2020
14,464 formed
10,027 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Hertfordshire during 2024
2.1% more companies in Hertfordshire compared to 2023
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Hertfordshire compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2023: 1st
|
London |
280,423 |
2nd
2023: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
41,700 |
3rd
2023: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
40,892 |
4th
2023: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
23,972 |
5th
2023: 5th
|
Essex |
19,024 |
8th 2023: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
14,111 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2023: 1st
|
London |
280,423 |
5th
2023: 5th
|
Essex |
19,024 |
8th
2023: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
14,111 |
17th
2023: 16th
|
Buckinghamshire |
9,185 |
20th
2023: 22nd
|
Cambridgeshire |
8,588 |
22nd
2023: 19th
|
Bedfordshire |
8,251 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2023: 1st
|
London |
280,423 |
2nd 2023: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
41,700 |
3rd 2023: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
40,892 |
4th 2023: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
23,972 |
5th 2023: 5th
|
Essex |
19,024 |
6th 2023: 6th
|
Kent |
16,490 |
7th 2023: 7th
|
Hampshire |
14,534 |
8th 2023: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
14,111 |
9th 2023: 10th
|
Lancashire |
13,620 |
10th 2023: 9th
|
Merseyside |
13,029 |
11th 2023: 12th
|
South Yorkshire |
11,673 |
12th 2023: 11th
|
Surrey |
11,351 |
13th 2023: 13th
|
Leicestershire |
11,209 |
14th 2023: 14th
|
Berkshire |
10,454 |
15th 2023: 15th
|
Cheshire |
9,854 |
16th 2023: 17th
|
Nottinghamshire |
9,248 |
17th 2023: 16th
|
Buckinghamshire |
9,185 |
18th 2023: 20th
|
Suffolk |
9,091 |
19th 2023: 18th
|
North Yorkshire |
8,830 |
20th 2023: 22nd
|
Cambridgeshire |
8,588 |
21st 2023: 24th
|
Tyne and Wear |
8,269 |
22nd 2023: 19th
|
Bedfordshire |
8,251 |
23rd 2023: 21st
|
Staffordshire |
8,181 |
24th 2023: 23rd
|
Dorset |
7,890 |
25th 2023: 26th
|
Derbyshire |
7,553 |
26th 2023: 27th
|
East Sussex |
7,231 |
27th 2023: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
7,132 |
28th 2023: 25th
|
Northamptonshire |
6,894 |
29th 2023: 28th
|
Devon |
6,646 |
30th 2023: 30th
|
Gloucestershire |
6,522 |
31st 2023: 31st
|
West Sussex |
6,467 |
32nd 2023: 32nd
|
Somerset |
6,153 |
33rd 2023: 34th
|
Durham |
5,616 |
34th 2023: 33rd
|
Norfolk |
5,434 |
35th 2023: 35th
|
Oxfordshire |
5,301 |
36th 2023: 36th
|
Warwickshire |
5,070 |
37th 2023: 39th
|
Worcestershire |
5,059 |
38th 2023: 38th
|
Wiltshire |
4,609 |
39th 2023: 37th
|
Bristol |
4,467 |
40th 2023: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
4,234 |
41st 2023: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
4,025 |
42nd 2023: 41st
|
Shropshire |
3,031 |
43rd 2023: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
2,854 |
44th 2023: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,453 |
45th 2023: 45th
|
Northumberland |
1,577 |
46th 2023: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
718 |
47th 2023: 47th
|
Rutland |
242 |
people
11.7
12.5
97% Private Limited Companies (13,640 companies)
3% Other company types (471 companies)
Other company types breakdown (471 companies)
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Businesses formed in Hertfordshire during 2024
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Businesses dissolved in Hertfordshire during 2024
125,410
businesses registered in Hertfordshire at the end of 2024.
