2016
14,249 formed
10,922 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Hampshire during 2020
5.7% more companies in Hampshire compared to 2019
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Hampshire compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2019: 1st
|
London |
270,114 |
2nd
2019: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
37,202 |
3rd
2019: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
36,288 |
4th
2019: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
22,615 |
5th
2019: 5th
|
Essex |
19,277 |
7th 2019: 8th
|
Hampshire |
15,534 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
7th
2019: 8th
|
Hampshire |
15,534 |
12th
2019: 12th
|
Surrey |
11,997 |
15th
2019: 16th
|
Berkshire |
9,920 |
26th
2019: 19th
|
Dorset |
7,253 |
29th
2019: 29th
|
West Sussex |
6,880 |
39th
2019: 39th
|
Wiltshire |
4,645 |
46th
2019: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
765 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2019: 1st
|
London |
270,114 |
2nd 2019: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
37,202 |
3rd 2019: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
36,288 |
4th 2019: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
22,615 |
5th 2019: 5th
|
Essex |
19,277 |
6th 2019: 6th
|
Kent |
18,501 |
7th 2019: 8th
|
Hampshire |
15,534 |
8th 2019: 7th
|
Hertfordshire |
14,464 |
9th 2019: 10th
|
Merseyside |
13,410 |
10th 2019: 11th
|
Lancashire |
12,655 |
11th 2019: 13th
|
Leicestershire |
12,543 |
12th 2019: 12th
|
Surrey |
11,997 |
13th 2019: 9th
|
Cheshire |
11,017 |
14th 2019: 15th
|
South Yorkshire |
10,450 |
15th 2019: 16th
|
Berkshire |
9,920 |
16th 2019: 17th
|
Buckinghamshire |
9,394 |
17th 2019: 21st
|
Nottinghamshire |
8,760 |
18th 2019: 26th
|
Bedfordshire |
8,238 |
19th 2019: 22nd
|
North Yorkshire |
8,200 |
20th 2019: 20th
|
East Sussex |
8,149 |
21st 2019: 23rd
|
Tyne and Wear |
7,867 |
22nd 2019: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
7,720 |
23rd 2019: 18th
|
Northamptonshire |
7,534 |
24th 2019: 25th
|
Cambridgeshire |
7,516 |
25th 2019: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
7,413 |
26th 2019: 19th
|
Dorset |
7,253 |
27th 2019: 28th
|
Devon |
7,174 |
28th 2019: 14th
|
Worcestershire |
6,955 |
29th 2019: 29th
|
West Sussex |
6,880 |
30th 2019: 30th
|
Lincolnshire |
6,475 |
31st 2019: 31st
|
Somerset |
6,432 |
32nd 2019: 32nd
|
Gloucestershire |
6,419 |
33rd 2019: 35th
|
Bristol |
5,559 |
34th 2019: 34th
|
Oxfordshire |
5,363 |
35th 2019: 38th
|
Suffolk |
5,105 |
36th 2019: 37th
|
Durham |
5,083 |
37th 2019: 36th
|
Norfolk |
5,006 |
38th 2019: 33rd
|
Warwickshire |
4,920 |
39th 2019: 39th
|
Wiltshire |
4,645 |
40th 2019: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
3,667 |
41st 2019: 41st
|
Shropshire |
3,386 |
42nd 2019: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
2,951 |
43rd 2019: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,333 |
44th 2019: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
2,327 |
45th 2019: 44th
|
Northumberland |
1,560 |
46th 2019: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
765 |
47th 2019: 47th
|
Rutland |
410 |
people
8.8
12.3
97% Private Limited Companies (15,066 companies)
3% Other company types (468 companies)
Other company types breakdown (468 companies)
????
Businesses formed in Hampshire during 2020
????
Businesses dissolved in Hampshire during 2020
121,331
businesses registered in Hampshire at the end of 2020.
