2013
516 formed
335 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Isle of Wight during 2017
3.1% more companies in Isle of Wight compared to 2016
Isle of Wight 528 formed
Dorset 7,242 formed
Hampshire 13,642 formed
West Sussex 5,598 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Isle of Wight compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2016: 1st
|
London |
205,527 |
2nd
2016: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
31,124 |
3rd
2016: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
26,802 |
4th
2016: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
16,604 |
5th
2016: 6th
|
Essex |
15,922 |
46th 2016: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
528 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
8th
2016: 9th
|
Hampshire |
13,642 |
20th
2016: 19th
|
Dorset |
7,242 |
29th
2016: 29th
|
West Sussex |
5,598 |
46th
2016: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
528 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2016: 1st
|
London |
205,527 |
2nd 2016: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
31,124 |
3rd 2016: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
26,802 |
4th 2016: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
16,604 |
5th 2016: 6th
|
Essex |
15,922 |
6th 2016: 8th
|
Kent |
14,860 |
7th 2016: 5th
|
Hertfordshire |
13,752 |
8th 2016: 9th
|
Hampshire |
13,642 |
9th 2016: 7th
|
Cheshire |
11,619 |
10th 2016: 13th
|
Merseyside |
11,016 |
11th 2016: 12th
|
Surrey |
11,009 |
12th 2016: 14th
|
Lancashire |
10,646 |
13th 2016: 18th
|
Leicestershire |
10,566 |
14th 2016: 22nd
|
Northamptonshire |
9,958 |
15th 2016: 16th
|
Berkshire |
8,679 |
16th 2016: 15th
|
South Yorkshire |
8,325 |
17th 2016: 17th
|
Buckinghamshire |
7,992 |
18th 2016: 24th
|
Worcestershire |
7,804 |
19th 2016: 20th
|
East Sussex |
7,318 |
20th 2016: 19th
|
Dorset |
7,242 |
21st 2016: 23rd
|
Nottinghamshire |
6,937 |
22nd 2016: 25th
|
North Yorkshire |
6,766 |
23rd 2016: 10th
|
Bedfordshire |
6,469 |
24th 2016: 21st
|
Staffordshire |
6,449 |
25th 2016: 28th
|
Cambridgeshire |
6,384 |
26th 2016: 26th
|
Tyne and Wear |
6,166 |
27th 2016: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
5,803 |
28th 2016: 30th
|
Devon |
5,615 |
29th 2016: 29th
|
West Sussex |
5,598 |
30th 2016: 32nd
|
Gloucestershire |
5,447 |
31st 2016: 31st
|
Lincolnshire |
5,414 |
32nd 2016: 33rd
|
Somerset |
5,329 |
33rd 2016: 11th
|
Wiltshire |
5,227 |
34th 2016: 34th
|
Bristol |
4,744 |
35th 2016: 39th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
4,646 |
36th 2016: 35th
|
Warwickshire |
4,617 |
37th 2016: 36th
|
Oxfordshire |
4,612 |
38th 2016: 37th
|
Norfolk |
4,399 |
39th 2016: 38th
|
Suffolk |
4,145 |
40th 2016: 40th
|
Durham |
4,077 |
41st 2016: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
2,665 |
42nd 2016: 41st
|
Shropshire |
2,474 |
43rd 2016: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,215 |
44th 2016: 44th
|
Northumberland |
1,360 |
45th 2016: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
906 |
46th 2016: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
528 |
47th 2016: 47th
|
Rutland |
186 |
people
3.8
10.0
94% Private Limited Companies (496 companies)
6% Other company types (32 companies)
Other company types breakdown (32 companies)
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Businesses formed in Isle of Wight during 2017
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Businesses dissolved in Isle of Wight during 2017
5,125
businesses registered in Isle of Wight at the end of 2017.
