2018
14,244 formed
10,933 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Hampshire during 2022
0.5% more companies in Hampshire compared to 2021
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Hampshire compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2021: 1st
|
London |
274,838 |
2nd
2021: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
39,355 |
3rd
2021: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
38,756 |
4th
2021: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
25,517 |
5th
2021: 5th
|
Essex |
18,955 |
7th 2021: 7th
|
Hampshire |
14,533 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
7th
2021: 7th
|
Hampshire |
14,533 |
12th
2021: 11th
|
Surrey |
10,902 |
14th
2021: 15th
|
Berkshire |
9,571 |
19th
2021: 22nd
|
Dorset |
8,427 |
32nd
2021: 31st
|
West Sussex |
6,136 |
39th
2021: 39th
|
Wiltshire |
4,536 |
46th
2021: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
652 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2021: 1st
|
London |
274,838 |
2nd 2021: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
39,355 |
3rd 2021: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
38,756 |
4th 2021: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
25,517 |
5th 2021: 5th
|
Essex |
18,955 |
6th 2021: 6th
|
Kent |
16,109 |
7th 2021: 7th
|
Hampshire |
14,533 |
8th 2021: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
13,643 |
9th 2021: 9th
|
Merseyside |
13,358 |
10th 2021: 10th
|
Lancashire |
13,312 |
11th 2021: 12th
|
South Yorkshire |
11,901 |
12th 2021: 11th
|
Surrey |
10,902 |
13th 2021: 14th
|
Leicestershire |
10,408 |
14th 2021: 15th
|
Berkshire |
9,571 |
15th 2021: 13th
|
Cheshire |
9,335 |
16th 2021: 17th
|
Nottinghamshire |
9,235 |
17th 2021: 16th
|
Buckinghamshire |
8,683 |
18th 2021: 24th
|
Bedfordshire |
8,495 |
19th 2021: 22nd
|
Dorset |
8,427 |
20th 2021: 21st
|
North Yorkshire |
8,424 |
21st 2021: 18th
|
Staffordshire |
8,072 |
22nd 2021: 20th
|
Tyne and Wear |
7,838 |
23rd 2021: 27th
|
Northamptonshire |
7,831 |
24th 2021: 26th
|
Derbyshire |
7,764 |
25th 2021: 23rd
|
Cambridgeshire |
7,739 |
26th 2021: 19th
|
East Sussex |
7,193 |
27th 2021: 28th
|
Somerset |
7,121 |
28th 2021: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
7,100 |
29th 2021: 30th
|
Devon |
6,814 |
30th 2021: 33rd
|
Suffolk |
6,749 |
31st 2021: 32nd
|
Gloucestershire |
6,373 |
32nd 2021: 31st
|
West Sussex |
6,136 |
33rd 2021: 36th
|
Warwickshire |
5,540 |
34th 2021: 34th
|
Norfolk |
5,384 |
35th 2021: 37th
|
Durham |
5,109 |
36th 2021: 35th
|
Bristol |
4,951 |
37th 2021: 25th
|
Worcestershire |
4,941 |
38th 2021: 38th
|
Oxfordshire |
4,842 |
39th 2021: 39th
|
Wiltshire |
4,536 |
40th 2021: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
4,233 |
41st 2021: 42nd
|
Shropshire |
3,132 |
42nd 2021: 43rd
|
Herefordshire |
2,928 |
43rd 2021: 41st
|
Cornwall |
2,912 |
44th 2021: 44th
|
Cumbria |
2,418 |
45th 2021: 45th
|
Northumberland |
1,527 |
46th 2021: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
652 |
47th 2021: 47th
|
Rutland |
193 |
people
8.2
12.7
97% Private Limited Companies (14,107 companies)
3% Other company types (426 companies)
Other company types breakdown (426 companies)
????
Businesses formed in Hampshire during 2022
????
Businesses dissolved in Hampshire during 2022
124,249
businesses registered in Hampshire at the end of 2022.
