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Company Formations in 2018: Kent

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???? Businesses formed in Kent during 2018

3.5% more companies in Kent compared to 2017

New businesses in Kent mapped

Boroughs

  • AAshford: 1,535
  • BCanterbury: 1,003
  • CDartford: 1,219
  • DDover: 727
  • EGravesham: 1,034
  • FMaidstone: 1,370
  • GMedway: 2,281
  • HSevenoaks: 1,130
  • IShepway: 710
  • JSwale: 831
  • KThanet: 1,025
  • LTonbridge and Malling: 1,120
  • MTunbridge Wells: 1,052

Companies formed in 2018 league table

The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Kent compares.

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County
No. Companies formed
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
7th 2017: 6th
Kent
15,057
Rank
County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
1st 2017: 1st
London
217,617
5th 2017: 5th
Essex
17,063
7th 2017: 6th
Kent
15,057
12th 2017: 11th
Surrey
11,179
19th 2017: 19th
East Sussex
7,462
28th 2017: 29th
West Sussex
6,048
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County
No. Companies formed
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

New incorporations in 2018 per 1000 Man standing people

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Type of companies formed in Kent breakdown

97% Private Limited Companies (14,650 companies)

3% Other company types (407 companies)

Other company types breakdown (407 companies)

Total companies in Kent by the end of 2018

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Businesses formed in Kent during 2018

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Businesses dissolved in Kent during 2018

meaning there is a total of

108,910

businesses registered in Kent at the end of 2018.

