2018
15,554 formed
12,657 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Hertfordshire during 2022
2.8% more companies in Hertfordshire compared to 2021
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Hertfordshire compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2021: 1st
|
London |
274,838 |
2nd
2021: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
39,355 |
3rd
2021: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
38,756 |
4th
2021: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
25,517 |
5th
2021: 5th
|
Essex |
18,955 |
8th 2021: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
13,643 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2021: 1st
|
London |
274,838 |
5th
2021: 5th
|
Essex |
18,955 |
8th
2021: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
13,643 |
17th
2021: 16th
|
Buckinghamshire |
8,683 |
18th
2021: 24th
|
Bedfordshire |
8,495 |
25th
2021: 23rd
|
Cambridgeshire |
7,739 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2021: 1st
|
London |
274,838 |
2nd 2021: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
39,355 |
3rd 2021: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
38,756 |
4th 2021: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
25,517 |
5th 2021: 5th
|
Essex |
18,955 |
6th 2021: 6th
|
Kent |
16,109 |
7th 2021: 7th
|
Hampshire |
14,533 |
8th 2021: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
13,643 |
9th 2021: 9th
|
Merseyside |
13,358 |
10th 2021: 10th
|
Lancashire |
13,312 |
11th 2021: 12th
|
South Yorkshire |
11,901 |
12th 2021: 11th
|
Surrey |
10,902 |
13th 2021: 14th
|
Leicestershire |
10,408 |
14th 2021: 15th
|
Berkshire |
9,571 |
15th 2021: 13th
|
Cheshire |
9,335 |
16th 2021: 17th
|
Nottinghamshire |
9,235 |
17th 2021: 16th
|
Buckinghamshire |
8,683 |
18th 2021: 24th
|
Bedfordshire |
8,495 |
19th 2021: 22nd
|
Dorset |
8,427 |
20th 2021: 21st
|
North Yorkshire |
8,424 |
21st 2021: 18th
|
Staffordshire |
8,072 |
22nd 2021: 20th
|
Tyne and Wear |
7,838 |
23rd 2021: 27th
|
Northamptonshire |
7,831 |
24th 2021: 26th
|
Derbyshire |
7,764 |
25th 2021: 23rd
|
Cambridgeshire |
7,739 |
26th 2021: 19th
|
East Sussex |
7,193 |
27th 2021: 28th
|
Somerset |
7,121 |
28th 2021: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
7,100 |
29th 2021: 30th
|
Devon |
6,814 |
30th 2021: 33rd
|
Suffolk |
6,749 |
31st 2021: 32nd
|
Gloucestershire |
6,373 |
32nd 2021: 31st
|
West Sussex |
6,136 |
33rd 2021: 36th
|
Warwickshire |
5,540 |
34th 2021: 34th
|
Norfolk |
5,384 |
35th 2021: 37th
|
Durham |
5,109 |
36th 2021: 35th
|
Bristol |
4,951 |
37th 2021: 25th
|
Worcestershire |
4,941 |
38th 2021: 38th
|
Oxfordshire |
4,842 |
39th 2021: 39th
|
Wiltshire |
4,536 |
40th 2021: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
4,233 |
41st 2021: 42nd
|
Shropshire |
3,132 |
42nd 2021: 43rd
|
Herefordshire |
2,928 |
43rd 2021: 41st
|
Cornwall |
2,912 |
44th 2021: 44th
|
Cumbria |
2,418 |
45th 2021: 45th
|
Northumberland |
1,527 |
46th 2021: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
652 |
47th 2021: 47th
|
Rutland |
193 |
people
12.2
12.7
96% Private Limited Companies (13,103 companies)
4% Other company types (540 companies)
Other company types breakdown (540 companies)
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Businesses formed in Hertfordshire during 2022
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Businesses dissolved in Hertfordshire during 2022
122,123
businesses registered in Hertfordshire at the end of 2022.
