Company Formations in 2022: Kent

???? Businesses formed in Kent during 2022

2.9% more companies in Kent compared to 2021

New businesses in Kent mapped

Boroughs

AAshford: 1,128
BCanterbury: 1,260
CDartford: 1,483
DDover: 752
EGravesham: 1,318
FMaidstone: 1,412
GMedway: 2,639
HSevenoaks: 1,179
IShepway: 809
JSwale: 906
KThanet: 1,156
LTonbridge and Malling: 1,062
MTunbridge Wells: 967

Companies formed in 2022 league table

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

Rank

County

No. Companies formed

Rank	County	No. Companies formed
1st 2021: 1st	London	274,838
2nd 2021: 2nd	West Midlands	39,355
3rd 2021: 3rd	Greater Manchester	38,756
4th 2021: 4th	West Yorkshire	25,517
5th 2021: 5th	Essex	18,955
6th 2021: 6th	Kent	16,109

Rank

County

No. Companies formed

Rank	County	No. Companies formed
1st 2021: 1st	London	274,838
5th 2021: 5th	Essex	18,955
6th 2021: 6th	Kent	16,109
12th 2021: 11th	Surrey	10,902
26th 2021: 19th	East Sussex	7,193
32nd 2021: 31st	West Sussex	6,136

Rank

County

No. Companies formed

Rank	County	No. Companies formed
1st 2021: 1st	London	274,838
2nd 2021: 2nd	West Midlands	39,355
3rd 2021: 3rd	Greater Manchester	38,756
4th 2021: 4th	West Yorkshire	25,517
5th 2021: 5th	Essex	18,955
6th 2021: 6th	Kent	16,109
7th 2021: 7th	Hampshire	14,533
8th 2021: 8th	Hertfordshire	13,643
9th 2021: 9th	Merseyside	13,358
10th 2021: 10th	Lancashire	13,312
11th 2021: 12th	South Yorkshire	11,901
12th 2021: 11th	Surrey	10,902
13th 2021: 14th	Leicestershire	10,408
14th 2021: 15th	Berkshire	9,571
15th 2021: 13th	Cheshire	9,335
16th 2021: 17th	Nottinghamshire	9,235
17th 2021: 16th	Buckinghamshire	8,683
18th 2021: 24th	Bedfordshire	8,495
19th 2021: 22nd	Dorset	8,427
20th 2021: 21st	North Yorkshire	8,424
21st 2021: 18th	Staffordshire	8,072
22nd 2021: 20th	Tyne and Wear	7,838
23rd 2021: 27th	Northamptonshire	7,831
24th 2021: 26th	Derbyshire	7,764
25th 2021: 23rd	Cambridgeshire	7,739
26th 2021: 19th	East Sussex	7,193
27th 2021: 28th	Somerset	7,121
28th 2021: 29th	Lincolnshire	7,100
29th 2021: 30th	Devon	6,814
30th 2021: 33rd	Suffolk	6,749
31st 2021: 32nd	Gloucestershire	6,373
32nd 2021: 31st	West Sussex	6,136
33rd 2021: 36th	Warwickshire	5,540
34th 2021: 34th	Norfolk	5,384
35th 2021: 37th	Durham	5,109
36th 2021: 35th	Bristol	4,951
37th 2021: 25th	Worcestershire	4,941
38th 2021: 38th	Oxfordshire	4,842
39th 2021: 39th	Wiltshire	4,536
40th 2021: 40th	East Riding of Yorkshire	4,233
41st 2021: 42nd	Shropshire	3,132
42nd 2021: 43rd	Herefordshire	2,928
43rd 2021: 41st	Cornwall	2,912
44th 2021: 44th	Cumbria	2,418
45th 2021: 45th	Northumberland	1,527
46th 2021: 46th	Isle of Wight	652
47th 2021: 47th	Rutland	193

New incorporations in 2022 per 1000 people

In Kent

9.3

National Average

12.7

Type of companies formed in Kent breakdown

96% Private Limited Companies (15,544 companies)

