2014
541 formed
401 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Isle of Wight during 2018
5.7% more companies in Isle of Wight compared to 2017
Isle of Wight 644 formed
Dorset 8,314 formed
Hampshire 14,244 formed
West Sussex 6,048 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Isle of Wight compares.
Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
---|---|---|
1st
2017: 1st
|
London |
217,617 |
2nd
2017: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
32,571 |
3rd
2017: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
31,875 |
4th
2017: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
18,204 |
5th
2017: 5th
|
Essex |
17,063 |
46th 2017: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
645 |
Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
---|---|---|
8th
2017: 8th
|
Hampshire |
14,244 |
17th
2017: 20th
|
Dorset |
8,314 |
28th
2017: 29th
|
West Sussex |
6,048 |
46th
2017: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
645 |
Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
---|---|---|
1st 2017: 1st
|
London |
217,617 |
2nd 2017: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
32,571 |
3rd 2017: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
31,875 |
4th 2017: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
18,204 |
5th 2017: 5th
|
Essex |
17,063 |
6th 2017: 7th
|
Hertfordshire |
15,554 |
7th 2017: 6th
|
Kent |
15,057 |
8th 2017: 8th
|
Hampshire |
14,244 |
9th 2017: 9th
|
Cheshire |
13,259 |
10th 2017: 10th
|
Merseyside |
11,451 |
11th 2017: 12th
|
Lancashire |
11,291 |
12th 2017: 11th
|
Surrey |
11,179 |
13th 2017: 15th
|
Berkshire |
9,166 |
14th 2017: 17th
|
Buckinghamshire |
8,915 |
15th 2017: 13th
|
Leicestershire |
8,896 |
16th 2017: 16th
|
South Yorkshire |
8,542 |
17th 2017: 20th
|
Dorset |
8,314 |
18th 2017: 14th
|
Northamptonshire |
7,630 |
19th 2017: 19th
|
East Sussex |
7,462 |
20th 2017: 21st
|
Nottinghamshire |
7,429 |
21st 2017: 23rd
|
Bedfordshire |
7,013 |
22nd 2017: 18th
|
Worcestershire |
6,889 |
23rd 2017: 22nd
|
North Yorkshire |
6,822 |
24th 2017: 25th
|
Cambridgeshire |
6,786 |
25th 2017: 26th
|
Tyne and Wear |
6,669 |
26th 2017: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
6,474 |
27th 2017: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
6,167 |
28th 2017: 29th
|
West Sussex |
6,048 |
29th 2017: 31st
|
Lincolnshire |
5,910 |
30th 2017: 28th
|
Devon |
5,908 |
31st 2017: 30th
|
Gloucestershire |
5,719 |
32nd 2017: 32nd
|
Somerset |
5,537 |
33rd 2017: 40th
|
Durham |
5,223 |
34th 2017: 36th
|
Warwickshire |
4,755 |
35th 2017: 34th
|
Bristol |
4,635 |
36th 2017: 37th
|
Oxfordshire |
4,631 |
37th 2017: 38th
|
Norfolk |
4,542 |
38th 2017: 33rd
|
Wiltshire |
4,348 |
39th 2017: 39th
|
Suffolk |
4,292 |
40th 2017: 35th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
3,195 |
41st 2017: 41st
|
Cornwall |
2,829 |
42nd 2017: 42nd
|
Shropshire |
2,634 |
43rd 2017: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,259 |
44th 2017: 44th
|
Northumberland |
1,422 |
45th 2017: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
1,054 |
46th 2017: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
645 |
47th 2017: 47th
|
Rutland |
198 |
4.7
10.6
93% Private Limited Companies (603 companies)
7% Other company types (42 companies)
Other company types breakdown (42 companies)
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Businesses formed in Isle of Wight during 2018
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Businesses dissolved in Isle of Wight during 2018
5,417
businesses registered in Isle of Wight at the end of 2018.
