2013
12,204 formed
7,670 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Hertfordshire during 2017
0.8% more companies in Hertfordshire compared to 2016
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Hertfordshire compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2016: 1st
|
London |
205,527 |
2nd
2016: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
31,124 |
3rd
2016: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
26,802 |
4th
2016: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
16,604 |
5th
2016: 6th
|
Essex |
15,922 |
7th 2016: 5th
|
Hertfordshire |
13,752 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2016: 1st
|
London |
205,527 |
5th
2016: 6th
|
Essex |
15,922 |
7th
2016: 5th
|
Hertfordshire |
13,752 |
17th
2016: 17th
|
Buckinghamshire |
7,992 |
23rd
2016: 10th
|
Bedfordshire |
6,469 |
25th
2016: 28th
|
Cambridgeshire |
6,384 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2016: 1st
|
London |
205,527 |
2nd 2016: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
31,124 |
3rd 2016: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
26,802 |
4th 2016: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
16,604 |
5th 2016: 6th
|
Essex |
15,922 |
6th 2016: 8th
|
Kent |
14,860 |
7th 2016: 5th
|
Hertfordshire |
13,752 |
8th 2016: 9th
|
Hampshire |
13,642 |
9th 2016: 7th
|
Cheshire |
11,619 |
10th 2016: 13th
|
Merseyside |
11,016 |
11th 2016: 12th
|
Surrey |
11,009 |
12th 2016: 14th
|
Lancashire |
10,646 |
13th 2016: 18th
|
Leicestershire |
10,566 |
14th 2016: 22nd
|
Northamptonshire |
9,958 |
15th 2016: 16th
|
Berkshire |
8,679 |
16th 2016: 15th
|
South Yorkshire |
8,325 |
17th 2016: 17th
|
Buckinghamshire |
7,992 |
18th 2016: 24th
|
Worcestershire |
7,804 |
19th 2016: 20th
|
East Sussex |
7,318 |
20th 2016: 19th
|
Dorset |
7,242 |
21st 2016: 23rd
|
Nottinghamshire |
6,937 |
22nd 2016: 25th
|
North Yorkshire |
6,766 |
23rd 2016: 10th
|
Bedfordshire |
6,469 |
24th 2016: 21st
|
Staffordshire |
6,449 |
25th 2016: 28th
|
Cambridgeshire |
6,384 |
26th 2016: 26th
|
Tyne and Wear |
6,166 |
27th 2016: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
5,803 |
28th 2016: 30th
|
Devon |
5,615 |
29th 2016: 29th
|
West Sussex |
5,598 |
30th 2016: 32nd
|
Gloucestershire |
5,447 |
31st 2016: 31st
|
Lincolnshire |
5,414 |
32nd 2016: 33rd
|
Somerset |
5,329 |
33rd 2016: 11th
|
Wiltshire |
5,227 |
34th 2016: 34th
|
Bristol |
4,744 |
35th 2016: 39th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
4,646 |
36th 2016: 35th
|
Warwickshire |
4,617 |
37th 2016: 36th
|
Oxfordshire |
4,612 |
38th 2016: 37th
|
Norfolk |
4,399 |
39th 2016: 38th
|
Suffolk |
4,145 |
40th 2016: 40th
|
Durham |
4,077 |
41st 2016: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
2,665 |
42nd 2016: 41st
|
Shropshire |
2,474 |
43rd 2016: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,215 |
44th 2016: 44th
|
Northumberland |
1,360 |
45th 2016: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
906 |
46th 2016: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
528 |
47th 2016: 47th
|
Rutland |
186 |
people
12.3
10.0
97% Private Limited Companies (13,375 companies)
3% Other company types (377 companies)
Other company types breakdown (377 companies)
????
Businesses formed in Hertfordshire during 2017
????
Businesses dissolved in Hertfordshire during 2017
105,506
businesses registered in Hertfordshire at the end of 2017.
