2015
14,575 formed
8,688 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Hertfordshire during 2019
1.8% more companies in Hertfordshire compared to 2018
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Hertfordshire compares.
Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
---|---|---|
1st
2018: 1st
|
London |
222,468 |
2nd
2018: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
31,440 |
3rd
2018: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
29,676 |
4th
2018: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
18,752 |
5th
2018: 5th
|
Essex |
17,816 |
7th 2018: 6th
|
Hertfordshire |
15,231 |
Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
---|---|---|
1st
2018: 1st
|
London |
222,468 |
5th
2018: 5th
|
Essex |
17,816 |
7th
2018: 6th
|
Hertfordshire |
15,231 |
17th
2018: 14th
|
Buckinghamshire |
8,835 |
25th
2018: 24th
|
Cambridgeshire |
6,779 |
26th
2018: 21st
|
Bedfordshire |
6,766 |
Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
---|---|---|
1st 2018: 1st
|
London |
222,468 |
2nd 2018: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
31,440 |
3rd 2018: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
29,676 |
4th 2018: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
18,752 |
5th 2018: 5th
|
Essex |
17,816 |
6th 2018: 7th
|
Kent |
15,963 |
7th 2018: 6th
|
Hertfordshire |
15,231 |
8th 2018: 8th
|
Hampshire |
15,174 |
9th 2018: 9th
|
Cheshire |
12,221 |
10th 2018: 10th
|
Merseyside |
11,866 |
11th 2018: 11th
|
Lancashire |
11,229 |
12th 2018: 12th
|
Surrey |
11,032 |
13th 2018: 15th
|
Leicestershire |
10,825 |
14th 2018: 22nd
|
Worcestershire |
9,971 |
15th 2018: 16th
|
South Yorkshire |
9,325 |
16th 2018: 13th
|
Berkshire |
9,009 |
17th 2018: 14th
|
Buckinghamshire |
8,835 |
18th 2018: 18th
|
Northamptonshire |
8,393 |
19th 2018: 17th
|
Dorset |
8,020 |
20th 2018: 19th
|
East Sussex |
7,706 |
21st 2018: 20th
|
Nottinghamshire |
7,348 |
22nd 2018: 23rd
|
North Yorkshire |
7,260 |
23rd 2018: 25th
|
Tyne and Wear |
7,132 |
24th 2018: 26th
|
Staffordshire |
6,927 |
25th 2018: 24th
|
Cambridgeshire |
6,779 |
26th 2018: 21st
|
Bedfordshire |
6,766 |
27th 2018: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
6,522 |
28th 2018: 30th
|
Devon |
6,196 |
29th 2018: 28th
|
West Sussex |
6,154 |
30th 2018: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
6,042 |
31st 2018: 32nd
|
Somerset |
6,041 |
32nd 2018: 31st
|
Gloucestershire |
5,971 |
33rd 2018: 34th
|
Warwickshire |
5,256 |
34th 2018: 36th
|
Oxfordshire |
5,087 |
35th 2018: 35th
|
Bristol |
5,040 |
36th 2018: 37th
|
Norfolk |
4,731 |
37th 2018: 33rd
|
Durham |
4,623 |
38th 2018: 39th
|
Suffolk |
4,518 |
39th 2018: 38th
|
Wiltshire |
4,428 |
40th 2018: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
3,258 |
41st 2018: 42nd
|
Shropshire |
3,231 |
42nd 2018: 41st
|
Cornwall |
2,948 |
43rd 2018: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,171 |
44th 2018: 44th
|
Northumberland |
1,531 |
45th 2018: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
1,499 |
46th 2018: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
675 |
47th 2018: 47th
|
Rutland |
230 |
13.6
10.9
97% Private Limited Companies (14,835 companies)
3% Other company types (396 companies)
Other company types breakdown (396 companies)
????
