2013
12,526 formed
7,560 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Hampshire during 2017
3.4% more companies in Hampshire compared to 2016
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Hampshire 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 |
8th 2016: 9th
|
Hampshire |
13,642 |
Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
---|---|---|
8th
2016: 9th
|
Hampshire |
13,642 |
11th
2016: 12th
|
Surrey |
11,009 |
15th
2016: 16th
|
Berkshire |
8,679 |
20th
2016: 19th
|
Dorset |
7,242 |
29th
2016: 29th
|
West Sussex |
5,598 |
33rd
2016: 11th
|
Wiltshire |
5,227 |
46th
2016: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
528 |
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 |
7.7
10.0
98% Private Limited Companies (13,311 companies)
2% Other company types (331 companies)
Other company types breakdown (331 companies)
????
Businesses formed in Hampshire during 2017
????
Businesses dissolved in Hampshire during 2017
106,588
businesses registered in Hampshire at the end of 2017.
3.4% more companies in Hampshire compared to 2016
Dorset
52,411 total businesses
7,242 formed in 2017
5,040 dissolved in 2017
West Sussex
49,845 total businesses
5,598 formed in 2017
4,690 dissolved in 2017
Surrey
96,847 total businesses
11,009 formed in 2017
10,367 dissolved in 2017
Berkshire
66,738 total businesses
8,679 formed in 2017
7,336 dissolved in 2017
Isle of Wight
5,125 total businesses
528 formed in 2017
421 dissolved in 2017
Wiltshire
36,977 total businesses
5,227 formed in 2017
9,759 dissolved in 2017
Hampshire
106,588 total businesses
13,642 formed in 2017
11,069 dissolved in 2017
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Basing |
0 |
||
Baughurst and Tadley North |
-1 |
||
Bramley and Sherfield |
21 |
||
Brighton Hill North |
13 |
||
Brighton Hill South |
12 |
||
Brookvale and Kings Furlong |
20 |
||
Buckskin |
9 |
||
Burghclere Highclere and St Mary Bourne |
8 |
||
Chineham |
7 |
||
East Woodhay |
12 |
||
Eastrop |
31 |
||
Grove |
18 |
||
Hatch Warren and Beggarwood |
3 |
||
Kempshott |
4 |
||
Kingsclere |
7 |
||
Norden |
9 |
||
Oakley and North Waltham |
8 |
||
Overton Laverstoke and Steventon |
4 |
||
Pamber and Silchester |
11 |
||
Popley East |
4 |
||
Popley West |
13 |
||
Rooksdown |
14 |
||
Sherborne St John |
3 |
||
South Ham |
-3 |
||
Tadley Central |
-4 |
||
Tadley South |
1 |
||
Upton Grey and The Candovers |
0 |
||
Whitchurch |
12 |
||
Winklebury |
9 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Alton Amery |
1 |
||
Alton Ashdell |
15 |
||
Alton Eastbrooke |
2 |
||
Alton Westbrooke |
40 |
||
Alton Whitedown |
-4 |
||
Alton Wooteys |
-3 |
||
Binsted and Bentley |
6 |
||
Bramshott and Liphook |
6 |
||
Clanfield and Finchdean |
6 |
||
Downland |
5 |
||
East Meon |
7 |
||
Four Marks and Medstead |
12 |
||
Froxfield and Steep |
16 |
||
Grayshott |
-3 |
||
Headley |
23 |
||
Holybourne and Froyle |
8 |
||
Horndean Catherington and Lovedean |
45 |
||
Horndean Downs |
0 |
||
Horndean Hazleton and Blendworth |
11 |
||
Horndean Kings |
4 |
||
Horndean Murray |
2 |
||
Lindford |
7 |
||
Liss |
10 |
||
Petersfield Bell Hill |
9 |
||
Petersfield Causeway |
5 |
||
Petersfield Heath |
7 |
||
Petersfield Rother |
-4 |
||
Petersfield St Marys |
9 |
||
Petersfield St Peters |