5.7% more companies in Hampshire compared to 2019
Dorset
54,841 total businesses
7,253 formed in 2020
4,938 dissolved in 2020
West Sussex
56,212 total businesses
6,880 formed in 2020
4,250 dissolved in 2020
Surrey
105,715 total businesses
11,997 formed in 2020
7,657 dissolved in 2020
Berkshire
73,492 total businesses
9,920 formed in 2020
6,284 dissolved in 2020
Isle of Wight
6,118 total businesses
765 formed in 2020
398 dissolved in 2020
Wiltshire
39,022 total businesses
4,645 formed in 2020
3,195 dissolved in 2020
Hampshire
121,331 total businesses
15,534 formed in 2020
9,709 dissolved in 2020
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Basing |
21 |
||
Baughurst and Tadley North |
2 |
||
Bramley and Sherfield |
5 |
||
Brighton Hill North |
25 |
||
Brighton Hill South |
3 |
||
Brookvale and Kings Furlong |
24 |
||
Buckskin |
18 |
||
Burghclere Highclere and St Mary Bourne |
-3 |
||
Chineham |
3 |
||
East Woodhay |
5 |
||
Eastrop |
67 |
||
Grove |
14 |
||
Hatch Warren and Beggarwood |
18 |
||
Kempshott |
10 |
||
Kingsclere |
13 |
||
Norden |
19 |
||
Oakley and North Waltham |
0 |
||
Overton Laverstoke and Steventon |
16 |
||
Pamber and Silchester |
2 |
||
Popley East |
22 |
||
Popley West |
31 |
||
Rooksdown |
11 |
||
Sherborne St John |
0 |
||
South Ham |
16 |
||
Tadley Central |
0 |
||
Tadley South |
5 |
||
Upton Grey and The Candovers |
-4 |
||
Whitchurch |
12 |
||
Winklebury |
7 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Alton Amery |
3 |
||
Alton Ashdell |
8 |
||
Alton Eastbrooke |
5 |
||
Alton Westbrooke |
62 |
||
Alton Whitedown |
4 |
||
Alton Wooteys |
2 |
||
Binsted and Bentley |
13 |
||
Bramshott and Liphook |
-2 |
||
Clanfield and Finchdean |
2 |
||
Downland |
7 |
||
East Meon |
-1 |
||
Four Marks and Medstead |
26 |
||
Froxfield and Steep |
27 |
||
Grayshott |
5 |
||
Headley |
9 |
||
Holybourne and Froyle |
-14 |
||
Horndean Catherington and Lovedean |
807 |
||
Horndean Downs |
6 |
||
Horndean Hazleton and Blendworth |
14 |
||
Horndean Kings |
7 |
||
Horndean Murray |
3 |
||
Lindford |
5 |
||
Liss |
2 |
||
Petersfield Bell Hill |
5 |
||
Petersfield Causeway |
0 |
||
Petersfield Heath |
5 |
||
Petersfield Rother |
2 |
||
Petersfield St Marys |
9 |
||
Petersfield St Peters |
16 |
||
Ropley and Tisted |
0 |
||
Rowlands Castle |
8 |
||
Selborne |
9 |
||
The Hangers and Forest |
4 |
||
Whitehill Chase |
11 |
||
Whitehill Deadwater |
9 |
||
Whitehill Hogmoor |
10 |
||
Whitehill Pinewood |
26 |
||
Whitehill Walldown |
5 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bishopstoke East |
1 |
||
Bishopstoke West |
14 |
||
Botley |
7 |
||
Bursledon and Old Netley |
17 |
||
Chandler's Ford East |
25 |
||
Chandler's Ford West |
23 |
||
Eastleigh Central |
-18 |
||
Eastleigh North |
7 |
||
Eastleigh South |
-96 |
||
Fair Oak and Horton Heath |
-8 |
||
Hamble-le-Rice and Butlocks Heath |
22 |
||
Hedge End Grange Park |
26 |
||
Hedge End St John's |
15 |
||
Hedge End Wildern |
9 |
||
Hiltingbury East |
-7 |
||
Hiltingbury West |
-1 |
||
Netley Abbey |
0 |
||
West End North |
8 |
||
West End South |
4 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Fareham East |
29 |
||
Fareham North |
27 |
||
Fareham North-West |
17 |
||
Fareham South |
24 |
||
Fareham West |
17 |
||
Hill Head |
9 |
||
Locks Heath |
9 |
||
Park Gate |
27 |
||
Portchester East |
9 |
||
Portchester West |
12 |
||
Sarisbury |
14 |
||
Stubbington |
18 |
||
Titchfield |
34 |
||
Titchfield Common |
16 |
||
Warsash |
10 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Alverstoke |
0 |
||
Anglesey |
-2 |
||
Bridgemary North |
-2 |
||
Bridgemary South |
7 |
||
Brockhurst |
13 |
||
Christchurch |
7 |
||
Elson |
17 |
||
Forton |
8 |
||
Grange |
15 |
||
Hardway |
-1 |
||
Lee East |
8 |
||
Lee West |
3 |
||
Leesland |
22 |
||
Peel Common |
0 |
