2017
13,752 formed
11,826 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Hertfordshire during 2021
0.9% more companies in Hertfordshire compared to 2020
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Hertfordshire compares.
Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
---|---|---|
1st
2020: 1st
|
London |
269,246 |
2nd
2020: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
36,485 |
3rd
2020: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
36,442 |
4th
2020: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
22,140 |
5th
2020: 5th
|
Essex |
18,584 |
8th 2020: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
13,899 |
Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
---|---|---|
1st
2020: 1st
|
London |
269,246 |
5th
2020: 5th
|
Essex |
18,584 |
8th
2020: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
13,899 |
16th
2020: 16th
|
Buckinghamshire |
8,910 |
23rd
2020: 24th
|
Cambridgeshire |
7,476 |
24th
2020: 18th
|
Bedfordshire |
7,413 |
Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
---|---|---|
1st 2020: 1st
|
London |
269,246 |
2nd 2020: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
36,485 |
3rd 2020: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
36,442 |
4th 2020: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
22,140 |
5th 2020: 5th
|
Essex |
18,584 |
6th 2020: 6th
|
Kent |
16,625 |
7th 2020: 7th
|
Hampshire |
14,512 |
8th 2020: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
13,899 |
9th 2020: 9th
|
Merseyside |
13,108 |
10th 2020: 10th
|
Lancashire |
12,800 |
11th 2020: 12th
|
Surrey |
11,021 |
12th 2020: 14th
|
South Yorkshire |
10,815 |
13th 2020: 13th
|
Cheshire |
9,800 |
14th 2020: 11th
|
Leicestershire |
9,685 |
15th 2020: 15th
|
Berkshire |
9,605 |
16th 2020: 16th
|
Buckinghamshire |
8,910 |
17th 2020: 17th
|
Nottinghamshire |
8,810 |
18th 2020: 22nd
|
Staffordshire |
8,541 |
19th 2020: 20th
|
East Sussex |
7,675 |
20th 2020: 21st
|
Tyne and Wear |
7,623 |
21st 2020: 19th
|
North Yorkshire |
7,614 |
22nd 2020: 26th
|
Dorset |
7,584 |
23rd 2020: 24th
|
Cambridgeshire |
7,476 |
24th 2020: 18th
|
Bedfordshire |
7,413 |
25th 2020: 28th
|
Worcestershire |
7,361 |
26th 2020: 25th
|
Derbyshire |
7,261 |
27th 2020: 23rd
|
Northamptonshire |
7,131 |
28th 2020: 31st
|
Somerset |
7,057 |
29th 2020: 30th
|
Lincolnshire |
6,903 |
30th 2020: 27th
|
Devon |
6,825 |
31st 2020: 29th
|
West Sussex |
6,463 |
32nd 2020: 32nd
|
Gloucestershire |
6,357 |
33rd 2020: 35th
|
Suffolk |
5,445 |
34th 2020: 37th
|
Norfolk |
5,214 |
35th 2020: 33rd
|
Bristol |
5,125 |
36th 2020: 38th
|
Warwickshire |
5,117 |
37th 2020: 36th
|
Durham |
5,065 |
38th 2020: 34th
|
Oxfordshire |
5,053 |
39th 2020: 39th
|
Wiltshire |
4,432 |
40th 2020: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
3,749 |
41st 2020: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
2,993 |
42nd 2020: 41st
|
Shropshire |
2,914 |
43rd 2020: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
2,858 |
44th 2020: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,286 |
45th 2020: 45th
|
Northumberland |
1,421 |
46th 2020: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
697 |
47th 2020: 47th
|
Rutland |
195 |
12.4
12.2
96% Private Limited Companies (13,391 companies)
4% Other company types (508 companies)
Other company types breakdown (508 companies)
????
Businesses formed in Hertfordshire during 2021
????
Businesses dissolved in Hertfordshire during 2021
118,798
businesses registered in Hertfordshire at the end of 2021.
