2019
15,174 formed
11,723 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Hampshire during 2023
1.5% more companies in Hampshire compared to 2022
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Hampshire compares.
Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
---|---|---|
1st
2022: 1st
|
London |
313,446 |
2nd
2022: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
44,594 |
3rd
2022: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
41,222 |
4th
2022: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
24,534 |
5th
2022: 5th
|
Essex |
20,333 |
7th 2022: 7th
|
Hampshire |
15,385 |
Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
---|---|---|
7th
2022: 7th
|
Hampshire |
15,385 |
11th
2022: 12th
|
Surrey |
12,018 |
14th
2022: 14th
|
Berkshire |
10,571 |
23rd
2022: 19th
|
Dorset |
8,565 |
31st
2022: 32nd
|
West Sussex |
6,678 |
38th
2022: 39th
|
Wiltshire |
4,965 |
46th
2022: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
757 |
Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
---|---|---|
1st 2022: 1st
|
London |
313,446 |
2nd 2022: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
44,594 |
3rd 2022: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
41,222 |
4th 2022: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
24,534 |
5th 2022: 5th
|
Essex |
20,333 |
6th 2022: 6th
|
Kent |
17,620 |
7th 2022: 7th
|
Hampshire |
15,385 |
8th 2022: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
14,512 |
9th 2022: 9th
|
Merseyside |
14,307 |
10th 2022: 10th
|
Lancashire |
14,223 |
11th 2022: 12th
|
Surrey |
12,018 |
12th 2022: 11th
|
South Yorkshire |
11,638 |
13th 2022: 13th
|
Leicestershire |
11,417 |
14th 2022: 14th
|
Berkshire |
10,571 |
15th 2022: 15th
|
Cheshire |
9,952 |
16th 2022: 17th
|
Buckinghamshire |
9,591 |
17th 2022: 16th
|
Nottinghamshire |
9,559 |
18th 2022: 20th
|
North Yorkshire |
9,266 |
19th 2022: 18th
|
Bedfordshire |
9,025 |
20th 2022: 30th
|
Suffolk |
8,934 |
21st 2022: 21st
|
Staffordshire |
8,878 |
22nd 2022: 25th
|
Cambridgeshire |
8,677 |
23rd 2022: 19th
|
Dorset |
8,565 |
24th 2022: 22nd
|
Tyne and Wear |
8,274 |
25th 2022: 23rd
|
Northamptonshire |
8,191 |
26th 2022: 24th
|
Derbyshire |
7,528 |
27th 2022: 26th
|
East Sussex |
7,311 |
28th 2022: 29th
|
Devon |
7,183 |
29th 2022: 28th
|
Lincolnshire |
7,141 |
30th 2022: 31st
|
Gloucestershire |
6,902 |
31st 2022: 32nd
|
West Sussex |
6,678 |
32nd 2022: 27th
|
Somerset |
6,531 |
33rd 2022: 34th
|
Norfolk |
5,723 |
34th 2022: 35th
|
Durham |
5,696 |
35th 2022: 38th
|
Oxfordshire |
5,446 |
36th 2022: 33rd
|
Warwickshire |
5,157 |
37th 2022: 36th
|
Bristol |
5,050 |
38th 2022: 39th
|
Wiltshire |
4,965 |
39th 2022: 37th
|
Worcestershire |
4,808 |
40th 2022: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
4,211 |
41st 2022: 41st
|
Shropshire |
3,480 |
42nd 2022: 43rd
|
Cornwall |
3,074 |
43rd 2022: 44th
|
Cumbria |
2,686 |
44th 2022: 42nd
|
Herefordshire |
2,540 |
45th 2022: 45th
|
Northumberland |
1,554 |
46th 2022: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
757 |
47th 2022: 47th
|
Rutland |
232 |
8.7
14.2
97% Private Limited Companies (14,871 companies)
3% Other company types (514 companies)
Other company types breakdown (514 companies)
????
Businesses formed in Hampshire during 2023
????
Businesses dissolved in Hampshire during 2023
126,128
businesses registered in Hampshire at the end of 2023.
