2012
12,195 formed
7,341 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Kent during 2016
5.0% more companies in Kent compared to 2015
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Kent compares.
Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
---|---|---|
1st
2015: 1st
|
London |
209,869 |
2nd
2015: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
32,999 |
3rd
2015: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
31,162 |
4th
2015: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
17,837 |
5th
2015: 6th
|
Hertfordshire |
17,671 |
8th 2015: 7th
|
Kent |
14,577 |
Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
---|---|---|
1st
2015: 1st
|
London |
209,869 |
6th
2015: 5th
|
Essex |
15,887 |
8th
2015: 7th
|
Kent |
14,577 |
12th
2015: 9th
|
Surrey |
11,070 |
20th
2015: 15th
|
East Sussex |
7,939 |
29th
2015: 26th
|
West Sussex |
5,996 |
Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
---|---|---|
1st 2015: 1st
|
London |
209,869 |
2nd 2015: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
32,999 |
3rd 2015: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
31,162 |
4th 2015: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
17,837 |
5th 2015: 6th
|
Hertfordshire |
17,671 |
6th 2015: 5th
|
Essex |
15,887 |
7th 2015: 10th
|
Cheshire |
15,328 |
8th 2015: 7th
|
Kent |
14,577 |
9th 2015: 8th
|
Hampshire |
14,249 |
10th 2015: 24th
|
Bedfordshire |
13,677 |
11th 2015: 34th
|
Wiltshire |
11,837 |
12th 2015: 9th
|
Surrey |
11,070 |
13th 2015: 12th
|
Merseyside |
10,617 |
14th 2015: 11th
|
Lancashire |
10,600 |
15th 2015: 13th
|
South Yorkshire |
9,265 |
16th 2015: 14th
|
Berkshire |
9,081 |
17th 2015: 16th
|
Buckinghamshire |
8,523 |
18th 2015: 18th
|
Leicestershire |
8,307 |
19th 2015: 17th
|
Dorset |
8,113 |
20th 2015: 15th
|
East Sussex |
7,939 |
21st 2015: 22nd
|
Staffordshire |
7,618 |
22nd 2015: 23rd
|
Northamptonshire |
7,050 |
23rd 2015: 20th
|
Nottinghamshire |
6,642 |
24th 2015: 39th
|
Worcestershire |
6,602 |
25th 2015: 21st
|
North Yorkshire |
6,525 |
26th 2015: 27th
|
Tyne and Wear |
6,380 |
27th 2015: 19th
|
Derbyshire |
6,271 |
28th 2015: 25th
|
Cambridgeshire |
6,208 |
29th 2015: 26th
|
West Sussex |
5,996 |
30th 2015: 30th
|
Devon |
5,703 |
31st 2015: 28th
|
Lincolnshire |
5,698 |
32nd 2015: 29th
|
Gloucestershire |
5,639 |
33rd 2015: 31st
|
Somerset |
5,328 |
34th 2015: 32nd
|
Bristol |
5,196 |
35th 2015: 35th
|
Warwickshire |
4,709 |
36th 2015: 33rd
|
Oxfordshire |
4,517 |
37th 2015: 36th
|
Norfolk |
4,480 |
38th 2015: 37th
|
Suffolk |
4,291 |
39th 2015: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
4,080 |
40th 2015: 38th
|
Durham |
4,017 |
41st 2015: 41st
|
Shropshire |
2,496 |
42nd 2015: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
2,468 |
43rd 2015: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
1,979 |
44th 2015: 44th
|
Northumberland |
1,302 |
45th 2015: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
853 |
46th 2015: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
545 |
47th 2015: 47th
|
Rutland |
217 |
8.4
10.5
97% Private Limited Companies (14,116 companies)
3% Other company types (461 companies)
Other company types breakdown (461 companies)
????
Businesses formed in Kent during 2016
????
Businesses dissolved in Kent during 2016
98,931
businesses registered in Kent at the end of 2016.
