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Company Formations in 2020: Hertfordshire

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???? Businesses formed in Hertfordshire during 2020

4.1% more companies in Hertfordshire compared to 2019

New businesses in Hertfordshire mapped

Boroughs

  • ABroxbourne: 1,270
  • BDacorum: 1,678
  • CEast Hertfordshire: 1,494
  • DHertsmere: 2,059
  • ENorth Hertfordshire: 1,205
  • FSt Albans: 1,720
  • GStevenage: 916
  • HThree Rivers: 1,213
  • IWatford: 1,666
  • JWelwyn Hatfield: 1,215

Companies formed in 2020 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 2019: 1st
London
270,114
2nd 2019: 3rd
West Midlands
37,202
3rd 2019: 2nd
Greater Manchester
36,288
4th 2019: 4th
West Yorkshire
22,615
5th 2019: 5th
Essex
19,277
8th 2019: 7th
Hertfordshire
14,464
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
1st 2019: 1st
London
270,114
5th 2019: 5th
Essex
19,277
8th 2019: 7th
Hertfordshire
14,464
16th 2019: 17th
Buckinghamshire
9,394
18th 2019: 26th
Bedfordshire
8,238
24th 2019: 25th
Cambridgeshire
7,516
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
1st 2019: 1st
London
270,114
2nd 2019: 3rd
West Midlands
37,202
3rd 2019: 2nd
Greater Manchester
36,288
4th 2019: 4th
West Yorkshire
22,615
5th 2019: 5th
Essex
19,277
6th 2019: 6th
Kent
18,501
7th 2019: 8th
Hampshire
15,534
8th 2019: 7th
Hertfordshire
14,464
9th 2019: 10th
Merseyside
13,410
10th 2019: 11th
Lancashire
12,655
11th 2019: 13th
Leicestershire
12,543
12th 2019: 12th
Surrey
11,997
13th 2019: 9th
Cheshire
11,017
14th 2019: 15th
South Yorkshire
10,450
15th 2019: 16th
Berkshire
9,920
16th 2019: 17th
Buckinghamshire
9,394
17th 2019: 21st
Nottinghamshire
8,760
18th 2019: 26th
Bedfordshire
8,238
19th 2019: 22nd
North Yorkshire
8,200
20th 2019: 20th
East Sussex
8,149
21st 2019: 23rd
Tyne and Wear
7,867
22nd 2019: 24th
Staffordshire
7,720
23rd 2019: 18th
Northamptonshire
7,534
24th 2019: 25th
Cambridgeshire
7,516
25th 2019: 27th
Derbyshire
7,413
26th 2019: 19th
Dorset
7,253
27th 2019: 28th
Devon
7,174
28th 2019: 14th
Worcestershire
6,955
29th 2019: 29th
West Sussex
6,880
30th 2019: 30th
Lincolnshire
6,475
31st 2019: 31st
Somerset
6,432
32nd 2019: 32nd
Gloucestershire
6,419
33rd 2019: 35th
Bristol
5,559
34th 2019: 34th
Oxfordshire
5,363
35th 2019: 38th
Suffolk
5,105
36th 2019: 37th
Durham
5,083
37th 2019: 36th
Norfolk
5,006
38th 2019: 33rd
Warwickshire
4,920
39th 2019: 39th
Wiltshire
4,645
40th 2019: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
3,667
41st 2019: 41st
Shropshire
3,386
42nd 2019: 42nd
Cornwall
2,951
43rd 2019: 43rd
Cumbria
2,333
44th 2019: 45th
Herefordshire
2,327
45th 2019: 44th
Northumberland
1,560
46th 2019: 46th
Isle of Wight
765
47th 2019: 47th
Rutland
410

New incorporations in 2020 per 1000 Man standing people

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12.9

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Type of companies formed in Hertfordshire breakdown

97% Private Limited Companies (13,986 companies)

3% Other company types (478 companies)

Other company types breakdown (478 companies)

Total companies in Hertfordshire by the end of 2020

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Businesses formed in Hertfordshire during 2020

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Businesses dissolved in Hertfordshire during 2020

meaning there is a total of

117,796

businesses registered in Hertfordshire at the end of 2020.