5.7% more companies in Isle of Wight compared to 2017
Dorset
56,307 total businesses
8,314 formed in 2018
5,575 dissolved in 2018
Hampshire
110,793 total businesses
14,244 formed in 2018
10,933 dissolved in 2018
West Sussex
51,556 total businesses
6,048 formed in 2018
4,694 dissolved in 2018
Isle of Wight
5,417 total businesses
645 formed in 2018
442 dissolved in 2018
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Arreton and Newchurch |
20 |
||
Binstead and Fishbourne |
8 |
||
Brading St Helens and Bembridge |
20 |
||
Carisbrooke |
5 |
||
Central Wight |
-3 |
||
Chale Niton and Whitwell |
7 |
||
Cowes Medina |
5 |
||
Cowes North |
3 |
||
Cowes South and Northwood |
7 |
||
Cowes West and Gurnard |
5 |
||
East Cowes |
5 |
||
Freshwater North |
2 |
||
Freshwater South |
4 |
||
Godshill and Wroxall |
4 |
||
Havenstreet Ashey and Haylands |
5 |
||
Lake North |
0 |
||
Lake South |
-1 |
||
Nettlestone and Seaview |
7 |
||
Newport Central |
9 |
||
Newport East |
10 |
||
Newport North |
9 |
||
Newport South |
4 |
||
Newport West |
1 |
||
Parkhurst |
6 |
||
Ryde East |
5 |
||
Ryde North East |
12 |
||
Ryde North West |
-2 |
||
Ryde South |
7 |
||
Ryde West |
-1 |
||
Sandown North |
2 |
||
Sandown South |
-9 |
||
Shanklin Central |
7 |
||
Shanklin South |
2 |
||
Totland |
4 |
||
Ventnor East |
8 |
||
Ventnor West |
5 |
||
West Wight |
1 |
||
Whippingham and Osborne |
15 |
||
Wootton Bridge |
4 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2018 and how Isle of Wight compares to them.
Rank | County | Total companies |
---|---|---|
1st
2017: 1st
|
London |
1,163,777 |
2nd
2017: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
184,396 |
3rd
2017: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
167,807 |
4th
2017: 4th
|
Essex |
122,421 |
5th
2017: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
118,705 |
46th 2017: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
5,417 |
Rank | County | Total companies |
---|---|---|
7th
2017: 6th
|
Hampshire |
110,793 |
18th
2017: 18th
|
Dorset |
56,307 |
20th
2017: 20th
|
West Sussex |
51,556 |
46th
2017: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
5,417 |
Rank | County | Total companies |
---|---|---|
1st 2017: 1st
|
London |
1,163,777 |
2nd 2017: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
184,396 |
3rd 2017: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
167,807 |
4th 2017: 4th
|
Essex |
122,421 |
5th 2017: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
118,705 |
6th 2017: 7th
|
Hertfordshire |
111,063 |
7th 2017: 6th
|
Hampshire |
110,793 |
8th 2017: 8th
|
Kent |
108,910 |
9th 2017: 9th
|
Surrey |
98,968 |
10th 2017: 10th
|
Cheshire |
78,274 |
11th 2017: 11th
|
Lancashire |
75,763 |
12th 2017: 14th
|
Buckinghamshire |
69,301 |
13th 2017: 12th
|
Berkshire |
68,855 |
14th 2017: 13th
|
East Sussex |
66,405 |
15th 2017: 15th
|
Merseyside |
65,551 |
16th 2017: 16th
|
Leicestershire |
60,027 |
17th 2017: 17th
|
South Yorkshire |
58,193 |
18th 2017: 18th
|
Dorset |
56,307 |
19th 2017: 19th
|
North Yorkshire |
52,860 |
20th 2017: 20th
|
West Sussex |
51,556 |
21st 2017: 22nd
|
Devon |
51,129 |
22nd 2017: 21st
|
Gloucestershire |
50,643 |
23rd 2017: 25th
|
Nottinghamshire |
50,491 |
24th 2017: 24th
|
Somerset |
49,396 |
25th 2017: 23rd
|
Staffordshire |
48,752 |
26th 2017: 27th
|
Cambridgeshire |
48,390 |
27th 2017: 28th
|
Derbyshire |
46,632 |
28th 2017: 26th
|
Northamptonshire |
44,212 |
29th 2017: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
43,713 |
30th 2017: 30th
|
Tyne and Wear |
42,534 |
31st 2017: 32nd
|
Bedfordshire |
42,015 |
32nd 2017: 31st
|
Oxfordshire |
40,930 |
33rd 2017: 33rd
|
Worcestershire |
37,800 |
34th 2017: 35th
|
Norfolk |
37,466 |
35th 2017: 36th
|
Warwickshire |
37,025 |
36th 2017: 34th
|
Wiltshire |
36,714 |
37th 2017: 37th
|
Suffolk |
35,510 |
38th 2017: 38th
|
Bristol |
32,794 |
39th 2017: 39th
|
Durham |
28,771 |
40th 2017: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
24,661 |
41st 2017: 41st
|
Shropshire |
22,421 |
42nd 2017: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
21,904 |
43rd 2017: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
20,916 |
44th 2017: 44th
|
Northumberland |
10,423 |
45th 2017: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
9,243 |
46th 2017: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
5,417 |
47th 2017: 47th
|
Rutland |
1,840 |
39.1
68.1
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.
2014
541 formed
401 dissolved
2015
560 formed
374 dissolved
2016
545 formed
439 dissolved
2017
528 formed
421 dissolved
2018
645 formed
442 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
4% vs 2014
2.5% vs 2015
3.06% vs 2016
5.7% vs 2017