0.8% more companies in Hertfordshire compared to 2016
Cambridgeshire
46,059 total businesses
6,384 formed in 2017
4,395 dissolved in 2017
Essex
116,669 total businesses
15,922 formed in 2017
12,534 dissolved in 2017
Buckinghamshire
64,538 total businesses
7,992 formed in 2017
6,695 dissolved in 2017
London
1,114,699 total businesses
205,527 formed in 2017
153,566 dissolved in 2017
Bedfordshire
38,894 total businesses
6,469 formed in 2017
11,232 dissolved in 2017
Hertfordshire
105,506 total businesses
13,752 formed in 2017
11,826 dissolved in 2017
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Broxbourne and Hoddesdon South |
66 |
||
Cheshunt North |
-1 |
||
Cheshunt South and Theobalds |
23 |
||
Flamstead End |
18 |
||
Goffs Oak |
26 |
||
Hertford Heath |
-3 |
||
Hoddesdon North |
17 |
||
Hoddesdon Town and Rye Park |
66 |
||
Rosedale and Bury Green |
-1 |
||
Waltham Cross |
60 |
||
Wormley and Turnford |
27 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Adeyfield East |
19 |
||
Adeyfield West |
15 |
||
Aldbury and Wigginton |
-3 |
||
Apsley and Corner Hall |
20 |
||
Ashridge |
3 |
||
Bennetts End |
19 |
||
Berkhamsted Castle |
71 |
||
Berkhamsted East |
13 |
||
Berkhamsted West |
21 |
||
Bovingdon Flaunden and Chipperfield |
44 |
||
Boxmoor |
141 |
||
Chaulden and Warners End |
13 |
||
Gadebridge |
-2 |
||
Grovehill |
9 |
||
Hemel Hempstead Town |
65 |
||
Highfield |
-4 |
||
Kings Langley |
-9 |
||
Leverstock Green |
-5 |
||
Nash Mills |
2 |
||
Northchurch |
16 |
||
Tring Central |
-6 |
||
Tring East |
92 |
||
Tring West and Rural |
16 |
||
Watling |
8 |
||
Woodhall Farm |
7 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bishop's Stortford All Saints |
15 |
||
Bishop's Stortford Central |
62 |
||
Bishop's Stortford Meads |
20 |
||
Bishop's Stortford Silverleys |
-11 |
||
Bishop's Stortford South |
5 |
||
Braughing |
8 |
||
Buntingford |
5 |
||
Datchworth & Aston |
3 |
||
Great Amwell |
0 |
||
Hertford Bengeo |
24 |
||
Hertford Castle |
202 |
||
Hertford Heath |
-3 |
||
Hertford Kingsmead |
47 |
||
Hertford Rural North |
5 |
||
Hertford Rural South |
16 |
||
Hertford Sele |
11 |
||
Hunsdon |
7 |
||
Little Hadham |
0 |
||
Much Hadham |
17 |
||
Mundens and Cottered |
16 |
||
Puckeridge |
17 |
||
Sawbridgeworth |
70 |
||
Stanstead Abbots |
-6 |
||
Thundridge & Standon |
4 |
||
Walkern |
-5 |
||
Ware Chadwell |
8 |
||
Ware Christchurch |
47 |
||
Ware St Mary's |
-4 |
||
Ware Trinity |
10 |
||
Watton-at-Stone |
5 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Aldenham East |
33 |
||
Aldenham West |
3 |
||
Borehamwood Brookmeadow |
35 |
||
Borehamwood Cowley Hill |
43 |
||
Borehamwood Hillside |
-207 |
||
Borehamwood Kenilworth |
62 |
||
Bushey Heath |
-19 |
||
Bushey North |
5 |
||
Bushey Park |
-5 |
||
Bushey St James |
16 |
||
Elstree |
-33 |
||
Potters Bar Furzefield |
66 |
||
Potters Bar Oakmere |
48 |
||
Potters Bar Parkfield |
-104 |
||
Shenley |
-6 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Arbury |
15 |
||
Baldock East |
1 |
||
Baldock Town |
4 |
||
Cadwell |
22 |
||
Chesfield |
6 |
||
Codicote |
3 |
||
Ermine |
18 |
||
Hitchin Bearton |
-28 |
||
Hitchin Highbury |
64 |
||
Hitchin Oughton |
15 |
||
Hitchin Priory |
2 |
||
Hitchin Walsworth |
0 |
||
Hitchwood Offa and Hoo |
-2 |
||
Kimpton |
-2 |
||
Knebworth |
29 |
||
Letchworth East |
9 |
||
Letchworth Grange |
1 |
||
Letchworth South East |
8 |
||
Letchworth South West |
10 |
||
Letchworth Wilbury |
-1 |
||
Royston Heath |
16 |
||
Royston Meridian |
-3 |
||
Royston Palace |
9 |
||
Weston and Sandon |
29 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ashley |
-103 |
||
Batchwood |
8 |
||
Clarence |
73 |
||
Colney Heath |
1 |
||
Cunningham |
25 |
||
Harpenden East |
11 |
||
Harpenden North |
3 |
||
Harpenden South |
11 |
||
Harpenden West |
49 |
||
London Colney |
70 |
||
Marshalswick North |
126 |
||
Marshalswick South |
3 |
||
Park Street |
9 |
||
Redbourn |
12 |
||
Sandridge |
-408 |
||
Sopwell |
-12 |
||
St Peters |
9 |
||
St Stephen |
12 |
||
Verulam |
-2 |
||
Wheathampstead |
-33 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bandley Hill |
10 |
||
Bedwell |
2 |
||
Chells |
1 |
||
Longmeadow |
5 |
||
Manor |
-2 |
||
Martins Wood |
19 |
||
Old Town |
14 |
||
Pin Green |
-8 |
||
Roebuck |
32 |
||
Shephall |
14 |
||
St Nicholas |
-10 |
||
Symonds Green |