11 |
||
Ropley and Tisted |
-3 |
||
Rowlands Castle |
12 |
||
Selborne |
12 |
||
The Hangers and Forest |
-1 |
||
Whitehill Chase |
-4 |
||
Whitehill Deadwater |
6 |
||
Whitehill Hogmoor |
5 |
||
Whitehill Pinewood |
-2 |
||
Whitehill Walldown |
9 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Bishopstoke East |
6 |
||
Bishopstoke West |
7 |
||
Botley |
3 |
||
Bursledon and Old Netley |
30 |
||
Chandler's Ford East |
13 |
||
Chandler's Ford West |
64 |
||
Eastleigh Central |
60 |
||
Eastleigh North |
-2 |
||
Eastleigh South |
-155 |
||
Fair Oak and Horton Heath |
68 |
||
Hamble-le-Rice and Butlocks Heath |
-4 |
||
Hedge End Grange Park |
18 |
||
Hedge End St John's |
6 |
||
Hedge End Wildern |
13 |
||
Hiltingbury East |
-1 |
||
Hiltingbury West |
8 |
||
Netley Abbey |
13 |
||
West End North |
17 |
||
West End South |
18 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Fareham East |
53 |
||
Fareham North |
60 |
||
Fareham North-West |
-2 |
||
Fareham South |
4 |
||
Fareham West |
13 |
||
Hill Head |
7 |
||
Locks Heath |
2 |
||
Park Gate |
-60 |
||
Portchester East |
5 |
||
Portchester West |
22 |
||
Sarisbury |
20 |
||
Stubbington |
12 |
||
Titchfield |
27 |
||
Titchfield Common |
16 |
||
Warsash |
2 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Alverstoke |
7 |
||
Anglesey |
8 |
||
Bridgemary North |
7 |
||
Bridgemary South |
18 |
||
Brockhurst |
-2 |
||
Christchurch |
7 |
||
Elson |
0 |
||
Forton |
-2 |
||
Grange |
1 |
||
Hardway |
0 |
||
Lee East |
12 |
||
Lee West |
4 |
||
Leesland |
24 |
||
Peel Common |
-2 |
||
Privett |
-1 |
||
Rowner and Holbrook |
8 |
||
Town |
16 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Blackwater and Hawley |
5 |
||
Crookham East |
10 |
||
Crookham West and Ewshot |
-16 |
||
Fleet Central |
17 |
||
Fleet East |
4 |
||
Fleet West |
21 |
||
Hartley Wintney |
35 |
||
Hook |
-18 |
||
Odiham |
5 |
||
Swallowfield |
0 |
||
Yateley East |
4 |
||
Yateley West |
2 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Barncroft |
4 |
||
Battins |
0 |
||
Bedhampton |
20 |
||
Bondfields |
-4 |
||
Cowplain |
10 |
||
Emsworth |
8 |
||
Hart Plain |
12 |
||
Hayling East |
7 |
||
Hayling West |
17 |
||
Purbrook |
9 |
||
St Faith's |
78 |
||
Stakes |
25 |
||
Warren Park |
11 |
||
Waterloo |
72 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Ashurst Copythorne South and Netley Marsh |
-3 |
||
Barton |
1 |
||
Bashley |
7 |
||
Becton |
-1 |
||
Boldre and Sway |
1 |
||
Bramshaw Copythorne North and Minstead |
21 |
||
Bransgore and Burley |
20 |
||
Brockenhurst and Forest South East |
3 |
||
Buckland |
3 |
||
Butts Ash and Dibden Purlieu |
1 |
||
Dibden and Hythe East |
14 |
||
Downlands and Forest |
-11 |
||
Fawley Blackfield and Langley |
14 |
||
Fernhill |
14 |
||
Fordingbridge |
35 |
||
Forest North West |
0 |
||
Furzedown and Hardley |
6 |
||
Holbury and North Blackfield |
3 |
||
Hordle |
4 |
||
Hythe West and Langdown |
3 |
||
Lymington Town |
13 |
||
Lyndhurst |
16 |
||
Marchwood |
3 |
||
Milford |
0 |
||
Milton |
32 |
||
Pennington |
0 |
||
Ringwood East and Sopley |
5 |
||
Ringwood North |
-4 |
||
Ringwood South |
91 |
||
Totton Central |
4 |
||
Totton East |
5 |
||
Totton North |
7 |
||
Totton South |
8 |
||
Totton West |
