2014
13,840 formed
8,627 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Hampshire during 2018
3.9% more companies in Hampshire compared to 2017
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Hampshire compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2017: 1st
|
London |
217,617 |
2nd
2017: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
32,571 |
3rd
2017: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
31,875 |
4th
2017: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
18,204 |
5th
2017: 5th
|
Essex |
17,063 |
8th 2017: 8th
|
Hampshire |
14,244 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
8th
2017: 8th
|
Hampshire |
14,244 |
12th
2017: 11th
|
Surrey |
11,179 |
13th
2017: 15th
|
Berkshire |
9,166 |
17th
2017: 20th
|
Dorset |
8,314 |
28th
2017: 29th
|
West Sussex |
6,048 |
38th
2017: 33rd
|
Wiltshire |
4,348 |
46th
2017: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
645 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2017: 1st
|
London |
217,617 |
2nd 2017: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
32,571 |
3rd 2017: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
31,875 |
4th 2017: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
18,204 |
5th 2017: 5th
|
Essex |
17,063 |
6th 2017: 7th
|
Hertfordshire |
15,554 |
7th 2017: 6th
|
Kent |
15,057 |
8th 2017: 8th
|
Hampshire |
14,244 |
9th 2017: 9th
|
Cheshire |
13,259 |
10th 2017: 10th
|
Merseyside |
11,451 |
11th 2017: 12th
|
Lancashire |
11,291 |
12th 2017: 11th
|
Surrey |
11,179 |
13th 2017: 15th
|
Berkshire |
9,166 |
14th 2017: 17th
|
Buckinghamshire |
8,915 |
15th 2017: 13th
|
Leicestershire |
8,896 |
16th 2017: 16th
|
South Yorkshire |
8,542 |
17th 2017: 20th
|
Dorset |
8,314 |
18th 2017: 14th
|
Northamptonshire |
7,630 |
19th 2017: 19th
|
East Sussex |
7,462 |
20th 2017: 21st
|
Nottinghamshire |
7,429 |
21st 2017: 23rd
|
Bedfordshire |
7,013 |
22nd 2017: 18th
|
Worcestershire |
6,889 |
23rd 2017: 22nd
|
North Yorkshire |
6,822 |
24th 2017: 25th
|
Cambridgeshire |
6,786 |
25th 2017: 26th
|
Tyne and Wear |
6,669 |
26th 2017: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
6,474 |
27th 2017: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
6,167 |
28th 2017: 29th
|
West Sussex |
6,048 |
29th 2017: 31st
|
Lincolnshire |
5,910 |
30th 2017: 28th
|
Devon |
5,908 |
31st 2017: 30th
|
Gloucestershire |
5,719 |
32nd 2017: 32nd
|
Somerset |
5,537 |
33rd 2017: 40th
|
Durham |
5,223 |
34th 2017: 36th
|
Warwickshire |
4,755 |
35th 2017: 34th
|
Bristol |
4,635 |
36th 2017: 37th
|
Oxfordshire |
4,631 |
37th 2017: 38th
|
Norfolk |
4,542 |
38th 2017: 33rd
|
Wiltshire |
4,348 |
39th 2017: 39th
|
Suffolk |
4,292 |
40th 2017: 35th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
3,195 |
41st 2017: 41st
|
Cornwall |
2,829 |
42nd 2017: 42nd
|
Shropshire |
2,634 |
43rd 2017: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,259 |
44th 2017: 44th
|
Northumberland |
1,422 |
45th 2017: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
1,054 |
46th 2017: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
645 |
47th 2017: 47th
|
Rutland |
198 |
people
8.1
10.6
98% Private Limited Companies (13,951 companies)
2% Other company types (293 companies)
Other company types breakdown (293 companies)
????
Businesses formed in Hampshire during 2018
????
Businesses dissolved in Hampshire during 2018
110,793
businesses registered in Hampshire at the end of 2018.