1.5% more companies in Hampshire compared to 2022
Dorset
63,266 total businesses
8,565 formed in 2023
7,339 dissolved in 2023
West Sussex
59,896 total businesses
6,678 formed in 2023
5,586 dissolved in 2023
Surrey
109,469 total businesses
12,018 formed in 2023
10,260 dissolved in 2023
Berkshire
78,581 total businesses
10,571 formed in 2023
8,626 dissolved in 2023
Isle of Wight
6,580 total businesses
757 formed in 2023
588 dissolved in 2023
Wiltshire
42,004 total businesses
4,965 formed in 2023
4,265 dissolved in 2023
Hampshire
126,128 total businesses
15,385 formed in 2023
13,203 dissolved in 2023
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Basing |
5 |
||
Baughurst and Tadley North |
7 |
||
Bramley and Sherfield |
-7 |
||
Brighton Hill North |
-1 |
||
Brighton Hill South |
8 |
||
Brookvale and Kings Furlong |
33 |
||
Buckskin |
27 |
||
Burghclere Highclere and St Mary Bourne |
32 |
||
Chineham |
-17 |
||
East Woodhay |
-3 |
||
Eastrop |
8 |
||
Grove |
19 |
||
Hatch Warren and Beggarwood |
7 |
||
Kempshott |
22 |
||
Kingsclere |
4 |
||
Norden |
-26 |
||
Oakley and North Waltham |
2 |
||
Overton Laverstoke and Steventon |
2 |
||
Pamber and Silchester |
1 |
||
Popley East |
8 |
||
Popley West |
6 |
||
Rooksdown |
13 |
||
Sherborne St John |
-1 |
||
South Ham |
12 |
||
Tadley Central |
10 |
||
Tadley South |
9 |
||
Upton Grey and The Candovers |
-6 |
||
Whitchurch |
1 |
||
Winklebury |
14 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Alton Amery |
3 |
||
Alton Ashdell |
-4 |
||
Alton Eastbrooke |
1 |
||
Alton Westbrooke |
26 |
||
Alton Whitedown |
7 |
||
Alton Wooteys |
-1 |
||
Binsted and Bentley |
-4 |
||
Bramshott and Liphook |
-1 |
||
Clanfield and Finchdean |
5 |
||
Downland |
2 |
||
East Meon |
0 |
||
Four Marks and Medstead |
8 |
||
Froxfield and Steep |
-7 |
||
Grayshott |
4 |
||
Headley |
0 |
||
Holybourne and Froyle |
1 |
||
Horndean Catherington and Lovedean |
416 |
||
Horndean Downs |
-4 |
||
Horndean Hazleton and Blendworth |
-1 |
||
Horndean Kings |
2 |
||
Horndean Murray |
-5 |
||
Lindford |
-2 |
||
Liss |
8 |
||
Petersfield Bell Hill |
0 |
||
Petersfield Causeway |
2 |
||
Petersfield Heath |
-2 |
||
Petersfield Rother |
-2 |
||
Petersfield St Marys |
3 |
||
Petersfield St Peters |
3 |
||
Ropley and Tisted |
4 |
||
Rowlands Castle |
-3 |
||
Selborne |
-1 |
||
The Hangers and Forest |
0 |
||
Whitehill Chase |
9 |
||
Whitehill Deadwater |
8 |
||
Whitehill Hogmoor |
-13 |
||
Whitehill Pinewood |
9 |
||
Whitehill Walldown |
6 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Bishopstoke East |
-4 |
||
Bishopstoke West |
11 |
||
Botley |
7 |
||
Bursledon and Old Netley |
-7 |
||
Chandler's Ford East |
18 |
||
Chandler's Ford West |
-8 |
||
Eastleigh Central |
-13 |
||
Eastleigh North |
23 |
||
Eastleigh South |
-29 |
||
Fair Oak and Horton Heath |
17 |
||
Hamble-le-Rice and Butlocks Heath |
5 |
||
Hedge End Grange Park |
24 |
||
Hedge End St John's |
4 |
||
Hedge End Wildern |
-4 |
||
Hiltingbury East |
8 |
||
Hiltingbury West |
22 |
||
Netley Abbey |
9 |
||
West End North |
-12 |
||
West End South |
8 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Fareham East |
46 |
||
Fareham North |
85 |
||
Fareham North-West |
2 |
||
Fareham South |
19 |
||
Fareham West |
11 |
||
Hill Head |
-4 |
||
Locks Heath |
-2 |
||
Park Gate |
10 |
||
Portchester East |
1 |
||
Portchester West |
-6 |
||
Sarisbury |
29 |
||
Stubbington |
-4 |
||
Titchfield |
3 |
||
Titchfield Common |
9 |
||
Warsash |
3 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Alverstoke |
12 |
||
Anglesey |
-3 |
||
Bridgemary North |
9 |
||
Bridgemary South |
15 |
||
Brockhurst |
9 |
||
Christchurch |
0 |
||
Elson |
6 |
||
Forton |
7 |
||
Grange |
3 |
||
Hardway |
11 |
||
Lee East |
-1 |
||
Lee West |
5 |
||
Leesland |
-4 |
||
Peel Common |
-2 |
||
Privett |
1 |
||
Rowner and Holbrook |
3 |
||
Town |
-11 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Blackwater and Hawley |
22 |
||
Crookham East |
8 |
||
Crookham West and Ewshot |
5 |
||
Fleet Central |