-40 |
||
Woodfield |
-3 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abbots Langley & Bedmond |
-9 |
||
Carpenders Park |
23 |
||
Chorleywood North & Sarratt |
20 |
||
Chorleywood South & Maple Cross |
27 |
||
Dickinsons |
-50 |
||
Durrants |
10 |
||
Gade Valley |
44 |
||
Leavesden |
12 |
||
Moor Park & Eastbury |
31 |
||
Oxhey Hall & Hayling |
14 |
||
Penn & Mill End |
16 |
||
Rickmansworth Town |
-51 |
||
South Oxhey |
19 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Callowland |
-9 |
||
Central |
45 |
||
Holywell |
73 |
||
Leavesden |
12 |
||
Leggatts |
22 |
||
Meriden |
11 |
||
Nascot |
33 |
||
Oxhey |
10 |
||
Park |
20 |
||
Stanborough |
-3 |
||
Tudor |
-150 |
||
Vicarage |
13 |
||
Woodside |
-3 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Brookmans Park and Little Heath |
48 |
||
Haldens |
-4 |
||
Handside |
8 |
||
Hatfield Central |
12 |
||
Hatfield East |
59 |
||
Hatfield South |
20 |
||
Hatfield Villages |
23 |
||
Hatfield West |
21 |
||
Hollybush |
5 |
||
Howlands |
-5 |
||
Northaw and Cuffley |
13 |
||
Panshanger |
3 |
||
Peartree |
-6 |
||
Sherrards |
10 |
||
Welham Green |
1 |
||
Welwyn East |
26 |
||
Welwyn West |
14 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2017 and how Hertfordshire compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2016: 1st
|
London |
1,114,699 |
2nd
2016: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
177,360 |
3rd
2016: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
159,647 |
4th
2016: 4th
|
Essex |
116,669 |
5th
2016: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
113,471 |
7th 2016: 6th
|
Hertfordshire |
105,506 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2016: 1st
|
London |
1,114,699 |
4th
2016: 4th
|
Essex |
116,669 |
7th
2016: 6th
|
Hertfordshire |
105,506 |
14th
2016: 14th
|
Buckinghamshire |
64,538 |
27th
2016: 28th
|
Cambridgeshire |
46,059 |
32nd
2016: 26th
|
Bedfordshire |
38,894 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2016: 1st
|
London |
1,114,699 |
2nd 2016: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
177,360 |
3rd 2016: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
159,647 |
4th 2016: 4th
|
Essex |
116,669 |
5th 2016: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
113,471 |
6th 2016: 7th
|
Hampshire |
106,588 |
7th 2016: 6th
|
Hertfordshire |
105,506 |
8th 2016: 8th
|
Kent |
105,182 |
9th 2016: 9th
|
Surrey |
96,847 |
10th 2016: 10th
|
Cheshire |
76,254 |
11th 2016: 11th
|
Lancashire |
71,294 |
12th 2016: 12th
|
Berkshire |
66,738 |
13th 2016: 13th
|
East Sussex |
64,805 |
14th 2016: 14th
|
Buckinghamshire |
64,538 |
15th 2016: 15th
|
Merseyside |
63,781 |
16th 2016: 17th
|
Leicestershire |
57,830 |
17th 2016: 16th
|
South Yorkshire |
56,932 |
18th 2016: 18th
|
Dorset |
52,411 |
19th 2016: 20th
|
North Yorkshire |
50,798 |
20th 2016: 19th
|
West Sussex |
49,845 |
21st 2016: 21st
|
Gloucestershire |
49,129 |
22nd 2016: 22nd
|
Devon |
48,848 |
23rd 2016: 23rd
|
Staffordshire |
47,930 |
24th 2016: 24th
|
Somerset |
47,912 |
25th 2016: 25th
|
Nottinghamshire |
47,771 |
26th 2016: 31st
|
Northamptonshire |
46,778 |
27th 2016: 28th
|
Cambridgeshire |
46,059 |
28th 2016: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
44,849 |
29th 2016: 30th
|
Lincolnshire |
41,976 |
30th 2016: 32nd
|
Tyne and Wear |
40,273 |
31st 2016: 33rd
|
Oxfordshire |
39,736 |
32nd 2016: 26th
|
Bedfordshire |
38,894 |
33rd 2016: 36th
|
Worcestershire |
38,764 |
34th 2016: 29th
|
Wiltshire |
36,977 |
35th 2016: 34th
|
Norfolk |
36,459 |
36th 2016: 35th
|
Warwickshire |
35,844 |
37th 2016: 37th
|
Suffolk |
33,994 |
38th 2016: 38th
|
Bristol |
32,106 |
39th 2016: 39th
|
Durham |
26,562 |
40th 2016: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
25,585 |
41st 2016: 41st
|
Shropshire |
21,473 |
42nd 2016: 43rd
|
Cornwall |
20,746 |
43rd 2016: 42nd
|
Cumbria |
20,316 |
44th 2016: 44th
|
Northumberland |
10,100 |
45th 2016: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
8,627 |
46th 2016: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
5,125 |
47th 2016: 47th
|
Rutland |
1,797 |
people
94.2
65.1
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.
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
2017
13,752 formed
11,826 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
5.7% vs 2013
8.3% vs 2014
8% vs 2015
0.8% vs 2016