0.9% more companies in Hertfordshire compared to 2020
Cambridgeshire
56,346 total businesses
7,476 formed in 2021
6,893 dissolved in 2021
Essex
141,948 total businesses
18,584 formed in 2021
15,408 dissolved in 2021
Buckinghamshire
74,634 total businesses
8,910 formed in 2021
7,932 dissolved in 2021
London
1,397,474 total businesses
269,246 formed in 2021
187,697 dissolved in 2021
Bedfordshire
47,831 total businesses
7,413 formed in 2021
5,675 dissolved in 2021
Hertfordshire
118,798 total businesses
13,899 formed in 2021
13,874 dissolved in 2021
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Broxbourne and Hoddesdon South |
16 |
||
Cheshunt North |
51 |
||
Cheshunt South and Theobalds |
22 |
||
Flamstead End |
31 |
||
Goffs Oak |
-15 |
||
Hertford Heath |
1 |
||
Hoddesdon North |
9 |
||
Hoddesdon Town and Rye Park |
142 |
||
Rosedale and Bury Green |
14 |
||
Waltham Cross |
67 |
||
Wormley and Turnford |
-13 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Adeyfield East |
78 |
||
Adeyfield West |
17 |
||
Aldbury and Wigginton |
4 |
||
Apsley and Corner Hall |
-123 |
||
Ashridge |
-2 |
||
Bennetts End |
-1 |
||
Berkhamsted Castle |
6 |
||
Berkhamsted East |
-12 |
||
Berkhamsted West |
0 |
||
Bovingdon Flaunden and Chipperfield |
9 |
||
Boxmoor |
-236 |
||
Chaulden and Warners End |
21 |
||
Gadebridge |
9 |
||
Grovehill |
3 |
||
Hemel Hempstead Town |
32 |
||
Highfield |
12 |
||
Kings Langley |
26 |
||
Leverstock Green |
3 |
||
Nash Mills |
2 |
||
Northchurch |
13 |
||
Tring Central |
-15 |
||
Tring East |
-70 |
||
Tring West and Rural |
7 |
||
Watling |
22 |
||
Woodhall Farm |
15 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Bishop's Stortford All Saints |
4 |
||
Bishop's Stortford Central |
46 |
||
Bishop's Stortford Meads |
-31 |
||
Bishop's Stortford Silverleys |
18 |
||
Bishop's Stortford South |
-9 |
||
Braughing |
8 |
||
Buntingford |
9 |
||
Datchworth & Aston |
-2 |
||
Great Amwell |
5 |
||
Hertford Bengeo |
0 |
||
Hertford Castle |
-407 |
||
Hertford Heath |
1 |
||
Hertford Kingsmead |
33 |
||
Hertford Rural North |
1 |
||
Hertford Rural South |
9 |
||
Hertford Sele |
-2 |
||
Hunsdon |
5 |
||
Little Hadham |
-15 |
||
Much Hadham |
4 |
||
Mundens and Cottered |
2 |
||
Puckeridge |
4 |
||
Sawbridgeworth |
17 |
||
Stanstead Abbots |
19 |
||
Thundridge & Standon |
10 |
||
Walkern |
5 |
||
Ware Chadwell |
-10 |
||
Ware Christchurch |
-2 |
||
Ware St Mary's |
-5 |
||
Ware Trinity |
5 |
||
Watton-at-Stone |
-1 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Aldenham East |
9 |
||
Aldenham West |
32 |
||
Borehamwood Brookmeadow |
-14 |
||
Borehamwood Cowley Hill |
68 |
||
Borehamwood Hillside |
32 |
||
Borehamwood Kenilworth |
48 |
||
Bushey Heath |
-55 |
||
Bushey North |
16 |
||
Bushey Park |
9 |
||
Bushey St James |
51 |
||
Elstree |
-17 |
||
Potters Bar Furzefield |
-6 |
||
Potters Bar Oakmere |
-46 |
||
Potters Bar Parkfield |
-25 |
||
Shenley |
35 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Arbury |
-7 |
||
Baldock East |
-5 |
||
Baldock Town |
-1 |
||
Cadwell |
3 |
||
Chesfield |
-3 |
||
Codicote |
-3 |
||
Ermine |
-7 |
||
Hitchin Bearton |
32 |
||
Hitchin Highbury |
6 |
||
Hitchin Oughton |
8 |
||
Hitchin Priory |
-1 |
||
Hitchin Walsworth |
-2 |
||
Hitchwood Offa and Hoo |
8 |
||
Kimpton |
-4 |
||
Knebworth |
-2 |
||
Letchworth East |
28 |
||
Letchworth Grange |
5 |
||
Letchworth South East |
6 |
||
Letchworth South West |
18 |
||
Letchworth Wilbury |
2 |
||
Royston Heath |
-4 |
||
Royston Meridian |
3 |
||
Royston Palace |
6 |
||
Weston and Sandon |
-8 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Ashley |
-98 |
||
Batchwood |
-17 |
||
Clarence |
-4 |
||
Colney Heath |
8 |
||
Cunningham |
-274 |
||
Harpenden East |
0 |
||
Harpenden North |
43 |
||
Harpenden South |
17 |
||
Harpenden West |
39 |
||
London Colney |
47 |
||
Marshalswick North |
72 |
||
Marshalswick South |
16 |
||
Park Street |
-22 |
||
Redbourn |
76 |
||
Sandridge |
-5 |
||
Sopwell |
-28 |
||
St Peters |
109 |
||
St Stephen |
2 |
||
Verulam |
-7 |
||
Wheathampstead |
-15 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Bandley Hill |
8 |
||
Bedwell |
19 |
||
Chells |
23 |
||
Longmeadow |
11 |
||
Manor |
6 |
||
Martins Wood |
-18 |
||
Old Town |
54 |
||
Pin Green |
9 |
||
Roebuck |
89 |
||
Shephall |
18 |
||
St Nicholas |
-5 |
||
Symonds Green |
19 |
||
Woodfield |
2 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Abbots Langley & Bedmond |
0 |
||
Carpenders Park |
41 |
||
Chorleywood North & Sarratt |
16 |
||
Chorleywood South & Maple Cross |
-3 |
||
Dickinsons |
15 |
||
Durrants |
32 |
||
Gade Valley |
13 |
||
Leavesden |
1 |
||
Moor Park & Eastbury |
70 |
||
Oxhey Hall & Hayling |
-9 |
||
Penn & Mill End |
26 |
||
Rickmansworth Town |
3 |
||
South Oxhey |
26 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Callowland |
-463 |
||
Central |
-269 |
||
Holywell |
56 |
||
Leavesden |
1 |
||
Leggatts |
7 |
||
Meriden |
37 |
||
Nascot |
-40 |
||
Oxhey |
5 |
||
Park |
-14 |
||
Stanborough |
15 |
||
Tudor |
26 |
||
Vicarage |
9 |
||
Woodside |
31 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Brookmans Park and Little Heath |
5 |
||
Haldens |
-13 |
||
Handside |
35 |
||
Hatfield Central |
3 |
||
Hatfield East |
17 |
||
Hatfield South |
14 |
||
Hatfield Villages |
30 |
||
Hatfield West |
16 |
||
Hollybush |
15 |
||
Howlands |
-1 |
||
Northaw and Cuffley |
21 |
||
Panshanger |
3 |
||
Peartree |
21 |
||
Sherrards |
-11 |
||
Welham Green |
-3 |
||
Welwyn East |
-12 |
||
Welwyn West |
25 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2021 and how Hertfordshire compares to them.
