1 |
||
Popley West |
15 |
||
Rooksdown |
8 |
||
Sherborne St John |
-6 |
||
South Ham |
19 |
||
Tadley Central |
6 |
||
Tadley South |
-3 |
||
Upton Grey and The Candovers |
2 |
||
Whitchurch |
2 |
||
Winklebury |
-5 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Alton Amery |
4 |
||
Alton Ashdell |
12 |
||
Alton Eastbrooke |
-7 |
||
Alton Westbrooke |
15 |
||
Alton Whitedown |
2 |
||
Alton Wooteys |
12 |
||
Binsted and Bentley |
0 |
||
Bramshott and Liphook |
47 |
||
Clanfield and Finchdean |
16 |
||
Downland |
2 |
||
East Meon |
7 |
||
Four Marks and Medstead |
18 |
||
Froxfield and Steep |
15 |
||
Grayshott |
-4 |
||
Headley |
23 |
||
Holybourne and Froyle |
4 |
||
Horndean Catherington and Lovedean |
22 |
||
Horndean Downs |
2 |
||
Horndean Hazleton and Blendworth |
5 |
||
Horndean Kings |
-9 |
||
Horndean Murray |
5 |
||
Lindford |
-2 |
||
Liss |
24 |
||
Petersfield Bell Hill |
6 |
||
Petersfield Causeway |
6 |
||
Petersfield Heath |
1 |
||
Petersfield Rother |
3 |
||
Petersfield St Marys |
-1 |
||
Petersfield St Peters |
25 |
||
Ropley and Tisted |
2 |
||
Rowlands Castle |
7 |
||
Selborne |
3 |
||
The Hangers and Forest |
-2 |
||
Whitehill Chase |
-1 |
||
Whitehill Deadwater |
14 |
||
Whitehill Hogmoor |
5 |
||
Whitehill Pinewood |
-2 |
||
Whitehill Walldown |
-4 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bishopstoke East |
9 |
||
Bishopstoke West |
-1 |
||
Botley |
13 |
||
Bursledon and Old Netley |
17 |
||
Chandler's Ford East |
5 |
||
Chandler's Ford West |
4 |
||
Eastleigh Central |
67 |
||
Eastleigh North |
10 |
||
Eastleigh South |
-116 |
||
Fair Oak and Horton Heath |
85 |
||
Hamble-le-Rice and Butlocks Heath |
-7 |
||
Hedge End Grange Park |
23 |
||
Hedge End St John's |
10 |
||
Hedge End Wildern |
10 |
||
Hiltingbury East |
5 |
||
Hiltingbury West |
24 |
||
Netley Abbey |
3 |
||
West End North |
-1 |
||
West End South |
2 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Fareham East |
2 |
||
Fareham North |
66 |
||
Fareham North-West |
16 |
||
Fareham South |
-1 |
||
Fareham West |
2 |
||
Hill Head |
1 |
||
Locks Heath |
-10 |
||
Park Gate |
-59 |
||
Portchester East |
29 |
||
Portchester West |
12 |
||
Sarisbury |
3 |
||
Stubbington |
7 |
||
Titchfield |
-3 |
||
Titchfield Common |
19 |
||
Warsash |
6 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Alverstoke |
-2 |
||
Anglesey |
6 |
||
Bridgemary North |
12 |
||
Bridgemary South |
38 |
||
Brockhurst |
6 |
||
Christchurch |
7 |
||
Elson |
9 |
||
Forton |
-2 |
||
Grange |
6 |
||
Hardway |
5 |
||
Lee East |
11 |
||
Lee West |
5 |
||
Leesland |
25 |
||
Peel Common |
0 |
||
Privett |
1 |
||
Rowner and Holbrook |
-1 |
||
Town |
5 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Blackwater and Hawley |
5 |
||
Crookham East |
12 |
||
Crookham West and Ewshot |
20 |
||
Fleet Central |
6 |
||
Fleet East |
-2 |
||
Fleet West |
32 |
||
Hartley Wintney |
3 |
||
Hook |
-24 |
||
Odiham |
2 |
||
Swallowfield |
0 |
||
Yateley East |
11 |
||
Yateley West |
6 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Barncroft |
6 |
||
Battins |
2 |
||
Bedhampton |
14 |
||
Bondfields |
28 |
||
Cowplain |
18 |
||
Emsworth |
1 |
||
Hart Plain |
9 |
||
Hayling East |
26 |
||
Hayling West |
14 |
||
Purbrook |
10 |
||
St Faith's |
61 |
||
Stakes |
14 |
||
Warren Park |
-5 |
||
Waterloo |
90 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ashurst Copythorne South and Netley Marsh |
3 |
||
Barton |
3 |
||
Bashley |
5 |
||
Becton |
-6 |
||
Boldre and Sway |
13 |
||
Bramshaw Copythorne North and Minstead |
35 |
||
Bransgore and Burley |
7 |
||
Brockenhurst and Forest South East |
30 |
||
Buckland |
16 |
||
Butts Ash and Dibden Purlieu |
8 |
||
Dibden and Hythe East |
11 |
||
Downlands and Forest |
9 |
||
Fawley Blackfield and Langley |
11 |
