2015
14,246 formed
9,190 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Kent during 2019
4.3% more companies in Kent compared to 2018
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Kent compares.
Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
---|---|---|
1st
2018: 1st
|
London |
222,468 |
2nd
2018: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
31,440 |
3rd
2018: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
29,676 |
4th
2018: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
18,752 |
5th
2018: 5th
|
Essex |
17,816 |
6th 2018: 7th
|
Kent |
15,963 |
Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
---|---|---|
1st
2018: 1st
|
London |
222,468 |
5th
2018: 5th
|
Essex |
17,816 |
6th
2018: 7th
|
Kent |
15,963 |
12th
2018: 12th
|
Surrey |
11,032 |
20th
2018: 19th
|
East Sussex |
7,706 |
29th
2018: 28th
|
West Sussex |
6,154 |
Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
---|---|---|
1st 2018: 1st
|
London |
222,468 |
2nd 2018: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
31,440 |
3rd 2018: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
29,676 |
4th 2018: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
18,752 |
5th 2018: 5th
|
Essex |
17,816 |
6th 2018: 7th
|
Kent |
15,963 |
7th 2018: 6th
|
Hertfordshire |
15,231 |
8th 2018: 8th
|
Hampshire |
15,174 |
9th 2018: 9th
|
Cheshire |
12,221 |
10th 2018: 10th
|
Merseyside |
11,866 |
11th 2018: 11th
|
Lancashire |
11,229 |
12th 2018: 12th
|
Surrey |
11,032 |
13th 2018: 15th
|
Leicestershire |
10,825 |
14th 2018: 22nd
|
Worcestershire |
9,971 |
15th 2018: 16th
|
South Yorkshire |
9,325 |
16th 2018: 13th
|
Berkshire |
9,009 |
17th 2018: 14th
|
Buckinghamshire |
8,835 |
18th 2018: 18th
|
Northamptonshire |
8,393 |
19th 2018: 17th
|
Dorset |
8,020 |
20th 2018: 19th
|
East Sussex |
7,706 |
21st 2018: 20th
|
Nottinghamshire |
7,348 |
22nd 2018: 23rd
|
North Yorkshire |
7,260 |
23rd 2018: 25th
|
Tyne and Wear |
7,132 |
24th 2018: 26th
|
Staffordshire |
6,927 |
25th 2018: 24th
|
Cambridgeshire |
6,779 |
26th 2018: 21st
|
Bedfordshire |
6,766 |
27th 2018: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
6,522 |
28th 2018: 30th
|
Devon |
6,196 |
29th 2018: 28th
|
West Sussex |
6,154 |
30th 2018: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
6,042 |
31st 2018: 32nd
|
Somerset |
6,041 |
32nd 2018: 31st
|
Gloucestershire |
5,971 |
33rd 2018: 34th
|
Warwickshire |
5,256 |
34th 2018: 36th
|
Oxfordshire |
5,087 |
35th 2018: 35th
|
Bristol |
5,040 |
36th 2018: 37th
|
Norfolk |
4,731 |
37th 2018: 33rd
|
Durham |
4,623 |
38th 2018: 39th
|
Suffolk |
4,518 |
39th 2018: 38th
|
Wiltshire |
4,428 |
40th 2018: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
3,258 |
41st 2018: 42nd
|
Shropshire |
3,231 |
42nd 2018: 41st
|
Cornwall |
2,948 |
43rd 2018: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,171 |
44th 2018: 44th
|
Northumberland |
1,531 |
45th 2018: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
1,499 |
46th 2018: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
675 |
47th 2018: 47th
|
Rutland |
230 |
9.2
10.9
97% Private Limited Companies (15,419 companies)
3% Other company types (544 companies)
Other company types breakdown (544 companies)
????
Businesses formed in Kent during 2019
????
Businesses dissolved in Kent during 2019
113,551
businesses registered in Kent at the end of 2019.