4.1% more companies in Hertfordshire compared to 2019

Surrounding counties 2020 breakdown & comparison

Cambridgeshire

54,497 total businesses
7,516 formed in 2020
4,534 dissolved in 2020

Essex

137,310 total businesses
19,277 formed in 2020
11,274 dissolved in 2020

Buckinghamshire

73,748 total businesses
9,394 formed in 2020
6,115 dissolved in 2020

London

1,338,261 total businesses
270,114 formed in 2020
118,911 dissolved in 2020

Bedfordshire

46,207 total businesses
8,238 formed in 2020
3,941 dissolved in 2020

Hertfordshire

117,796 total businesses
14,464 formed in 2020
10,027 dissolved in 2020

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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
76
136
60
Cheshunt North
51
138
87
Cheshunt South and Theobalds
79
148
69
Flamstead End
31
80
49
Goffs Oak
57
103
46
Hertford Heath
14
28
14
Hoddesdon North
23
65
42
Hoddesdon Town and Rye Park
105
173
68
Rosedale and Bury Green
27
73
46
Waltham Cross
136
254
118
Wormley and Turnford
104
98
-6
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Adeyfield East
52
173
121
Adeyfield West
24
36
12
Aldbury and Wigginton
7
19
12
Apsley and Corner Hall
68
121
53
Ashridge
14
18
4
Bennetts End
30
51
21
Berkhamsted Castle
66
106
40
Berkhamsted East
47
72
25
Berkhamsted West
28
28
0
Bovingdon Flaunden and Chipperfield
54
74
20
Boxmoor
270
134
-136
Chaulden and Warners End
30
49
19
Gadebridge
11
32
21
Grovehill
26
59
33
Hemel Hempstead Town
99
208
109
Highfield
22
39
17
Kings Langley
36
77
41
Leverstock Green
21
56
35
Nash Mills
8
27
19
Northchurch
12
22
10
Tring Central
18
27
9
Tring East
141
112
-29
Tring West and Rural
46
45
-1
Watling
21
49
28
Woodhall Farm
20
44
24
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Bishop's Stortford All Saints
40
59
19
Bishop's Stortford Central
111
170
59
Bishop's Stortford Meads
61
73
12
Bishop's Stortford Silverleys
11
36
25
Bishop's Stortford South
29
48
19
Braughing
26
46
20
Buntingford
27
36
9
Datchworth & Aston
10
16
6
Great Amwell
5
16
11
Hertford Bengeo
48
81
33
Hertford Castle
935
266
-669
Hertford Heath
14
28
14
Hertford Kingsmead
25
54
29
Hertford Rural North
11
15
4
Hertford Rural South
14
26
12
Hertford Sele
17
34
17
Hunsdon
16
33
17
Little Hadham
15
20
5
Much Hadham
8
22
14
Mundens and Cottered
14
25
11
Puckeridge
17
18
1
Sawbridgeworth
89
111
22
Stanstead Abbots
34
46
12
Thundridge & Standon
11
28
17
Walkern
15
16
1
Ware Chadwell
16
39
23
Ware Christchurch
57
74
17
Ware St Mary's
9
28
19
Ware Trinity
17
23
6
Watton-at-Stone
7
9
2
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Aldenham East
43
56
13
Aldenham West
40
81
41
Borehamwood Brookmeadow
105
177
72
Borehamwood Cowley Hill
43
135
92
Borehamwood Hillside
271
444
173
Borehamwood Kenilworth
90
139
49
Bushey Heath
90
77
-13
Bushey North
48
83
35
Bushey Park
22
39
17
Bushey St James
33
90
57
Elstree
88
130
42
Potters Bar Furzefield
49
71
22
Potters Bar Oakmere
76
101
25
Potters Bar Parkfield
310
366
56
Shenley
38
70
32
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Arbury
10
13
3
Baldock East
8
20
12
Baldock Town
34
27
-7
Cadwell
7
8
1
Chesfield
37
52
15
Codicote
16
18
2
Ermine
10
22
12
Hitchin Bearton
140
222
82
Hitchin Highbury
89
140
51
Hitchin Oughton
13
16
3
Hitchin Priory
21
26
5
Hitchin Walsworth
19
49
30
Hitchwood Offa and Hoo
32
52
20
Kimpton
8
17
9
Knebworth
30
48
18
Letchworth East
85
135
50
Letchworth Grange
22
28
6
Letchworth South East
22
56
34
Letchworth South West
35
58
23
Letchworth Wilbury
13
20
7
Royston Heath
26
43
17
Royston Meridian
14
24
10
Royston Palace
58
76
18
Weston and Sandon
13
35
22
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ashley
89
64
-25
Batchwood
28
66
38
Clarence
29
67
38
Colney Heath
46
61
15
Cunningham
172
48
-124
Harpenden East
37
45
8
Harpenden North
46
55
9
Harpenden South
27
47
20
Harpenden West
57
133
76
London Colney
127
142
15
Marshalswick North
29
41
12
Marshalswick South
76
152
76
Park Street
43
67
24
Redbourn
49
133
84
Sandridge
14
36
22
Sopwell
57
57
0
St Peters
244
298
54
St Stephen
45
65
20
Verulam
63
85
22
Wheathampstead
67
58
-9
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Bandley Hill
8
35
27
Bedwell
36
48
12
Chells
17
38
21
Longmeadow
11
24
13
Manor
20
33
13
Martins Wood
20
41
21
Old Town
101
198
97
Pin Green
16
36
20
Roebuck
74
217
143
Shephall
31
35
4
St Nicholas
30
61
31
Symonds Green
65
97
32
Woodfield
17
53
36
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
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Abbots Langley & Bedmond
19
43
24
Carpenders Park
50
109
59
Chorleywood North & Sarratt
35
83
48
Chorleywood South & Maple Cross
40
69
29
Dickinsons
95
103
8
Durrants
21
31
10
Gade Valley
49
89
40
Leavesden
48
81
33
Moor Park & Eastbury
111
197
86
Oxhey Hall & Hayling
28
77
49
Penn & Mill End
12
52
40
Rickmansworth Town
140
213
73
South Oxhey
23
66
43
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Callowland
117
172
55
Central
489
498
9
Holywell
111
171
60
Leavesden
48
81
33
Leggatts
35
67
32
Meriden
27
91
64
Nascot
82
131
49
Oxhey
47
86
39
Park
55
97
42
Stanborough
33
62
29
Tudor
77
115
38
Vicarage
49
111
62
Woodside
19
65
46
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Brookmans Park and Little Heath
44
89
45
Haldens
65
63
-2
Handside
34
67
33
Hatfield Central
60
75
15
Hatfield East
83
139
56
Hatfield South
32
88
56
Hatfield Villages
63
150
87
Hatfield West
50
113
63
Hollybush
35
51
16
Howlands
20
54
34
Northaw and Cuffley
30
60
30
Panshanger
25
36
11
Peartree
38
74
36
Sherrards
26
29
3
Welham Green
22
46
24
Welwyn East
43
44
1
Welwyn West
22
37
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Total companies 2020 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2020 and how Hertfordshire compares to them.

