2019
15,231 formed
12,403 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Hertfordshire during 2023
0.6% more companies in Hertfordshire compared to 2022
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Hertfordshire compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2022: 1st
|
London |
313,446 |
2nd
2022: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
44,594 |
3rd
2022: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
41,222 |
4th
2022: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
24,534 |
5th
2022: 5th
|
Essex |
20,333 |
8th 2022: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
14,512 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2022: 1st
|
London |
313,446 |
5th
2022: 5th
|
Essex |
20,333 |
8th
2022: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
14,512 |
16th
2022: 17th
|
Buckinghamshire |
9,591 |
19th
2022: 18th
|
Bedfordshire |
9,025 |
22nd
2022: 25th
|
Cambridgeshire |
8,677 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2022: 1st
|
London |
313,446 |
2nd 2022: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
44,594 |
3rd 2022: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
41,222 |
4th 2022: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
24,534 |
5th 2022: 5th
|
Essex |
20,333 |
6th 2022: 6th
|
Kent |
17,620 |
7th 2022: 7th
|
Hampshire |
15,385 |
8th 2022: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
14,512 |
9th 2022: 9th
|
Merseyside |
14,307 |
10th 2022: 10th
|
Lancashire |
14,223 |
11th 2022: 12th
|
Surrey |
12,018 |
12th 2022: 11th
|
South Yorkshire |
11,638 |
13th 2022: 13th
|
Leicestershire |
11,417 |
14th 2022: 14th
|
Berkshire |
10,571 |
15th 2022: 15th
|
Cheshire |
9,952 |
16th 2022: 17th
|
Buckinghamshire |
9,591 |
17th 2022: 16th
|
Nottinghamshire |
9,559 |
18th 2022: 20th
|
North Yorkshire |
9,266 |
19th 2022: 18th
|
Bedfordshire |
9,025 |
20th 2022: 30th
|
Suffolk |
8,934 |
21st 2022: 21st
|
Staffordshire |
8,878 |
22nd 2022: 25th
|
Cambridgeshire |
8,677 |
23rd 2022: 19th
|
Dorset |
8,565 |
24th 2022: 22nd
|
Tyne and Wear |
8,274 |
25th 2022: 23rd
|
Northamptonshire |
8,191 |
26th 2022: 24th
|
Derbyshire |
7,528 |
27th 2022: 26th
|
East Sussex |
7,311 |
28th 2022: 29th
|
Devon |
7,183 |
29th 2022: 28th
|
Lincolnshire |
7,141 |
30th 2022: 31st
|
Gloucestershire |
6,902 |
31st 2022: 32nd
|
West Sussex |
6,678 |
32nd 2022: 27th
|
Somerset |
6,531 |
33rd 2022: 34th
|
Norfolk |
5,723 |
34th 2022: 35th
|
Durham |
5,696 |
35th 2022: 38th
|
Oxfordshire |
5,446 |
36th 2022: 33rd
|
Warwickshire |
5,157 |
37th 2022: 36th
|
Bristol |
5,050 |
38th 2022: 39th
|
Wiltshire |
4,965 |
39th 2022: 37th
|
Worcestershire |
4,808 |
40th 2022: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
4,211 |
41st 2022: 41st
|
Shropshire |
3,480 |
42nd 2022: 43rd
|
Cornwall |
3,074 |
43rd 2022: 44th
|
Cumbria |
2,686 |
44th 2022: 42nd
|
Herefordshire |
2,540 |
45th 2022: 45th
|
Northumberland |
1,554 |
46th 2022: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
757 |
47th 2022: 47th
|
Rutland |
232 |
people
13.0
14.2
96% Private Limited Companies (13,952 companies)
4% Other company types (560 companies)
Other company types breakdown (560 companies)
????
Businesses formed in Hertfordshire during 2023
????
Businesses dissolved in Hertfordshire during 2023
122,871
businesses registered in Hertfordshire at the end of 2023.