4% Other company types (565 companies)

Public Limited Company 1.1% (6 companies)
Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) 15.4% (87 companies)
Company Limited by Guarantee 56.3% (318 companies)
Limited Partnership 0.2% (1 company)
Community Interest Company 24.2% (137 companies)
Other 2.8% (16 companies)

Other company types breakdown (565 companies)

Total companies in Kent by the end of 2022

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Businesses formed in Kent during 2022

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Businesses dissolved in Kent during 2022

Companies House did not always process company dissolutions as soon as the standard conditions for dissolution were first met.

meaning there is a total of

130,283

businesses registered in Kent at the end of 2022.

2.9% more companies in Kent compared to 2021

Surrounding counties 2022 breakdown & comparison

East Sussex

70,836 total businesses
7,193 formed in 2022
6,433 dissolved in 2022

Essex

148,387 total businesses
18,955 formed in 2022
14,636 dissolved in 2022

West Sussex

58,763 total businesses
6,136 formed in 2022
5,240 dissolved in 2022

Surrey

107,722 total businesses
10,902 formed in 2022
9,339 dissolved in 2022

London

1,462,539 total businesses
274,838 formed in 2022
185,954 dissolved in 2022

Kent

130,283 total businesses
16,109 formed in 2022
13,087 dissolved in 2022

Ward breakdown data for

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Aylesford Green	17	19	2
Beaver	25	30	5
Biddenden	15	18	3
Bockhanger	13	8	-5
Boughton Aluph and Eastwell	59	61	2
Bybrook	5	18	13
Charing	53	114	61
Downs North	19	28	9
Downs West	13	15	2
Godinton	66	116	50
Great Chart with Singleton North	27	27	0
Highfield	29	16	-13
Isle of Oxney	12	16	4
Kennington	10	15	5
Little Burton Farm	20	15	-5
Norman	32	53	21
North Willesborough	22	28	6
Park Farm North	9	25	16
Park Farm South	18	15	-3
Rolvenden and Tenterden West	11	16	5
Saxon Shore	48	30	-18
Singleton South	6	17	11
South Willesborough	45	34	-11
St Michaels	9	14	5
Stanhope	14	17	3
Stour	90	82	-8
Tenterden North	13	19	6
Tenterden South	13	9	-4
Victoria	111	80	-31
Washford	17	18	1
Weald Central	37	58	21
Weald East	31	30	-1
Weald North	24	18	-6
Weald South	40	31	-9
Wye	12	18	6

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Barton	122	211	89
Beltinge	21	49	28
Blean Forest	30	41	11
Chartham & Stone Street	27	30	3
Chestfield	34	84	50
Gorrell	85	84	-1
Greenhill	12	7	-5
Herne & Broomfield	30	64	34
Heron	91	104	13
Little Stour & Adisham	22	26	4
Nailbourne	17	29	12
Northgate	41	68	27
Reculver	13	19	6
Seasalter	32	36	4
St Stephen's	50	58	8
Sturry	28	55	27
Swalecliffe	12	22	10
Tankerton	12	11	-1
West Bay	17	43	26
Westgate	136	128	-8
Wincheap	61	91	30

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Bean and Darenth	37	65	28
Brent	36	88	52
Castle	111	150	39
Cray Meadows		0	0
Greenhithe	70	79	9
Hartley and Hodsoll Street	28	31	3
Heath	49	68	19
Joyce Green	74	107	33
Joydens Wood	33	71	38
Littlebrook	43	55	12
Longfield New Barn and Southfleet	39	71	32
Newtown	97	163	66
Princes	50	65	15
Stone	117	122	5
Sutton-at-Hone and Hawley	59	34	-25
Swanscombe	85	84	-1
Town	216	217	1
West Hill	106	146	40
Wilmington	26	38	12

