2017
13,642 formed
11,069 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Hampshire during 2021
1.9% more companies in Hampshire compared to 2020
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Hampshire compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2020: 1st
|
London |
269,246 |
2nd
2020: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
36,485 |
3rd
2020: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
36,442 |
4th
2020: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
22,140 |
5th
2020: 5th
|
Essex |
18,584 |
7th 2020: 7th
|
Hampshire |
14,512 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
7th
2020: 7th
|
Hampshire |
14,512 |
11th
2020: 12th
|
Surrey |
11,021 |
15th
2020: 15th
|
Berkshire |
9,605 |
22nd
2020: 26th
|
Dorset |
7,584 |
31st
2020: 29th
|
West Sussex |
6,463 |
39th
2020: 39th
|
Wiltshire |
4,432 |
46th
2020: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
697 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2020: 1st
|
London |
269,246 |
2nd 2020: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
36,485 |
3rd 2020: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
36,442 |
4th 2020: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
22,140 |
5th 2020: 5th
|
Essex |
18,584 |
6th 2020: 6th
|
Kent |
16,625 |
7th 2020: 7th
|
Hampshire |
14,512 |
8th 2020: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
13,899 |
9th 2020: 9th
|
Merseyside |
13,108 |
10th 2020: 10th
|
Lancashire |
12,800 |
11th 2020: 12th
|
Surrey |
11,021 |
12th 2020: 14th
|
South Yorkshire |
10,815 |
13th 2020: 13th
|
Cheshire |
9,800 |
14th 2020: 11th
|
Leicestershire |
9,685 |
15th 2020: 15th
|
Berkshire |
9,605 |
16th 2020: 16th
|
Buckinghamshire |
8,910 |
17th 2020: 17th
|
Nottinghamshire |
8,810 |
18th 2020: 22nd
|
Staffordshire |
8,541 |
19th 2020: 20th
|
East Sussex |
7,675 |
20th 2020: 21st
|
Tyne and Wear |
7,623 |
21st 2020: 19th
|
North Yorkshire |
7,614 |
22nd 2020: 26th
|
Dorset |
7,584 |
23rd 2020: 24th
|
Cambridgeshire |
7,476 |
24th 2020: 18th
|
Bedfordshire |
7,413 |
25th 2020: 28th
|
Worcestershire |
7,361 |
26th 2020: 25th
|
Derbyshire |
7,261 |
27th 2020: 23rd
|
Northamptonshire |
7,131 |
28th 2020: 31st
|
Somerset |
7,057 |
29th 2020: 30th
|
Lincolnshire |
6,903 |
30th 2020: 27th
|
Devon |
6,825 |
31st 2020: 29th
|
West Sussex |
6,463 |
32nd 2020: 32nd
|
Gloucestershire |
6,357 |
33rd 2020: 35th
|
Suffolk |
5,445 |
34th 2020: 37th
|
Norfolk |
5,214 |
35th 2020: 33rd
|
Bristol |
5,125 |
36th 2020: 38th
|
Warwickshire |
5,117 |
37th 2020: 36th
|
Durham |
5,065 |
38th 2020: 34th
|
Oxfordshire |
5,053 |
39th 2020: 39th
|
Wiltshire |
4,432 |
40th 2020: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
3,749 |
41st 2020: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
2,993 |
42nd 2020: 41st
|
Shropshire |
2,914 |
43rd 2020: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
2,858 |
44th 2020: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,286 |
45th 2020: 45th
|
Northumberland |
1,421 |
46th 2020: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
697 |
47th 2020: 47th
|
Rutland |
195 |
people
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97% Private Limited Companies (14,072 companies)
3% Other company types (440 companies)
Other company types breakdown (440 companies)
????
Businesses formed in Hampshire during 2021
????
Businesses dissolved in Hampshire during 2021
123,584
businesses registered in Hampshire at the end of 2021.