3.9% more companies in Hampshire compared to 2017
Dorset
56,307 total businesses
8,314 formed in 2018
5,575 dissolved in 2018
West Sussex
51,556 total businesses
6,048 formed in 2018
4,694 dissolved in 2018
Surrey
98,968 total businesses
11,179 formed in 2018
8,979 dissolved in 2018
Berkshire
68,855 total businesses
9,166 formed in 2018
7,333 dissolved in 2018
Isle of Wight
5,417 total businesses
645 formed in 2018
442 dissolved in 2018
Wiltshire
36,714 total businesses
4,348 formed in 2018
4,933 dissolved in 2018
Hampshire
110,793 total businesses
14,244 formed in 2018
10,933 dissolved in 2018
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Basing |
-7 |
||
Baughurst and Tadley North |
-4 |
||
Bramley and Sherfield |
15 |
||
Brighton Hill North |
6 |
||
Brighton Hill South |
22 |
||
Brookvale and Kings Furlong |
26 |
||
Buckskin |
4 |
||
Burghclere Highclere and St Mary Bourne |
7 |
||
Chineham |
20 |
||
East Woodhay |
14 |
||
Eastrop |
57 |
||
Grove |
20 |
||
Hatch Warren and Beggarwood |
3 |
||
Kempshott |
11 |
||
Kingsclere |
-1 |
||
Norden |
18 |
||
Oakley and North Waltham |
1 |
||
Overton Laverstoke and Steventon |
10 |
||
Pamber and Silchester |
12 |
||
Popley East |
18 |
||
Popley West |
21 |
||
Rooksdown |
10 |
||
Sherborne St John |
-2 |
||
South Ham |
-1 |
||
Tadley Central |
2 |
||
Tadley South |
1 |
||
Upton Grey and The Candovers |
8 |
||
Whitchurch |
5 |
||
Winklebury |
-3 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Alton Amery |
-1 |
||
Alton Ashdell |
12 |
||
Alton Eastbrooke |
8 |
||
Alton Westbrooke |
17 |
||
Alton Whitedown |
2 |
||
Alton Wooteys |
-4 |
||
Binsted and Bentley |
6 |
||
Bramshott and Liphook |
1 |
||
Clanfield and Finchdean |
4 |
||
Downland |
0 |
||
East Meon |
0 |
||
Four Marks and Medstead |
-4 |
||
Froxfield and Steep |
2 |
||
Grayshott |
-2 |
||
Headley |
2 |
||
Holybourne and Froyle |
6 |
||
Horndean Catherington and Lovedean |
343 |
||
Horndean Downs |
2 |
||
Horndean Hazleton and Blendworth |
5 |
||
Horndean Kings |
2 |
||
Horndean Murray |
9 |
||
Lindford |
1 |
||
Liss |
5 |
||
Petersfield Bell Hill |
5 |
||
Petersfield Causeway |
6 |
||
Petersfield Heath |
3 |
||
Petersfield Rother |
0 |
||
Petersfield St Marys |
6 |
||
Petersfield St Peters |
5 |
||
Ropley and Tisted |
6 |
||
Rowlands Castle |
5 |
||
Selborne |
3 |
||
The Hangers and Forest |
6 |
||
Whitehill Chase |
2 |
||
Whitehill Deadwater |
-2 |
||
Whitehill Hogmoor |
2 |
||
Whitehill Pinewood |
4 |
||
Whitehill Walldown |
9 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bishopstoke East |
0 |
||
Bishopstoke West |
14 |
||
Botley |
12 |
||
Bursledon and Old Netley |
9 |
||
Chandler's Ford East |
13 |
||
Chandler's Ford West |
98 |
||
Eastleigh Central |
-45 |
||
Eastleigh North |
5 |
||
Eastleigh South |
-114 |
||
Fair Oak and Horton Heath |
30 |
||
Hamble-le-Rice and Butlocks Heath |
15 |
||
Hedge End Grange Park |
12 |
||
Hedge End St John's |
2 |
||
Hedge End Wildern |
12 |
||
Hiltingbury East |
14 |
||
Hiltingbury West |
6 |
||
Netley Abbey |
9 |
||
West End North |
-5 |
||
West End South |
12 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Fareham East |
-3 |
||
Fareham North |
48 |
||
Fareham North-West |
7 |
||
Fareham South |
4 |
||
Fareham West |
-4 |
||
Hill Head |
0 |
||
Locks Heath |
8 |
||
Park Gate |
-4 |
||
Portchester East |
0 |
||
Portchester West |
15 |
||
Sarisbury |
16 |
||
Stubbington |
6 |
||
Titchfield |
13 |
||
Titchfield Common |
-1 |
||
Warsash |
2 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Alverstoke |
12 |
||
Anglesey |
-5 |
||
Bridgemary North |
-1 |
||
Bridgemary South |
7 |
||
Brockhurst |
7 |
||
Christchurch |
10 |
||
Elson |
8 |
||
Forton |
8 |
||
Grange |
5 |
||
Hardway |
13 |
||
Lee East |
9 |
||