Businesses formed in Hertfordshire during 2019
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Businesses dissolved in Hertfordshire during 2019
113,106
businesses registered in Hertfordshire at the end of 2019.
1.8% more companies in Hertfordshire compared to 2018
Cambridgeshire
50,160 total businesses
6,779 formed in 2019
5,435 dissolved in 2019
Essex
128,433 total businesses
17,816 formed in 2019
14,103 dissolved in 2019
Buckinghamshire
69,470 total businesses
8,835 formed in 2019
9,133 dissolved in 2019
London
1,204,778 total businesses
222,468 formed in 2019
166,945 dissolved in 2019
Bedfordshire
42,145 total businesses
6,766 formed in 2019
6,698 dissolved in 2019
Hertfordshire
113,106 total businesses
15,231 formed in 2019
12,403 dissolved in 2019
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Broxbourne and Hoddesdon South |
26 |
||
Cheshunt North |
13 |
||
Cheshunt South and Theobalds |
50 |
||
Flamstead End |
17 |
||
Goffs Oak |
18 |
||
Hertford Heath |
19 |
||
Hoddesdon North |
18 |
||
Hoddesdon Town and Rye Park |
24 |
||
Rosedale and Bury Green |
18 |
||
Waltham Cross |
68 |
||
Wormley and Turnford |
20 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Adeyfield East |
44 |
||
Adeyfield West |
10 |
||
Aldbury and Wigginton |
-1 |
||
Apsley and Corner Hall |
16 |
||
Ashridge |
10 |
||
Bennetts End |
21 |
||
Berkhamsted Castle |
66 |
||
Berkhamsted East |
21 |
||
Berkhamsted West |
9 |
||
Bovingdon Flaunden and Chipperfield |
14 |
||
Boxmoor |
76 |
||
Chaulden and Warners End |
2 |
||
Gadebridge |
6 |
||
Grovehill |
24 |
||
Hemel Hempstead Town |
56 |
||
Highfield |
10 |
||
Kings Langley |
3 |
||
Leverstock Green |
11 |
||
Nash Mills |
16 |
||
Northchurch |
6 |
||
Tring Central |
-8 |
||
Tring East |
204 |
||
Tring West and Rural |
22 |
||
Watling |
12 |
||
Woodhall Farm |
2 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Bishop's Stortford All Saints |
-6 |
||
Bishop's Stortford Central |
10 |
||
Bishop's Stortford Meads |
-9 |
||
Bishop's Stortford Silverleys |
11 |
||
Bishop's Stortford South |
4 |
||
Braughing |
7 |
||
Buntingford |
15 |
||
Datchworth & Aston |
5 |
||
Great Amwell |
-7 |
||
Hertford Bengeo |
20 |
||
Hertford Castle |
-486 |
||
Hertford Heath |
19 |
||
Hertford Kingsmead |
1 |
||
Hertford Rural North |
0 |
||
Hertford Rural South |
7 |
||
Hertford Sele |
6 |
||
Hunsdon |
1 |
||
Little Hadham |
17 |
||
Much Hadham |
4 |
||
Mundens and Cottered |
-8 |
||
Puckeridge |
-19 |
||
Sawbridgeworth |
3 |
||
Stanstead Abbots |
26 |
||
Thundridge & Standon |
9 |
||
Walkern |
6 |
||
Ware Chadwell |
13 |
||
Ware Christchurch |
10 |
||
Ware St Mary's |
19 |
||
Ware Trinity |
12 |
||
Watton-at-Stone |
1 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Aldenham East |
21 |
||
Aldenham West |
10 |
||
Borehamwood Brookmeadow |
-33 |
||
Borehamwood Cowley Hill |
7 |
||
Borehamwood Hillside |
114 |
||
Borehamwood Kenilworth |