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Aylesham	19	43	24
Buckland	18	29	11
Capel-le-Ferne	11	10	-1
Castle	111	150	39
Eastry	22	30	8
Eythorne and Shepherdswell	24	25	1
Little Stour and Ashstone	23	31	8
Lydden and Temple Ewell	12	16	4
Maxton Elms Vale and Priory	21	39	18
Middle Deal and Sholden	31	33	2
Mill Hill	13	21	8
North Deal	35	70	35
Ringwould	6	7	1
River	221	302	81
Sandwich	41	48	7
St Margaret's-at-Cliffe	16	25	9
St Radigunds	82	147	65
Tower Hamlets	50	45	-5
Town and Pier	12	16	4
Walmer	19	29	10
Whitfield	15	24	9

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Central	124	191	67
Chalk	7	16	9
Coldharbour	38	39	1
Higham	42	31	-11
Istead Rise	12	19	7
Meopham North	41	65	24
Meopham South and Vigo	25	24	-1
Northfleet North	70	104	34
Northfleet South	83	128	45
Painters Ash	35	38	3
Pelham	109	146	37
Riverside	111	163	52
Riverview	21	27	6
Shorne Cobham and Luddesdown	28	38	10
Singlewell	71	104	33
Westcourt	49	65	16
Whitehill	28	46	18
Woodlands	45	81	36

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Allington	38	53	15
Barming	9	11	2
Bearsted	28	38	10
Boughton Monchelsea and Chart Sutton	19	23	4
Boxley	55	53	-2
Bridge	46	56	10
Coxheath and Hunton	36	53	17
Detling and Thurnham	18	33	15
Downswood and Otham	17	18	1
East	62	87	25
Fant	79	90	11
Harrietsham and Lenham	36	34	-2
Headcorn	27	21	-6
Heath	49	68	19
High Street	580	367	-213
Leeds	10	11	1
Loose	11	12	1
Marden and Yalding	42	68	26
North	45	71	26
North Downs	13	17	4
Park Wood	43	52	9
Shepway North	44	60	16
Shepway South	17	24	7
South	85	71	-14
Staplehurst	23	40	17
Sutton Valence and Langley	17	23	6

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Chatham Central	116	158	42
Cuxton and Halling	25	25	0
Gillingham North	160	279	119
Gillingham South	108	162	54
Hempstead and Wigmore	24	35	11
Lordswood and Capstone	79	88	9
Luton and Wayfield	110	149	39
Peninsula	61	95	34
Princes Park	74	71	-3
Rainham Central	77	71	-6
Rainham North	56	91	35
Rainham South	66	56	-10
River	221	302	81
Rochester East	60	94	34
Rochester South and Horsted	116	154	38
Rochester West	95	136	41
Strood North	86	130	44
Strood Rural	149	188	39
Strood South	91	150	59
Twydall	43	55	12
Walderslade	39	53	14
Watling	82	133	51

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Ash and New Ash Green	23	25	2
Brasted Chevening and Sundridge	48	45	-3
Cowden and Hever	10	18	8
Crockenhill and Well Hill	18	20	2
Dunton Green and Riverhead	31	36	5
Edenbridge North and East	36	62	26
Edenbridge South and West	26	34	8
Eynsford	5	20	15
Farningham Horton Kirby and South Darenth	28	35	7
Fawkham and West Kingsdown	53	95	42
Halstead Knockholt and Badgers Mount	20	24	4
Hartley and Hodsoll Street	28	31	3
Hextable	18	18	0
Kemsing	65	74	9
Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway	15	11	-4
Otford and Shoreham	42	20	-22
Penshurst Fordcombe and Chiddingstone	14	23	9
Seal and Weald	50	50	0
Sevenoaks Eastern	30	35	5
Sevenoaks Kippington	24	26	2
Sevenoaks Northern	24	27	3
Sevenoaks Town and St John's	107	112	5
Swanley Christchurch and Swanley Village	83	140	57
Swanley St Mary's	15	27	12
Swanley White Oak	37	50	13
Westerham and Crockham Hill	86	121	35