1.9% more companies in Hampshire compared to 2020
Dorset
56,465 total businesses
7,584 formed in 2021
6,001 dissolved in 2021
West Sussex
57,619 total businesses
6,463 formed in 2021
5,538 dissolved in 2021
Surrey
106,792 total businesses
11,021 formed in 2021
10,487 dissolved in 2021
Berkshire
75,011 total businesses
9,605 formed in 2021
8,449 dissolved in 2021
Isle of Wight
6,319 total businesses
697 formed in 2021
563 dissolved in 2021
Wiltshire
39,338 total businesses
4,432 formed in 2021
4,387 dissolved in 2021
Hampshire
123,584 total businesses
14,512 formed in 2021
13,410 dissolved in 2021
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Basing |
-12 |
||
Baughurst and Tadley North |
-14 |
||
Bramley and Sherfield |
8 |
||
Brighton Hill North |
7 |
||
Brighton Hill South |
12 |
||
Brookvale and Kings Furlong |
-6 |
||
Buckskin |
15 |
||
Burghclere Highclere and St Mary Bourne |
-9 |
||
Chineham |
7 |
||
East Woodhay |
3 |
||
Eastrop |
1 |
||
Grove |
-4 |
||
Hatch Warren and Beggarwood |
-16 |
||
Kempshott |
-19 |
||
Kingsclere |
-7 |
||
Norden |
19 |
||
Oakley and North Waltham |
10 |
||
Overton Laverstoke and Steventon |
-6 |
||
Pamber and Silchester |
-19 |
||
Popley East |
-13 |
||
Popley West |
21 |
||
Rooksdown |
-5 |
||
Sherborne St John |
-14 |
||
South Ham |
3 |
||
Tadley Central |
0 |
||
Tadley South |
0 |
||
Upton Grey and The Candovers |
6 |
||
Whitchurch |
9 |
||
Winklebury |
-1 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Alton Amery |
-1 |
||
Alton Ashdell |
-1 |
||
Alton Eastbrooke |
9 |
||
Alton Westbrooke |
23 |
||
Alton Whitedown |
-2 |
||
Alton Wooteys |
-1 |
||
Binsted and Bentley |
-2 |
||
Bramshott and Liphook |
9 |
||
Clanfield and Finchdean |
5 |
||
Downland |
4 |
||
East Meon |
4 |
||
Four Marks and Medstead |
4 |
||
Froxfield and Steep |
9 |
||
Grayshott |
0 |
||
Headley |
0 |
||
Holybourne and Froyle |
13 |
||
Horndean Catherington and Lovedean |
500 |
||
Horndean Downs |
4 |
||
Horndean Hazleton and Blendworth |
2 |
||
Horndean Kings |
0 |
||
Horndean Murray |
-13 |
||
Lindford |
12 |
||
Liss |
13 |
||
Petersfield Bell Hill |
8 |
||
Petersfield Causeway |
-6 |
||
Petersfield Heath |
-3 |
||
Petersfield Rother |
5 |
||
Petersfield St Marys |
-4 |
||
Petersfield St Peters |
-18 |
||
Ropley and Tisted |
-10 |
||
Rowlands Castle |
-8 |
||
Selborne |
1 |
||
The Hangers and Forest |
-4 |
||
Whitehill Chase |
2 |
||
Whitehill Deadwater |
0 |
||
Whitehill Hogmoor |
-8 |
||
Whitehill Pinewood |
26 |
||
Whitehill Walldown |
-3 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bishopstoke East |
3 |
||
Bishopstoke West |
-5 |
||
Botley |
-9 |
||
Bursledon and Old Netley |
31 |
||
Chandler's Ford East |
7 |
||
Chandler's Ford West |
60 |
||
Eastleigh Central |
-42 |
||
Eastleigh North |
11 |
||
Eastleigh South |
-49 |
||
Fair Oak and Horton Heath |
12 |
||
Hamble-le-Rice and Butlocks Heath |
9 |
||
Hedge End Grange Park |
-15 |
||
Hedge End St John's |
0 |
||
Hedge End Wildern |
19 |
||
Hiltingbury East |
17 |
||
Hiltingbury West |
1 |
||
Netley Abbey |
6 |
||
West End North |
21 |
||
West End South |
4 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Fareham East |
-4 |
||
Fareham North |
33 |
||
Fareham North-West |
0 |
||
Fareham South |
9 |
||
Fareham West |
4 |
||
Hill Head |
16 |
||
Locks Heath |
11 |
||
Park Gate |
14 |
||
Portchester East |
-6 |
||
Portchester West |
-10 |
||
Sarisbury |
21 |
||
Stubbington |
4 |
||
Titchfield |
-5 |
||
Titchfield Common |
-7 |
||
Warsash |
2 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Alverstoke |
1 |
||
Anglesey |
-3 |
||
Bridgemary North |
14 |
||
Bridgemary South |
11 |
||
Brockhurst |
10 |
||
Christchurch |
-4 |
||
Elson |
-4 |
||
Forton |
1 |
||
Grange |
7 |
||
Hardway |
4 |
||
Lee East |
-2 |
||
Lee West |
6 |
||
Leesland |