3.1% more companies in Isle of Wight compared to 2016
Dorset
52,411 total businesses
7,242 formed in 2017
5,040 dissolved in 2017
Hampshire
106,588 total businesses
13,642 formed in 2017
11,069 dissolved in 2017
West Sussex
49,845 total businesses
5,598 formed in 2017
4,690 dissolved in 2017
Isle of Wight
5,125 total businesses
528 formed in 2017
421 dissolved in 2017
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Arreton and Newchurch |
18 |
||
Binstead and Fishbourne |
8 |
||
Brading St Helens and Bembridge |
7 |
||
Carisbrooke |
8 |
||
Central Wight |
-3 |
||
Chale Niton and Whitwell |
-6 |
||
Cowes Medina |
10 |
||
Cowes North |
11 |
||
Cowes South and Northwood |
-4 |
||
Cowes West and Gurnard |
2 |
||
East Cowes |
-1 |
||
Freshwater North |
7 |
||
Freshwater South |
4 |
||
Godshill and Wroxall |
3 |
||
Havenstreet Ashey and Haylands |
1 |
||
Lake North |
0 |
||
Lake South |
0 |
||
Nettlestone and Seaview |
0 |
||
Newport Central |
0 |
||
Newport East |
0 |
||
Newport North |
19 |
||
Newport South |
8 |
||
Newport West |
6 |
||
Parkhurst |
-1 |
||
Ryde East |
4 |
||
Ryde North East |
5 |
||
Ryde North West |
-3 |
||
Ryde South |
5 |
||
Ryde West |
2 |
||
Sandown North |
-5 |
||
Sandown South |
-2 |
||
Shanklin Central |
2 |
||
Shanklin South |
-3 |
||
Totland |
-3 |
||
Ventnor East |
5 |
||
Ventnor West |
-2 |
||
West Wight |
4 |
||
Whippingham and Osborne |
0 |
||
Wootton Bridge |
2 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2017 and how Isle of Wight compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2016: 1st
|
London |
1,114,699 |
2nd
2016: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
177,360 |
3rd
2016: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
159,647 |
4th
2016: 4th
|
Essex |
116,669 |
5th
2016: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
113,471 |
46th 2016: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
5,125 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
6th
2016: 7th
|
Hampshire |
106,588 |
18th
2016: 18th
|
Dorset |
52,411 |
20th
2016: 19th
|
West Sussex |
49,845 |
46th
2016: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
5,125 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2016: 1st
|
London |
1,114,699 |
2nd 2016: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
177,360 |
3rd 2016: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
159,647 |
4th 2016: 4th
|
Essex |
116,669 |
5th 2016: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
113,471 |
6th 2016: 7th
|
Hampshire |
106,588 |
7th 2016: 6th
|
Hertfordshire |
105,506 |
8th 2016: 8th
|
Kent |
105,182 |
9th 2016: 9th
|
Surrey |
96,847 |
10th 2016: 10th
|
Cheshire |
76,254 |
11th 2016: 11th
|
Lancashire |
71,294 |
12th 2016: 12th
|
Berkshire |
66,738 |
13th 2016: 13th
|
East Sussex |
64,805 |
14th 2016: 14th
|
Buckinghamshire |
64,538 |
15th 2016: 15th
|
Merseyside |
63,781 |
16th 2016: 17th
|
Leicestershire |
57,830 |
17th 2016: 16th
|
South Yorkshire |
56,932 |
18th 2016: 18th
|
Dorset |
52,411 |
19th 2016: 20th
|
North Yorkshire |
50,798 |
20th 2016: 19th
|
West Sussex |
49,845 |
21st 2016: 21st
|
Gloucestershire |
49,129 |
22nd 2016: 22nd
|
Devon |
48,848 |
23rd 2016: 23rd
|
Staffordshire |
47,930 |
24th 2016: 24th
|
Somerset |
47,912 |
25th 2016: 25th
|
Nottinghamshire |
47,771 |
26th 2016: 31st
|
Northamptonshire |
46,778 |
27th 2016: 28th
|
Cambridgeshire |
46,059 |
28th 2016: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
44,849 |
29th 2016: 30th
|
Lincolnshire |
41,976 |
30th 2016: 32nd
|
Tyne and Wear |
40,273 |
31st 2016: 33rd
|
Oxfordshire |
39,736 |
32nd 2016: 26th
|
Bedfordshire |
38,894 |
33rd 2016: 36th
|
Worcestershire |
38,764 |
34th 2016: 29th
|
Wiltshire |
36,977 |
35th 2016: 34th
|
Norfolk |
36,459 |
36th 2016: 35th
|
Warwickshire |
35,844 |
37th 2016: 37th
|
Suffolk |
33,994 |
38th 2016: 38th
|
Bristol |
32,106 |
39th 2016: 39th
|
Durham |
26,562 |
40th 2016: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
25,585 |
41st 2016: 41st
|
Shropshire |
21,473 |
42nd 2016: 43rd
|
Cornwall |
20,746 |
43rd 2016: 42nd
|
Cumbria |
20,316 |
44th 2016: 44th
|
Northumberland |
10,100 |
45th 2016: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
8,627 |
46th 2016: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
5,125 |
47th 2016: 47th
|
Rutland |
1,797 |
people
37.0
65.1
How the total number of companies in Isle of Wight has changed over the last 5 years as new companies have been formed and some existing companies dissolved.
2013
516 formed
335 dissolved
2014
541 formed
401 dissolved
2015
560 formed
374 dissolved
2016
545 formed
439 dissolved
2017
528 formed
421 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
3.1% vs 2013
4% vs 2014
2.5% vs 2015
3.1% vs 2016