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Company Formations in 2019: Kent

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???? Businesses formed in Kent during 2019

4.3% more companies in Kent compared to 2018

New businesses in Kent mapped

Boroughs

  • AAshford: 1,580
  • BCanterbury: 1,124
  • CDartford: 1,490
  • DDover: 612
  • EGravesham: 1,167
  • FMaidstone: 1,410
  • GMedway: 2,503
  • HSevenoaks: 1,239
  • IShepway: 738
  • JSwale: 857
  • KThanet: 1,078
  • LTonbridge and Malling: 1,123
  • MTunbridge Wells: 1,014

Companies formed in 2019 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 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
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
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County
No. Companies formed
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

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Type of companies formed in Kent breakdown

97% Private Limited Companies (15,419 companies)

3% Other company types (544 companies)

Other company types breakdown (544 companies)

Total companies in Kent by the end of 2019

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Businesses formed in Kent during 2019

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Businesses dissolved in Kent during 2019

meaning there is a total of

113,551

businesses registered in Kent at the end of 2019.

4.3% more companies in Kent compared to 2018

Surrounding counties 2019 breakdown & comparison

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

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Ward breakdown data for

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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Aylesford Green
18
14
-4
Beaver
31
31
0
Biddenden
9
20
11
Bockhanger
12
12
0
Boughton Aluph and Eastwell
50
89
39
Bybrook
10
6
-4
Charing
32
98
66
Downs North
4
22
18
Downs West
7
18
11
Godinton
76
113
37
Great Chart with Singleton North
27
18
-9
Highfield
27
22
-5
Isle of Oxney
12
14
2
Kennington
13
10
-3
Little Burton Farm
13
17
4
Norman
32
54
22
North Willesborough
20
28
8
Park Farm North
16
18
2
Park Farm South
15
12
-3
Rolvenden and Tenterden West
12
13
1
Saxon Shore
193
416
223
Singleton South
8
9
1
South Willesborough
17
26
9
St Michaels
11
10
-1
Stanhope
10
23
13
Stour
100
88
-12
Tenterden North
18
12
-6
Tenterden South
20
22
2
Victoria
135
138
3
Washford
10
13
3
Weald Central
53
66
13
Weald East
24
35
11
Weald North
20
27
7
Weald South
27
42
15
Wye
8
24
16
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Barton
108
166
58
Beltinge
19
31
12
Blean Forest
31
57
26
Chartham & Stone Street
23
45
22
Chestfield
34
76
42
Gorrell
76
117
41
Greenhill
16
21
5
Herne & Broomfield
49
52
3
Heron
100
129
29
Little Stour & Adisham
20
30
10
Nailbourne
23
20
-3
Northgate
41
40
-1
Reculver
18
21
3
Seasalter
27
21
-6
St Stephen's
27
46
19
Sturry
26
40
14
Swalecliffe
16
11
-5
Tankerton
13
16
3
West Bay
12
17
5
Westgate
86
106
20
Wincheap
47
62
15
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Bean and Darenth
20
23
3
Brent
44
74
30
Castle
104
158
54
Cray Meadows
0
0
Greenhithe
72
70
-2
Hartley and Hodsoll Street
24
25
1
Heath
56
77
21
Joyce Green
43
92
49
Joydens Wood
52
69
17
Littlebrook
33
53
20
Longfield New Barn and Southfleet
34
46
12
Newtown
83
104
21
Princes
37
53
16
Stone
102
135
33
Sutton-at-Hone and Hawley
20
241
221
Swanscombe
56
94
38
Town
232
207
-25
West Hill
108
154
46
Wilmington
19
15
-4
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Aylesham
23
30
7
Buckland
10
17
7
Capel-le-Ferne
8
6
-2
Castle
104
158
54
Eastry
55
33
-22
Eythorne and Shepherdswell
15
33
18
Little Stour and Ashstone
30
28
-2
Lydden and Temple Ewell
8
7
-1
Maxton Elms Vale and Priory
26
30
4
Middle Deal and Sholden
23
21
-2
Mill Hill
13
26
13
North Deal
58
51
-7
Ringwould
6
8
2
River
221
238
17
Sandwich
66
43
-23
St Margaret's-at-Cliffe
9
19
10
St Radigunds
90
85
-5
Tower Hamlets
52
44
-8
Town and Pier
9
6
-3
Walmer
26
26
0
Whitfield
17
17
0
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Central
107
194
87
Chalk
10
7
-3
Coldharbour
31
53
22
Higham
29
24
-5
Istead Rise
14
21
7
Meopham North
28
32
4
Meopham South and Vigo
19
22
3
Northfleet North
83
103
20
Northfleet South
46
109
63
Painters Ash
21
45
24
Pelham
132
160
28
Riverside
90
108
18
Riverview
11
23
12
Shorne Cobham and Luddesdown
25
40
15
Singlewell
76
80
4
Westcourt
22
69
47
Whitehill
16
33
17
Woodlands
44
56
12
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
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Allington
27
35
8
Barming
8
19
11
Bearsted
27
40
13
Boughton Monchelsea and Chart Sutton
10
18
8
Boxley
55
74
19
Bridge
57
74
17
Coxheath and Hunton
20
52
32
Detling and Thurnham
13
26
13
Downswood and Otham
17
13
-4
East
67
85
18
Fant
86
98
12
Harrietsham and Lenham
25
37
12
Headcorn
17
24
7
Heath
56
77
21
High Street
360
360
0
Leeds
9
9
0
Loose
15
14
-1
Marden and Yalding
56
48
-8
North
36
80
44
North Downs
17
14
-3
Park Wood
31
32
1
Shepway North
31
52
21
Shepway South
9
22
13
South
