Inform Direct Logo

Company Formations in 2017: Hampshire

Man holding pagper

???? Businesses formed in Hampshire during 2017

3.4% more companies in Hampshire compared to 2016

New businesses in Hampshire mapped

Boroughs

  • ABasingstoke and Deane: 1,201
  • BEast Hampshire: 887
  • CEastleigh: 1,038
  • DFareham: 856
  • EGosport: 393
  • FHart: 675
  • GHavant: 917
  • HNew Forest: 1,113
  • IPortsmouth: 1,759
  • JRushmoor: 694
  • KSouthampton: 1,854
  • LTest Valley: 886
  • MWinchester: 1,348

Companies formed in 2017 league table

The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Hampshire compares.

Man holding trophy
Rank
County
No. Companies formed
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
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
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

New incorporations in 2017 per 1000 Man standing people

Briefcase with a sticker stating New

In Hampshire

7.7

Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase

National Average

10.0

Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase

Type of companies formed in Hampshire breakdown

98% Private Limited Companies (13,311 companies)

2% Other company types (331 companies)

Other company types breakdown (331 companies)

Total companies in Hampshire by the end of 2017

Man shaking hands

????

Businesses formed in Hampshire during 2017

Man looking at a graph

????

Businesses dissolved in Hampshire during 2017

meaning there is a total of

106,588

businesses registered in Hampshire at the end of 2017.