0.5% more companies in Hampshire compared to 2021
Dorset
61,217 total businesses
8,427 formed in 2022
5,845 dissolved in 2022
West Sussex
58,763 total businesses
6,136 formed in 2022
5,240 dissolved in 2022
Surrey
107,722 total businesses
10,902 formed in 2022
9,339 dissolved in 2022
Berkshire
76,700 total businesses
9,571 formed in 2022
7,937 dissolved in 2022
Isle of Wight
6,423 total businesses
652 formed in 2022
481 dissolved in 2022
Wiltshire
40,505 total businesses
4,536 formed in 2022
3,838 dissolved in 2022
Hampshire
124,249 total businesses
14,533 formed in 2022
12,517 dissolved in 2022
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Basing |
-13 |
||
Baughurst and Tadley North |
7 |
||
Bramley and Sherfield |
12 |
||
Brighton Hill North |
5 |
||
Brighton Hill South |
-10 |
||
Brookvale and Kings Furlong |
8 |
||
Buckskin |
-3 |
||
Burghclere Highclere and St Mary Bourne |
32 |
||
Chineham |
2 |
||
East Woodhay |
-5 |
||
Eastrop |
29 |
||
Grove |
-6 |
||
Hatch Warren and Beggarwood |
-5 |
||
Kempshott |
-3 |
||
Kingsclere |
3 |
||
Norden |
22 |
||
Oakley and North Waltham |
-16 |
||
Overton Laverstoke and Steventon |
7 |
||
Pamber and Silchester |
-2 |
||
Popley East |
9 |
||
Popley West |
37 |
||
Rooksdown |
9 |
||
Sherborne St John |
-14 |
||
South Ham |
-10 |
||
Tadley Central |
-3 |
||
Tadley South |
-3 |
||
Upton Grey and The Candovers |
3 |
||
Whitchurch |
4 |
||
Winklebury |
4 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Alton Amery |
2 |
||
Alton Ashdell |
17 |
||
Alton Eastbrooke |
-6 |
||
Alton Westbrooke |
8 |
||
Alton Whitedown |
0 |
||
Alton Wooteys |
1 |
||
Binsted and Bentley |
2 |
||
Bramshott and Liphook |
-28 |
||
Clanfield and Finchdean |
-2 |
||
Downland |
2 |
||
East Meon |
-2 |
||
Four Marks and Medstead |
4 |
||
Froxfield and Steep |
-7 |
||
Grayshott |
7 |
||
Headley |
-1 |
||
Holybourne and Froyle |
9 |
||
Horndean Catherington and Lovedean |
613 |
||
Horndean Downs |
-3 |
||
Horndean Hazleton and Blendworth |
5 |
||
Horndean Kings |
-4 |
||
Horndean Murray |
1 |
||
Lindford |
-8 |
||
Liss |
2 |
||
Petersfield Bell Hill |
-8 |
||
Petersfield Causeway |
-5 |
||
Petersfield Heath |
2 |
||
Petersfield Rother |
-2 |
||
Petersfield St Marys |
23 |
||
Petersfield St Peters |
12 |
||
Ropley and Tisted |
7 |
||
Rowlands Castle |
0 |
||
Selborne |
-3 |
||
The Hangers and Forest |
-4 |
||
Whitehill Chase |
10 |
||
Whitehill Deadwater |
2 |
||
Whitehill Hogmoor |
5 |
||
Whitehill Pinewood |
14 |
||
Whitehill Walldown |
-2 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bishopstoke East |
9 |
||
Bishopstoke West |
2 |
||
Botley |
4 |
||
Bursledon and Old Netley |
11 |
||
Chandler's Ford East |
10 |
||
Chandler's Ford West |
6 |
||
Eastleigh Central |
29 |
||
Eastleigh North |
26 |
||
Eastleigh South |
-42 |
||
Fair Oak and Horton Heath |
19 |
||
Hamble-le-Rice and Butlocks Heath |
2 |
||
Hedge End Grange Park |
16 |
||
Hedge End St John's |
1 |
||
Hedge End Wildern |
9 |
||
Hiltingbury East |
8 |
||
Hiltingbury West |
-15 |
||
Netley Abbey |
0 |
||
West End North |
-7 |
||
West End South |
10 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Fareham East |
17 |
||
Fareham North |
19 |
||
Fareham North-West |
-11 |
||
Fareham South |
5 |
||
Fareham West |
2 |
||
Hill Head |
-4 |
||
Locks Heath |
-1 |
||
Park Gate |
8 |
||
Portchester East |
7 |
||
Portchester West |
3 |
||
Sarisbury |
21 |
||
Stubbington |
4 |
||
Titchfield |
9 |
||
Titchfield Common |
16 |
||
Warsash |
18 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Alverstoke |
6 |
||
Anglesey |
-3 |
||
Bridgemary North |
2 |
||
Bridgemary South |
-5 |
||
Brockhurst |
6 |
||
Christchurch |
10 |
||
Elson |
-8 |
||
Forton |
5 |
||
Grange |
-4 |
||
Hardway |
-7 |
||
Lee East |
4 |
||
Lee West |
3 |
||