5.0% more companies in Kent compared to 2015
East Sussex
63,012 total businesses
7,939 formed in 2016
6,377 dissolved in 2016
Essex
112,065 total businesses
15,887 formed in 2016
12,823 dissolved in 2016
West Sussex
48,518 total businesses
5,996 formed in 2016
4,857 dissolved in 2016
Surrey
95,997 total businesses
11,070 formed in 2016
10,540 dissolved in 2016
London
1,070,255 total businesses
209,869 formed in 2016
152,312 dissolved in 2016
Kent
98,931 total businesses
14,577 formed in 2016
10,985 dissolved in 2016
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Aylesford Green |
16 |
||
Beaver |
12 |
||
Biddenden |
0 |
||
Bockhanger |
2 |
||
Boughton Aluph and Eastwell |
99 |
||
Bybrook |
4 |
||
Charing |
20 |
||
Downs North |
4 |
||
Downs West |
2 |
||
Godinton |
20 |
||
Great Chart with Singleton North |
7 |
||
Highfield |
3 |
||
Isle of Oxney |
6 |
||
Kennington |
6 |
||
Little Burton Farm |
16 |
||
Norman |
24 |
||
North Willesborough |
9 |
||
Park Farm North |
22 |
||
Park Farm South |
12 |
||
Rolvenden and Tenterden West |
5 |
||
Saxon Shore |
18 |
||
Singleton South |
5 |
||
South Willesborough |
12 |
||
St Michaels |
-1 |
||
Stanhope |
0 |
||
Stour |
-4 |
||
Tenterden North |
-10 |
||
Tenterden South |
3 |
||
Victoria |
10 |
||
Washford |
12 |
||
Weald Central |
21 |
||
Weald East |
11 |
||
Weald North |
-6 |
||
Weald South |
8 |
||
Wye |
-10 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Barton |
58 |
||
Beltinge |
8 |
||
Blean Forest |
2 |
||
Chartham & Stone Street |
-1 |
||
Chestfield |
5 |
||
Gorrell |
8 |
||
Greenhill |
10 |
||
Herne & Broomfield |
25 |
||
Heron |
8 |
||
Little Stour & Adisham |
12 |
||
Nailbourne |
0 |
||
Northgate |
9 |
||
Reculver |
3 |
||
Seasalter |
10 |
||
St Stephen's |
9 |
||
Sturry |
6 |
||
Swalecliffe |
14 |
||
Tankerton |
8 |
||
West Bay |
-3 |
||
Westgate |
-7 |
||
Wincheap |
0 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Bean and Darenth |
7 |
||
Brent |
24 |
||
Castle |
15 |
||
Cray Meadows |
0 |
||
Greenhithe |
38 |
||
Hartley and Hodsoll Street |
2 |
||
Heath |
46 |
||
Joyce Green |
19 |
||
Joydens Wood |
19 |
||
Littlebrook |
21 |
||
Longfield New Barn and Southfleet |
0 |
||
Newtown |
51 |
||
Princes |
13 |
||
Stone |
41 |
||
Sutton-at-Hone and Hawley |
-5 |
||
Swanscombe |
29 |
||
Town |
44 |
||
West Hill |
26 |
||
Wilmington |
19 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Aylesham |
16 |
||
Buckland |
13 |
||
Capel-le-Ferne |
0 |
||
Castle |
15 |
||
Eastry |
-5 |
||
Eythorne and Shepherdswell |
15 |
||
Little Stour and Ashstone |
3 |
||
Lydden and Temple Ewell |
6 |
||
Maxton Elms Vale and Priory |
23 |
||
Middle Deal and Sholden |
9 |
||
Mill Hill |
7 |
||
North Deal |
-15 |
||
Ringwould |
2 |
||
River |
-59 |
||
Sandwich |
15 |
||
St Margaret's-at-Cliffe |
9 |
||
St Radigunds |
-54 |
||