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County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2019: 1st
London
1,338,261
2nd 2019: 2nd
Greater Manchester
207,946
3rd 2019: 3rd
West Midlands
191,692
4th 2019: 4th
Essex
137,310
5th 2019: 5th
West Yorkshire
135,276
8th 2019: 8th
Hertfordshire
117,796
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2019: 1st
London
1,338,261
4th 2019: 4th
Essex
137,310
8th 2019: 8th
Hertfordshire
117,796
13th 2019: 13th
Buckinghamshire
73,748
26th 2019: 26th
Cambridgeshire
54,497
31st 2019: 33rd
Bedfordshire
46,207
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2019: 1st
London
1,338,261
2nd 2019: 2nd
Greater Manchester
207,946
3rd 2019: 3rd
West Midlands
191,692
4th 2019: 4th
Essex
137,310
5th 2019: 5th
West Yorkshire
135,276
6th 2019: 7th
Kent
122,694
7th 2019: 6th
Hampshire
121,331
8th 2019: 8th
Hertfordshire
117,796
9th 2019: 9th
Surrey
105,715
10th 2019: 10th
Cheshire
86,796
11th 2019: 11th
Lancashire
83,690
12th 2019: 14th
Merseyside
74,780
13th 2019: 13th
Buckinghamshire
73,748
14th 2019: 12th
Berkshire
73,492
15th 2019: 16th
Leicestershire
71,425
16th 2019: 15th
East Sussex
70,311
17th 2019: 17th
South Yorkshire
65,398
18th 2019: 19th
North Yorkshire
58,526
19th 2019: 20th
Devon
57,278
20th 2019: 21st
West Sussex
56,212
21st 2019: 25th
Nottinghamshire
56,199
22nd 2019: 22nd
Gloucestershire
55,106
23rd 2019: 23rd
Somerset
55,092
24th 2019: 24th
Staffordshire
54,862
25th 2019: 18th
Dorset
54,841
26th 2019: 26th
Cambridgeshire
54,497
27th 2019: 27th
Northamptonshire
52,017
28th 2019: 28th
Derbyshire
51,742
29th 2019: 29th
Lincolnshire
48,061
30th 2019: 30th
Tyne and Wear
47,790
31st 2019: 33rd
Bedfordshire
46,207
32nd 2019: 32nd
Oxfordshire
45,071
33rd 2019: 31st
Worcestershire
44,570
34th 2019: 35th
Norfolk
41,185
35th 2019: 34th
Warwickshire
40,304
36th 2019: 37th
Suffolk
39,507
37th 2019: 36th
Wiltshire
39,022
38th 2019: 38th
Bristol
36,208
39th 2019: 39th
Durham
31,943
40th 2019: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
26,864
41st 2019: 41st
Shropshire
25,603
42nd 2019: 42nd
Cornwall
23,804
43rd 2019: 43rd
Cumbria
22,186
44th 2019: 45th
Herefordshire
12,800
45th 2019: 44th
Northumberland
11,575
46th 2019: 46th
Isle of Wight
6,118
47th 2019: 47th
Rutland
2,257

Total companies at the end of 2020 per 1000 Person people

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76.4

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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.

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

2020

14,464 formed

10,027 dissolved

Overall growth compared to previous year

0.77% vs 2016

5.27% vs 2017

1.84% vs 2018

4.1% vs 2019