||
Privett |
6 |
||
Rowner and Holbrook |
4 |
||
Town |
6 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Blackwater and Hawley |
-13 |
||
Crookham East |
11 |
||
Crookham West and Ewshot |
19 |
||
Fleet Central |
16 |
||
Fleet East |
35 |
||
Fleet West |
-1 |
||
Hartley Wintney |
52 |
||
Hook |
19 |
||
Odiham |
33 |
||
Swallowfield |
0 |
||
Yateley East |
13 |
||
Yateley West |
13 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Barncroft |
19 |
||
Battins |
23 |
||
Bedhampton |
17 |
||
Bondfields |
52 |
||
Cowplain |
17 |
||
Emsworth |
24 |
||
Hart Plain |
10 |
||
Hayling East |
-12 |
||
Hayling West |
16 |
||
Purbrook |
25 |
||
St Faith's |
32 |
||
Stakes |
36 |
||
Warren Park |
10 |
||
Waterloo |
106 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ashurst Copythorne South and Netley Marsh |
24 |
||
Barton |
10 |
||
Bashley |
13 |
||
Becton |
14 |
||
Boldre and Sway |
12 |
||
Bramshaw Copythorne North and Minstead |
32 |
||
Bransgore and Burley |
18 |
||
Brockenhurst and Forest South East |
2 |
||
Buckland |
8 |
||
Butts Ash and Dibden Purlieu |
2 |
||
Dibden and Hythe East |
3 |
||
Downlands and Forest |
5 |
||
Fawley Blackfield and Langley |
20 |
||
Fernhill |
31 |
||
Fordingbridge |
15 |
||
Forest North West |
41 |
||
Furzedown and Hardley |
13 |
||
Holbury and North Blackfield |
16 |
||
Hordle |
16 |
||
Hythe West and Langdown |
1 |
||
Lymington Town |
20 |
||
Lyndhurst |
9 |
||
Marchwood |
9 |
||
Milford |
10 |
||
Milton |
65 |
||
Pennington |
8 |
||
Ringwood East and Sopley |
-3 |
||
Ringwood North |
12 |
||
Ringwood South |
72 |
||
Totton Central |
16 |
||
Totton East |
23 |
||
Totton North |
31 |
||
Totton South |
-4 |
||
Totton West |
8 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Baffins |
21 |
||
Central Southsea |
57 |
||
Charles Dickens |
112 |
||
Copnor |
72 |
||
Cosham |
84 |
||
Drayton and Farlington |
68 |
||
Eastney and Craneswater |
44 |
||
Fratton |
54 |
||
Hilsea |
59 |
||
Milton |
65 |
||
Nelson |
26 |
||
Paulsgrove |
40 |
||
St Jude |
79 |
||
St Thomas |
72 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Aldershot Park |
29 |
||
Cherrywood |
20 |
||
Cove and Southwood |
19 |
||
Empress |
44 |
||
Fernhill |
31 |
||
Fleet East |
35 |
||
Knellwood |
6 |
||
Manor Park |
32 |
||
North Town |
29 |
||
Rowhill |
109 |
||
St John's |
22 |
||
St Mark's |
28 |
||
Wellington |
45 |
||
West Heath |
4 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bargate |
-52 |
||
Bassett |
32 |
||
Bevois |
161 |
||
Bitterne |
24 |
||
Bitterne Park |
64 |
||
Coxford |
28 |
||
Freemantle |
93 |
||
Harefield |
41 |
||
Millbrook |
61 |
||
Peartree |
40 |
||
Portswood |
71 |
||
Redbridge |
41 |
||
Shirley |
38 |
||
Sholing |
32 |
||
Swaythling |
33 |
||
Woolston |
71 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
49 |
||
Alamein |
4 |
||
Ampfield and Braishfield |
8 |
||
Amport |
2 |
||
Anna |
5 |
||
Blackwater |
21 |
||
Bourne Valley |
4 |
||
Broughton and Stockbridge |
13 |
||
Charlton |
6 |
||
Chilworth Nursling and Rownhams |
87 |
||
Coxford |
28 |
||
Cupernham |
22 |
||
Dun Valley |
0 |
||
Harewood |
2 |
||
Harroway |
-16 |
||
Kings Somborne and Michelmersh |
-20 |
||
Millway |
3 |
||
North Baddesley |
25 |
||
Over Wallop |
4 |
||
Penton Bellinger |
-8 |
||
Redbridge |
41 |
||
Romsey Extra |
15 |
||
St Mary's |
2 |
||
Tadburn |
12 |
||
Valley Park |
6 |
||
Winton |
35 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bishops Waltham |
41 |
||
Boarhunt and Southwick |
39 |
||
Cheriton and Bishops Sutton |
9 |
||
Colden Common and Twyford |
14 |
||
Compton and Otterbourne |
21 |
||
Denmead |
14 |
||
Droxford Soberton and Hambledon |
18 |
||
Itchen Valley |
6 |
||
Kings Worthy |
17 |
||
Littleton and Harestock |
16 |
||
Olivers Battery and Badger Farm |
0 |
||
Owslebury and Curdridge |
24 |