2.1% more companies in Hertfordshire compared to 2023
Cambridgeshire
61,973 total businesses
8,588 formed in 2024
6,428 dissolved in 2024
Essex
157,235 total businesses
19,024 formed in 2024
15,914 dissolved in 2024
Buckinghamshire
80,842 total businesses
9,185 formed in 2024
8,042 dissolved in 2024
London
1,560,328 total businesses
280,423 formed in 2024
219,451 dissolved in 2024
Bedfordshire
53,808 total businesses
8,251 formed in 2024
6,678 dissolved in 2024
Hertfordshire
125,410 total businesses
14,111 formed in 2024
11,897 dissolved in 2024
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Broxbourne and Hoddesdon South |
28 |
||
Cheshunt North |
42 |
||
Cheshunt South and Theobalds |
21 |
||
Flamstead End |
23 |
||
Goffs Oak |
31 |
||
Hertford Heath |
5 |
||
Hoddesdon North |
46 |
||
Hoddesdon Town and Rye Park |
11 |
||
Rosedale and Bury Green |
28 |
||
Waltham Cross |
40 |
||
Wormley and Turnford |
-23 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Adeyfield East |
69 |
||
Adeyfield West |
10 |
||
Aldbury and Wigginton |
5 |
||
Apsley and Corner Hall |
-4 |
||
Ashridge |
13 |
||
Bennetts End |
1 |
||
Berkhamsted Castle |
33 |
||
Berkhamsted East |
17 |
||
Berkhamsted West |
25 |
||
Bovingdon Flaunden and Chipperfield |
-6 |
||
Boxmoor |
-22 |
||
Chaulden and Warners End |
-13 |
||
Gadebridge |
-4 |
||
Grovehill |
3 |
||
Hemel Hempstead Town |
49 |
||
Highfield |
17 |
||
Kings Langley |
13 |
||
Leverstock Green |
12 |
||
Nash Mills |
11 |
||
Northchurch |
8 |
||
Tring Central |
0 |
||
Tring East |
50 |
||
Tring West and Rural |
9 |
||
Watling |
14 |
||
Woodhall Farm |
5 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bishop's Stortford All Saints |
21 |
||
Bishop's Stortford Central |
48 |
||
Bishop's Stortford Meads |
15 |
||
Bishop's Stortford Silverleys |
2 |
||
Bishop's Stortford South |
14 |
||
Braughing |
-8 |
||
Buntingford |
16 |
||
Datchworth & Aston |
17 |
||
Great Amwell |
-7 |
||
Hertford Bengeo |
11 |
||
Hertford Castle |
-3 |
||
Hertford Heath |
5 |
||
Hertford Kingsmead |
10 |
||
Hertford Rural North |
-4 |
||
Hertford Rural South |
17 |
||
Hertford Sele |
-1 |
||
Hunsdon |
0 |
||
Little Hadham |
2 |
||
Much Hadham |
1 |
||
Mundens and Cottered |
10 |
||
Puckeridge |
2 |
||
Sawbridgeworth |
41 |
||
Stanstead Abbots |
25 |
||
Thundridge & Standon |
11 |
||
Walkern |
-1 |
||
Ware Chadwell |
8 |
||
Ware Christchurch |
31 |
||
Ware St Mary's |
8 |
||
Ware Trinity |
6 |
||
Watton-at-Stone |
-2 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Aldenham East |
22 |
||
Aldenham West |
-2 |
||
Borehamwood Brookmeadow |
68 |
||
Borehamwood Cowley Hill |
29 |
||
Borehamwood Hillside |
-103 |
||
Borehamwood Kenilworth |
61 |
||
Bushey Heath |
-40 |
||
Bushey North |
22 |
||
Bushey Park |
7 |
||
Bushey St James |
20 |
||
Elstree |
-7 |
||
Potters Bar Furzefield |
29 |
||
Potters Bar Oakmere |
3 |
||
Potters Bar Parkfield |
-30 |
||
Shenley |
33 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Arbury |
5 |
||
Baldock East |
2 |
||
Baldock Town |
6 |
||
Cadwell |
-2 |
||
Chesfield |
12 |
||
Codicote |
4 |
||
Ermine |
7 |
||
Hitchin Bearton |
81 |
||
Hitchin Highbury |
17 |
||
Hitchin Oughton |
3 |
||
Hitchin Priory |
3 |
||
Hitchin Walsworth |
-2 |
||
Hitchwood Offa and Hoo |
7 |
||
Kimpton |
4 |
||
Knebworth |
16 |
||
Letchworth East |
20 |
||
Letchworth Grange |
14 |
||
Letchworth South East |
-10 |
||
Letchworth South West |
3 |
||
Letchworth Wilbury |
-19 |
||
Royston Heath |
3 |
||
Royston Meridian |
-7 |
||
Royston Palace |
-1 |
||
Weston and Sandon |
4 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ashley |
-10 |
||
Batchwood |
7 |
||
Clarence |
12 |
||
Colney Heath |
26 |
||
Cunningham |
-5 |
||
Harpenden East |
3 |
||
Harpenden North |
58 |
||
Harpenden South |
7 |
||
Harpenden West |
24 |
||
London Colney |
6 |
||
Marshalswick North |
23 |
||
Marshalswick South |
10 |
||
Park Street |
14 |
||
Redbourn |
-9 |
||
Sandridge |
10 |
||
Sopwell |
-3 |
||
St Peters |
-69 |
||
St Stephen |
21 |
||
Verulam |
23 |
||
Wheathampstead |
-49 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bandley Hill |
17 |
||
Bedwell |
-19 |
||
Chells |
7 |
||
Longmeadow |
10 |
||
Manor |
6 |
||
Martins Wood |
3 |
||
Old Town |
10 |
||
Pin Green |
-1 |
||
Roebuck |
70 |
||
Shephall |
27 |
||
St Nicholas |
-1 |
||
Symonds Green |
7 |
||
Woodfield |
-16 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abbots Langley & Bedmond |