0.6% more companies in Hertfordshire compared to 2022
Cambridgeshire
60,023 total businesses
8,677 formed in 2023
6,535 dissolved in 2023
Essex
153,732 total businesses
20,333 formed in 2023
16,314 dissolved in 2023
Buckinghamshire
78,961 total businesses
9,591 formed in 2023
7,897 dissolved in 2023
London
1,534,936 total businesses
313,446 formed in 2023
213,520 dissolved in 2023
Bedfordshire
52,721 total businesses
9,025 formed in 2023
6,697 dissolved in 2023
Hertfordshire
122,871 total businesses
14,512 formed in 2023
12,706 dissolved in 2023
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Broxbourne and Hoddesdon South |
26 |
||
Cheshunt North |
23 |
||
Cheshunt South and Theobalds |
31 |
||
Flamstead End |
22 |
||
Goffs Oak |
43 |
||
Hertford Heath |
13 |
||
Hoddesdon North |
25 |
||
Hoddesdon Town and Rye Park |
-18 |
||
Rosedale and Bury Green |
19 |
||
Waltham Cross |
100 |
||
Wormley and Turnford |
49 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Adeyfield East |
12 |
||
Adeyfield West |
9 |
||
Aldbury and Wigginton |
8 |
||
Apsley and Corner Hall |
30 |
||
Ashridge |
-3 |
||
Bennetts End |
22 |
||
Berkhamsted Castle |
35 |
||
Berkhamsted East |
-7 |
||
Berkhamsted West |
1 |
||
Bovingdon Flaunden and Chipperfield |
29 |
||
Boxmoor |
-182 |
||
Chaulden and Warners End |
28 |
||
Gadebridge |
-18 |
||
Grovehill |
9 |
||
Hemel Hempstead Town |
85 |
||
Highfield |
-3 |
||
Kings Langley |
-11 |
||
Leverstock Green |
16 |
||
Nash Mills |
12 |
||
Northchurch |
-4 |
||
Tring Central |
11 |
||
Tring East |
16 |
||
Tring West and Rural |
-18 |
||
Watling |
-11 |
||
Woodhall Farm |
-2 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bishop's Stortford All Saints |
-3 |
||
Bishop's Stortford Central |
84 |
||
Bishop's Stortford Meads |
-13 |
||
Bishop's Stortford Silverleys |
21 |
||
Bishop's Stortford South |
0 |
||
Braughing |
9 |
||
Buntingford |
-3 |
||
Datchworth & Aston |
0 |
||
Great Amwell |
1 |
||
Hertford Bengeo |
-16 |
||
Hertford Castle |
-20 |
||
Hertford Heath |
13 |
||
Hertford Kingsmead |
21 |
||
Hertford Rural North |
13 |
||
Hertford Rural South |
3 |
||
Hertford Sele |
10 |
||
Hunsdon |
-1 |
||
Little Hadham |
7 |
||
Much Hadham |
-5 |
||
Mundens and Cottered |
10 |
||
Puckeridge |
0 |
||
Sawbridgeworth |
-4 |
||
Stanstead Abbots |
9 |
||
Thundridge & Standon |
7 |
||
Walkern |
-2 |
||
Ware Chadwell |
18 |
||
Ware Christchurch |
21 |
||
Ware St Mary's |
0 |
||
Ware Trinity |
2 |
||
Watton-at-Stone |
1 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Aldenham East |
25 |
||
Aldenham West |
18 |
||
Borehamwood Brookmeadow |
5 |
||
Borehamwood Cowley Hill |
47 |
||
Borehamwood Hillside |
-103 |
||
Borehamwood Kenilworth |
46 |
||
Bushey Heath |
-3 |
||
Bushey North |
20 |
||
Bushey Park |
15 |
||
Bushey St James |
31 |
||
Elstree |
65 |
||
Potters Bar Furzefield |
7 |
||
Potters Bar Oakmere |
17 |
||
Potters Bar Parkfield |
-54 |
||
Shenley |
44 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Arbury |
9 |
||
Baldock East |
6 |
||
Baldock Town |
14 |
||
Cadwell |
-4 |
||
Chesfield |
13 |
||
Codicote |
-6 |
||
Ermine |
2 |
||
Hitchin Bearton |
143 |
||
Hitchin Highbury |
7 |
||
Hitchin Oughton |
16 |
||
Hitchin Priory |
3 |
||
Hitchin Walsworth |
16 |
||
Hitchwood Offa and Hoo |
16 |
||
Kimpton |
3 |
||
Knebworth |
2 |
||
Letchworth East |
2 |
||
Letchworth Grange |
-6 |
||
Letchworth South East |
-14 |
||
Letchworth South West |
13 |
||
Letchworth Wilbury |
10 |
||
Royston Heath |
2 |
||
Royston Meridian |
9 |
||
Royston Palace |
8 |
||
Weston and Sandon |
-11 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ashley |
-68 |
||
Batchwood |
18 |
||
Clarence |
-2 |
||
Colney Heath |
14 |
||
Cunningham |
11 |
||
Harpenden East |
20 |
||
Harpenden North |
27 |
||
Harpenden South |
21 |
||
Harpenden West |
-2 |
||
London Colney |
19 |
||
Marshalswick North |
9 |
||
Marshalswick South |
-11 |
||
Park Street |
-3 |
||
Redbourn |
10 |
||
Sandridge |
2 |
||
Sopwell |
-21 |
||
St Peters |
10 |
||
St Stephen |
28 |
||
Verulam |
28 |
||
Wheathampstead |
-62 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bandley Hill |
5 |
||
Bedwell |
49 |
||
Chells |
20 |
||
Longmeadow |
1 |
||
Manor |
1 |
||
Martins Wood |
24 |
||
Old Town |
123 |
||
Pin Green |
7 |
||
Roebuck |
63 |
||
Shephall |
14 |
||
St Nicholas |
-4 |
||
Symonds Green |
22 |
||
Woodfield |
3 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abbots Langley & Bedmond |