2.8% more companies in Hertfordshire compared to 2021
Cambridgeshire
57,788 total businesses
7,739 formed in 2022
6,068 dissolved in 2022
Essex
148,387 total businesses
18,955 formed in 2022
14,636 dissolved in 2022
Buckinghamshire
78,850 total businesses
8,683 formed in 2022
8,214 dissolved in 2022
London
1,462,539 total businesses
274,838 formed in 2022
185,954 dissolved in 2022
Bedfordshire
50,545 total businesses
8,495 formed in 2022
5,785 dissolved in 2022
Hertfordshire
122,123 total businesses
13,643 formed in 2022
11,771 dissolved in 2022
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Broxbourne and Hoddesdon South |
41 |
||
Cheshunt North |
9 |
||
Cheshunt South and Theobalds |
34 |
||
Flamstead End |
9 |
||
Goffs Oak |
32 |
||
Hertford Heath |
4 |
||
Hoddesdon North |
4 |
||
Hoddesdon Town and Rye Park |
-27 |
||
Rosedale and Bury Green |
19 |
||
Waltham Cross |
92 |
||
Wormley and Turnford |
38 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Adeyfield East |
81 |
||
Adeyfield West |
9 |
||
Aldbury and Wigginton |
2 |
||
Apsley and Corner Hall |
26 |
||
Ashridge |
-1 |
||
Bennetts End |
13 |
||
Berkhamsted Castle |
23 |
||
Berkhamsted East |
14 |
||
Berkhamsted West |
-3 |
||
Bovingdon Flaunden and Chipperfield |
3 |
||
Boxmoor |
-177 |
||
Chaulden and Warners End |
20 |
||
Gadebridge |
36 |
||
Grovehill |
24 |
||
Hemel Hempstead Town |
158 |
||
Highfield |
18 |
||
Kings Langley |
33 |
||
Leverstock Green |
22 |
||
Nash Mills |
2 |
||
Northchurch |
3 |
||
Tring Central |
10 |
||
Tring East |
-10 |
||
Tring West and Rural |
6 |
||
Watling |
-4 |
||
Woodhall Farm |
38 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bishop's Stortford All Saints |
0 |
||
Bishop's Stortford Central |
14 |
||
Bishop's Stortford Meads |
-34 |
||
Bishop's Stortford Silverleys |
14 |
||
Bishop's Stortford South |
-1 |
||
Braughing |
6 |
||
Buntingford |
19 |
||
Datchworth & Aston |
1 |
||
Great Amwell |
7 |
||
Hertford Bengeo |
-1 |
||
Hertford Castle |
-52 |
||
Hertford Heath |
4 |
||
Hertford Kingsmead |
-6 |
||
Hertford Rural North |
8 |
||
Hertford Rural South |
-4 |
||
Hertford Sele |
0 |
||
Hunsdon |
15 |
||
Little Hadham |
13 |
||
Much Hadham |
4 |
||
Mundens and Cottered |
-1 |
||
Puckeridge |
10 |
||
Sawbridgeworth |
30 |
||
Stanstead Abbots |
20 |
||
Thundridge & Standon |
-1 |
||
Walkern |
5 |
||
Ware Chadwell |
-32 |
||
Ware Christchurch |
3 |
||
Ware St Mary's |
-3 |
||
Ware Trinity |
5 |
||
Watton-at-Stone |
-4 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Aldenham East |
12 |
||
Aldenham West |
29 |
||
Borehamwood Brookmeadow |
52 |
||
Borehamwood Cowley Hill |
57 |
||
Borehamwood Hillside |
-139 |
||
Borehamwood Kenilworth |
40 |
||
Bushey Heath |
-18 |
||
Bushey North |
7 |
||
Bushey Park |
-5 |
||
Bushey St James |
27 |
||
Elstree |
-48 |
||
Potters Bar Furzefield |
11 |
||
Potters Bar Oakmere |
7 |
||
Potters Bar Parkfield |
-72 |
||
Shenley |
25 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Arbury |
12 |
||
Baldock East |
-2 |
||
Baldock Town |
11 |
||
Cadwell |
5 |
||
Chesfield |
15 |
||
Codicote |
-7 |
||
Ermine |
6 |
||
Hitchin Bearton |
92 |
||
Hitchin Highbury |
-16 |
||
Hitchin Oughton |
-2 |
||
Hitchin Priory |
-1 |
||
Hitchin Walsworth |
6 |
||
Hitchwood Offa and Hoo |
16 |
||
Kimpton |
-2 |
||
Knebworth |
15 |
||
Letchworth East |
-11 |
||
Letchworth Grange |
5 |
||
Letchworth South East |
19 |
||
Letchworth South West |
26 |
||
Letchworth Wilbury |
19 |
||
Royston Heath |
2 |
||
Royston Meridian |
1 |
||
Royston Palace |
31 |
||
Weston and Sandon |
-11 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ashley |
-74 |
||
Batchwood |
11 |
||
Clarence |
0 |
||
Colney Heath |
-1 |
||
Cunningham |
5 |
||
Harpenden East |
4 |
||
Harpenden North |
34 |
||
Harpenden South |
9 |
||
Harpenden West |
36 |
||
London Colney |
80 |
||
Marshalswick North |
0 |
||
Marshalswick South |
-11 |
||
Park Street |
5 |
||
Redbourn |
9 |
||
Sandridge |
-2 |
||
Sopwell |
-68 |
||
St Peters |
88 |
||
St Stephen |
-8 |
||
Verulam |
39 |
||
Wheathampstead |
-27 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bandley Hill |
15 |
||
Bedwell |
41 |
||
Chells |
6 |
||
Longmeadow |
13 |
||
Manor |
16 |
||
Martins Wood |
7 |
||
Old Town |
52 |
||
Pin Green |
6 |
||
Roebuck |
127 |
||
Shephall |
15 |
||
St Nicholas |
30 |
||
Symonds Green |
55 |
||
Woodfield |
55 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abbots Langley & Bedmond |