Tower Hamlets |
12 |
||
Town and Pier |
-6 |
||
Walmer |
6 |
||
Whitfield |
1 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Central |
43 |
||
Chalk |
0 |
||
Coldharbour |
23 |
||
Higham |
4 |
||
Istead Rise |
9 |
||
Meopham North |
6 |
||
Meopham South and Vigo |
-3 |
||
Northfleet North |
46 |
||
Northfleet South |
31 |
||
Painters Ash |
-5 |
||
Pelham |
44 |
||
Riverside |
19 |
||
Riverview |
-4 |
||
Shorne Cobham and Luddesdown |
19 |
||
Singlewell |
11 |
||
Westcourt |
20 |
||
Whitehill |
16 |
||
Woodlands |
14 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Allington |
29 |
||
Barming |
1 |
||
Bearsted |
22 |
||
Boughton Monchelsea and Chart Sutton |
0 |
||
Boxley |
8 |
||
Bridge |
10 |
||
Coxheath and Hunton |
5 |
||
Detling and Thurnham |
1 |
||
Downswood and Otham |
4 |
||
East |
34 |
||
Fant |
10 |
||
Harrietsham and Lenham |
9 |
||
Headcorn |
19 |
||
Heath |
46 |
||
High Street |
153 |
||
Leeds |
-2 |
||
Loose |
10 |
||
Marden and Yalding |
27 |
||
North |
4 |
||
North Downs |
-1 |
||
Park Wood |
17 |
||
Shepway North |
14 |
||
Shepway South |
12 |
||
South |
36 |
||
Staplehurst |
-7 |
||
Sutton Valence and Langley |
-1 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Chatham Central |
56 |
||
Cuxton and Halling |
8 |
||
Gillingham North |
158 |
||
Gillingham South |
36 |
||
Hempstead and Wigmore |
8 |
||
Lordswood and Capstone |
-17 |
||
Luton and Wayfield |
29 |
||
Peninsula |
-1 |
||
Princes Park |
19 |
||
Rainham Central |
19 |
||
Rainham North |
7 |
||
Rainham South |
16 |
||
River |
-59 |
||
Rochester East |
20 |
||
Rochester South and Horsted |
32 |
||
Rochester West |
4 |
||
Strood North |
18 |
||
Strood Rural |
47 |
||
Strood South |
25 |
||
Twydall |
13 |
||
Walderslade |
35 |
||
Watling |
42 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Ash and New Ash Green |
14 |
||
Brasted Chevening and Sundridge |
29 |
||
Cowden and Hever |
9 |
||
Crockenhill and Well Hill |
12 |
||
Dunton Green and Riverhead |
8 |
||
Edenbridge North and East |
-10 |
||
Edenbridge South and West |
2 |
||
Eynsford |
-2 |
||
Farningham Horton Kirby and South Darenth |
7 |
||
Fawkham and West Kingsdown |
-30 |
||
Halstead Knockholt and Badgers Mount |
13 |
||
Hartley and Hodsoll Street |
2 |
||
Hextable |
-14 |
||
Kemsing |
25 |
||
Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway |
-3 |
||
Otford and Shoreham |
14 |
||
Penshurst Fordcombe and Chiddingstone |
8 |
||
Seal and Weald |
1 |
||
Sevenoaks Eastern |
9 |
||
Sevenoaks Kippington |
6 |
||
Sevenoaks Northern |
11 |
||
Sevenoaks Town and St John's |
41 |
||
Swanley Christchurch and Swanley Village |
60 |
||
Swanley St Mary's |
3 |
||
Swanley White Oak |
-2 |
||
Westerham and Crockham Hill |
-19 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Broadmead |
6 |
||
Cheriton |
-15 |
||
East Folkestone |