26 |
||
Fleet East |
3 |
||
Fleet West |
21 |
||
Hartley Wintney |
-1 |
||
Hook |
9 |
||
Odiham |
-20 |
||
Swallowfield |
0 |
||
Yateley East |
-10 |
||
Yateley West |
2 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Barncroft |
4 |
||
Battins |
6 |
||
Bedhampton |
11 |
||
Bondfields |
-4 |
||
Cowplain |
7 |
||
Emsworth |
-18 |
||
Hart Plain |
4 |
||
Hayling East |
2 |
||
Hayling West |
-16 |
||
Purbrook |
14 |
||
St Faith's |
58 |
||
Stakes |
-12 |
||
Warren Park |
3 |
||
Waterloo |
106 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Ashurst Copythorne South and Netley Marsh |
1 |
||
Barton |
-8 |
||
Bashley |
-3 |
||
Becton |
1 |
||
Boldre and Sway |
8 |
||
Bramshaw Copythorne North and Minstead |
3 |
||
Bransgore and Burley |
-1 |
||
Brockenhurst and Forest South East |
22 |
||
Buckland |
3 |
||
Butts Ash and Dibden Purlieu |
8 |
||
Dibden and Hythe East |
-4 |
||
Downlands and Forest |
5 |
||
Fawley Blackfield and Langley |
26 |
||
Fernhill |
37 |
||
Fordingbridge |
-10 |
||
Forest North West |
1 |
||
Furzedown and Hardley |
0 |
||
Holbury and North Blackfield |
-5 |
||
Hordle |
-14 |
||
Hythe West and Langdown |
-6 |
||
Lymington Town |
-19 |
||
Lyndhurst |
13 |
||
Marchwood |
7 |
||
Milford |
5 |
||
Milton |
45 |
||
Pennington |
3 |
||
Ringwood East and Sopley |
3 |
||
Ringwood North |
-3 |
||
Ringwood South |
-252 |
||
Totton Central |
-1 |
||
Totton East |
11 |
||
Totton North |
8 |
||
Totton South |
7 |
||
Totton West |
13 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Baffins |
34 |
||
Central Southsea |
43 |
||
Charles Dickens |
116 |
||
Copnor |
73 |
||
Cosham |
-30 |
||
Drayton and Farlington |
24 |
||
Eastney and Craneswater |
-1 |
||
Fratton |
29 |
||
Hilsea |
47 |
||
Milton |
45 |
||
Nelson |
28 |
||
Paulsgrove |
2 |
||
St Jude |
58 |
||
St Thomas |
72 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Aldershot Park |
8 |
||
Cherrywood |
4 |
||
Cove and Southwood |
16 |
||
Empress |
36 |
||
Fernhill |
37 |
||
Fleet East |
3 |
||
Knellwood |
2 |
||
Manor Park |
6 |
||
North Town |
29 |
||
Rowhill |
-2 |
||
St John's |
11 |
||
St Mark's |
5 |
||
Wellington |
60 |
||
West Heath |
9 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Bargate |
-303 |
||
Bassett |
55 |
||
Bevois |
141 |
||
Bitterne |
214 |
||
Bitterne Park |
30 |
||
Coxford |
14 |
||
Freemantle |
67 |
||
Harefield |
53 |
||
Millbrook |
8 |
||
Peartree |
48 |
||
Portswood |
21 |
||
Redbridge |
41 |
||
Shirley |
60 |
||
Sholing |
9 |
||
Swaythling |
27 |
||
Woolston |
24 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
-7 |
||
Alamein |
21 |
||
Ampfield and Braishfield |
7 |
||
Amport |
-4 |
||
Anna |
6 |
||
Blackwater |
5 |
||
Bourne Valley |
2 |
||
Broughton and Stockbridge |
-2 |
||
Charlton |
-2 |
||
Chilworth Nursling and Rownhams |
7 |
||
Coxford |
14 |
||
Cupernham |
3 |
||
Dun Valley |
-3 |
||
Harewood |
13 |
||
Harroway |
13 |
||
Kings Somborne and Michelmersh |
18 |
||
Millway |
1 |
||
North Baddesley |
-21 |
||
Over Wallop |
3 |
||
Penton Bellinger |
5 |
||
Redbridge |
41 |
||
Romsey Extra |
1 |
||
St Mary's |
22 |
||
Tadburn |
-2 |
||
Valley Park |
-4 |
||
Winton |
17 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Bishops Waltham |
32 |
||
Boarhunt and Southwick |
13 |
||
Cheriton and Bishops Sutton |
10 |
||
Colden Common and Twyford |
-25 |
||
Compton and Otterbourne |
14 |
||
Denmead |
8 |
||
Droxford Soberton and Hambledon |
-6 |
||
Itchen Valley |
-4 |
||
Kings Worthy |
-4 |
||
Littleton and Harestock |
-4 |
||
Olivers Battery and Badger Farm |
-2 |
||
Owslebury and Curdridge |
3 |
||
Shedfield |
5 |
||
Sparsholt |
3 |
||
St Barnabas |
-15 |
||
St Bartholomew |
21 |
||
St John and All Saints |
-16 |
||
St Luke |
13 |
||
St Michael |
8 |
||
St Paul |
-2 |
||
Swanmore and Newtown |
-6 |
||
The Alresfords |
-36 |
||
Upper Meon Valley |
6 |
||
Waterloo |
106 |
||
Whiteley |
-67 |
||
Wickham |
8 |
||
Wonston and Micheldever |
-2 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2023 and how Hampshire compares to them.