3.5% more companies in Kent compared to 2017

Surrounding counties 2018 breakdown & comparison

East Sussex

66,405 total businesses
7,462 formed in 2018
6,254 dissolved in 2018

Essex

122,421 total businesses
17,063 formed in 2018
13,119 dissolved in 2018

West Sussex

51,556 total businesses
6,048 formed in 2018
4,694 dissolved in 2018

Surrey

98,968 total businesses
11,179 formed in 2018
8,979 dissolved in 2018

London

1,163,777 total businesses
217,617 formed in 2018
155,611 dissolved in 2018

Kent

108,910 total businesses
15,057 formed in 2018
11,568 dissolved in 2018

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Ward breakdown data for

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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Aylesford Green
12
20
8
Beaver
13
35
22
Biddenden
12
18
6
Bockhanger
11
12
1
Boughton Aluph and Eastwell
58
69
11
Bybrook
4
13
9
Charing
29
68
39
Downs North
13
13
0
Downs West
6
17
11
Godinton
69
103
34
Great Chart with Singleton North
22
29
7
Highfield
19
17
-2
Isle of Oxney
14
19
5
Kennington
12
13
1
Little Burton Farm
8
11
3
Norman
49
54
5
North Willesborough
16
26
10
Park Farm North
22
21
-1
Park Farm South
15
15
0
Rolvenden and Tenterden West
14
17
3
Saxon Shore
82
405
323
Singleton South
8
7
-1
South Willesborough
25
19
-6
St Michaels
13
14
1
Stanhope
8
15
7
Stour
114
87
-27
Tenterden North
11
18
7
Tenterden South
19
14
-5
Victoria
122
130
8
Washford
13
26
13
Weald Central
32
67
35
Weald East
13
37
24
Weald North
10
23
13
Weald South
27
52
25
Wye
13
31
18
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Barton
146
137
-9
Beltinge
25
30
5
Blean Forest
29
44
15
Chartham & Stone Street
38
25
-13
Chestfield
32
61
29
Gorrell
98
93
-5
Greenhill
20
9
-11
Herne & Broomfield
38
51
13
Heron
103
129
26
Little Stour & Adisham
10
13
3
Nailbourne
17
22
5
Northgate
46
41
-5
Reculver
18
18
0
Seasalter
32
42
10
St Stephen's
37
32
-5
Sturry
25
44
19
Swalecliffe
11
15
4
Tankerton
8
9
1
West Bay
12
14
2
Westgate
94
120
26
Wincheap
38
54
16
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Bean and Darenth
18
34
16
Brent
41
54
13
Castle
95
143
48
Cray Meadows
0
0
Greenhithe
75
93
18
Hartley and Hodsoll Street
29
32
3
Heath
53
65
12
Joyce Green
53
62
9
Joydens Wood
35
62
27
Littlebrook
40
46
6
Longfield New Barn and Southfleet
43
64
21
Newtown
100
114
14
Princes
27
40
13
Stone
106
130
24
Sutton-at-Hone and Hawley
23
23
0
Swanscombe
51
91
40
Town
201
156
-45
West Hill
125
153
28
Wilmington
13
23
10
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Aylesham
21
36
15
Buckland
17
17
0
Capel-le-Ferne
8
6
-2
Castle
95
143
48
Eastry
29
28
-1
Eythorne and Shepherdswell
21
22
1
Little Stour and Ashstone
23
30
7
Lydden and Temple Ewell
4
7
3
Maxton Elms Vale and Priory
12
35
23
Middle Deal and Sholden
21
21
0
Mill Hill
9
19
10
North Deal
36
66
30
Ringwould
8
2
-6
River
184
229
45
Sandwich
115
134
19
St Margaret's-at-Cliffe
13
17
4
St Radigunds
94
120
26
Tower Hamlets
38
46
8
Town and Pier
13
8
-5
Walmer
20
21
1
Whitfield
14
35
21
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Central
128
148
20
Chalk
3
8
5
Coldharbour
29
45
16
Higham
33
38
5
Istead Rise
12
16
4
Meopham North
16
27
11
Meopham South and Vigo
18
21
3
Northfleet North
56
94
38
Northfleet South
64
84
20
Painters Ash
17
18
1
Pelham
116
169
53
Riverside
113
118
5
Riverview
15
22
7
Shorne Cobham and Luddesdown
20
35
15
Singlewell
80
87
7
Westcourt
27
52
25
Whitehill
29
19
-10
Woodlands
30
50
20
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Allington
48
40
-8
Barming
15
9
-6
Bearsted
28
40
12
Boughton Monchelsea and Chart Sutton
13
30
17
Boxley
50
62
12
Bridge
60
70
10
Coxheath and Hunton
31
60
29
Detling and Thurnham
14
27
13
Downswood and Otham
11
17
6
East
53
85
32
Fant
63
90
27
Harrietsham and Lenham
31
33
2
Headcorn
20
25
5
Heath
53
65
12
High Street
332
344
12
Leeds
7
12
5
Loose
13
21
8
Marden and Yalding
53
51
-2
North
44
74
30
North Downs
9
16
7
Park Wood
47
43
-4
Shepway North
36
39
3
Shepway South
18
25
7
South
66
73
7
Staplehurst
27
33
6
Sutton Valence and Langley
16
26
10
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Chatham Central
81
106
25
Cuxton and Halling
19
37
18
Gillingham North
151
261
110
Gillingham South
141
156
15
Hempstead and Wigmore
31
39
8
Lordswood and Capstone
45
76
31
Luton and Wayfield
99
108
9
Peninsula
59
76
17
Princes Park
61
65
4
Rainham Central
59
85
26
Rainham North
82
84
2
Rainham South
41
56
15
River
184
229
45
Rochester East
47
55
8
Rochester South and Horsted
73
141
68
Rochester West
77
106
29
Strood North
60
103
43
Strood Rural
154
182
28
Strood South
75
108
33
Twydall
33
66
33
Walderslade
39
78
39
Watling
68
99
31
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ash and New Ash Green
21
34
13
Brasted Chevening and Sundridge
42
63
21
Cowden and Hever