12 |
||
Carpenders Park |
38 |
||
Chorleywood North & Sarratt |
4 |
||
Chorleywood South & Maple Cross |
28 |
||
Dickinsons |
28 |
||
Durrants |
20 |
||
Gade Valley |
44 |
||
Leavesden |
15 |
||
Moor Park & Eastbury |
32 |
||
Oxhey Hall & Hayling |
17 |
||
Penn & Mill End |
5 |
||
Rickmansworth Town |
51 |
||
South Oxhey |
24 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Callowland |
48 |
||
Central |
-176 |
||
Holywell |
38 |
||
Leavesden |
15 |
||
Leggatts |
39 |
||
Meriden |
6 |
||
Nascot |
9 |
||
Oxhey |
39 |
||
Park |
24 |
||
Stanborough |
17 |
||
Tudor |
43 |
||
Vicarage |
36 |
||
Woodside |
17 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Brookmans Park and Little Heath |
-5 |
||
Haldens |
4 |
||
Handside |
24 |
||
Hatfield Central |
27 |
||
Hatfield East |
2 |
||
Hatfield South |
20 |
||
Hatfield Villages |
57 |
||
Hatfield West |
30 |
||
Hollybush |
13 |
||
Howlands |
7 |
||
Northaw and Cuffley |
17 |
||
Panshanger |
-5 |
||
Peartree |
283 |
||
Sherrards |
-8 |
||
Welham Green |
-5 |
||
Welwyn East |
16 |
||
Welwyn West |
19 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2024 and how Hertfordshire compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2023: 1st
|
London |
1,560,328 |
2nd
2023: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
251,769 |
3rd
2023: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
234,944 |
4th
2023: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
157,321 |
5th
2023: 4th
|
Essex |
157,235 |
8th 2023: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
125,410 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2023: 1st
|
London |
1,560,328 |
5th
2023: 4th
|
Essex |
157,235 |
8th
2023: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
125,410 |
13th
2023: 13th
|
Buckinghamshire |
80,842 |
23rd
2023: 24th
|
Cambridgeshire |
61,973 |
32nd
2023: 31st
|
Bedfordshire |
53,808 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2023: 1st
|
London |
1,560,328 |
2nd 2023: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
251,769 |
3rd 2023: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
234,944 |
4th 2023: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
157,321 |
5th 2023: 4th
|
Essex |
157,235 |
6th 2023: 6th
|
Kent |
136,504 |
7th 2023: 7th
|
Hampshire |
127,564 |
8th 2023: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
125,410 |
9th 2023: 9th
|
Surrey |
110,047 |
10th 2023: 10th
|
Lancashire |
97,537 |
11th 2023: 11th
|
Merseyside |
84,857 |
12th 2023: 12th
|
Cheshire |
83,478 |
13th 2023: 13th
|
Buckinghamshire |
80,842 |
14th 2023: 14th
|
Berkshire |
80,348 |
15th 2023: 15th
|
Leicestershire |
78,116 |
16th 2023: 16th
|
South Yorkshire |
75,130 |
17th 2023: 17th
|
East Sussex |
71,666 |
18th 2023: 18th
|
North Yorkshire |
67,293 |
19th 2023: 19th
|
Nottinghamshire |
65,784 |
20th 2023: 20th
|
Devon |
64,346 |
21st 2023: 21st
|
Dorset |
63,675 |
22nd 2023: 22nd
|
Staffordshire |
62,904 |
23rd 2023: 24th
|
Cambridgeshire |
61,973 |
24th 2023: 26th
|
Gloucestershire |
61,133 |
25th 2023: 23rd
|
Somerset |
60,769 |
26th 2023: 25th
|
West Sussex |
60,518 |
27th 2023: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
59,950 |
28th 2023: 28th
|
Lincolnshire |
57,099 |
29th 2023: 29th
|
Northamptonshire |
55,842 |
30th 2023: 32nd
|
Suffolk |
55,335 |
31st 2023: 30th
|
Tyne and Wear |
54,971 |
32nd 2023: 31st
|
Bedfordshire |
53,808 |
33rd 2023: 33rd
|
Norfolk |
49,863 |
34th 2023: 34th
|
Oxfordshire |
48,887 |
35th 2023: 35th
|
Worcestershire |
48,838 |
36th 2023: 36th
|
Warwickshire |
43,777 |
37th 2023: 37th
|
Wiltshire |
42,535 |
38th 2023: 38th
|
Durham |
38,779 |
39th 2023: 39th
|
Bristol |
36,561 |
40th 2023: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
31,014 |
41st 2023: 41st
|
Shropshire |
28,136 |
42nd 2023: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
27,621 |
43rd 2023: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
24,059 |
44th 2023: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
18,258 |
45th 2023: 45th
|
Northumberland |
13,228 |
46th 2023: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
6,739 |
47th 2023: 47th
|
Rutland |
2,179 |
people
104.1
83.4
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.
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
2024
14,111 formed
11,897 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
0.85% vs 2020
2.8% vs 2021
0.61% vs 2022
2.1% vs 2023