Leesland |
11 |
||
Peel Common |
4 |
||
Privett |
-4 |
||
Rowner and Holbrook |
-2 |
||
Town |
-12 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Blackwater and Hawley |
6 |
||
Crookham East |
1 |
||
Crookham West and Ewshot |
-9 |
||
Fleet Central |
1 |
||
Fleet East |
-1 |
||
Fleet West |
10 |
||
Hartley Wintney |
19 |
||
Hook |
8 |
||
Odiham |
2 |
||
Swallowfield |
0 |
||
Yateley East |
5 |
||
Yateley West |
12 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Barncroft |
12 |
||
Battins |
10 |
||
Bedhampton |
-6 |
||
Bondfields |
5 |
||
Cowplain |
8 |
||
Emsworth |
17 |
||
Hart Plain |
2 |
||
Hayling East |
-3 |
||
Hayling West |
12 |
||
Purbrook |
10 |
||
St Faith's |
13 |
||
Stakes |
-33 |
||
Warren Park |
-8 |
||
Waterloo |
80 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ashurst Copythorne South and Netley Marsh |
7 |
||
Barton |
-3 |
||
Bashley |
6 |
||
Becton |
-6 |
||
Boldre and Sway |
4 |
||
Bramshaw Copythorne North and Minstead |
9 |
||
Bransgore and Burley |
7 |
||
Brockenhurst and Forest South East |
15 |
||
Buckland |
-5 |
||
Butts Ash and Dibden Purlieu |
6 |
||
Dibden and Hythe East |
4 |
||
Downlands and Forest |
-8 |
||
Fawley Blackfield and Langley |
-10 |
||
Fernhill |
25 |
||
Fordingbridge |
9 |
||
Forest North West |
-17 |
||
Furzedown and Hardley |
1 |
||
Holbury and North Blackfield |
-9 |
||
Hordle |
8 |
||
Hythe West and Langdown |
17 |
||
Lymington Town |
2 |
||
Lyndhurst |
10 |
||
Marchwood |
10 |
||
Milford |
-7 |
||
Milton |
-2 |
||
Pennington |
7 |
||
Ringwood East and Sopley |
9 |
||
Ringwood North |
6 |
||
Ringwood South |
-121 |
||
Totton Central |
4 |
||
Totton East |
9 |
||
Totton North |
-6 |
||
Totton South |
0 |
||
Totton West |
-1 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Baffins |
13 |
||
Central Southsea |
38 |
||
Charles Dickens |
97 |
||
Copnor |
28 |
||
Cosham |
58 |
||
Drayton and Farlington |
16 |
||
Eastney and Craneswater |
3 |
||
Fratton |
25 |
||
Hilsea |
32 |
||
Milton |
-2 |
||
Nelson |
39 |
||
Paulsgrove |
-62 |
||
St Jude |
54 |
||
St Thomas |
55 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Aldershot Park |
8 |
||
Cherrywood |
-3 |
||
Cove and Southwood |
10 |
||
Empress |
48 |
||
Fernhill |
25 |
||
Fleet East |
-1 |
||
Knellwood |
9 |
||
Manor Park |
38 |
||
North Town |
18 |
||
Rowhill |
-6 |
||
St John's |
26 |
||
St Mark's |
12 |
||
Wellington |
49 |
||
West Heath |
17 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bargate |
-259 |
||
Bassett |
35 |
||
Bevois |
114 |
||
Bitterne |
17 |
||
Bitterne Park |
28 |
||
Coxford |
13 |
||
Freemantle |
56 |
||
Harefield |
16 |
||
Millbrook |
61 |
||
Peartree |
28 |
||
Portswood |
43 |
||
Redbridge |
40 |
||
Shirley |
42 |
||
Sholing |
4 |
||
Swaythling |
18 |
||
Woolston |
47 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
28 |
||
Alamein |
-4 |
||
Ampfield and Braishfield |
-5 |
||
Amport |
6 |
||
Anna |
-7 |
||
Blackwater |
23 |
||
Bourne Valley |
10 |
||
Broughton and Stockbridge |
-20 |
||
Charlton |
-2 |
||
Chilworth Nursling and Rownhams |
17 |
||
Coxford |
13 |
||
Cupernham |
1 |
||
Dun Valley |
-3 |
||
Harewood |
5 |
||
Harroway |
2 |
||
Kings Somborne and Michelmersh |
-20 |
||
Millway |
6 |
||
North Baddesley |
38 |
||
Over Wallop |
-13 |
||
Penton Bellinger |
12 |
||
Redbridge |
40 |
||
Romsey Extra |
-2 |
||
St Mary's |
23 |
||
Tadburn |
-8 |
||
Valley Park |
-1 |
||
Winton |
-9 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bishops Waltham |
5 |
||
Boarhunt and Southwick |
3 |
||
Cheriton and Bishops Sutton |
0 |
||
Colden Common and Twyford |
-2 |
||
Compton and Otterbourne |
24 |
||
Denmead |
14 |
||
Droxford Soberton and Hambledon |
4 |
||
Itchen Valley |
10 |
||
Kings Worthy |
-7 |
||
Littleton and Harestock |
0 |
||