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Broadmead	13	13	0
Cheriton	68	78	10
East Folkestone	73	88	15
Folkestone Central	126	137	11
Folkestone Harbour	26	43	17
Hythe	46	46	0
Hythe Rural	27	33	6
New Romney	37	33	-4
North Downs East	33	52	19
North Downs West	37	61	24
Romney Marsh	18	26	8
Sandgate & West Folkestone	224	169	-55
Walland & Denge Marsh	44	30	-14

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Abbey	37	45	8
Bobbing Iwade and Lower Halstow	22	27	5
Borden and Grove Park	23	25	2
Boughton and Courtenay	50	44	-6
Chalkwell	22	40	18
East Downs	16	21	5
Hartlip Newington and Upchurch	33	66	33
Homewood	55	64	9
Kemsley	27	57	30
Milton Regis	28	46	18
Minster Cliffs	35	32	-3
Murston	56	75	19
Priory	10	14	4
Queenborough and Halfway	19	27	8
Roman	23	22	-1
Sheerness	56	78	22
Sheppey Central	32	44	12
Sheppey East	28	15	-13
St Ann's	12	20	8
Teynham and Lynsted	19	24	5
The Meads	38	49	11
Watling	82	133	51
West Downs	17	20	3
Woodstock	13	24	11

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Beacon Road	12	19	7
Birchington North	15	15	0
Birchington South	21	25	4
Bradstowe	44	59	15
Central Harbour	67	76	9
Cliffsend and Pegwell	24	33	9
Cliftonville East	27	40	13
Cliftonville West	112	170	58
Dane Valley	15	39	24
Eastcliff	56	54	-2
Garlinge	19	26	7
Kingsgate	12	9	-3
Margate Central	193	120	-73
Nethercourt	8	23	15
Newington	11	20	9
Northwood	78	105	27
Salmestone	75	37	-38
Sir Moses Montefiore	15	15	0
St Peters	33	56	23
Thanet Villages	38	62	24
Viking	49	83	34
Westbrook	24	34	10
Westgate-on-Sea	34	36	2

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Aylesford North and Walderslade	71	76	5
Aylesford South	95	71	-24
Borough Green and Long Mill	43	46	3
Burham and Wouldham	10	14	4
Cage Green	15	10	-5
Castle	111	150	39
Ditton	23	29	6
Downs and Mereworth	24	30	6
East Malling	23	42	19
Hadlow and East Peckham	55	55	0
Higham	42	31	-11
Hildenborough	67	64	-3
Judd	41	43	2
Kings Hill	89	159	70
Larkfield North	23	17	-6
Larkfield South	17	30	13
Medway	56	46	-10
Snodland East and Ham Hill	18	24	6
Snodland West and Holborough Lakes	20	33	13
Trench	11	15	4
Vauxhall	32	79	47
Wateringbury	14	11	-3
West Malling and Leybourne	68	64	-4
Wrotham Ightham and Stansted	46	38	-8

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Benenden and Cranbrook	38	48	10
Biddenden	15	18	3
Brenchley and Horsmonden	23	31	8
Broadwater	28	31	3
Capel	12	12	0
Culverden	203	155	-48
Frittenden and Sissinghurst	10	8	-2
Goudhurst and Lamberhurst	34	57	23
Hawkhurst and Sandhurst	28	27	-1
Paddock Wood East	20	27	7
Paddock Wood West	15	18	3
Pantiles and St Mark's	71	108	37
Park	40	82	42
Pembury	25	31	6
Rusthall	28	25	-3
Sherwood	31	49	18
Southborough and High Brooms	60	44	-16
Southborough North	29	22	-7
Speldhurst and Bidborough	41	34	-7
St James'	86	91	5
St John's	54	67	13

Total companies 2022 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2022 and how Kent compares to them.