-39 |
||
Folkestone Central |
20 |
||
Folkestone Harbour |
17 |
||
Hythe |
8 |
||
Hythe Rural |
3 |
||
New Romney |
23 |
||
North Downs East |
17 |
||
North Downs West |
-1 |
||
Romney Marsh |
7 |
||
Sandgate & West Folkestone |
-166 |
||
Walland & Denge Marsh |
4 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
19 |
||
Bobbing Iwade and Lower Halstow |
6 |
||
Borden and Grove Park |
12 |
||
Boughton and Courtenay |
12 |
||
Chalkwell |
11 |
||
East Downs |
4 |
||
Hartlip Newington and Upchurch |
6 |
||
Homewood |
8 |
||
Kemsley |
21 |
||
Milton Regis |
17 |
||
Minster Cliffs |
-1 |
||
Murston |
34 |
||
Priory |
9 |
||
Queenborough and Halfway |
-1 |
||
Roman |
10 |
||
Sheerness |
17 |
||
Sheppey Central |
12 |
||
Sheppey East |
13 |
||
St Ann's |
5 |
||
Teynham and Lynsted |
10 |
||
The Meads |
25 |
||
Watling |
42 |
||
West Downs |
5 |
||
Woodstock |
9 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Beacon Road |
-6 |
||
Birchington North |
0 |
||
Birchington South |
23 |
||
Bradstowe |
34 |
||
Central Harbour |
22 |
||
Cliffsend and Pegwell |
5 |
||
Cliftonville East |
30 |
||
Cliftonville West |
21 |
||
Dane Valley |
3 |
||
Eastcliff |
27 |
||
Garlinge |
6 |
||
Kingsgate |
3 |
||
Margate Central |
27 |
||
Nethercourt |
6 |
||
Newington |
1 |
||
Northwood |
21 |
||
Salmestone |
23 |
||
Sir Moses Montefiore |
8 |
||
St Peters |
17 |
||
Thanet Villages |
12 |
||
Viking |
319 |
||
Westbrook |
5 |
||
Westgate-on-Sea |
4 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Aylesford North and Walderslade |
14 |
||
Aylesford South |
33 |
||
Borough Green and Long Mill |
24 |
||
Burham and Wouldham |
6 |
||
Cage Green |
2 |
||
Castle |
15 |
||
Ditton |
-3 |
||
Downs and Mereworth |
12 |
||
East Malling |
6 |
||
Hadlow and East Peckham |
27 |
||
Higham |
4 |
||
Hildenborough |
28 |
||
Judd |
12 |
||
Kings Hill |
43 |
||
Larkfield North |
7 |
||
Larkfield South |
2 |
||
Medway |
35 |
||
Snodland East and Ham Hill |
2 |
||
Snodland West and Holborough Lakes |
19 |
||
Trench |
3 |
||
Vauxhall |
6 |
||
Wateringbury |
0 |
||
West Malling and Leybourne |
25 |
||
Wrotham Ightham and Stansted |
19 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Benenden and Cranbrook |
5 |
||
Biddenden |
0 |
||
Brenchley and Horsmonden |
4 |
||
Broadwater |
2 |
||
Capel |
-1 |
||
Culverden |
-88 |
||
Frittenden and Sissinghurst |
4 |
||
Goudhurst and Lamberhurst |
7 |
||
Hawkhurst and Sandhurst |
-5 |
||
Paddock Wood East |
31 |
||
Paddock Wood West |
11 |
||
Pantiles and St Mark's |
-12 |
||
Park |
-7 |
||
Pembury |
9 |
||
Rusthall |
-5 |
||
Sherwood |
34 |
||
Southborough and High Brooms |
29 |
||
Southborough North |
1 |
||
Speldhurst and Bidborough |
23 |
||
St James' |
23 |
||
St John's |
16 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2016 and how Kent compares to them.