-1 |
||
Peel Common |
5 |
||
Privett |
-3 |
||
Rowner and Holbrook |
1 |
||
Town |
-16 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Blackwater and Hawley |
21 |
||
Crookham East |
1 |
||
Crookham West and Ewshot |
6 |
||
Fleet Central |
11 |
||
Fleet East |
-3 |
||
Fleet West |
-20 |
||
Hartley Wintney |
0 |
||
Hook |
14 |
||
Odiham |
14 |
||
Swallowfield |
0 |
||
Yateley East |
-23 |
||
Yateley West |
3 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Barncroft |
2 |
||
Battins |
-5 |
||
Bedhampton |
13 |
||
Bondfields |
-8 |
||
Cowplain |
18 |
||
Emsworth |
10 |
||
Hart Plain |
-4 |
||
Hayling East |
-14 |
||
Hayling West |
24 |
||
Purbrook |
-7 |
||
St Faith's |
-50 |
||
Stakes |
-7 |
||
Warren Park |
11 |
||
Waterloo |
64 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ashurst Copythorne South and Netley Marsh |
-15 |
||
Barton |
5 |
||
Bashley |
5 |
||
Becton |
9 |
||
Boldre and Sway |
11 |
||
Bramshaw Copythorne North and Minstead |
9 |
||
Bransgore and Burley |
-3 |
||
Brockenhurst and Forest South East |
-17 |
||
Buckland |
-1 |
||
Butts Ash and Dibden Purlieu |
8 |
||
Dibden and Hythe East |
-6 |
||
Downlands and Forest |
3 |
||
Fawley Blackfield and Langley |
-23 |
||
Fernhill |
14 |
||
Fordingbridge |
-9 |
||
Forest North West |
-16 |
||
Furzedown and Hardley |
3 |
||
Holbury and North Blackfield |
1 |
||
Hordle |
2 |
||
Hythe West and Langdown |
11 |
||
Lymington Town |
6 |
||
Lyndhurst |
0 |
||
Marchwood |
17 |
||
Milford |
12 |
||
Milton |
6 |
||
Pennington |
18 |
||
Ringwood East and Sopley |
8 |
||
Ringwood North |
7 |
||
Ringwood South |
-38 |
||
Totton Central |
-5 |
||
Totton East |
3 |
||
Totton North |
12 |
||
Totton South |
4 |
||
Totton West |
-3 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Baffins |
-4 |
||
Central Southsea |
28 |
||
Charles Dickens |
132 |
||
Copnor |
25 |
||
Cosham |
31 |
||
Drayton and Farlington |
-21 |
||
Eastney and Craneswater |
-1 |
||
Fratton |
-9 |
||
Hilsea |
37 |
||
Milton |
6 |
||
Nelson |
2 |
||
Paulsgrove |
-67 |
||
St Jude |
29 |
||
St Thomas |
-15 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Aldershot Park |
-1 |
||
Cherrywood |
13 |
||
Cove and Southwood |
22 |
||
Empress |
17 |
||
Fernhill |
14 |
||
Fleet East |
-3 |
||
Knellwood |
5 |
||
Manor Park |
-15 |
||
North Town |
20 |
||
Rowhill |
7 |
||
St John's |
5 |
||
St Mark's |
-30 |
||
Wellington |
34 |
||
West Heath |
2 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bargate |
-208 |
||
Bassett |
11 |
||
Bevois |
20 |
||
Bitterne |
9 |
||
Bitterne Park |
14 |
||
Coxford |
6 |
||
Freemantle |
5 |
||
Harefield |
7 |
||
Millbrook |
-4 |
||
Peartree |
18 |
||
Portswood |
12 |
||
Redbridge |
-5 |
||
Shirley |
8 |
||
Sholing |
37 |
||
Swaythling |
-116 |
||
Woolston |
-1 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
15 |
||
Alamein |
9 |
||
Ampfield and Braishfield |
-5 |
||
Amport |
-3 |
||
Anna |
3 |
||
Blackwater |
14 |
||
Bourne Valley |
0 |
||
Broughton and Stockbridge |
-5 |
||
Charlton |
-1 |
||
Chilworth Nursling and Rownhams |
-9 |
||
Coxford |
6 |
||
Cupernham |
5 |
||
Dun Valley |
-15 |
||
Harewood |
-5 |
||
Harroway |
-12 |
||
Kings Somborne and Michelmersh |
-41 |
||
Millway |
-6 |
||
North Baddesley |
24 |
||
Over Wallop |
-1 |
||
Penton Bellinger |
11 |
||
Redbridge |
-5 |
||
Romsey Extra |
7 |
||
St Mary's |
17 |
||
Tadburn |
5 |
||
Valley Park |
24 |
||
Winton |
14 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bishops Waltham |
22 |
||
Boarhunt and Southwick |
-2 |
||
Cheriton and Bishops Sutton |
9 |
||
Colden Common and Twyford |
3 |
||
Compton and Otterbourne |
-17 |
||
Denmead |
32 |
||
Droxford Soberton and Hambledon |
1 |
||
Itchen Valley |
-5 |
||
Kings Worthy |
1 |
||
Littleton and Harestock |
9 |
||
Olivers Battery and Badger Farm |
