2017
528 formed
421 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Isle of Wight during 2021
3.3% more companies in Isle of Wight compared to 2020
Isle of Wight 693 formed
Dorset 7,584 formed
Hampshire 14,512 formed
West Sussex 6,463 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Isle of Wight compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2020: 1st
|
London |
269,246 |
2nd
2020: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
36,485 |
3rd
2020: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
36,442 |
4th
2020: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
22,140 |
5th
2020: 5th
|
Essex |
18,584 |
46th 2020: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
697 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
7th
2020: 7th
|
Hampshire |
14,512 |
22nd
2020: 26th
|
Dorset |
7,584 |
31st
2020: 29th
|
West Sussex |
6,463 |
46th
2020: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
697 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2020: 1st
|
London |
269,246 |
2nd 2020: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
36,485 |
3rd 2020: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
36,442 |
4th 2020: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
22,140 |
5th 2020: 5th
|
Essex |
18,584 |
6th 2020: 6th
|
Kent |
16,625 |
7th 2020: 7th
|
Hampshire |
14,512 |
8th 2020: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
13,899 |
9th 2020: 9th
|
Merseyside |
13,108 |
10th 2020: 10th
|
Lancashire |
12,800 |
11th 2020: 12th
|
Surrey |
11,021 |
12th 2020: 14th
|
South Yorkshire |
10,815 |
13th 2020: 13th
|
Cheshire |
9,800 |
14th 2020: 11th
|
Leicestershire |
9,685 |
15th 2020: 15th
|
Berkshire |
9,605 |
16th 2020: 16th
|
Buckinghamshire |
8,910 |
17th 2020: 17th
|
Nottinghamshire |
8,810 |
18th 2020: 22nd
|
Staffordshire |
8,541 |
19th 2020: 20th
|
East Sussex |
7,675 |
20th 2020: 21st
|
Tyne and Wear |
7,623 |
21st 2020: 19th
|
North Yorkshire |
7,614 |
22nd 2020: 26th
|
Dorset |
7,584 |
23rd 2020: 24th
|
Cambridgeshire |
7,476 |
24th 2020: 18th
|
Bedfordshire |
7,413 |
25th 2020: 28th
|
Worcestershire |
7,361 |
26th 2020: 25th
|
Derbyshire |
7,261 |
27th 2020: 23rd
|
Northamptonshire |
7,131 |
28th 2020: 31st
|
Somerset |
7,057 |
29th 2020: 30th
|
Lincolnshire |
6,903 |
30th 2020: 27th
|
Devon |
6,825 |
31st 2020: 29th
|
West Sussex |
6,463 |
32nd 2020: 32nd
|
Gloucestershire |
6,357 |
33rd 2020: 35th
|
Suffolk |
5,445 |
34th 2020: 37th
|
Norfolk |
5,214 |
35th 2020: 33rd
|
Bristol |
5,125 |
36th 2020: 38th
|
Warwickshire |
5,117 |
37th 2020: 36th
|
Durham |
5,065 |
38th 2020: 34th
|
Oxfordshire |
5,053 |
39th 2020: 39th
|
Wiltshire |
4,432 |
40th 2020: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
3,749 |
41st 2020: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
2,993 |
42nd 2020: 41st
|
Shropshire |
2,914 |
43rd 2020: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
2,858 |
44th 2020: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,286 |
45th 2020: 45th
|
Northumberland |
1,421 |
46th 2020: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
697 |
47th 2020: 47th
|
Rutland |
195 |
people
5.0
12.2
93% Private Limited Companies (648 companies)
7% Other company types (49 companies)
Other company types breakdown (49 companies)
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Businesses formed in Isle of Wight during 2021
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Businesses dissolved in Isle of Wight during 2021
6,319
businesses registered in Isle of Wight at the end of 2021.