41 |
||
Bushey Heath |
-27 |
||
Bushey North |
39 |
||
Bushey Park |
-7 |
||
Bushey St James |
35 |
||
Elstree |
-19 |
||
Potters Bar Furzefield |
-6 |
||
Potters Bar Oakmere |
-34 |
||
Potters Bar Parkfield |
227 |
||
Shenley |
15 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Arbury |
10 |
||
Baldock East |
9 |
||
Baldock Town |
1 |
||
Cadwell |
-6 |
||
Chesfield |
14 |
||
Codicote |
-6 |
||
Ermine |
-1 |
||
Hitchin Bearton |
2 |
||
Hitchin Highbury |
29 |
||
Hitchin Oughton |
7 |
||
Hitchin Priory |
3 |
||
Hitchin Walsworth |
1 |
||
Hitchwood Offa and Hoo |
8 |
||
Kimpton |
-2 |
||
Knebworth |
13 |
||
Letchworth East |
3 |
||
Letchworth Grange |
8 |
||
Letchworth South East |
-1 |
||
Letchworth South West |
12 |
||
Letchworth Wilbury |
-4 |
||
Royston Heath |
12 |
||
Royston Meridian |
5 |
||
Royston Palace |
38 |
||
Weston and Sandon |
21 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Ashley |
-92 |
||
Batchwood |
9 |
||
Clarence |
37 |
||
Colney Heath |
25 |
||
Cunningham |
492 |
||
Harpenden East |
2 |
||
Harpenden North |
17 |
||
Harpenden South |
9 |
||
Harpenden West |
-16 |
||
London Colney |
-49 |
||
Marshalswick North |
9 |
||
Marshalswick South |
38 |
||
Park Street |
25 |
||
Redbourn |
86 |
||
Sandridge |
4 |
||
Sopwell |
3 |
||
St Peters |
-90 |
||
St Stephen |
19 |
||
Verulam |
4 |
||
Wheathampstead |
-34 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Bandley Hill |
-5 |
||
Bedwell |
14 |
||
Chells |
15 |
||
Longmeadow |
3 |
||
Manor |
0 |
||
Martins Wood |
8 |
||
Old Town |
75 |
||
Pin Green |
5 |
||
Roebuck |
91 |
||
Shephall |
15 |
||
St Nicholas |
-11 |
||
Symonds Green |
15 |
||
Woodfield |
20 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Abbots Langley & Bedmond |
-5 |
||
Carpenders Park |
4 |
||
Chorleywood North & Sarratt |
-15 |
||
Chorleywood South & Maple Cross |
39 |
||
Dickinsons |
-63 |
||
Durrants |
16 |
||
Gade Valley |
47 |
||
Leavesden |
14 |
||
Moor Park & Eastbury |
-4 |
||
Oxhey Hall & Hayling |
18 |
||
Penn & Mill End |
-4 |
||
Rickmansworth Town |
-14 |
||
South Oxhey |
14 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Callowland |
504 |
||
Central |
28 |
||
Holywell |
8 |
||
Leavesden |
14 |
||
Leggatts |
29 |
||
Meriden |
17 |
||
Nascot |
-2 |
||
Oxhey |
29 |
||
Park |
9 |
||
Stanborough |
9 |
||
Tudor |
-151 |
||
Vicarage |
-4 |
||
Woodside |
22 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Brookmans Park and Little Heath |
18 |
||
Haldens |
42 |
||
Handside |
-1 |
||
Hatfield Central |
20 |
||
Hatfield East |
47 |
||
Hatfield South |
-5 |
||
Hatfield Villages |
136 |
||
Hatfield West |
32 |
||
Hollybush |
23 |
||
Howlands |
25 |
||
Northaw and Cuffley |
22 |
||
Panshanger |
11 |
||
Peartree |
30 |
||
Sherrards |
12 |
||
Welham Green |
-1 |
||
Welwyn East |
12 |
||
Welwyn West |
6 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2019 and how Hertfordshire compares to them.