||
Fernhill |
-1 |
||
Fordingbridge |
0 |
||
Forest North West |
6 |
||
Furzedown and Hardley |
0 |
||
Holbury and North Blackfield |
12 |
||
Hordle |
3 |
||
Hythe West and Langdown |
7 |
||
Lymington Town |
24 |
||
Lyndhurst |
-2 |
||
Marchwood |
14 |
||
Milford |
3 |
||
Milton |
24 |
||
Pennington |
6 |
||
Ringwood East and Sopley |
10 |
||
Ringwood North |
0 |
||
Ringwood South |
4 |
||
Totton Central |
4 |
||
Totton East |
9 |
||
Totton North |
13 |
||
Totton South |
2 |
||
Totton West |
5 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Baffins |
13 |
||
Central Southsea |
3 |
||
Charles Dickens |
26 |
||
Copnor |
33 |
||
Cosham |
79 |
||
Drayton and Farlington |
22 |
||
Eastney and Craneswater |
36 |
||
Fratton |
3 |
||
Hilsea |
46 |
||
Milton |
24 |
||
Nelson |
110 |
||
Paulsgrove |
262 |
||
St Jude |
10 |
||
St Thomas |
51 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Aldershot Park |
9 |
||
Cherrywood |
4 |
||
Cove and Southwood |
9 |
||
Empress |
15 |
||
Fernhill |
-1 |
||
Fleet East |
-2 |
||
Knellwood |
14 |
||
Manor Park |
34 |
||
North Town |
10 |
||
Rowhill |
19 |
||
St John's |
11 |
||
St Mark's |
18 |
||
Wellington |
19 |
||
West Heath |
0 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bargate |
64 |
||
Bassett |
13 |
||
Bevois |
-366 |
||
Bitterne |
24 |
||
Bitterne Park |
47 |
||
Coxford |
24 |
||
Freemantle |
82 |
||
Harefield |
30 |
||
Millbrook |
23 |
||
Peartree |
29 |
||
Portswood |
47 |
||
Redbridge |
39 |
||
Shirley |
-2 |
||
Sholing |
14 |
||
Swaythling |
34 |
||
Woolston |
33 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
30 |
||
Alamein |
9 |
||
Ampfield and Braishfield |
5 |
||
Amport |
6 |
||
Anna |
8 |
||
Blackwater |
-13 |
||
Bourne Valley |
6 |
||
Broughton and Stockbridge |
4 |
||
Charlton |
-1 |
||
Chilworth Nursling and Rownhams |
4 |
||
Coxford |
24 |
||
Cupernham |
-5 |
||
Dun Valley |
3 |
||
Harewood |
8 |
||
Harroway |
17 |
||
Kings Somborne and Michelmersh |
39 |
||
Millway |
18 |
||
North Baddesley |
0 |
||
Over Wallop |
-1 |
||
Penton Bellinger |
-1 |
||
Redbridge |
39 |
||
Romsey Extra |
41 |
||
St Mary's |
65 |
||
Tadburn |
-2 |
||
Valley Park |
18 |
||
Winton |
25 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bishops Waltham |
22 |
||
Boarhunt and Southwick |
1 |
||
Cheriton and Bishops Sutton |
-7 |
||
Colden Common and Twyford |
44 |
||
Compton and Otterbourne |
13 |
||
Denmead |
38 |
||
Droxford Soberton and Hambledon |
9 |
||
Itchen Valley |
9 |
||
Kings Worthy |
-3 |
||
Littleton and Harestock |
11 |
||
Olivers Battery and Badger Farm |
11 |
||
Owslebury and Curdridge |
-5 |
||
Shedfield |
-9 |
||
Sparsholt |
23 |
||
St Barnabas |
18 |
||
St Bartholomew |
22 |
||
St John and All Saints |
30 |
||
St Luke |
0 |
||
St Michael |
154 |
||
St Paul |
26 |
||
Swanmore and Newtown |
7 |
||
The Alresfords |
-1 |
||
Upper Meon Valley |
-2 |
||
Waterloo |
90 |
||
Whiteley |
58 |
||
Wickham |
-4 |
||
Wonston and Micheldever |
5 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2016 and how Hampshire 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 |
7th 2015: 6th
|
Hampshire |
103,043 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
7th
2015: 6th
|
Hampshire |
103,043 |
9th
2015: 9th
|
Surrey |
95,997 |
12th
2015: 12th
|
Berkshire |
64,828 |
18th
2015: 18th
|
Dorset |
50,419 |
19th
2015: 19th
|
West Sussex |
48,518 |
29th
2015: 33rd
|
Wiltshire |
41,591 |
46th
2015: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
4,973 |
| 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
58.4
62.6
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.
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
2016
14,249 formed
10,922 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
6% vs 2012
5.9% vs 2013
6.3% vs 2014
4.3% vs 2015