12
18
6
Crockenhill and Well Hill
17
17
0
Dunton Green and Riverhead
29
40
11
Edenbridge North and East
33
43
10
Edenbridge South and West
19
30
11
Eynsford
13
9
-4
Farningham Horton Kirby and South Darenth
36
28
-8
Fawkham and West Kingsdown
77
83
6
Halstead Knockholt and Badgers Mount
27
24
-3
Hartley and Hodsoll Street
29
32
3
Hextable
9
17
8
Kemsing
50
84
34
Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway
7
12
5
Otford and Shoreham
25
26
1
Penshurst Fordcombe and Chiddingstone
14
17
3
Seal and Weald
30
50
20
Sevenoaks Eastern
32
38
6
Sevenoaks Kippington
18
27
9
Sevenoaks Northern
18
34
16
Sevenoaks Town and St John's
103
121
18
Swanley Christchurch and Swanley Village
123
165
42
Swanley St Mary's
22
23
1
Swanley White Oak
32
31
-1
Westerham and Crockham Hill
76
64
-12
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Broadmead
18
18
0
Cheriton
79
63
-16
East Folkestone
87
33
-54
Folkestone Central
91
134
43
Folkestone Harbour
23
30
7
Hythe
54
51
-3
Hythe Rural
20
19
-1
New Romney
32
47
15
North Downs East
34
54
20
North Downs West
19
27
8
Romney Marsh
11
29
18
Sandgate & West Folkestone
171
166
-5
Walland & Denge Marsh
33
39
6
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Abbey
34
32
-2
Bobbing Iwade and Lower Halstow
15
35
20
Borden and Grove Park
25
35
10
Boughton and Courtenay
36
50
14
Chalkwell
21
32
11
East Downs
14
15
1
Hartlip Newington and Upchurch
28
35
7
Homewood
54
57
3
Kemsley
29
47
18
Milton Regis
13
22
9
Minster Cliffs
19
41
22
Murston
44
75
31
Priory
12
11
-1
Queenborough and Halfway
14
29
15
Roman
19
30
11
Sheerness
38
71
33
Sheppey Central
24
32
8
Sheppey East
13
24
11
St Ann's
13
20
7
Teynham and Lynsted
15
24
9
The Meads
43
48
5
Watling
68
99
31
West Downs
11
22
11
Woodstock
17
21
4
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
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Beacon Road
10
23
13
Birchington North
10
8
-2
Birchington South
24
25
1
Bradstowe
37
58
21
Central Harbour
49
65
16
Cliffsend and Pegwell
21
24
3
Cliftonville East
38
45
7
Cliftonville West
63
106
43
Dane Valley
17
27
10
Eastcliff
68
45
-23
Garlinge
16
15
-1
Kingsgate
3
9
6
Margate Central
71
186
115
Nethercourt
13
19
6
Newington
12
19
7
Northwood
58
113
55
Salmestone
31
36
5
Sir Moses Montefiore
6
10
4
St Peters
26
48
22
Thanet Villages
37
43
6
Viking
212
35
-177
Westbrook
15
31
16
Westgate-on-Sea
22
35
13
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Aylesford North and Walderslade
58
79
21
Aylesford South
51
56
5
Borough Green and Long Mill
42
62
20
Burham and Wouldham
13
11
-2
Cage Green
8
17
9
Castle
95
143
48
Ditton
27
41
14
Downs and Mereworth
28
31
3
East Malling
17
33
16
Hadlow and East Peckham
30
48
18
Higham
33
38
5
Hildenborough
43
78
35
Judd
35
52
17
Kings Hill
96
137
41
Larkfield North
18
32
14
Larkfield South
7
24
17
Medway
53
70
17
Snodland East and Ham Hill
13
19
6
Snodland West and Holborough Lakes
26
27
1
Trench
9
16
7
Vauxhall
28
38
10
Wateringbury
13
8
-5
West Malling and Leybourne
47
117
70
Wrotham Ightham and Stansted
28
43
15
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Benenden and Cranbrook
35
48
13
Biddenden
12
18
6
Brenchley and Horsmonden
31
32
1
Broadwater
18
17
-1
Capel
9
5
-4
Culverden
234
200
-34
Frittenden and Sissinghurst
7
9
2
Goudhurst and Lamberhurst
35
45
10
Hawkhurst and Sandhurst
23
23
0
Paddock Wood East
42
45
3
Paddock Wood West
10
25
15
Pantiles and St Mark's
75
146
71
Park
40
66
26
Pembury
24
29
5
Rusthall
51
37
-14
Sherwood
32
51
19
Southborough and High Brooms
35
85
50
Southborough North
17
24
7
Speldhurst and Bidborough
31
46
15
St James'
47
67
20
St John's
37
52
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Total companies 2018 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2018 and how Kent compares to them.

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County
Total companies
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
8th 2017: 8th
Kent
108,910
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County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2017: 1st
London
1,163,777
4th 2017: 4th
Essex
122,421
8th 2017: 8th
Kent
108,910
9th 2017: 9th
Surrey
98,968
14th 2017: 13th
East Sussex
66,405
20th 2017: 20th
West Sussex
51,556
Rank
County
Total companies
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

Total companies at the end of 2018 per 1000 Person people

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The last 5 years

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.

2014

13,223 formed

9,162 dissolved

2015

14,246 formed

9,190 dissolved

2016

14,577 formed

10,985 dissolved

2017

14,860 formed

10,950 dissolved

2018

15,057 formed

11,568 dissolved

Overall growth compared to previous year

6.8% vs 2014

5% vs 2015

6.32% vs 2016

3.5% vs 2017