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Company Formations in 2023: Hampshire

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???? Businesses formed in Hampshire during 2023

1.5% more companies in Hampshire compared to 2022

New businesses in Hampshire mapped

Boroughs

  • ABasingstoke and Deane: 1,198
  • BEast Hampshire: 1,486
  • CEastleigh: 1,028
  • DFareham: 892
  • EGosport: 381
  • FHart: 686
  • GHavant: 990
  • HNew Forest: 1,100
  • IPortsmouth: 2,129
  • JRushmoor: 845
  • KSouthampton: 2,627
  • LTest Valley: 901
  • MWinchester: 1,092

Companies formed in 2023 league table

The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Hampshire compares.

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County
No. Companies formed
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
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
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

New incorporations in 2023 per 1000 Man standing people

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Type of companies formed in Hampshire breakdown

97% Private Limited Companies (14,871 companies)

3% Other company types (514 companies)

Other company types breakdown (514 companies)

Total companies in Hampshire by the end of 2023

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Businesses formed in Hampshire during 2023

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Businesses dissolved in Hampshire during 2023

meaning there is a total of

126,128

businesses registered in Hampshire at the end of 2023.

1.5% more companies in Hampshire compared to 2022

Surrounding counties 2023 breakdown & comparison

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

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Ward breakdown data for

Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Basing
41
46
5
Baughurst and Tadley North
17
24
7
Bramley and Sherfield
35
28
-7
Brighton Hill North
24
23
-1
Brighton Hill South
19
27
8
Brookvale and Kings Furlong
36
69
33
Buckskin
30
57
27
Burghclere Highclere and St Mary Bourne
22
54
32
Chineham
68
51
-17
East Woodhay
16
13
-3
Eastrop
129
137
8
Grove
28
47
19
Hatch Warren and Beggarwood
30
37
7
Kempshott
21
43
22
Kingsclere
25
29
4
Norden
128
102
-26
Oakley and North Waltham
17
19
2
Overton Laverstoke and Steventon
18
20
2
Pamber and Silchester
19
20
1
Popley East
29
37
8
Popley West
66
72
6
Rooksdown
25
38
13
Sherborne St John
27
26
-1
South Ham
32
44
12
Tadley Central
3
13
10
Tadley South
22
31
9
Upton Grey and The Candovers
26
20
-6
Whitchurch
39
40
1
Winklebury
17
31
14
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Alton Amery
9
12
3
Alton Ashdell
27
23
-4
Alton Eastbrooke
11
12
1
Alton Westbrooke
56
82
26
Alton Whitedown
8
15
7
Alton Wooteys
10
9
-1
Binsted and Bentley
24
20
-4
Bramshott and Liphook
80
79
-1
Clanfield and Finchdean
24
29
5
Downland
14
16
2
East Meon
10
10
0
Four Marks and Medstead
30
38
8
Froxfield and Steep
18
11
-7
Grayshott
17
21
4
Headley
25
25
0
Holybourne and Froyle
20
21
1
Horndean Catherington and Lovedean
326
742
416
Horndean Downs
11
7
-4
Horndean Hazleton and Blendworth
15
14
-1
Horndean Kings
6
8
2
Horndean Murray
15
10
-5
Lindford
11
9
-2
Liss
24
32
8
Petersfield Bell Hill
13
13
0
Petersfield Causeway
7
9
2
Petersfield Heath
8
6
-2
Petersfield Rother
8
6
-2
Petersfield St Marys
9
12
3
Petersfield St Peters
43
46
3
Ropley and Tisted
9
13
4
Rowlands Castle
22
19
-3
Selborne
17
16
-1
The Hangers and Forest
19
19
0
Whitehill Chase
9
18
9
Whitehill Deadwater
6
14
8
Whitehill Hogmoor
19
6
-13
Whitehill Pinewood
22
31
9
Whitehill Walldown
7
13
6
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Bishopstoke East
18
14
-4
Bishopstoke West
19
30
11
Botley
27
34
7
Bursledon and Old Netley
52
45
-7
Chandler's Ford East
41
59
18
Chandler's Ford West
144
136
-8
Eastleigh Central
163
150
-13
Eastleigh North
35
58
23
Eastleigh South
116
87
-29
Fair Oak and Horton Heath
43
60
17
Hamble-le-Rice and Butlocks Heath
47
52
5
Hedge End Grange Park
42
66
24
Hedge End St John's
32
36
4
Hedge End Wildern
33
29
-4
Hiltingbury East
34
42
8
Hiltingbury West
22
44
22
Netley Abbey
16
25
9
West End North
41
29
-12
West End South
24
32
8
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Fareham East
119
165
46
Fareham North
96
181
85
Fareham North-West
21
23
2
Fareham South
26
45
19
Fareham West
8
19
11
Hill Head
26
22
-4
Locks Heath
26
24
-2
Park Gate
73
83
10
Portchester East
49
50
1
Portchester West
37
31
-6
Sarisbury
45
74
29
Stubbington
40
36
-4
Titchfield
64
67
3
Titchfield Common
25
34
9
Warsash
35
38
3
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Alverstoke
11
23
12
Anglesey
11
8
-3
Bridgemary North
16
25
9
Bridgemary South
17
32
15
Brockhurst
21
30
9
Christchurch
29
29
0
Elson
12
18
6
Forton
10
17
7
Grange
22
25
3
Hardway
16
27
11
Lee East
21
20
-1
Lee West
23