16 |
||
Carpenders Park |
23 |
||
Chorleywood North & Sarratt |
-4 |
||
Chorleywood South & Maple Cross |
37 |
||
Dickinsons |
21 |
||
Durrants |
12 |
||
Gade Valley |
16 |
||
Leavesden |
12 |
||
Moor Park & Eastbury |
5 |
||
Oxhey Hall & Hayling |
38 |
||
Penn & Mill End |
-10 |
||
Rickmansworth Town |
22 |
||
South Oxhey |
26 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Callowland |
70 |
||
Central |
-191 |
||
Holywell |
49 |
||
Leavesden |
12 |
||
Leggatts |
40 |
||
Meriden |
17 |
||
Nascot |
-20 |
||
Oxhey |
11 |
||
Park |
41 |
||
Stanborough |
1 |
||
Tudor |
46 |
||
Vicarage |
52 |
||
Woodside |
34 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Brookmans Park and Little Heath |
-30 |
||
Haldens |
8 |
||
Handside |
-9 |
||
Hatfield Central |
18 |
||
Hatfield East |
2 |
||
Hatfield South |
16 |
||
Hatfield Villages |
53 |
||
Hatfield West |
40 |
||
Hollybush |
-23 |
||
Howlands |
-12 |
||
Northaw and Cuffley |
47 |
||
Panshanger |
-7 |
||
Peartree |
5 |
||
Sherrards |
13 |
||
Welham Green |
20 |
||
Welwyn East |
7 |
||
Welwyn West |
3 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2023 and how Hertfordshire compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2022: 1st
|
London |
1,534,936 |
2nd
2022: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
244,408 |
3rd
2022: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
227,431 |
4th
2022: 5th
|
Essex |
153,732 |
5th
2022: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
153,003 |
8th 2022: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
122,871 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2022: 1st
|
London |
1,534,936 |
4th
2022: 5th
|
Essex |
153,732 |
8th
2022: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
122,871 |
13th
2022: 13th
|
Buckinghamshire |
78,961 |
24th
2022: 26th
|
Cambridgeshire |
60,023 |
31st
2022: 31st
|
Bedfordshire |
52,721 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2022: 1st
|
London |
1,534,936 |
2nd 2022: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
244,408 |
3rd 2022: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
227,431 |
4th 2022: 5th
|
Essex |
153,732 |
5th 2022: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
153,003 |
6th 2022: 6th
|
Kent |
133,898 |
7th 2022: 7th
|
Hampshire |
126,128 |
8th 2022: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
122,871 |
9th 2022: 9th
|
Surrey |
109,469 |
10th 2022: 10th
|
Lancashire |
95,511 |
11th 2022: 12th
|
Merseyside |
83,450 |
12th 2022: 11th
|
Cheshire |
82,175 |
13th 2022: 13th
|
Buckinghamshire |
78,961 |
14th 2022: 14th
|
Berkshire |
78,581 |
15th 2022: 15th
|
Leicestershire |
75,930 |
16th 2022: 16th
|
South Yorkshire |
73,897 |
17th 2022: 17th
|
East Sussex |
71,059 |
18th 2022: 18th
|
North Yorkshire |
65,895 |
19th 2022: 19th
|
Nottinghamshire |
64,763 |
20th 2022: 20th
|
Devon |
63,364 |
21st 2022: 21st
|
Dorset |
63,266 |
22nd 2022: 22nd
|
Staffordshire |
61,360 |
23rd 2022: 23rd
|
Somerset |
60,186 |
24th 2022: 26th
|
Cambridgeshire |
60,023 |
25th 2022: 24th
|
West Sussex |
59,896 |
26th 2022: 25th
|
Gloucestershire |
59,830 |
27th 2022: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
57,297 |
28th 2022: 28th
|
Lincolnshire |
54,523 |
29th 2022: 29th
|
Northamptonshire |
53,911 |
30th 2022: 30th
|
Tyne and Wear |
53,391 |
31st 2022: 31st
|
Bedfordshire |
52,721 |
32nd 2022: 34th
|
Suffolk |
51,083 |
33rd 2022: 33rd
|
Norfolk |
48,437 |
34th 2022: 32nd
|
Oxfordshire |
48,030 |
35th 2022: 35th
|
Worcestershire |
45,794 |
36th 2022: 36th
|
Warwickshire |
43,587 |
37th 2022: 37th
|
Wiltshire |
42,004 |
38th 2022: 39th
|
Durham |
37,332 |
39th 2022: 38th
|
Bristol |
37,161 |
40th 2022: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
30,108 |
41st 2022: 41st
|
Shropshire |
28,037 |
42nd 2022: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
26,998 |
43rd 2022: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
23,719 |
44th 2022: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
16,164 |
45th 2022: 45th
|
Northumberland |
12,830 |
46th 2022: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
6,580 |
47th 2022: 47th
|
Rutland |
2,133 |
people
109.7
86.6
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.
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
2023
14,512 formed
12,706 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
4.15% vs 2019
0.85% vs 2020
2.8% vs 2021
0.6% vs 2022