16 |
||
Carpenders Park |
43 |
||
Chorleywood North & Sarratt |
5 |
||
Chorleywood South & Maple Cross |
-4 |
||
Dickinsons |
29 |
||
Durrants |
9 |
||
Gade Valley |
32 |
||
Leavesden |
19 |
||
Moor Park & Eastbury |
52 |
||
Oxhey Hall & Hayling |
13 |
||
Penn & Mill End |
-3 |
||
Rickmansworth Town |
11 |
||
South Oxhey |
27 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Callowland |
30 |
||
Central |
-180 |
||
Holywell |
69 |
||
Leavesden |
19 |
||
Leggatts |
20 |
||
Meriden |
22 |
||
Nascot |
-1 |
||
Oxhey |
23 |
||
Park |
10 |
||
Stanborough |
7 |
||
Tudor |
10 |
||
Vicarage |
46 |
||
Woodside |
17 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Brookmans Park and Little Heath |
1 |
||
Haldens |
14 |
||
Handside |
7 |
||
Hatfield Central |
41 |
||
Hatfield East |
12 |
||
Hatfield South |
16 |
||
Hatfield Villages |
27 |
||
Hatfield West |
13 |
||
Hollybush |
16 |
||
Howlands |
-3 |
||
Northaw and Cuffley |
36 |
||
Panshanger |
25 |
||
Peartree |
1 |
||
Sherrards |
2 |
||
Welham Green |
5 |
||
Welwyn East |
5 |
||
Welwyn West |
-10 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2022 and how Hertfordshire compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2021: 1st
|
London |
1,462,539 |
2nd
2021: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
233,019 |
3rd
2021: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
211,766 |
4th
2021: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
151,175 |
5th
2021: 4th
|
Essex |
148,387 |
8th 2021: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
122,123 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2021: 1st
|
London |
1,462,539 |
5th
2021: 4th
|
Essex |
148,387 |
8th
2021: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
122,123 |
13th
2021: 14th
|
Buckinghamshire |
78,850 |
26th
2021: 26th
|
Cambridgeshire |
57,788 |
31st
2021: 31st
|
Bedfordshire |
50,545 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2021: 1st
|
London |
1,462,539 |
2nd 2021: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
233,019 |
3rd 2021: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
211,766 |
4th 2021: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
151,175 |
5th 2021: 4th
|
Essex |
148,387 |
6th 2021: 6th
|
Kent |
130,283 |
7th 2021: 7th
|
Hampshire |
124,249 |
8th 2021: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
122,123 |
9th 2021: 9th
|
Surrey |
107,722 |
10th 2021: 10th
|
Lancashire |
91,522 |
11th 2021: 11th
|
Cheshire |
81,809 |
12th 2021: 12th
|
Merseyside |
81,221 |
13th 2021: 14th
|
Buckinghamshire |
78,850 |
14th 2021: 13th
|
Berkshire |
76,700 |
15th 2021: 15th
|
Leicestershire |
73,507 |
16th 2021: 17th
|
South Yorkshire |
72,058 |
17th 2021: 16th
|
East Sussex |
70,836 |
18th 2021: 19th
|
North Yorkshire |
62,355 |
19th 2021: 20th
|
Nottinghamshire |
62,142 |
20th 2021: 18th
|
Devon |
61,854 |
21st 2021: 25th
|
Dorset |
61,217 |
22nd 2021: 22nd
|
Staffordshire |
60,009 |
23rd 2021: 23rd
|
Somerset |
59,531 |
24th 2021: 21st
|
West Sussex |
58,763 |
25th 2021: 24th
|
Gloucestershire |
57,852 |
26th 2021: 26th
|
Cambridgeshire |
57,788 |
27th 2021: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
55,697 |
28th 2021: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
53,143 |
29th 2021: 28th
|
Northamptonshire |
51,966 |
30th 2021: 30th
|
Tyne and Wear |
51,640 |
31st 2021: 31st
|
Bedfordshire |
50,545 |
32nd 2021: 32nd
|
Oxfordshire |
46,748 |
33rd 2021: 33rd
|
Norfolk |
45,968 |
34th 2021: 35th
|
Suffolk |
45,867 |
35th 2021: 34th
|
Worcestershire |
43,964 |
36th 2021: 36th
|
Warwickshire |
42,564 |
37th 2021: 37th
|
Wiltshire |
40,505 |
38th 2021: 38th
|
Bristol |
37,039 |
39th 2021: 39th
|
Durham |
35,455 |
40th 2021: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
29,451 |
41st 2021: 41st
|
Shropshire |
26,781 |
42nd 2021: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
25,857 |
43rd 2021: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
23,003 |
44th 2021: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
16,412 |
45th 2021: 45th
|
Northumberland |
12,420 |
46th 2021: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
6,423 |
47th 2021: 47th
|
Rutland |
2,076 |
people
109.1
82.7
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.
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
2022
13,643 formed
11,771 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
1.84% vs 2018
4.15% vs 2019
0.85% vs 2020
2.8% vs 2021