28
5
Leesland
27
23
-4
Peel Common
11
9
-2
Privett
7
8
1
Rowner and Holbrook
12
15
3
Town
55
44
-11
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Blackwater and Hawley
44
66
22
Crookham East
34
42
8
Crookham West and Ewshot
70
75
5
Fleet Central
46
72
26
Fleet East
59
62
3
Fleet West
40
61
21
Hartley Wintney
94
93
-1
Hook
66
75
9
Odiham
80
60
-20
Swallowfield
0
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Yateley East
52
42
-10
Yateley West
36
38
2
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Barncroft
25
29
4
Battins
25
31
6
Bedhampton
31
42
11
Bondfields
31
27
-4
Cowplain
45
52
7
Emsworth
63
45
-18
Hart Plain
34
38
4
Hayling East
39
41
2
Hayling West
54
38
-16
Purbrook
40
54
14
St Faith's
139
197
58
Stakes
92
80
-12
Warren Park
22
25
3
Waterloo
187
293
106
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ashurst Copythorne South and Netley Marsh
34
35
1
Barton
26
18
-8
Bashley
12
9
-3
Becton
10
11
1
Boldre and Sway
31
39
8
Bramshaw Copythorne North and Minstead
34
37
3
Bransgore and Burley
24
23
-1
Brockenhurst and Forest South East
15
37
22
Buckland
14
17
3
Butts Ash and Dibden Purlieu
17
25
8
Dibden and Hythe East
30
26
-4
Downlands and Forest
13
18
5
Fawley Blackfield and Langley
28
54
26
Fernhill
59
96
37
Fordingbridge
46
36
-10
Forest North West
20
21
1
Furzedown and Hardley
12
12
0
Holbury and North Blackfield
33
28
-5
Hordle
37
23
-14
Hythe West and Langdown
22
16
-6
Lymington Town
75
56
-19
Lyndhurst
13
26
13
Marchwood
26
33
7
Milford
22
27
5
Milton
119
164
45
Pennington
36
39
3
Ringwood East and Sopley
11
14
3
Ringwood North
29
26
-3
Ringwood South
386
134
-252
Totton Central
20
19
-1
Totton East
33
44
11
Totton North
35
43
8
Totton South
28
35
7
Totton West
7
20
13
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Baffins
53
87
34
Central Southsea
88
131
43
Charles Dickens
198
314
116
Copnor
80
153
73
Cosham
250
220
-30
Drayton and Farlington
79
103
24
Eastney and Craneswater
73
72
-1
Fratton
105
134
29
Hilsea
85
132
47
Milton
119
164
45
Nelson
138
166
28
Paulsgrove
98
100
2
St Jude
130
188
58
St Thomas
147
219
72
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
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Aldershot Park
31
39
8
Cherrywood
38
42
4
Cove and Southwood
58
74
16
Empress
102
138
36
Fernhill
59
96
37
Fleet East
59
62
3
Knellwood
32
34
2
Manor Park
69
75
6
North Town
38
67
29
Rowhill
47
45
-2
St John's
30
41
11
St Mark's
85
90
5
Wellington
55
115
60
West Heath
25
34
9
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Bargate
734
431
-303
Bassett
62
117
55
Bevois
317
458
141
Bitterne
46
260
214
Bitterne Park
76
106
30
Coxford
51
65
14
Freemantle
146
213
67
Harefield
35
88
53
Millbrook
121
129
8
Peartree
69
117
48
Portswood
98
119
21
Redbridge
64
105
41
Shirley
79
139
60
Sholing
64
73
9
Swaythling
73
100
27
Woolston
83
107
24
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Abbey
103
96
-7
Alamein
48
69
21
Ampfield and Braishfield
12
19
7
Amport
16
12
-4
Anna
17
23
6
Blackwater
34
39
5
Bourne Valley
7
9
2
Broughton and Stockbridge
37
35
-2
Charlton
7
5
-2
Chilworth Nursling and Rownhams
50
57
7
Coxford
51
65
14
Cupernham
20
23
3
Dun Valley
16
13
-3
Harewood
12
25
13
Harroway
27
40
13
Kings Somborne and Michelmersh
31
49
18
Millway
30
31
1
North Baddesley
57
36
-21
Over Wallop
11
14
3
Penton Bellinger
25
30
5
Redbridge
64
105
41
Romsey Extra
64
65
1
St Mary's
69
91
22
Tadburn
16
14
-2
Valley Park
35
31
-4
Winton
58
75
17
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Bishops Waltham
39
71
32
Boarhunt and Southwick
28
41
13
Cheriton and Bishops Sutton
4
14
10
Colden Common and Twyford
71
46
-25
Compton and Otterbourne
29
43
14
Denmead
52
60
8
Droxford Soberton and Hambledon
27
21
-6
Itchen Valley
20
16
-4
Kings Worthy
31
27
-4
Littleton and Harestock
30
26
-4
Olivers Battery and Badger Farm
11
9
-2
Owslebury and Curdridge
32
35
3
Shedfield
24
29
5
Sparsholt
9
12
3
St Barnabas
35
20
-15
St Bartholomew
61
82
21
St John and All Saints
81
65
-16
St Luke
13
26
13
St Michael
90
98
8
St Paul
49
47
-2
Swanmore and Newtown
27
21
-6
The Alresfords
70
34
-36
Upper Meon Valley
10
16
6
Waterloo
187
293
106
Whiteley
217
150
-67
Wickham
25
33
8
Wonston and Micheldever
50
48
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Total companies 2023 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2023 and how Hampshire compares to them.

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County
Total companies
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
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
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

Total companies at the end of 2023 per 1000 Person people

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86.6

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The last 5 years

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