Rank | County | Total companies |
---|---|---|
1st
2018: 1st
|
London |
1,204,778 |
2nd
2018: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
189,867 |
3rd
2018: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
173,134 |
4th
2018: 4th
|
Essex |
128,433 |
5th
2018: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
123,678 |
8th 2018: 6th
|
Hertfordshire |
113,106 |
Rank | County | Total companies |
---|---|---|
1st
2018: 1st
|
London |
1,204,778 |
4th
2018: 4th
|
Essex |
128,433 |
8th
2018: 6th
|
Hertfordshire |
113,106 |
13th
2018: 12th
|
Buckinghamshire |
69,470 |
26th
2018: 26th
|
Cambridgeshire |
50,160 |
33rd
2018: 31st
|
Bedfordshire |
42,145 |
Rank | County | Total companies |
---|---|---|
1st 2018: 1st
|
London |
1,204,778 |
2nd 2018: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
189,867 |
3rd 2018: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
173,134 |
4th 2018: 4th
|
Essex |
128,433 |
5th 2018: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
123,678 |
6th 2018: 7th
|
Hampshire |
114,831 |
7th 2018: 8th
|
Kent |
113,551 |
8th 2018: 6th
|
Hertfordshire |
113,106 |
9th 2018: 9th
|
Surrey |
100,643 |
10th 2018: 10th
|
Cheshire |
80,108 |
11th 2018: 11th
|
Lancashire |
77,937 |
12th 2018: 13th
|
Berkshire |
70,177 |
13th 2018: 12th
|
Buckinghamshire |
69,470 |
14th 2018: 15th
|
Merseyside |
68,401 |
15th 2018: 14th
|
East Sussex |
67,545 |
16th 2018: 16th
|
Leicestershire |
63,315 |
17th 2018: 17th
|
South Yorkshire |
60,360 |
18th 2018: 18th
|
Dorset |
57,606 |
19th 2018: 19th
|
North Yorkshire |
54,481 |
20th 2018: 21st
|
Devon |
53,264 |
21st 2018: 20th
|
West Sussex |
52,825 |
22nd 2018: 22nd
|
Gloucestershire |
52,494 |
23rd 2018: 24th
|
Somerset |
51,957 |
24th 2018: 25th
|
Staffordshire |
51,758 |
25th 2018: 23rd
|
Nottinghamshire |
51,677 |
26th 2018: 26th
|
Cambridgeshire |
50,160 |
27th 2018: 28th
|
Northamptonshire |
49,144 |
28th 2018: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
48,355 |
29th 2018: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
45,109 |
30th 2018: 30th
|
Tyne and Wear |
44,237 |
31st 2018: 33rd
|
Worcestershire |
43,247 |
32nd 2018: 32nd
|
Oxfordshire |
42,461 |
33rd 2018: 31st
|
Bedfordshire |
42,145 |
34th 2018: 35th
|
Warwickshire |
38,998 |
35th 2018: 34th
|
Norfolk |
38,911 |
36th 2018: 36th
|
Wiltshire |
37,182 |
37th 2018: 37th
|
Suffolk |
36,907 |
38th 2018: 38th
|
Bristol |
33,594 |
39th 2018: 39th
|
Durham |
29,218 |
40th 2018: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
25,383 |
41st 2018: 41st
|
Shropshire |
23,741 |
42nd 2018: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
23,037 |
43rd 2018: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
21,286 |
44th 2018: 44th
|
Northumberland |
10,879 |
45th 2018: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
10,498 |
46th 2018: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
5,705 |
47th 2018: 47th
|
Rutland |
1,904 |
101.0
70.7
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.
2015
14,575 formed
8,688 dissolved
2016
17,671 formed
11,308 dissolved
2017
13,752 formed
11,826 dissolved
2018
15,554 formed
12,657 dissolved
2019
15,231 formed
12,403 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
8% vs 2015
0.77% vs 2016
5.27% vs 2017
1.8% vs 2018