9 |
||
Owslebury and Curdridge |
14 |
||
Shedfield |
20 |
||
Sparsholt |
6 |
||
St Barnabas |
4 |
||
St Bartholomew |
13 |
||
St John and All Saints |
26 |
||
St Luke |
-8 |
||
St Michael |
64 |
||
St Paul |
18 |
||
Swanmore and Newtown |
3 |
||
The Alresfords |
24 |
||
Upper Meon Valley |
-1 |
||
Waterloo |
64 |
||
Whiteley |
-11 |
||
Wickham |
7 |
||
Wonston and Micheldever |
-3 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2021 and how Hampshire compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2020: 1st
|
London |
1,397,474 |
2nd
2020: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
217,557 |
3rd
2020: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
198,781 |
4th
2020: 4th
|
Essex |
141,948 |
5th
2020: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
141,120 |
7th 2020: 7th
|
Hampshire |
123,584 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
7th
2020: 7th
|
Hampshire |
123,584 |
9th
2020: 9th
|
Surrey |
106,792 |
13th
2020: 14th
|
Berkshire |
75,011 |
21st
2020: 20th
|
West Sussex |
57,619 |
25th
2020: 25th
|
Dorset |
56,465 |
37th
2020: 37th
|
Wiltshire |
39,338 |
46th
2020: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
6,319 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2020: 1st
|
London |
1,397,474 |
2nd 2020: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
217,557 |
3rd 2020: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
198,781 |
4th 2020: 4th
|
Essex |
141,948 |
5th 2020: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
141,120 |
6th 2020: 6th
|
Kent |
126,550 |
7th 2020: 7th
|
Hampshire |
123,584 |
8th 2020: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
118,798 |
9th 2020: 9th
|
Surrey |
106,792 |
10th 2020: 11th
|
Lancashire |
87,562 |
11th 2020: 10th
|
Cheshire |
83,426 |
12th 2020: 12th
|
Merseyside |
78,022 |
13th 2020: 14th
|
Berkshire |
75,011 |
14th 2020: 13th
|
Buckinghamshire |
74,634 |
15th 2020: 15th
|
Leicestershire |
71,867 |
16th 2020: 16th
|
East Sussex |
70,862 |
17th 2020: 17th
|
South Yorkshire |
68,227 |
18th 2020: 19th
|
Devon |
60,022 |
19th 2020: 18th
|
North Yorkshire |
59,819 |
20th 2020: 21st
|
Nottinghamshire |
58,780 |
21st 2020: 20th
|
West Sussex |
57,619 |
22nd 2020: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
57,556 |
23rd 2020: 23rd
|
Somerset |
57,300 |
24th 2020: 22nd
|
Gloucestershire |
56,711 |
25th 2020: 25th
|
Dorset |
56,465 |
26th 2020: 26th
|
Cambridgeshire |
56,346 |
27th 2020: 28th
|
Derbyshire |
53,394 |
28th 2020: 27th
|
Northamptonshire |
53,149 |
29th 2020: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
50,076 |
30th 2020: 30th
|
Tyne and Wear |
49,266 |
31st 2020: 31st
|
Bedfordshire |
47,831 |
32nd 2020: 32nd
|
Oxfordshire |
45,883 |
33rd 2020: 34th
|
Norfolk |
43,452 |
34th 2020: 33rd
|
Worcestershire |
42,443 |
35th 2020: 36th
|
Suffolk |
41,836 |
36th 2020: 35th
|
Warwickshire |
40,740 |
37th 2020: 37th
|
Wiltshire |
39,338 |
38th 2020: 38th
|
Bristol |
36,239 |
39th 2020: 39th
|
Durham |
33,620 |
40th 2020: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
27,909 |
41st 2020: 41st
|
Shropshire |
25,765 |
42nd 2020: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
24,752 |
43rd 2020: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
22,499 |
44th 2020: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
14,830 |
45th 2020: 45th
|
Northumberland |
11,895 |
46th 2020: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
6,319 |
47th 2020: 47th
|
Rutland |
2,056 |
people
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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.
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
2021
14,512 formed
13,410 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
3.95% vs 2017
3.64% vs 2018
5.66% vs 2019
1.9% vs 2020