4.3% more companies in Kent compared to 2018
East Sussex
67,545 total businesses
7,706 formed in 2019
6,634 dissolved in 2019
Essex
128,433 total businesses
17,816 formed in 2019
14,103 dissolved in 2019
West Sussex
52,825 total businesses
6,154 formed in 2019
5,078 dissolved in 2019
Surrey
100,643 total businesses
11,032 formed in 2019
9,568 dissolved in 2019
London
1,204,778 total businesses
222,468 formed in 2019
166,945 dissolved in 2019
Kent
113,551 total businesses
15,963 formed in 2019
12,199 dissolved in 2019
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Aylesford Green |
-4 |
||
Beaver |
0 |
||
Biddenden |
11 |
||
Bockhanger |
0 |
||
Boughton Aluph and Eastwell |
39 |
||
Bybrook |
-4 |
||
Charing |
66 |
||
Downs North |
18 |
||
Downs West |
11 |
||
Godinton |
37 |
||
Great Chart with Singleton North |
-9 |
||
Highfield |
-5 |
||
Isle of Oxney |
2 |
||
Kennington |
-3 |
||
Little Burton Farm |
4 |
||
Norman |
22 |
||
North Willesborough |
8 |
||
Park Farm North |
2 |
||
Park Farm South |
-3 |
||
Rolvenden and Tenterden West |
1 |
||
Saxon Shore |
223 |
||
Singleton South |
1 |
||
South Willesborough |
9 |
||
St Michaels |
-1 |
||
Stanhope |
13 |
||
Stour |
-12 |
||
Tenterden North |
-6 |
||
Tenterden South |
2 |
||
Victoria |
3 |
||
Washford |
3 |
||
Weald Central |
13 |
||
Weald East |
11 |
||
Weald North |
7 |
||
Weald South |
15 |
||
Wye |
16 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Barton |
58 |
||
Beltinge |
12 |
||
Blean Forest |
26 |
||
Chartham & Stone Street |
22 |
||
Chestfield |
42 |
||
Gorrell |
41 |
||
Greenhill |
5 |
||
Herne & Broomfield |
3 |
||
Heron |
29 |
||
Little Stour & Adisham |
10 |
||
Nailbourne |
-3 |
||
Northgate |
-1 |
||
Reculver |
3 |
||
Seasalter |
-6 |
||
St Stephen's |
19 |
||
Sturry |
14 |
||
Swalecliffe |
-5 |
||
Tankerton |
3 |
||
West Bay |
5 |
||
Westgate |
20 |
||
Wincheap |
15 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Bean and Darenth |
3 |
||
Brent |
30 |
||
Castle |
54 |
||
Cray Meadows |
0 |
||
Greenhithe |
-2 |
||
Hartley and Hodsoll Street |
1 |
||
Heath |
21 |
||
Joyce Green |
49 |
||
Joydens Wood |
17 |
||
Littlebrook |
20 |
||
Longfield New Barn and Southfleet |
12 |
||
Newtown |
21 |
||
Princes |
16 |
||
Stone |
33 |
||
Sutton-at-Hone and Hawley |
221 |
||
Swanscombe |
38 |
||
Town |
-25 |
||
West Hill |
46 |
||
Wilmington |
-4 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Aylesham |
7 |
||
Buckland |
7 |
||
Capel-le-Ferne |
-2 |
||
Castle |
54 |
||
Eastry |
-22 |
||
Eythorne and Shepherdswell |
18 |
||
Little Stour and Ashstone |
-2 |
||
Lydden and Temple Ewell |
-1 |
||
Maxton Elms Vale and Priory |
4 |
||
Middle Deal and Sholden |
-2 |
||
Mill Hill |
13 |
||
North Deal |
-7 |
||
Ringwould |
2 |
||
River |
17 |
||
Sandwich |
-23 |
||
St Margaret's-at-Cliffe |
10 |
||
St Radigunds |
-5 |
||
Tower Hamlets |
-8 |
||
Town and Pier |
-3 |
||
Walmer |
0 |
||
Whitfield |
0 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Central |
87 |
||
Chalk |
-3 |
||
Coldharbour |
22 |
||
Higham |
-5 |
||
Istead Rise |
7 |
||
Meopham North |
4 |
||
Meopham South and Vigo |
3 |
||
Northfleet North |
20 |
||
Northfleet South |
63 |
||
Painters Ash |
24 |
||
Pelham |
28 |
||
Riverside |
18 |
||
Riverview |
12 |
||
Shorne Cobham and Luddesdown |
15 |
||
Singlewell |
4 |
||
Westcourt |
47 |
||
Whitehill |
17 |
||
Woodlands |
12 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Allington |
8 |
||
Barming |
11 |
||
Bearsted |
13 |
||
Boughton Monchelsea and Chart Sutton |
8 |
||
Boxley |
19 |
||
Bridge |
17 |
||
Coxheath and Hunton |
32 |
||
Detling and Thurnham |
13 |
||
Downswood and Otham |
-4 |
||
East |
18 |
||
Fant |
12 |
||
Harrietsham and Lenham |
12 |
||
Headcorn |
7 |
||
Heath |
21 |
||
High Street |
0 |
||
Leeds |
0 |
||
Loose |
-1 |
||
Marden and Yalding |
-8 |
||
North |
44 |
||
North Downs |
-3 |
||
Park Wood |
1 |
||
Shepway North |
21 |
||
Shepway South |
13 |
||
South |
27 |
||
Staplehurst |
18 |
||
Sutton Valence and Langley |
-9 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Chatham Central |
52 |
||
Cuxton and Halling |
3 |
||
Gillingham North |
57 |
||
Gillingham South |
20 |
||
Hempstead and Wigmore |
-8 |
||
Lordswood and Capstone |
8 |
||
Luton and Wayfield |