61
88
27
Staplehurst
15
33
18
Sutton Valence and Langley
26
17
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Chatham Central
81
133
52
Cuxton and Halling
24
27
3
Gillingham North
144
201
57
Gillingham South
146
166
20
Hempstead and Wigmore
42
34
-8
Lordswood and Capstone
50
58
8
Luton and Wayfield
93
141
48
Peninsula
55
72
17
Princes Park
48
284
236
Rainham Central
82
76
-6
Rainham North
102
90
-12
Rainham South
39
55
16
River
221
238
17
Rochester East
55
62
7
Rochester South and Horsted
118
152
34
Rochester West
65
113
48
Strood North
66
107
41
Strood Rural
135
208
73
Strood South
107
114
7
Twydall
48
60
12
Walderslade
40
57
17
Watling
92
84
-8
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ash and New Ash Green
29
36
7
Brasted Chevening and Sundridge
63
64
1
Cowden and Hever
15
16
1
Crockenhill and Well Hill
11
14
3
Dunton Green and Riverhead
27
41
14
Edenbridge North and East
45
37
-8
Edenbridge South and West
34
26
-8
Eynsford
7
15
8
Farningham Horton Kirby and South Darenth
25
43
18
Fawkham and West Kingsdown
74
94
20
Halstead Knockholt and Badgers Mount
15
34
19
Hartley and Hodsoll Street
24
25
1
Hextable
19
19
0
Kemsing
58
95
37
Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway
10
15
5
Otford and Shoreham
22
40
18
Penshurst Fordcombe and Chiddingstone
19
19
0
Seal and Weald
36
85
49
Sevenoaks Eastern
31
48
17
Sevenoaks Kippington
21
40
19
Sevenoaks Northern
17
19
2
Sevenoaks Town and St John's
115
134
19
Swanley Christchurch and Swanley Village
114
129
15
Swanley St Mary's
18
26
8
Swanley White Oak
24
36
12
Westerham and Crockham Hill
70
89
19
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Broadmead
14
26
12
Cheriton
79
86
7
East Folkestone
55
42
-13
Folkestone Central
141
125
-16
Folkestone Harbour
29
30
1
Hythe
47
61
14
Hythe Rural
21
19
-2
New Romney
28
47
19
North Downs East
24
48
24
North Downs West
31
38
7
Romney Marsh
32
30
-2
Sandgate & West Folkestone
163
144
-19
Walland & Denge Marsh
23
42
19
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Abbey
49
67
18
Bobbing Iwade and Lower Halstow
22
37
15
Borden and Grove Park
18
24
6
Boughton and Courtenay
31
47
16
Chalkwell
25
33
8
East Downs
11
16
5
Hartlip Newington and Upchurch
39
43
4
Homewood
60
70
10
Kemsley
37
39
2
Milton Regis
19
25
6
Minster Cliffs
20
46
26
Murston
37
48
11
Priory
5
17
12
Queenborough and Halfway
12
38
26
Roman
18
18
0
Sheerness
43
74
31
Sheppey Central
28
34
6
Sheppey East
20
29
9
St Ann's
10
13
3
Teynham and Lynsted
19
23
4
The Meads
34
67
33
Watling
92
84
-8
West Downs
13
11
-2
Woodstock
24
19
-5
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Incorporations
Net Change
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Beacon Road
15
18
3
Birchington North
6
14
8
Birchington South
19
19
0
Bradstowe
56
61
5
Central Harbour
68
75
7
Cliffsend and Pegwell
21
22
1
Cliftonville East
43
24
-19
Cliftonville West
84
164
80
Dane Valley
18
20
2
Eastcliff
50
44
-6
Garlinge
14
27
13
Kingsgate
5
12
7
Margate Central
85
172
87
Nethercourt
17
10
-7
Newington
14
19
5
Northwood
70
115
45
Salmestone
34
49
15
Sir Moses Montefiore
9
14
5
St Peters
29
38
9
Thanet Villages
39
50
11
Viking
19
38
19
Westbrook
20
30
10
Westgate-on-Sea
30
43
13
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Aylesford North and Walderslade
61
50
-11
Aylesford South
48
99
51
Borough Green and Long Mill
49
50
1
Burham and Wouldham
17
13
-4
Cage Green
19
8
-11
Castle
104
158
54
Ditton
18
48
30
Downs and Mereworth
32
36
4
East Malling
30
30
0
Hadlow and East Peckham
54
49
-5
Higham
29
24
-5
Hildenborough
44
62
18
Judd
40
48
8
Kings Hill
92
130
38
Larkfield North
22
26
4
Larkfield South
32
35
3
Medway
56
52
-4
Snodland East and Ham Hill
13
21
8
Snodland West and Holborough Lakes
21
34
13
Trench
26
10
-16
Vauxhall
28
101
73
Wateringbury
7
10
3
West Malling and Leybourne
53
94
41
Wrotham Ightham and Stansted
19
48
29
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Benenden and Cranbrook
50
50
0
Biddenden
9
20
11
Brenchley and Horsmonden
31
34
3
Broadwater
10
28
18
Capel
6
14
8
Culverden
391
152
-239
Frittenden and Sissinghurst
10
19
9
Goudhurst and Lamberhurst
30
49
19
Hawkhurst and Sandhurst
27
39
12
Paddock Wood East
30
36
6
Paddock Wood West
14
25
11
Pantiles and St Mark's
97
116
19
Park
44
56
12
Pembury
11
27
16
Rusthall
33
31
-2
Sherwood
49
49
0
Southborough and High Brooms
44
91
47
Southborough North
27
26
-1
Speldhurst and Bidborough
44
46
2
St James'
54
76
22
St John's
48
50
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Total companies 2019 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2019 and how Kent compares to them.

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County
Total companies
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
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County
Total companies
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
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

Total companies at the end of 2019 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.

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