3.4% more companies in Hampshire compared to 2016

Surrounding counties 2017 breakdown & comparison

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

HampshireSurreyWest SussexIsle of WightBerkshireWiltshireDorset

Ward breakdown data for

Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Basing
44
44
0
Baughurst and Tadley North
22
21
-1
Bramley and Sherfield
24
45
21
Brighton Hill North
14
27
13
Brighton Hill South
15
27
12
Brookvale and Kings Furlong
33
53
20
Buckskin
19
28
9
Burghclere Highclere and St Mary Bourne
33
41
8
Chineham
56
63
7
East Woodhay
9
21
12
Eastrop
133
164
31
Grove
15
33
18
Hatch Warren and Beggarwood
40
43
3
Kempshott
28
32
4
Kingsclere
24
31
7
Norden
121
130
9
Oakley and North Waltham
29
37
8
Overton Laverstoke and Steventon
15
19
4
Pamber and Silchester
32
43
11
Popley East
24
28
4
Popley West
48
61
13
Rooksdown
30
44
14
Sherborne St John
42
45
3
South Ham
27
24
-3
Tadley Central
9
5
-4
Tadley South
19
20
1
Upton Grey and The Candovers
22
22
0
Whitchurch
24
36
12
Winklebury
5
14
9
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Alton Amery
4
5
1
Alton Ashdell
24
39
15
Alton Eastbrooke
10
12
2
Alton Westbrooke
60
100
40
Alton Whitedown
19
15
-4
Alton Wooteys
7
4
-3
Binsted and Bentley
21
27
6
Bramshott and Liphook
65
71
6
Clanfield and Finchdean
18
24
6
Downland
11
16
5
East Meon
11
18
7
Four Marks and Medstead
26
38
12
Froxfield and Steep
12
28
16
Grayshott
17
14
-3
Headley
17
40
23
Holybourne and Froyle
14
22
8
Horndean Catherington and Lovedean
23
68
45
Horndean Downs
7
7
0
Horndean Hazleton and Blendworth
10
21
11
Horndean Kings
5
9
4
Horndean Murray
6
8
2
Lindford
2
9
7
Liss
21
31
10
Petersfield Bell Hill
10
19
9
Petersfield Causeway
3
8
5
Petersfield Heath
4
11
7
Petersfield Rother
10
6
-4
Petersfield St Marys
10
19
9
Petersfield St Peters
64
75
11
Ropley and Tisted
8
5
-3
Rowlands Castle
9
21
12
Selborne
16
28
12
The Hangers and Forest
13
12
-1
Whitehill Chase
15
11
-4
Whitehill Deadwater
5
11
6
Whitehill Hogmoor
11
16
5
Whitehill Pinewood
7
5
-2
Whitehill Walldown
5
14
9
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Bishopstoke East
7
13
6
Bishopstoke West
11
18
7
Botley
22
25
3
Bursledon and Old Netley
20
50
30
Chandler's Ford East
20
33
13
Chandler's Ford West
91
155
64
Eastleigh Central
204
264
60
Eastleigh North
24
22
-2
Eastleigh South
226
71
-155
Fair Oak and Horton Heath
34
102
68
Hamble-le-Rice and Butlocks Heath
37
33
-4
Hedge End Grange Park
20
38
18
Hedge End St John's
24
30
6
Hedge End Wildern
14
27
13
Hiltingbury East
36
35
-1
Hiltingbury West
28
36
8
Netley Abbey
8
21
13
West End North
16
33
17
West End South
14
32
18
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Fareham East
88
141
53
Fareham North
70
130
60
Fareham North-West
21
19
-2
Fareham South
25
29
4
Fareham West
10
23
13
Hill Head
16
23
7
Locks Heath
19
21
2
Park Gate
159
99
-60
Portchester East
64
69
5
Portchester West
21
43
22
Sarisbury
39
59
20
Stubbington
22
34
12
Titchfield
55
82
27
Titchfield Common
25
41
16
Warsash
41
43
2
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Alverstoke
13
20
7
Anglesey
8
16
8
Bridgemary North
14
21
7
Bridgemary South
15
33
18
Brockhurst
13
11
-2
Christchurch
20
27
7
Elson
19
19
0
Forton
7
5
-2
Grange
17
18
1
Hardway
11
11
0
Lee East
15
27
12
Lee West
18
22
4
Leesland
21
45
24
Peel Common
12
10
-2
Privett
7
6
-1
Rowner and Holbrook
9
17
8
Town
69
85
16
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Blackwater and Hawley
45
50
5
Crookham East
28
38
10
Crookham West and Ewshot
97
81
-16
Fleet Central
53
70
17
Fleet East
47
51
4
Fleet West
51
72
21
Hartley Wintney
68
103
35
Hook
71
53
-18
Odiham
65
70
5
Swallowfield
0
0
Yateley East
48
52
4
Yateley West
33
35
2
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Barncroft
7
11
4
Battins
21
21
0
Bedhampton
28
48
20
Bondfields
34
30
-4
Cowplain
23
33
10
Emsworth
46
54
8
Hart Plain
23
35
12
Hayling East
44
51
7
Hayling West
27
44
17
Purbrook
44
53
9
St Faith's
111
189
78
Stakes
88
113
25
Warren Park
7
18
11
Waterloo
145
217
72
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ashurst Copythorne South and Netley Marsh
34
31
-3
Barton
13
14
1
Bashley
11
18
7
Becton
12
11
-1
Boldre and Sway
24
25
1
Bramshaw Copythorne North and Minstead
34
55
21
Bransgore and Burley
20
40
20
Brockenhurst and Forest South East
32
35
3
Buckland
16
19
3
Butts Ash and Dibden Purlieu
20
21
1
Dibden and Hythe East
18
32
14
Downlands and Forest
21
10
-11
Fawley Blackfield and Langley
23
37
14
Fernhill
41
55
14
Fordingbridge
28
63
35
Forest North West
25
25
0
Furzedown and Hardley
5
11
6
Holbury and North Blackfield
14
17
3
Hordle
22
26
4
Hythe West and Langdown
15
18
3
Lymington Town
40
53
13
Lyndhurst
20
36
16
Marchwood
24
27
3
Milford
17
17
0
Milton
103
135
32
Pennington
31
31
0
Ringwood East and Sopley
18
23
5
Ringwood North
27
23
-4
Ringwood South
94
185
91
Totton Central
17
21
4
Totton East
22
27
5
Totton North
19
26
7
Totton South
24
32
8
Totton West
9
16
7
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Baffins
37
49
12
Central Southsea
48
74
26
Charles Dickens
106
118
12
Copnor
67
87
20
Cosham
196
246
50
Drayton and Farlington
46
73
27
Eastney and Craneswater
38
114
76
Fratton
63
75
12
Hilsea
66
80
14
Milton
103
135
32
Nelson
131
175
44
Paulsgrove
582
302
-280
St Jude
96
143
47
St Thomas
164
160
-4
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Aldershot Park
23
19
-4
Cherrywood
22
40
18
Cove and Southwood
46
48
2
Empress
88
118
30
Fernhill
41
55
14
Fleet East
47
51
4
Knellwood
30
41
11
Manor Park
47
68
21
North Town
33
43
10
Rowhill
33
51
18
St John's
21
27
6
St Mark's
75
84
9
Wellington
50
81
31
West Heath
20
35
15
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Bargate
813
404
-409
Bassett
61
91
30
Bevois
407
332
-75
Bitterne
25
42
17
Bitterne Park
77
93
16
Coxford
35
49
14
Freemantle
126
212
86
Harefield
44
63
19
Millbrook
75
93
18
Peartree
61
77
16
Portswood
53
84
31
Redbridge
38
54
16
Shirley
54
76
22
Sholing
29
54
25
Swaythling
49
70
21
Woolston
42
60
18
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Abbey
78
119
41
Alamein
34
71
37
Ampfield and Braishfield
9
17
8
Amport
9
12
3
Anna
18
33
15
Blackwater
13
39
26
Bourne Valley
14
9
-5
Broughton and Stockbridge
31
34
3
Charlton
6
7
1
Chilworth Nursling and Rownhams
49
57
8
Coxford
35
49
14
Cupernham
21
26
5
Dun Valley
14
12
-2
Harewood
18
16
-2
Harroway
28
32
4
Kings Somborne and Michelmersh
69
58
-11
Millway
24
31
7
North Baddesley
14
26
12
Over Wallop
9
6
-3
Penton Bellinger
13
28
15
Redbridge
38
54
16
Romsey Extra
30
65
35
St Mary's
54
81
27
Tadburn
6
13
7
Valley Park
22
38
16
Winton
50
56
6
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Bishops Waltham
41
52
11
Boarhunt and Southwick
24
45
21
Cheriton and Bishops Sutton
7
11
4
Colden Common and Twyford
49
77
28
Compton and Otterbourne
24
40
16
Denmead
61
92
31
Droxford Soberton and Hambledon
10
15
5
Itchen Valley
15
17
2
Kings Worthy
16
19
3
Littleton and Harestock
8
32
24
Olivers Battery and Badger Farm
17
12
-5
Owslebury and Curdridge
21
45
24
Shedfield
28
23
-5
Sparsholt
10
26
16
St Barnabas
23
23
0
St Bartholomew
89
113
24
St John and All Saints
35
68
33
St Luke
7
7
0
St Michael
122
307
185
St Paul
34
40
6
Swanmore and Newtown
16
29
13
The Alresfords
27
39
12
Upper Meon Valley
3
7
4
Waterloo
145
217
72
Whiteley
51
136
85
Wickham
18
30
12
Wonston and Micheldever
20
43
23

Total companies 2017 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2017 and how Hampshire compares to them.

Man holding trophy
Rank
County
Total companies
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
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
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

Total companies at the end of 2017 per 1000 Person people

Briefcase

In Hampshire

60.4

Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase

National Average

65.1

Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase

The last 5 years

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