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Company Formations in 2019: Hertfordshire

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???? Businesses formed in Hertfordshire during 2019

1.8% more companies in Hertfordshire compared to 2018

New businesses in Hertfordshire mapped

Boroughs

  • ABroxbourne: 1,067
  • BDacorum: 1,999
  • CEast Hertfordshire: 1,633
  • DHertsmere: 2,014
  • ENorth Hertfordshire: 1,091
  • FSt Albans: 2,126
  • GStevenage: 847
  • HThree Rivers: 1,013
  • IWatford: 2,202
  • JWelwyn Hatfield: 1,219

Companies formed in 2019 league table

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

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County
No. Companies formed
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
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County
No. Companies formed
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
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County
No. Companies formed
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

New incorporations in 2019 per 1000 Man standing people

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13.6

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Type of companies formed in Hertfordshire breakdown

97% Private Limited Companies (14,835 companies)

3% Other company types (396 companies)

Other company types breakdown (396 companies)

Total companies in Hertfordshire by the end of 2019

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Businesses formed in Hertfordshire during 2019

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Businesses dissolved in Hertfordshire during 2019

meaning there is a total of

113,106

businesses registered in Hertfordshire at the end of 2019.

1.8% more companies in Hertfordshire compared to 2018

Surrounding counties 2019 breakdown & comparison

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

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Ward breakdown data for

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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Broxbourne and Hoddesdon South
99
125
26
Cheshunt North
67
80
13
Cheshunt South and Theobalds
118
168
50
Flamstead End
33
50
17
Goffs Oak
54
72
18
Hertford Heath
12
31
19
Hoddesdon North
35
53
18
Hoddesdon Town and Rye Park
139
163
24
Rosedale and Bury Green
35
53
18
Waltham Cross
152
220
68
Wormley and Turnford
59
79
20
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Adeyfield East
104
148
44
Adeyfield West
27
37
10
Aldbury and Wigginton
14
13
-1
Apsley and Corner Hall
82
98
16
Ashridge
16
26
10
Bennetts End
30
51
21
Berkhamsted Castle
99
165
66
Berkhamsted East
51
72
21
Berkhamsted West
22
31
9
Bovingdon Flaunden and Chipperfield
45
59
14
Boxmoor
292
368
76
Chaulden and Warners End
39
41
2
Gadebridge
19
25
6
Grovehill
33
57
24
Hemel Hempstead Town
130
186
56
Highfield
27
37
10
Kings Langley
34
37
3
Leverstock Green
47
58
11
Nash Mills
15
31
16
Northchurch
13
19
6
Tring Central
29
21
-8
Tring East
75
279
204
Tring West and Rural
42
64
22
Watling
30
42
12
Woodhall Farm
32
34
2
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Bishop's Stortford All Saints
61
55
-6
Bishop's Stortford Central
120
130
10
Bishop's Stortford Meads
90
81
-9
Bishop's Stortford Silverleys
20
31
11
Bishop's Stortford South
35
39
4
Braughing
18
25
7
Buntingford
19
34
15
Datchworth & Aston
14
19
5
Great Amwell
16
9
-7
Hertford Bengeo
51
71
20
Hertford Castle
1007
521
-486
Hertford Heath
12
31
19
Hertford Kingsmead
51
52
1
Hertford Rural North
17
17
0
Hertford Rural South
15
22
7
Hertford Sele
17
23
6
Hunsdon
14
15
1
Little Hadham
11
28
17
Much Hadham
19
23
4
Mundens and Cottered
19
11
-8
Puckeridge
31
12
-19
Sawbridgeworth
110
113
3
Stanstead Abbots
18
44
26
Thundridge & Standon
16
25
9
Walkern
13
19
6