48 |
||
Peninsula |
17 |
||
Princes Park |
236 |
||
Rainham Central |
-6 |
||
Rainham North |
-12 |
||
Rainham South |
16 |
||
River |
17 |
||
Rochester East |
7 |
||
Rochester South and Horsted |
34 |
||
Rochester West |
48 |
||
Strood North |
41 |
||
Strood Rural |
73 |
||
Strood South |
7 |
||
Twydall |
12 |
||
Walderslade |
17 |
||
Watling |
-8 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Ash and New Ash Green |
7 |
||
Brasted Chevening and Sundridge |
1 |
||
Cowden and Hever |
1 |
||
Crockenhill and Well Hill |
3 |
||
Dunton Green and Riverhead |
14 |
||
Edenbridge North and East |
-8 |
||
Edenbridge South and West |
-8 |
||
Eynsford |
8 |
||
Farningham Horton Kirby and South Darenth |
18 |
||
Fawkham and West Kingsdown |
20 |
||
Halstead Knockholt and Badgers Mount |
19 |
||
Hartley and Hodsoll Street |
1 |
||
Hextable |
0 |
||
Kemsing |
37 |
||
Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway |
5 |
||
Otford and Shoreham |
18 |
||
Penshurst Fordcombe and Chiddingstone |
0 |
||
Seal and Weald |
49 |
||
Sevenoaks Eastern |
17 |
||
Sevenoaks Kippington |
19 |
||
Sevenoaks Northern |
2 |
||
Sevenoaks Town and St John's |
19 |
||
Swanley Christchurch and Swanley Village |
15 |
||
Swanley St Mary's |
8 |
||
Swanley White Oak |
12 |
||
Westerham and Crockham Hill |
19 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Broadmead |
12 |
||
Cheriton |
7 |
||
East Folkestone |
-13 |
||
Folkestone Central |
-16 |
||
Folkestone Harbour |
1 |
||
Hythe |
14 |
||
Hythe Rural |
-2 |
||
New Romney |
19 |
||
North Downs East |
24 |
||
North Downs West |
7 |
||
Romney Marsh |
-2 |
||
Sandgate & West Folkestone |
-19 |
||
Walland & Denge Marsh |
19 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
18 |
||
Bobbing Iwade and Lower Halstow |
15 |
||
Borden and Grove Park |
6 |
||
Boughton and Courtenay |
16 |
||
Chalkwell |
8 |
||
East Downs |
5 |
||
Hartlip Newington and Upchurch |
4 |
||
Homewood |
10 |
||
Kemsley |
2 |
||
Milton Regis |
6 |
||
Minster Cliffs |
26 |
||
Murston |
11 |
||
Priory |
12 |
||
Queenborough and Halfway |
26 |
||
Roman |
0 |
||
Sheerness |
31 |
||
Sheppey Central |
6 |
||
Sheppey East |
9 |
||
St Ann's |
3 |
||
Teynham and Lynsted |
4 |
||
The Meads |
33 |
||
Watling |
-8 |
||
West Downs |
-2 |
||
Woodstock |
-5 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Beacon Road |
3 |
||
Birchington North |
8 |
||
Birchington South |
0 |
||
Bradstowe |
5 |
||
Central Harbour |
7 |
||
Cliffsend and Pegwell |
1 |
||
Cliftonville East |
-19 |
||
Cliftonville West |
80 |
||
Dane Valley |
2 |
||
Eastcliff |
-6 |
||
Garlinge |
13 |
||
Kingsgate |
7 |
||
Margate Central |
87 |
||
Nethercourt |
-7 |
||
Newington |
5 |
||
Northwood |
45 |
||
Salmestone |
15 |
||
Sir Moses Montefiore |
5 |
||
St Peters |
9 |
||
Thanet Villages |
11 |
||
Viking |
19 |
||
Westbrook |
10 |
||
Westgate-on-Sea |
13 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Aylesford North and Walderslade |
-11 |
||
Aylesford South |
51 |
||
Borough Green and Long Mill |
1 |
||
Burham and Wouldham |
-4 |
||
Cage Green |
-11 |
||
Castle |
54 |
||
Ditton |
30 |
||
Downs and Mereworth |
4 |
||
East Malling |
0 |
||
Hadlow and East Peckham |
-5 |
||
Higham |
-5 |
||
Hildenborough |
18 |
||
Judd |
8 |
||
Kings Hill |
38 |
||
Larkfield North |
4 |
||
Larkfield South |
3 |
||
Medway |
-4 |
||
Snodland East and Ham Hill |
8 |
||
Snodland West and Holborough Lakes |
13 |
||
Trench |
-16 |
||
Vauxhall |
73 |
||
Wateringbury |
3 |
||
West Malling and Leybourne |
41 |
||
Wrotham Ightham and Stansted |
29 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Benenden and Cranbrook |
0 |
||
Biddenden |
11 |
||
Brenchley and Horsmonden |
3 |
||
Broadwater |
18 |
||
Capel |
8 |
||
Culverden |
-239 |
||
Frittenden and Sissinghurst |
9 |
||
Goudhurst and Lamberhurst |
19 |
||
Hawkhurst and Sandhurst |
12 |
||
Paddock Wood East |
6 |
||
Paddock Wood West |
11 |
||
Pantiles and St Mark's |
19 |
||
Park |
12 |
||
Pembury |
16 |
||
Rusthall |
-2 |
||
Sherwood |
0 |
||
Southborough and High Brooms |
47 |
||
Southborough North |
-1 |
||
Speldhurst and Bidborough |
2 |
||
St James' |
22 |
||
St John's |
2 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2019 and how Kent compares to them.