Olivers Battery and Badger Farm |
6 |
||
Owslebury and Curdridge |
6 |
||
Shedfield |
7 |
||
Sparsholt |
-10 |
||
St Barnabas |
2 |
||
St Bartholomew |
50 |
||
St John and All Saints |
27 |
||
St Luke |
18 |
||
St Michael |
-180 |
||
St Paul |
27 |
||
Swanmore and Newtown |
0 |
||
The Alresfords |
-3 |
||
Upper Meon Valley |
3 |
||
Waterloo |
80 |
||
Whiteley |
-47 |
||
Wickham |
-2 |
||
Wonston and Micheldever |
70 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2022 and how Hampshire compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2021: 1st
|
London |
1,462,539 |
2nd
2021: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
233,019 |
3rd
2021: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
211,766 |
4th
2021: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
151,175 |
5th
2021: 4th
|
Essex |
148,387 |
7th 2021: 7th
|
Hampshire |
124,249 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
7th
2021: 7th
|
Hampshire |
124,249 |
9th
2021: 9th
|
Surrey |
107,722 |
14th
2021: 13th
|
Berkshire |
76,700 |
21st
2021: 25th
|
Dorset |
61,217 |
24th
2021: 21st
|
West Sussex |
58,763 |
37th
2021: 37th
|
Wiltshire |
40,505 |
46th
2021: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
6,423 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2021: 1st
|
London |
1,462,539 |
2nd 2021: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
233,019 |
3rd 2021: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
211,766 |
4th 2021: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
151,175 |
5th 2021: 4th
|
Essex |
148,387 |
6th 2021: 6th
|
Kent |
130,283 |
7th 2021: 7th
|
Hampshire |
124,249 |
8th 2021: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
122,123 |
9th 2021: 9th
|
Surrey |
107,722 |
10th 2021: 10th
|
Lancashire |
91,522 |
11th 2021: 11th
|
Cheshire |
81,809 |
12th 2021: 12th
|
Merseyside |
81,221 |
13th 2021: 14th
|
Buckinghamshire |
78,850 |
14th 2021: 13th
|
Berkshire |
76,700 |
15th 2021: 15th
|
Leicestershire |
73,507 |
16th 2021: 17th
|
South Yorkshire |
72,058 |
17th 2021: 16th
|
East Sussex |
70,836 |
18th 2021: 19th
|
North Yorkshire |
62,355 |
19th 2021: 20th
|
Nottinghamshire |
62,142 |
20th 2021: 18th
|
Devon |
61,854 |
21st 2021: 25th
|
Dorset |
61,217 |
22nd 2021: 22nd
|
Staffordshire |
60,009 |
23rd 2021: 23rd
|
Somerset |
59,531 |
24th 2021: 21st
|
West Sussex |
58,763 |
25th 2021: 24th
|
Gloucestershire |
57,852 |
26th 2021: 26th
|
Cambridgeshire |
57,788 |
27th 2021: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
55,697 |
28th 2021: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
53,143 |
29th 2021: 28th
|
Northamptonshire |
51,966 |
30th 2021: 30th
|
Tyne and Wear |
51,640 |
31st 2021: 31st
|
Bedfordshire |
50,545 |
32nd 2021: 32nd
|
Oxfordshire |
46,748 |
33rd 2021: 33rd
|
Norfolk |
45,968 |
34th 2021: 35th
|
Suffolk |
45,867 |
35th 2021: 34th
|
Worcestershire |
43,964 |
36th 2021: 36th
|
Warwickshire |
42,564 |
37th 2021: 37th
|
Wiltshire |
40,505 |
38th 2021: 38th
|
Bristol |
37,039 |
39th 2021: 39th
|
Durham |
35,455 |
40th 2021: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
29,451 |
41st 2021: 41st
|
Shropshire |
26,781 |
42nd 2021: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
25,857 |
43rd 2021: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
23,003 |
44th 2021: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
16,412 |
45th 2021: 45th
|
Northumberland |
12,420 |
46th 2021: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
6,423 |
47th 2021: 47th
|
Rutland |
2,076 |
people
70.5
82.7
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.
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
2022
14,533 formed
12,517 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
3.64% vs 2018
5.66% vs 2019
1.86% vs 2020
0.5% vs 2021