Rank | County | Total companies |
---|---|---|
1st
2022: 1st
|
London |
1,534,936 |
2nd
2022: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
244,408 |
3rd
2022: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
227,431 |
4th
2022: 5th
|
Essex |
153,732 |
5th
2022: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
153,003 |
7th 2022: 7th
|
Hampshire |
126,128 |
Rank | County | Total companies |
---|---|---|
7th
2022: 7th
|
Hampshire |
126,128 |
9th
2022: 9th
|
Surrey |
109,469 |
14th
2022: 14th
|
Berkshire |
78,581 |
21st
2022: 21st
|
Dorset |
63,266 |
25th
2022: 24th
|
West Sussex |
59,896 |
37th
2022: 37th
|
Wiltshire |
42,004 |
46th
2022: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
6,580 |
Rank | County | Total companies |
---|---|---|
1st 2022: 1st
|
London |
1,534,936 |
2nd 2022: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
244,408 |
3rd 2022: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
227,431 |
4th 2022: 5th
|
Essex |
153,732 |
5th 2022: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
153,003 |
6th 2022: 6th
|
Kent |
133,898 |
7th 2022: 7th
|
Hampshire |
126,128 |
8th 2022: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
122,871 |
9th 2022: 9th
|
Surrey |
109,469 |
10th 2022: 10th
|
Lancashire |
95,511 |
11th 2022: 12th
|
Merseyside |
83,450 |
12th 2022: 11th
|
Cheshire |
82,175 |
13th 2022: 13th
|
Buckinghamshire |
78,961 |
14th 2022: 14th
|
Berkshire |
78,581 |
15th 2022: 15th
|
Leicestershire |
75,930 |
16th 2022: 16th
|
South Yorkshire |
73,897 |
17th 2022: 17th
|
East Sussex |
71,059 |
18th 2022: 18th
|
North Yorkshire |
65,895 |
19th 2022: 19th
|
Nottinghamshire |
64,763 |
20th 2022: 20th
|
Devon |
63,364 |
21st 2022: 21st
|
Dorset |
63,266 |
22nd 2022: 22nd
|
Staffordshire |
61,360 |
23rd 2022: 23rd
|
Somerset |
60,186 |
24th 2022: 26th
|
Cambridgeshire |
60,023 |
25th 2022: 24th
|
West Sussex |
59,896 |
26th 2022: 25th
|
Gloucestershire |
59,830 |
27th 2022: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
57,297 |
28th 2022: 28th
|
Lincolnshire |
54,523 |
29th 2022: 29th
|
Northamptonshire |
53,911 |
30th 2022: 30th
|
Tyne and Wear |
53,391 |
31st 2022: 31st
|
Bedfordshire |
52,721 |
32nd 2022: 34th
|
Suffolk |
51,083 |
33rd 2022: 33rd
|
Norfolk |
48,437 |
34th 2022: 32nd
|
Oxfordshire |
48,030 |
35th 2022: 35th
|
Worcestershire |
45,794 |
36th 2022: 36th
|
Warwickshire |
43,587 |
37th 2022: 37th
|
Wiltshire |
42,004 |
38th 2022: 39th
|
Durham |
37,332 |
39th 2022: 38th
|
Bristol |
37,161 |
40th 2022: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
30,108 |
41st 2022: 41st
|
Shropshire |
28,037 |
42nd 2022: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
26,998 |
43rd 2022: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
23,719 |
44th 2022: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
16,164 |
45th 2022: 45th
|
Northumberland |
12,830 |
46th 2022: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
6,580 |
47th 2022: 47th
|
Rutland |
2,133 |
71.5
86.6
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.
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
2023
15,385 formed
13,203 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
5.66% vs 2019
1.86% vs 2020
0.54% vs 2021
1.5% vs 2022