||
Shedfield |
1 |
||
Sparsholt |
15 |
||
St Barnabas |
8 |
||
St Bartholomew |
35 |
||
St John and All Saints |
39 |
||
St Luke |
14 |
||
St Michael |
185 |
||
St Paul |
22 |
||
Swanmore and Newtown |
6 |
||
The Alresfords |
49 |
||
Upper Meon Valley |
-2 |
||
Waterloo |
106 |
||
Whiteley |
-33 |
||
Wickham |
6 |
||
Wonston and Micheldever |
25 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2020 and how Hampshire compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2019: 1st
|
London |
1,338,261 |
2nd
2019: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
207,946 |
3rd
2019: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
191,692 |
4th
2019: 4th
|
Essex |
137,310 |
5th
2019: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
135,276 |
7th 2019: 6th
|
Hampshire |
121,331 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
7th
2019: 6th
|
Hampshire |
121,331 |
9th
2019: 9th
|
Surrey |
105,715 |
14th
2019: 12th
|
Berkshire |
73,492 |
20th
2019: 21st
|
West Sussex |
56,212 |
25th
2019: 18th
|
Dorset |
54,841 |
37th
2019: 36th
|
Wiltshire |
39,022 |
46th
2019: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
6,118 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2019: 1st
|
London |
1,338,261 |
2nd 2019: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
207,946 |
3rd 2019: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
191,692 |
4th 2019: 4th
|
Essex |
137,310 |
5th 2019: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
135,276 |
6th 2019: 7th
|
Kent |
122,694 |
7th 2019: 6th
|
Hampshire |
121,331 |
8th 2019: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
117,796 |
9th 2019: 9th
|
Surrey |
105,715 |
10th 2019: 10th
|
Cheshire |
86,796 |
11th 2019: 11th
|
Lancashire |
83,690 |
12th 2019: 14th
|
Merseyside |
74,780 |
13th 2019: 13th
|
Buckinghamshire |
73,748 |
14th 2019: 12th
|
Berkshire |
73,492 |
15th 2019: 16th
|
Leicestershire |
71,425 |
16th 2019: 15th
|
East Sussex |
70,311 |
17th 2019: 17th
|
South Yorkshire |
65,398 |
18th 2019: 19th
|
North Yorkshire |
58,526 |
19th 2019: 20th
|
Devon |
57,278 |
20th 2019: 21st
|
West Sussex |
56,212 |
21st 2019: 25th
|
Nottinghamshire |
56,199 |
22nd 2019: 22nd
|
Gloucestershire |
55,106 |
23rd 2019: 23rd
|
Somerset |
55,092 |
24th 2019: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
54,862 |
25th 2019: 18th
|
Dorset |
54,841 |
26th 2019: 26th
|
Cambridgeshire |
54,497 |
27th 2019: 27th
|
Northamptonshire |
52,017 |
28th 2019: 28th
|
Derbyshire |
51,742 |
29th 2019: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
48,061 |
30th 2019: 30th
|
Tyne and Wear |
47,790 |
31st 2019: 33rd
|
Bedfordshire |
46,207 |
32nd 2019: 32nd
|
Oxfordshire |
45,071 |
33rd 2019: 31st
|
Worcestershire |
44,570 |
34th 2019: 35th
|
Norfolk |
41,185 |
35th 2019: 34th
|
Warwickshire |
40,304 |
36th 2019: 37th
|
Suffolk |
39,507 |
37th 2019: 36th
|
Wiltshire |
39,022 |
38th 2019: 38th
|
Bristol |
36,208 |
39th 2019: 39th
|
Durham |
31,943 |
40th 2019: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
26,864 |
41st 2019: 41st
|
Shropshire |
25,603 |
42nd 2019: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
23,804 |
43rd 2019: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
22,186 |
44th 2019: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
12,800 |
45th 2019: 44th
|
Northumberland |
11,575 |
46th 2019: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
6,118 |
47th 2019: 47th
|
Rutland |
2,257 |
people
68.8
76.4
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.
2016
14,249 formed
10,922 dissolved
2017
13,642 formed
11,069 dissolved
2018
14,244 formed
10,933 dissolved
2019
15,174 formed
11,723 dissolved
2020
15,534 formed
9,709 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
3.44% vs 2016
3.95% vs 2017
3.64% vs 2018
5.7% vs 2019