Rank | County | Total companies |
---|---|---|
1st
2020: 1st
|
London |
1,397,474 |
2nd
2020: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
217,557 |
3rd
2020: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
198,781 |
4th
2020: 4th
|
Essex |
141,948 |
5th
2020: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
141,120 |
8th 2020: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
118,798 |
Rank | County | Total companies |
---|---|---|
1st
2020: 1st
|
London |
1,397,474 |
4th
2020: 4th
|
Essex |
141,948 |
8th
2020: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
118,798 |
14th
2020: 13th
|
Buckinghamshire |
74,634 |
26th
2020: 26th
|
Cambridgeshire |
56,346 |
31st
2020: 31st
|
Bedfordshire |
47,831 |
Rank | County | Total companies |
---|---|---|
1st 2020: 1st
|
London |
1,397,474 |
2nd 2020: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
217,557 |
3rd 2020: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
198,781 |
4th 2020: 4th
|
Essex |
141,948 |
5th 2020: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
141,120 |
6th 2020: 6th
|
Kent |
126,550 |
7th 2020: 7th
|
Hampshire |
123,584 |
8th 2020: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
118,798 |
9th 2020: 9th
|
Surrey |
106,792 |
10th 2020: 11th
|
Lancashire |
87,562 |
11th 2020: 10th
|
Cheshire |
83,426 |
12th 2020: 12th
|
Merseyside |
78,022 |
13th 2020: 14th
|
Berkshire |
75,011 |
14th 2020: 13th
|
Buckinghamshire |
74,634 |
15th 2020: 15th
|
Leicestershire |
71,867 |
16th 2020: 16th
|
East Sussex |
70,862 |
17th 2020: 17th
|
South Yorkshire |
68,227 |
18th 2020: 19th
|
Devon |
60,022 |
19th 2020: 18th
|
North Yorkshire |
59,819 |
20th 2020: 21st
|
Nottinghamshire |
58,780 |
21st 2020: 20th
|
West Sussex |
57,619 |
22nd 2020: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
57,556 |
23rd 2020: 23rd
|
Somerset |
57,300 |
24th 2020: 22nd
|
Gloucestershire |
56,711 |
25th 2020: 25th
|
Dorset |
56,465 |
26th 2020: 26th
|
Cambridgeshire |
56,346 |
27th 2020: 28th
|
Derbyshire |
53,394 |
28th 2020: 27th
|
Northamptonshire |
53,149 |
29th 2020: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
50,076 |
30th 2020: 30th
|
Tyne and Wear |
49,266 |
31st 2020: 31st
|
Bedfordshire |
47,831 |
32nd 2020: 32nd
|
Oxfordshire |
45,883 |
33rd 2020: 34th
|
Norfolk |
43,452 |
34th 2020: 33rd
|
Worcestershire |
42,443 |
35th 2020: 36th
|
Suffolk |
41,836 |
36th 2020: 35th
|
Warwickshire |
40,740 |
37th 2020: 37th
|
Wiltshire |
39,338 |
38th 2020: 38th
|
Bristol |
36,239 |
39th 2020: 39th
|
Durham |
33,620 |
40th 2020: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
27,909 |
41st 2020: 41st
|
Shropshire |
25,765 |
42nd 2020: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
24,752 |
43rd 2020: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
22,499 |
44th 2020: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
14,830 |
45th 2020: 45th
|
Northumberland |
11,895 |
46th 2020: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
6,319 |
47th 2020: 47th
|
Rutland |
2,056 |
106.1
79.1
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.
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
2021
13,899 formed
13,874 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
5.27% vs 2017
1.84% vs 2018
4.15% vs 2019
0.9% vs 2020