2012
12,166 formed
6,430 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Hertfordshire during 2016
8.0% more companies in Hertfordshire compared to 2015
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Hertfordshire compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2015: 1st
|
London |
209,869 |
2nd
2015: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
32,999 |
3rd
2015: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
31,162 |
4th
2015: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
17,837 |
5th
2015: 6th
|
Hertfordshire |
17,671 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2015: 1st
|
London |
209,869 |
5th
2015: 6th
|
Hertfordshire |
17,671 |
6th
2015: 5th
|
Essex |
15,887 |
10th
2015: 24th
|
Bedfordshire |
13,677 |
17th
2015: 16th
|
Buckinghamshire |
8,523 |
28th
2015: 25th
|
Cambridgeshire |
6,208 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2015: 1st
|
London |
209,869 |
2nd 2015: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
32,999 |
3rd 2015: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
31,162 |
4th 2015: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
17,837 |
5th 2015: 6th
|
Hertfordshire |
17,671 |
6th 2015: 5th
|
Essex |
15,887 |
7th 2015: 10th
|
Cheshire |
15,328 |
8th 2015: 7th
|
Kent |
14,577 |
9th 2015: 8th
|
Hampshire |
14,249 |
10th 2015: 24th
|
Bedfordshire |
13,677 |
11th 2015: 34th
|
Wiltshire |
11,837 |
12th 2015: 9th
|
Surrey |
11,070 |
13th 2015: 12th
|
Merseyside |
10,617 |
14th 2015: 11th
|
Lancashire |
10,600 |
15th 2015: 13th
|
South Yorkshire |
9,265 |
16th 2015: 14th
|
Berkshire |
9,081 |
17th 2015: 16th
|
Buckinghamshire |
8,523 |
18th 2015: 18th
|
Leicestershire |
8,307 |
19th 2015: 17th
|
Dorset |
8,113 |
20th 2015: 15th
|
East Sussex |
7,939 |
21st 2015: 22nd
|
Staffordshire |
7,618 |
22nd 2015: 23rd
|
Northamptonshire |
7,050 |
23rd 2015: 20th
|
Nottinghamshire |
6,642 |
24th 2015: 39th
|
Worcestershire |
6,602 |
25th 2015: 21st
|
North Yorkshire |
6,525 |
26th 2015: 27th
|
Tyne and Wear |
6,380 |
27th 2015: 19th
|
Derbyshire |
6,271 |
28th 2015: 25th
|
Cambridgeshire |
6,208 |
29th 2015: 26th
|
West Sussex |
5,996 |
30th 2015: 30th
|
Devon |
5,703 |
31st 2015: 28th
|
Lincolnshire |
5,698 |
32nd 2015: 29th
|
Gloucestershire |
5,639 |
33rd 2015: 31st
|
Somerset |
5,328 |
34th 2015: 32nd
|
Bristol |
5,196 |
35th 2015: 35th
|
Warwickshire |
4,709 |
36th 2015: 33rd
|
Oxfordshire |
4,517 |
37th 2015: 36th
|
Norfolk |
4,480 |
38th 2015: 37th
|
Suffolk |
4,291 |
39th 2015: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
4,080 |
40th 2015: 38th
|
Durham |
4,017 |
41st 2015: 41st
|
Shropshire |
2,496 |
42nd 2015: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
2,468 |
43rd 2015: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
1,979 |
44th 2015: 44th
|
Northumberland |
1,302 |
45th 2015: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
853 |
46th 2015: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
545 |
47th 2015: 47th
|
Rutland |
217 |
people
15.8
10.5
98% Private Limited Companies (17,260 companies)
2% Other company types (411 companies)
Other company types breakdown (411 companies)
????
Businesses formed in Hertfordshire during 2016
????
Businesses dissolved in Hertfordshire during 2016
104,699
businesses registered in Hertfordshire at the end of 2016.