Ware Chadwell
32
45
13
Ware Christchurch
67
77
10
Ware St Mary's
7
26
19
Ware Trinity
14
26
12
Watton-at-Stone
12
13
1
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Aldenham East
41
62
21
Aldenham West
53
63
10
Borehamwood Brookmeadow
182
149
-33
Borehamwood Cowley Hill
66
73
7
Borehamwood Hillside
251
365
114
Borehamwood Kenilworth
98
139
41
Bushey Heath
93
66
-27
Bushey North
50
89
39
Bushey Park
41
34
-7
Bushey St James
38
73
35
Elstree
146
127
-19
Potters Bar Furzefield
64
58
-6
Potters Bar Oakmere
121
87
-34
Potters Bar Parkfield
351
578
227
Shenley
36
51
15
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Arbury
9
19
10
Baldock East
2
11
9
Baldock Town
35
36
1
Cadwell
12
6
-6
Chesfield
42
56
14
Codicote
19
13
-6
Ermine
19
18
-1
Hitchin Bearton
190
192
2
Hitchin Highbury
115
144
29
Hitchin Oughton
8
15
7
Hitchin Priory
19
22
3
Hitchin Walsworth
36
37
1
Hitchwood Offa and Hoo
40
48
8
Kimpton
15
13
-2
Knebworth
39
52
13
Letchworth East
109
112
3
Letchworth Grange
17
25
8
Letchworth South East
18
17
-1
Letchworth South West
50
62
12
Letchworth Wilbury
16
12
-4
Royston Heath
25
37
12
Royston Meridian
14
19
5
Royston Palace
52
90
38
Weston and Sandon
14
35
21
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ashley
152
60
-92
Batchwood
37
46
9
Clarence
61
98
37
Colney Heath
44
69
25
Cunningham
27
519
492
Harpenden East
45
47
2
Harpenden North
52
69
17
Harpenden South
30
39
9
Harpenden West
112
96
-16
London Colney
224
175
-49
Marshalswick North
30
39
9
Marshalswick South
85
123
38
Park Street
50
75
25
Redbourn
52
138
86
Sandridge
23
27
4
Sopwell
59
62
3
St Peters
340
250
-90
St Stephen
50
69
19
Verulam
81
85
4
Wheathampstead
74
40
-34
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Bandley Hill
33
28
-5
Bedwell
34
48
14
Chells
23
38
15
Longmeadow
18
21
3
Manor
34
34
0
Martins Wood
23
31
8
Old Town
117
192
75
Pin Green
26
31
5
Roebuck
95
186
91
Shephall
22
37
15
St Nicholas
52
41
-11
Symonds Green
98
113
15
Woodfield
27
47
20
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Abbots Langley & Bedmond
38
33
-5
Carpenders Park
74
78
4
Chorleywood North & Sarratt
63
48
-15
Chorleywood South & Maple Cross
54
93
39
Dickinsons
125
62
-63
Durrants
27
43
16
Gade Valley
57
104
47
Leavesden
73
87
14
Moor Park & Eastbury
153
149
-4
Oxhey Hall & Hayling
37
55
18
Penn & Mill End
39
35
-4
Rickmansworth Town
188
174
-14
South Oxhey
41
55
14
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Callowland
149
653
504
Central
663
691
28
Holywell
158
166
8
Leavesden
73
87
14
Leggatts
51
80
29
Meriden
57
74
17
Nascot
82
80
-2
Oxhey
46
75
29
Park
85
94
9
Stanborough
40
49
9
Tudor
260
109
-151
Vicarage
82
78
-4
Woodside
28
50
22
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Brookmans Park and Little Heath
64
82
18
Haldens
36
78
42
Handside
46
45
-1
Hatfield Central
86
106
20
Hatfield East
86
133
47
Hatfield South
58
53
-5
Hatfield Villages
66
202
136
Hatfield West
59
91
32
Hollybush
34
57
23
Howlands
20
45
25
Northaw and Cuffley
29
51
22
Panshanger
33
44
11
Peartree
43
73
30
Sherrards
17
29
12
Welham Green
31
30
-1
Welwyn East
42
54
12
Welwyn West
40
46
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Total companies 2019 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2019 and how Hertfordshire compares to them.

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County
Total companies
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
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
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

Total companies at the end of 2019 per 1000 Person people

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101.0

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70.7

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The last 5 years

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