Rank | County | Total companies |
---|---|---|
1st
2018: 1st
|
London |
1,204,778 |
2nd
2018: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
189,867 |
3rd
2018: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
173,134 |
4th
2018: 4th
|
Essex |
128,433 |
5th
2018: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
123,678 |
7th 2018: 8th
|
Kent |
113,551 |
Rank | County | Total companies |
---|---|---|
1st
2018: 1st
|
London |
1,204,778 |
4th
2018: 4th
|
Essex |
128,433 |
7th
2018: 8th
|
Kent |
113,551 |
9th
2018: 9th
|
Surrey |
100,643 |
15th
2018: 14th
|
East Sussex |
67,545 |
21st
2018: 20th
|
West Sussex |
52,825 |
Rank | County | Total companies |
---|---|---|
1st 2018: 1st
|
London |
1,204,778 |
2nd 2018: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
189,867 |
3rd 2018: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
173,134 |
4th 2018: 4th
|
Essex |
128,433 |
5th 2018: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
123,678 |
6th 2018: 7th
|
Hampshire |
114,831 |
7th 2018: 8th
|
Kent |
113,551 |
8th 2018: 6th
|
Hertfordshire |
113,106 |
9th 2018: 9th
|
Surrey |
100,643 |
10th 2018: 10th
|
Cheshire |
80,108 |
11th 2018: 11th
|
Lancashire |
77,937 |
12th 2018: 13th
|
Berkshire |
70,177 |
13th 2018: 12th
|
Buckinghamshire |
69,470 |
14th 2018: 15th
|
Merseyside |
68,401 |
15th 2018: 14th
|
East Sussex |
67,545 |
16th 2018: 16th
|
Leicestershire |
63,315 |
17th 2018: 17th
|
South Yorkshire |
60,360 |
18th 2018: 18th
|
Dorset |
57,606 |
19th 2018: 19th
|
North Yorkshire |
54,481 |
20th 2018: 21st
|
Devon |
53,264 |
21st 2018: 20th
|
West Sussex |
52,825 |
22nd 2018: 22nd
|
Gloucestershire |
52,494 |
23rd 2018: 24th
|
Somerset |
51,957 |
24th 2018: 25th
|
Staffordshire |
51,758 |
25th 2018: 23rd
|
Nottinghamshire |
51,677 |
26th 2018: 26th
|
Cambridgeshire |
50,160 |
27th 2018: 28th
|
Northamptonshire |
49,144 |
28th 2018: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
48,355 |
29th 2018: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
45,109 |
30th 2018: 30th
|
Tyne and Wear |
44,237 |
31st 2018: 33rd
|
Worcestershire |
43,247 |
32nd 2018: 32nd
|
Oxfordshire |
42,461 |
33rd 2018: 31st
|
Bedfordshire |
42,145 |
34th 2018: 35th
|
Warwickshire |
38,998 |
35th 2018: 34th
|
Norfolk |
38,911 |
36th 2018: 36th
|
Wiltshire |
37,182 |
37th 2018: 37th
|
Suffolk |
36,907 |
38th 2018: 38th
|
Bristol |
33,594 |
39th 2018: 39th
|
Durham |
29,218 |
40th 2018: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
25,383 |
41st 2018: 41st
|
Shropshire |
23,741 |
42nd 2018: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
23,037 |
43rd 2018: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
21,286 |
44th 2018: 44th
|
Northumberland |
10,879 |
45th 2018: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
10,498 |
46th 2018: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
5,705 |
47th 2018: 47th
|
Rutland |
1,904 |
65.6
70.7
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.
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
2019
15,963 formed
12,199 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
5% vs 2015
6.32% vs 2016
3.54% vs 2017
4.3% vs 2018