3.3% more companies in Isle of Wight compared to 2020
Dorset
56,465 total businesses
7,584 formed in 2021
6,001 dissolved in 2021
Hampshire
123,584 total businesses
14,512 formed in 2021
13,410 dissolved in 2021
West Sussex
57,619 total businesses
6,463 formed in 2021
5,538 dissolved in 2021
Isle of Wight
6,319 total businesses
697 formed in 2021
563 dissolved in 2021
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Arreton and Newchurch |
1 |
||
Binstead and Fishbourne |
-14 |
||
Brading St Helens and Bembridge |
6 |
||
Carisbrooke |
-5 |
||
Central Wight |
7 |
||
Chale Niton and Whitwell |
3 |
||
Cowes Medina |
-21 |
||
Cowes North |
-10 |
||
Cowes South and Northwood |
10 |
||
Cowes West and Gurnard |
10 |
||
East Cowes |
-5 |
||
Freshwater North |
3 |
||
Freshwater South |
3 |
||
Godshill and Wroxall |
6 |
||
Havenstreet Ashey and Haylands |
3 |
||
Lake North |
1 |
||
Lake South |
6 |
||
Nettlestone and Seaview |
18 |
||
Newport Central |
16 |
||
Newport East |
-3 |
||
Newport North |
16 |
||
Newport South |
4 |
||
Newport West |
4 |
||
Parkhurst |
-1 |
||
Ryde East |
1 |
||
Ryde North East |
8 |
||
Ryde North West |
7 |
||
Ryde South |
1 |
||
Ryde West |
40 |
||
Sandown North |
-5 |
||
Sandown South |
1 |
||
Shanklin Central |
-2 |
||
Shanklin South |
4 |
||
Totland |
-1 |
||
Ventnor East |
8 |
||
Ventnor West |
10 |
||
West Wight |
1 |
||
Whippingham and Osborne |
5 |
||
Wootton Bridge |
-4 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2021 and how Isle of Wight compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2020: 1st
|
London |
1,397,474 |
2nd
2020: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
217,557 |
3rd
2020: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
198,781 |
4th
2020: 4th
|
Essex |
141,948 |
5th
2020: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
141,120 |
46th 2020: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
6,319 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
7th
2020: 7th
|
Hampshire |
123,584 |
21st
2020: 20th
|
West Sussex |
57,619 |
25th
2020: 25th
|
Dorset |
56,465 |
46th
2020: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
6,319 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2020: 1st
|
London |
1,397,474 |
2nd 2020: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
217,557 |
3rd 2020: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
198,781 |
4th 2020: 4th
|
Essex |
141,948 |
5th 2020: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
141,120 |
6th 2020: 6th
|
Kent |
126,550 |
7th 2020: 7th
|
Hampshire |
123,584 |
8th 2020: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
118,798 |
9th 2020: 9th
|
Surrey |
106,792 |
10th 2020: 11th
|
Lancashire |
87,562 |
11th 2020: 10th
|
Cheshire |
83,426 |
12th 2020: 12th
|
Merseyside |
78,022 |
13th 2020: 14th
|
Berkshire |
75,011 |
14th 2020: 13th
|
Buckinghamshire |
74,634 |
15th 2020: 15th
|
Leicestershire |
71,867 |
16th 2020: 16th
|
East Sussex |
70,862 |
17th 2020: 17th
|
South Yorkshire |
68,227 |
18th 2020: 19th
|
Devon |
60,022 |
19th 2020: 18th
|
North Yorkshire |
59,819 |
20th 2020: 21st
|
Nottinghamshire |
58,780 |
21st 2020: 20th
|
West Sussex |
57,619 |
22nd 2020: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
57,556 |
23rd 2020: 23rd
|
Somerset |
57,300 |
24th 2020: 22nd
|
Gloucestershire |
56,711 |
25th 2020: 25th
|
Dorset |
56,465 |
26th 2020: 26th
|
Cambridgeshire |
56,346 |
27th 2020: 28th
|
Derbyshire |
53,394 |
28th 2020: 27th
|
Northamptonshire |
53,149 |
29th 2020: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
50,076 |
30th 2020: 30th
|
Tyne and Wear |
49,266 |
31st 2020: 31st
|
Bedfordshire |
47,831 |
32nd 2020: 32nd
|
Oxfordshire |
45,883 |
33rd 2020: 34th
|
Norfolk |
43,452 |
34th 2020: 33rd
|
Worcestershire |
42,443 |
35th 2020: 36th
|
Suffolk |
41,836 |
36th 2020: 35th
|
Warwickshire |
40,740 |
37th 2020: 37th
|
Wiltshire |
39,338 |
38th 2020: 38th
|
Bristol |
36,239 |
39th 2020: 39th
|
Durham |
33,620 |
40th 2020: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
27,909 |
41st 2020: 41st
|
Shropshire |
25,765 |
42nd 2020: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
24,752 |
43rd 2020: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
22,499 |
44th 2020: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
14,830 |
45th 2020: 45th
|
Northumberland |
11,895 |
46th 2020: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
6,319 |
47th 2020: 47th
|
Rutland |
2,056 |
people
45.7
79.1
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.
2017
528 formed
421 dissolved
2018
645 formed
442 dissolved
2019
675 formed
449 dissolved
2020
765 formed
398 dissolved
2021
697 formed
563 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
5.7% vs 2017
5.32% vs 2018
7.24% vs 2019
3.3% vs 2020