Lee West |
5 |
||
Leesland |
9 |
||
Peel Common |
0 |
||
Privett |
4 |
||
Rowner and Holbrook |
3 |
||
Town |
2 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Blackwater and Hawley |
6 |
||
Crookham East |
14 |
||
Crookham West and Ewshot |
14 |
||
Fleet Central |
15 |
||
Fleet East |
-3 |
||
Fleet West |
0 |
||
Hartley Wintney |
53 |
||
Hook |
-16 |
||
Odiham |
24 |
||
Swallowfield |
0 |
||
Yateley East |
23 |
||
Yateley West |
2 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Barncroft |
1 |
||
Battins |
-3 |
||
Bedhampton |
-13 |
||
Bondfields |
16 |
||
Cowplain |
17 |
||
Emsworth |
7 |
||
Hart Plain |
21 |
||
Hayling East |
9 |
||
Hayling West |
26 |
||
Purbrook |
19 |
||
St Faith's |
44 |
||
Stakes |
39 |
||
Warren Park |
5 |
||
Waterloo |
138 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ashurst Copythorne South and Netley Marsh |
6 |
||
Barton |
8 |
||
Bashley |
-3 |
||
Becton |
6 |
||
Boldre and Sway |
13 |
||
Bramshaw Copythorne North and Minstead |
16 |
||
Bransgore and Burley |
-2 |
||
Brockenhurst and Forest South East |
8 |
||
Buckland |
5 |
||
Butts Ash and Dibden Purlieu |
12 |
||
Dibden and Hythe East |
23 |
||
Downlands and Forest |
-9 |
||
Fawley Blackfield and Langley |
8 |
||
Fernhill |
21 |
||
Fordingbridge |
18 |
||
Forest North West |
-5 |
||
Furzedown and Hardley |
3 |
||
Holbury and North Blackfield |
20 |
||
Hordle |
7 |
||
Hythe West and Langdown |
7 |
||
Lymington Town |
23 |
||
Lyndhurst |
5 |
||
Marchwood |
6 |
||
Milford |
-4 |
||
Milton |
18 |
||
Pennington |
17 |
||
Ringwood East and Sopley |
-7 |
||
Ringwood North |
24 |
||
Ringwood South |
120 |
||
Totton Central |
23 |
||
Totton East |
10 |
||
Totton North |
7 |
||
Totton South |
25 |
||
Totton West |
13 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Baffins |
36 |
||
Central Southsea |
28 |
||
Charles Dickens |
43 |
||
Copnor |
23 |
||
Cosham |
74 |
||
Drayton and Farlington |
41 |
||
Eastney and Craneswater |
45 |
||
Fratton |
1 |
||
Hilsea |
32 |
||
Milton |
18 |
||
Nelson |
81 |
||
Paulsgrove |
-322 |
||
St Jude |
32 |
||
St Thomas |
-2 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Aldershot Park |
10 |
||
Cherrywood |
4 |
||
Cove and Southwood |
-6 |
||
Empress |
12 |
||
Fernhill |
21 |
||
Fleet East |
-3 |
||
Knellwood |
3 |
||
Manor Park |
10 |
||
North Town |
15 |
||
Rowhill |
21 |
||
St John's |
7 |
||
St Mark's |
4 |
||
Wellington |
14 |
||
West Heath |
9 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bargate |
-14 |
||
Bassett |
42 |
||
Bevois |
-15 |
||
Bitterne |
15 |
||
Bitterne Park |
29 |
||
Coxford |
12 |
||
Freemantle |
48 |
||
Harefield |
9 |
||
Millbrook |
46 |
||
Peartree |
32 |
||
Portswood |
23 |
||
Redbridge |
21 |
||
Shirley |
29 |
||
Sholing |
10 |
||
Swaythling |
21 |
||
Woolston |
48 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
56 |
||
Alamein |
22 |
||
Ampfield and Braishfield |
1 |
||
Amport |
1 |
||
Anna |
0 |
||
Blackwater |
9 |
||
Bourne Valley |
5 |
||
Broughton and Stockbridge |
23 |
||
Charlton |
-4 |
||
Chilworth Nursling and Rownhams |
21 |
||
Coxford |
12 |
||
Cupernham |
-6 |
||
Dun Valley |
10 |
||
Harewood |
1 |
||
Harroway |
8 |
||
Kings Somborne and Michelmersh |
-22 |
||
Millway |
11 |
||
North Baddesley |
6 |
||
Over Wallop |
3 |
||
Penton Bellinger |
-5 |
||
Redbridge |
21 |
||
Romsey Extra |
13 |
||
St Mary's |
31 |
||
Tadburn |
1 |
||
Valley Park |
11 |
||
Winton |
23 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bishops Waltham |
12 |
||
Boarhunt and Southwick |
39 |
||
Cheriton and Bishops Sutton |
4 |
||
Colden Common and Twyford |
17 |
||
Compton and Otterbourne |
21 |
||
Denmead |
27 |
||
Droxford Soberton and Hambledon |
2 |
||
Itchen Valley |
3 |
||
Kings Worthy |
15 |
||