8.0% more companies in Hertfordshire compared to 2015
Cambridgeshire
43,412 total businesses
6,208 formed in 2016
4,498 dissolved in 2016
Essex
112,065 total businesses
15,887 formed in 2016
12,823 dissolved in 2016
Buckinghamshire
62,413 total businesses
8,523 formed in 2016
6,466 dissolved in 2016
London
1,070,255 total businesses
209,869 formed in 2016
152,312 dissolved in 2016
Bedfordshire
44,451 total businesses
13,677 formed in 2016
4,414 dissolved in 2016
Hertfordshire
104,699 total businesses
17,671 formed in 2016
11,308 dissolved in 2016
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Broxbourne and Hoddesdon South |
69 |
||
Cheshunt North |
23 |
||
Cheshunt South and Theobalds |
51 |
||
Flamstead End |
12 |
||
Goffs Oak |
14 |
||
Hertford Heath |
7 |
||
Hoddesdon North |
27 |
||
Hoddesdon Town and Rye Park |
72 |
||
Rosedale and Bury Green |
19 |
||
Waltham Cross |
86 |
||
Wormley and Turnford |
30 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Adeyfield East |
35 |
||
Adeyfield West |
0 |
||
Aldbury and Wigginton |
-1 |
||
Apsley and Corner Hall |
23 |
||
Ashridge |
1 |
||
Bennetts End |
16 |
||
Berkhamsted Castle |
92 |
||
Berkhamsted East |
-13 |
||
Berkhamsted West |
-1 |
||
Bovingdon Flaunden and Chipperfield |
24 |
||
Boxmoor |
-205 |
||
Chaulden and Warners End |
24 |
||
Gadebridge |
14 |
||
Grovehill |
18 |
||
Hemel Hempstead Town |
55 |
||
Highfield |
11 |
||
Kings Langley |
3 |
||
Leverstock Green |
-3 |
||
Nash Mills |
17 |
||
Northchurch |
-1 |
||
Tring Central |
1 |
||
Tring East |
-20 |
||
Tring West and Rural |
54 |
||
Watling |
1 |
||
Woodhall Farm |
3 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bishop's Stortford All Saints |
20 |
||
Bishop's Stortford Central |
28 |
||
Bishop's Stortford Meads |
27 |
||
Bishop's Stortford Silverleys |
53 |
||
Bishop's Stortford South |
-11 |
||
Braughing |
4 |
||
Buntingford |
-5 |
||
Datchworth & Aston |
-5 |
||
Great Amwell |
1 |
||
Hertford Bengeo |
8 |
||
Hertford Castle |
2959 |
||
Hertford Heath |
7 |
||
Hertford Kingsmead |
97 |
||
Hertford Rural North |
-2 |
||
Hertford Rural South |
5 |
||
Hertford Sele |
3 |
||
Hunsdon |
6 |
||
Little Hadham |
-7 |
||
Much Hadham |
14 |
||
Mundens and Cottered |
1 |
||
Puckeridge |
14 |
||
Sawbridgeworth |
17 |
||
Stanstead Abbots |
16 |
||
Thundridge & Standon |
6 |
||
Walkern |
11 |
||
Ware Chadwell |
12 |
||
Ware Christchurch |
37 |
||
Ware St Mary's |
8 |
||
Ware Trinity |
9 |
||
Watton-at-Stone |
-4 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Aldenham East |
12 |
||
Aldenham West |
25 |
||
Borehamwood Brookmeadow |
109 |
||
Borehamwood Cowley Hill |
39 |
||
Borehamwood Hillside |
-39 |
||
Borehamwood Kenilworth |
45 |
||
Bushey Heath |
-68 |
||
Bushey North |
14 |
||
Bushey Park |
-2 |
||
Bushey St James |
22 |
||
Elstree |
-82 |
||
Potters Bar Furzefield |
355 |
||
Potters Bar Oakmere |
26 |
||
Potters Bar Parkfield |
-172 |
||
Shenley |
24 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Arbury |
1 |
||
Baldock East |
0 |
||
Baldock Town |
-5 |
||
Cadwell |
17 |
||
Chesfield |
46 |
||
Codicote |
-1 |
||
Ermine |
5 |
||
Hitchin Bearton |
-18 |
||
Hitchin Highbury |
25 |
||
Hitchin Oughton |
11 |
||
Hitchin Priory |
15 |
||
Hitchin Walsworth |
24 |
||
Hitchwood Offa and Hoo |
29 |
||
Kimpton |
9 |
||
Knebworth |
-4 |
||
Letchworth East |
2 |
||
Letchworth Grange |
6 |
||
Letchworth South East |
12 |
||
Letchworth South West |
3 |
||
Letchworth Wilbury |
11 |
||
Royston Heath |
8 |
||
Royston Meridian |
-1 |
||
Royston Palace |
4 |
||
Weston and Sandon |
39 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ashley |
-45 |
||
Batchwood |
22 |
||
Clarence |
32 |
||
Colney Heath |
32 |
||
Cunningham |
-8 |
||
Harpenden East |
11 |
||
Harpenden North |
24 |
||
Harpenden South |
18 |
||
Harpenden West |
55 |
||
London Colney |
118 |
||
Marshalswick North |
3 |
||
Marshalswick South |
83 |
||
Park Street |
-1 |
||
Redbourn |
-11 |
||
Sandridge |
432 |
||
Sopwell |
6 |
||
St Peters |
49 |
||
St Stephen |
10 |
||
Verulam |
18 |
||
Wheathampstead |
-13 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bandley Hill |
10 |
||
Bedwell |
2 |
||
Chells |
21 |
||
Longmeadow |
1 |
||
Manor |
10 |
||
Martins Wood |
13 |
||
Old Town |
1 |
||
Pin Green |
11 |
||
Roebuck |
-9 |
||
Shephall |
6 |
||
St Nicholas |
17 |
||
Symonds Green |
-10 |
||
Woodfield |
11 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abbots Langley & Bedmond |