Rank

County

Total companies

Rank	County	Total companies
1st 2021: 1st	London	1,462,539
2nd 2021: 2nd	Greater Manchester	233,019
3rd 2021: 3rd	West Midlands	211,766
4th 2021: 5th	West Yorkshire	151,175
5th 2021: 4th	Essex	148,387
6th 2021: 6th	Kent	130,283

Rank

County

Total companies

Rank	County	Total companies
1st 2021: 1st	London	1,462,539
5th 2021: 4th	Essex	148,387
6th 2021: 6th	Kent	130,283
9th 2021: 9th	Surrey	107,722
17th 2021: 16th	East Sussex	70,836
24th 2021: 21st	West Sussex	58,763

Rank

County

Total companies

Rank	County	Total companies
1st 2021: 1st	London	1,462,539
2nd 2021: 2nd	Greater Manchester	233,019
3rd 2021: 3rd	West Midlands	211,766
4th 2021: 5th	West Yorkshire	151,175
5th 2021: 4th	Essex	148,387
6th 2021: 6th	Kent	130,283
7th 2021: 7th	Hampshire	124,249
8th 2021: 8th	Hertfordshire	122,123
9th 2021: 9th	Surrey	107,722
10th 2021: 10th	Lancashire	91,522
11th 2021: 11th	Cheshire	81,809
12th 2021: 12th	Merseyside	81,221
13th 2021: 14th	Buckinghamshire	78,850
14th 2021: 13th	Berkshire	76,700
15th 2021: 15th	Leicestershire	73,507
16th 2021: 17th	South Yorkshire	72,058
17th 2021: 16th	East Sussex	70,836
18th 2021: 19th	North Yorkshire	62,355
19th 2021: 20th	Nottinghamshire	62,142
20th 2021: 18th	Devon	61,854
21st 2021: 25th	Dorset	61,217
22nd 2021: 22nd	Staffordshire	60,009
23rd 2021: 23rd	Somerset	59,531
24th 2021: 21st	West Sussex	58,763
25th 2021: 24th	Gloucestershire	57,852
26th 2021: 26th	Cambridgeshire	57,788
27th 2021: 27th	Derbyshire	55,697
28th 2021: 29th	Lincolnshire	53,143
29th 2021: 28th	Northamptonshire	51,966
30th 2021: 30th	Tyne and Wear	51,640
31st 2021: 31st	Bedfordshire	50,545
32nd 2021: 32nd	Oxfordshire	46,748
33rd 2021: 33rd	Norfolk	45,968
34th 2021: 35th	Suffolk	45,867
35th 2021: 34th	Worcestershire	43,964
36th 2021: 36th	Warwickshire	42,564
37th 2021: 37th	Wiltshire	40,505
38th 2021: 38th	Bristol	37,039
39th 2021: 39th	Durham	35,455
40th 2021: 40th	East Riding of Yorkshire	29,451
41st 2021: 41st	Shropshire	26,781
42nd 2021: 42nd	Cornwall	25,857
43rd 2021: 43rd	Cumbria	23,003
44th 2021: 44th	Herefordshire	16,412
45th 2021: 45th	Northumberland	12,420
46th 2021: 46th	Isle of Wight	6,423
47th 2021: 47th	Rutland	2,076

Total companies at the end of 2022 per 1000 people

In Kent

75.2

National Average

82.7

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.

2018

15,057 formed

11,568 dissolved

2019

15,963 formed

12,199 dissolved

2020

18,501 formed

10,634 dissolved

2021

16,625 formed

14,027 dissolved

2022

16,109 formed

13,087 dissolved

Overall growth compared to previous year

4.26% vs 2018

8.05% vs 2019

3.14% vs 2020

2.9% vs 2021

Company Formations in 2022: Kent

New businesses in Kent mapped

Boroughs

Companies formed in 2022 league table

New incorporations in 2022 per 1000 people

In Kent

National Average

Type of companies formed in Kent breakdown

Total companies in Kent by the end of 2022

meaning there is a total of

Surrounding counties 2022 breakdown & comparison

Ward breakdown data for Ashford Canterbury Dartford Dover Gravesham Maidstone Medway Sevenoaks Shepway Swale Thanet Tonbridge and Malling Tunbridge Wells

Total companies 2022 league table

Total companies at the end of 2022 per 1000 people

In Kent

National Average

The last 5 years

Ward breakdown data for