Littleton and Harestock |
14 |
||
Olivers Battery and Badger Farm |
-1 |
||
Owslebury and Curdridge |
17 |
||
Shedfield |
5 |
||
Sparsholt |
11 |
||
St Barnabas |
2 |
||
St Bartholomew |
13 |
||
St John and All Saints |
29 |
||
St Luke |
10 |
||
St Michael |
184 |
||
St Paul |
22 |
||
Swanmore and Newtown |
16 |
||
The Alresfords |
-1 |
||
Upper Meon Valley |
1 |
||
Waterloo |
138 |
||
Whiteley |
92 |
||
Wickham |
16 |
||
Wonston and Micheldever |
2 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2018 and how Hampshire compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2017: 1st
|
London |
1,163,777 |
2nd
2017: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
184,396 |
3rd
2017: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
167,807 |
4th
2017: 4th
|
Essex |
122,421 |
5th
2017: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
118,705 |
7th 2017: 6th
|
Hampshire |
110,793 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
7th
2017: 6th
|
Hampshire |
110,793 |
9th
2017: 9th
|
Surrey |
98,968 |
13th
2017: 12th
|
Berkshire |
68,855 |
18th
2017: 18th
|
Dorset |
56,307 |
20th
2017: 20th
|
West Sussex |
51,556 |
36th
2017: 34th
|
Wiltshire |
36,714 |
46th
2017: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
5,417 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2017: 1st
|
London |
1,163,777 |
2nd 2017: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
184,396 |
3rd 2017: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
167,807 |
4th 2017: 4th
|
Essex |
122,421 |
5th 2017: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
118,705 |
6th 2017: 7th
|
Hertfordshire |
111,063 |
7th 2017: 6th
|
Hampshire |
110,793 |
8th 2017: 8th
|
Kent |
108,910 |
9th 2017: 9th
|
Surrey |
98,968 |
10th 2017: 10th
|
Cheshire |
78,274 |
11th 2017: 11th
|
Lancashire |
75,763 |
12th 2017: 14th
|
Buckinghamshire |
69,301 |
13th 2017: 12th
|
Berkshire |
68,855 |
14th 2017: 13th
|
East Sussex |
66,405 |
15th 2017: 15th
|
Merseyside |
65,551 |
16th 2017: 16th
|
Leicestershire |
60,027 |
17th 2017: 17th
|
South Yorkshire |
58,193 |
18th 2017: 18th
|
Dorset |
56,307 |
19th 2017: 19th
|
North Yorkshire |
52,860 |
20th 2017: 20th
|
West Sussex |
51,556 |
21st 2017: 22nd
|
Devon |
51,129 |
22nd 2017: 21st
|
Gloucestershire |
50,643 |
23rd 2017: 25th
|
Nottinghamshire |
50,491 |
24th 2017: 24th
|
Somerset |
49,396 |
25th 2017: 23rd
|
Staffordshire |
48,752 |
26th 2017: 27th
|
Cambridgeshire |
48,390 |
27th 2017: 28th
|
Derbyshire |
46,632 |
28th 2017: 26th
|
Northamptonshire |
44,212 |
29th 2017: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
43,713 |
30th 2017: 30th
|
Tyne and Wear |
42,534 |
31st 2017: 32nd
|
Bedfordshire |
42,015 |
32nd 2017: 31st
|
Oxfordshire |
40,930 |
33rd 2017: 33rd
|
Worcestershire |
37,800 |
34th 2017: 35th
|
Norfolk |
37,466 |
35th 2017: 36th
|
Warwickshire |
37,025 |
36th 2017: 34th
|
Wiltshire |
36,714 |
37th 2017: 37th
|
Suffolk |
35,510 |
38th 2017: 38th
|
Bristol |
32,794 |
39th 2017: 39th
|
Durham |
28,771 |
40th 2017: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
24,661 |
41st 2017: 41st
|
Shropshire |
22,421 |
42nd 2017: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
21,904 |
43rd 2017: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
20,916 |
44th 2017: 44th
|
Northumberland |
10,423 |
45th 2017: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
9,243 |
46th 2017: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
5,417 |
47th 2017: 47th
|
Rutland |
1,840 |
people
62.8
68.1
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.
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
2018
14,244 formed
10,933 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
6.3% vs 2014
4.3% vs 2015
3.44% vs 2016
3.9% vs 2017