14 |
||
Carpenders Park |
28 |
||
Chorleywood North & Sarratt |
25 |
||
Chorleywood South & Maple Cross |
33 |
||
Dickinsons |
-18 |
||
Durrants |
11 |
||
Gade Valley |
11 |
||
Leavesden |
22 |
||
Moor Park & Eastbury |
38 |
||
Oxhey Hall & Hayling |
22 |
||
Penn & Mill End |
21 |
||
Rickmansworth Town |
220 |
||
South Oxhey |
28 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Callowland |
23 |
||
Central |
118 |
||
Holywell |
123 |
||
Leavesden |
22 |
||
Leggatts |
11 |
||
Meriden |
16 |
||
Nascot |
21 |
||
Oxhey |
31 |
||
Park |
30 |
||
Stanborough |
3 |
||
Tudor |
-147 |
||
Vicarage |
36 |
||
Woodside |
6 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Brookmans Park and Little Heath |
35 |
||
Haldens |
-2 |
||
Handside |
5 |
||
Hatfield Central |
20 |
||
Hatfield East |
39 |
||
Hatfield South |
5 |
||
Hatfield Villages |
26 |
||
Hatfield West |
14 |
||
Hollybush |
1 |
||
Howlands |
32 |
||
Northaw and Cuffley |
14 |
||
Panshanger |
17 |
||
Peartree |
35 |
||
Sherrards |
13 |
||
Welham Green |
19 |
||
Welwyn East |
1 |
||
Welwyn West |
18 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2016 and how Hertfordshire compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2015: 1st
|
London |
1,070,255 |
2nd
2015: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
167,797 |
3rd
2015: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
156,118 |
4th
2015: 4th
|
Essex |
112,065 |
5th
2015: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
107,764 |
6th 2015: 7th
|
Hertfordshire |
104,699 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2015: 1st
|
London |
1,070,255 |
4th
2015: 4th
|
Essex |
112,065 |
6th
2015: 7th
|
Hertfordshire |
104,699 |
14th
2015: 14th
|
Buckinghamshire |
62,413 |
26th
2015: 32nd
|
Bedfordshire |
44,451 |
28th
2015: 27th
|
Cambridgeshire |
43,412 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2015: 1st
|
London |
1,070,255 |
2nd 2015: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
167,797 |
3rd 2015: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
156,118 |
4th 2015: 4th
|
Essex |
112,065 |
5th 2015: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
107,764 |
6th 2015: 7th
|
Hertfordshire |
104,699 |
7th 2015: 6th
|
Hampshire |
103,043 |
8th 2015: 8th
|
Kent |
98,931 |
9th 2015: 9th
|
Surrey |
95,997 |
10th 2015: 10th
|
Cheshire |
74,912 |
11th 2015: 11th
|
Lancashire |
68,241 |
12th 2015: 12th
|
Berkshire |
64,828 |
13th 2015: 13th
|
East Sussex |
63,012 |
14th 2015: 14th
|
Buckinghamshire |
62,413 |
15th 2015: 15th
|
Merseyside |
60,027 |
16th 2015: 16th
|
South Yorkshire |
55,438 |
17th 2015: 17th
|
Leicestershire |
52,138 |
18th 2015: 18th
|
Dorset |
50,419 |
19th 2015: 19th
|
West Sussex |
48,518 |
20th 2015: 20th
|
North Yorkshire |
48,164 |
21st 2015: 21st
|
Gloucestershire |
47,665 |
22nd 2015: 22nd
|
Devon |
47,095 |
23rd 2015: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
47,000 |
24th 2015: 23rd
|
Somerset |
46,011 |
25th 2015: 26th
|
Nottinghamshire |
45,573 |
26th 2015: 32nd
|
Bedfordshire |
44,451 |
27th 2015: 25th
|
Derbyshire |
43,529 |
28th 2015: 27th
|
Cambridgeshire |
43,412 |
29th 2015: 33rd
|
Wiltshire |
41,591 |
30th 2015: 28th
|
Lincolnshire |
40,701 |
31st 2015: 29th
|
Northamptonshire |
40,600 |
32nd 2015: 31st
|
Tyne and Wear |
38,544 |
33rd 2015: 30th
|
Oxfordshire |
38,413 |
34th 2015: 35th
|
Norfolk |
34,374 |
35th 2015: 34th
|
Warwickshire |
34,180 |
36th 2015: 38th
|
Worcestershire |
33,436 |
37th 2015: 36th
|
Suffolk |
32,526 |
38th 2015: 37th
|
Bristol |
31,308 |
39th 2015: 39th
|
Durham |
25,127 |
40th 2015: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
23,848 |
41st 2015: 41st
|
Shropshire |
20,422 |
42nd 2015: 42nd
|
Cumbria |
19,675 |
43rd 2015: 43rd
|
Cornwall |
19,655 |
44th 2015: 44th
|
Northumberland |
9,713 |
45th 2015: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
8,293 |
46th 2015: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
4,973 |
47th 2015: 47th
|
Rutland |
1,742 |
people
93.5
62.6
How the total number of companies in Hertfordshire has changed over the last 5 years as new companies have been formed and some existing companies dissolved.
2012
12,166 formed
6,430 dissolved
2013
12,204 formed
7,670 dissolved
2014
13,336 formed
8,482 dissolved
2015
14,575 formed
8,688 dissolved
2016
17,671 formed
11,308 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
5.7% vs 2012
5.7% vs 2013
8.3% vs 2014
8.0% vs 2015