Rank | County | Total companies |
---|---|---|
1st
2015: 1st
|
London |
1,070,255 |
2nd
2015: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
167,797 |
3rd
2015: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
156,118 |
4th
2015: 4th
|
Essex |
112,065 |
5th
2015: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
107,764 |
8th 2015: 8th
|
Kent |
98,931 |
Rank | County | Total companies |
---|---|---|
1st
2015: 1st
|
London |
1,070,255 |
4th
2015: 4th
|
Essex |
112,065 |
8th
2015: 8th
|
Kent |
98,931 |
9th
2015: 9th
|
Surrey |
95,997 |
13th
2015: 13th
|
East Sussex |
63,012 |
19th
2015: 19th
|
West Sussex |
48,518 |
Rank | County | Total companies |
---|---|---|
1st 2015: 1st
|
London |
1,070,255 |
2nd 2015: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
167,797 |
3rd 2015: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
156,118 |
4th 2015: 4th
|
Essex |
112,065 |
5th 2015: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
107,764 |
6th 2015: 7th
|
Hertfordshire |
104,699 |
7th 2015: 6th
|
Hampshire |
103,043 |
8th 2015: 8th
|
Kent |
98,931 |
9th 2015: 9th
|
Surrey |
95,997 |
10th 2015: 10th
|
Cheshire |
74,912 |
11th 2015: 11th
|
Lancashire |
68,241 |
12th 2015: 12th
|
Berkshire |
64,828 |
13th 2015: 13th
|
East Sussex |
63,012 |
14th 2015: 14th
|
Buckinghamshire |
62,413 |
15th 2015: 15th
|
Merseyside |
60,027 |
16th 2015: 16th
|
South Yorkshire |
55,438 |
17th 2015: 17th
|
Leicestershire |
52,138 |
18th 2015: 18th
|
Dorset |
50,419 |
19th 2015: 19th
|
West Sussex |
48,518 |
20th 2015: 20th
|
North Yorkshire |
48,164 |
21st 2015: 21st
|
Gloucestershire |
47,665 |
22nd 2015: 22nd
|
Devon |
47,095 |
23rd 2015: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
47,000 |
24th 2015: 23rd
|
Somerset |
46,011 |
25th 2015: 26th
|
Nottinghamshire |
45,573 |
26th 2015: 32nd
|
Bedfordshire |
44,451 |
27th 2015: 25th
|
Derbyshire |
43,529 |
28th 2015: 27th
|
Cambridgeshire |
43,412 |
29th 2015: 33rd
|
Wiltshire |
41,591 |
30th 2015: 28th
|
Lincolnshire |
40,701 |
31st 2015: 29th
|
Northamptonshire |
40,600 |
32nd 2015: 31st
|
Tyne and Wear |
38,544 |
33rd 2015: 30th
|
Oxfordshire |
38,413 |
34th 2015: 35th
|
Norfolk |
34,374 |
35th 2015: 34th
|
Warwickshire |
34,180 |
36th 2015: 38th
|
Worcestershire |
33,436 |
37th 2015: 36th
|
Suffolk |
32,526 |
38th 2015: 37th
|
Bristol |
31,308 |
39th 2015: 39th
|
Durham |
25,127 |
40th 2015: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
23,848 |
41st 2015: 41st
|
Shropshire |
20,422 |
42nd 2015: 42nd
|
Cumbria |
19,675 |
43rd 2015: 43rd
|
Cornwall |
19,655 |
44th 2015: 44th
|
Northumberland |
9,713 |
45th 2015: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
8,293 |
46th 2015: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
4,973 |
47th 2015: 47th
|
Rutland |
1,742 |
57.1
62.6
How the total number of companies in Kent has changed over the last 5 years as new companies have been formed and some existing companies dissolved.
2012
12,195 formed
7,341 dissolved
2013
12,599 formed
8,493 dissolved
2014
13,223 formed
9,162 dissolved
2015
14,246 formed
9,190 dissolved
2016
14,577 formed
10,985 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
5.1% vs 2012
4.8% vs 2013
6.8% vs 2014
5.0% vs 2015