7 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Baffins |
12 |
||
Central Southsea |
26 |
||
Charles Dickens |
12 |
||
Copnor |
20 |
||
Cosham |
50 |
||
Drayton and Farlington |
27 |
||
Eastney and Craneswater |
76 |
||
Fratton |
12 |
||
Hilsea |
14 |
||
Milton |
32 |
||
Nelson |
44 |
||
Paulsgrove |
-280 |
||
St Jude |
47 |
||
St Thomas |
-4 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Aldershot Park |
-4 |
||
Cherrywood |
18 |
||
Cove and Southwood |
2 |
||
Empress |
30 |
||
Fernhill |
14 |
||
Fleet East |
4 |
||
Knellwood |
11 |
||
Manor Park |
21 |
||
North Town |
10 |
||
Rowhill |
18 |
||
St John's |
6 |
||
St Mark's |
9 |
||
Wellington |
31 |
||
West Heath |
15 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Bargate |
-409 |
||
Bassett |
30 |
||
Bevois |
-75 |
||
Bitterne |
17 |
||
Bitterne Park |
16 |
||
Coxford |
14 |
||
Freemantle |
86 |
||
Harefield |
19 |
||
Millbrook |
18 |
||
Peartree |
16 |
||
Portswood |
31 |
||
Redbridge |
16 |
||
Shirley |
22 |
||
Sholing |
25 |
||
Swaythling |
21 |
||
Woolston |
18 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
41 |
||
Alamein |
37 |
||
Ampfield and Braishfield |
8 |
||
Amport |
3 |
||
Anna |
15 |
||
Blackwater |
26 |
||
Bourne Valley |
-5 |
||
Broughton and Stockbridge |
3 |
||
Charlton |
1 |
||
Chilworth Nursling and Rownhams |
8 |
||
Coxford |
14 |
||
Cupernham |
5 |
||
Dun Valley |
-2 |
||
Harewood |
-2 |
||
Harroway |
4 |
||
Kings Somborne and Michelmersh |
-11 |
||
Millway |
7 |
||
North Baddesley |
12 |
||
Over Wallop |
-3 |
||
Penton Bellinger |
15 |
||
Redbridge |
16 |
||
Romsey Extra |
35 |
||
St Mary's |
27 |
||
Tadburn |
7 |
||
Valley Park |
16 |
||
Winton |
6 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Bishops Waltham |
11 |
||
Boarhunt and Southwick |
21 |
||
Cheriton and Bishops Sutton |
4 |
||
Colden Common and Twyford |
28 |
||
Compton and Otterbourne |
16 |
||
Denmead |
31 |
||
Droxford Soberton and Hambledon |
5 |
||
Itchen Valley |
2 |
||
Kings Worthy |
3 |
||
Littleton and Harestock |
24 |
||
Olivers Battery and Badger Farm |
-5 |
||
Owslebury and Curdridge |
24 |
||
Shedfield |
-5 |
||
Sparsholt |
16 |
||
St Barnabas |
0 |
||
St Bartholomew |
24 |
||
St John and All Saints |
33 |
||
St Luke |
0 |
||
St Michael |
185 |
||
St Paul |
6 |
||
Swanmore and Newtown |
13 |
||
The Alresfords |
12 |
||
Upper Meon Valley |
4 |
||
Waterloo |
72 |
||
Whiteley |
85 |
||
Wickham |
12 |
||
Wonston and Micheldever |
23 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2017 and how Hampshire 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 |
6th 2016: 7th
|
Hampshire |
106,588 |
Rank | County | Total companies |
---|---|---|
6th
2016: 7th
|
Hampshire |
106,588 |
9th
2016: 9th
|
Surrey |
96,847 |
12th
2016: 12th
|
Berkshire |
66,738 |
18th
2016: 18th
|
Dorset |
52,411 |
20th
2016: 19th
|
West Sussex |
49,845 |
34th
2016: 29th
|
Wiltshire |
36,977 |
46th
2016: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
5,125 |
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 |
60.4
65.1
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.
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
2017
13,642 formed
11,069 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
5.9% vs 2013
6.3% vs 2014
4.3% vs 2015
3.4% vs 2016