2020
18,501 formed
10,634 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Kent during 2024
1.9% more companies in Kent compared to 2023
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Kent compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2023: 1st
|
London |
280,423 |
2nd
2023: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
41,700 |
3rd
2023: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
40,892 |
4th
2023: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
23,972 |
5th
2023: 5th
|
Essex |
19,024 |
6th 2023: 6th
|
Kent |
16,490 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2023: 1st
|
London |
280,423 |
5th
2023: 5th
|
Essex |
19,024 |
6th
2023: 6th
|
Kent |
16,490 |
12th
2023: 11th
|
Surrey |
11,351 |
26th
2023: 27th
|
East Sussex |
7,231 |
31st
2023: 31st
|
West Sussex |
6,467 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2023: 1st
|
London |
280,423 |
2nd 2023: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
41,700 |
3rd 2023: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
40,892 |
4th 2023: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
23,972 |
5th 2023: 5th
|
Essex |
19,024 |
6th 2023: 6th
|
Kent |
16,490 |
7th 2023: 7th
|
Hampshire |
14,534 |
8th 2023: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
14,111 |
9th 2023: 10th
|
Lancashire |
13,620 |
10th 2023: 9th
|
Merseyside |
13,029 |
11th 2023: 12th
|
South Yorkshire |
11,673 |
12th 2023: 11th
|
Surrey |
11,351 |
13th 2023: 13th
|
Leicestershire |
11,209 |
14th 2023: 14th
|
Berkshire |
10,454 |
15th 2023: 15th
|
Cheshire |
9,854 |
16th 2023: 17th
|
Nottinghamshire |
9,248 |
17th 2023: 16th
|
Buckinghamshire |
9,185 |
18th 2023: 20th
|
Suffolk |
9,091 |
19th 2023: 18th
|
North Yorkshire |
8,830 |
20th 2023: 22nd
|
Cambridgeshire |
8,588 |
21st 2023: 24th
|
Tyne and Wear |
8,269 |
22nd 2023: 19th
|
Bedfordshire |
8,251 |
23rd 2023: 21st
|
Staffordshire |
8,181 |
24th 2023: 23rd
|
Dorset |
7,890 |
25th 2023: 26th
|
Derbyshire |
7,553 |
26th 2023: 27th
|
East Sussex |
7,231 |
27th 2023: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
7,132 |
28th 2023: 25th
|
Northamptonshire |
6,894 |
29th 2023: 28th
|
Devon |
6,646 |
30th 2023: 30th
|
Gloucestershire |
6,522 |
31st 2023: 31st
|
West Sussex |
6,467 |
32nd 2023: 32nd
|
Somerset |
6,153 |
33rd 2023: 34th
|
Durham |
5,616 |
34th 2023: 33rd
|
Norfolk |
5,434 |
35th 2023: 35th
|
Oxfordshire |
5,301 |
36th 2023: 36th
|
Warwickshire |
5,070 |
37th 2023: 39th
|
Worcestershire |
5,059 |
38th 2023: 38th
|
Wiltshire |
4,609 |
39th 2023: 37th
|
Bristol |
4,467 |
40th 2023: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
4,234 |
41st 2023: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
4,025 |
42nd 2023: 41st
|
Shropshire |
3,031 |
43rd 2023: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
2,854 |
44th 2023: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,453 |
45th 2023: 45th
|
Northumberland |
1,577 |
46th 2023: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
718 |
47th 2023: 47th
|
Rutland |
242 |
people
8.8
12.5
96% Private Limited Companies (15,874 companies)
4% Other company types (616 companies)
Other company types breakdown (616 companies)
????
Businesses formed in Kent during 2024
????
Businesses dissolved in Kent during 2024
136,504
businesses registered in Kent at the end of 2024.
1.9% more companies in Kent compared to 2023
East Sussex
71,666 total businesses
7,231 formed in 2024
6,344 dissolved in 2024
Essex
157,235 total businesses
19,024 formed in 2024
15,914 dissolved in 2024
West Sussex
60,518 total businesses
6,467 formed in 2024
5,606 dissolved in 2024
Surrey
110,047 total businesses
11,351 formed in 2024
9,830 dissolved in 2024
London
1,560,328 total businesses
280,423 formed in 2024
219,451 dissolved in 2024
Kent
136,504 total businesses
16,490 formed in 2024
14,258 dissolved in 2024
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Aylesford Green |
11 |
||
Beaver |
-5 |
||
Biddenden |
0 |
||
Bockhanger |
9 |
||
Boughton Aluph and Eastwell |
30 |
||
Bybrook |
0 |
||
Charing |
40 |
||
Downs North |
-2 |
||
Downs West |
6 |
||
Godinton |
-5 |
||
Great Chart with Singleton North |
8 |
||
Highfield |
6 |
||
Isle of Oxney |
4 |
||
Kennington |
-7 |
||
Little Burton Farm |
4 |
||
Norman |
-2 |
||
North Willesborough |
14 |
||
Park Farm North |
-2 |
||
Park Farm South |
15 |
||
Rolvenden and Tenterden West |
1 |
||
Saxon Shore |
15 |
||
Singleton South |
2 |
||
South Willesborough |
-11 |
||
St Michaels |
1 |
||
Stanhope |
-2 |
||
Stour |
10 |
||
Tenterden North |
10 |
||
Tenterden South |
2 |
||
Victoria |
-14 |
||
Washford |
-2 |
||
Weald Central |
-2 |
||
Weald East |
8 |
||
Weald North |
-5 |
||
Weald South |
11 |
||
Wye |
14 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Barton |
82 |
||
Beltinge |
11 |
||
Blean Forest |
4 |
||
Chartham & Stone Street |
13 |
||
Chestfield |
23 |
||
Gorrell |
20 |
||
Greenhill |
2 |
||
Herne & Broomfield |
-46 |
||
Heron |
1 |
||
Little Stour & Adisham |
2 |
||
Nailbourne |
5 |
||
Northgate |
2 |
||
Reculver |
8 |
||
Seasalter |
22 |
||
St Stephen's |
6 |
||
Sturry |
12 |
||
Swalecliffe |
1 |
||
Tankerton |
4 |
||
West Bay |
9 |
||
Westgate |
7 |
||
Wincheap |
15 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bean and Darenth |
-5 |
||
Brent |
12 |
||
Castle |
9 |
||
Cray Meadows |
0 |
||
Greenhithe |
27 |
||
Hartley and Hodsoll Street |
5 |
||
Heath |
-5 |
||
Joyce Green |
13 |
||
Joydens Wood |
30 |
||
Littlebrook |
8 |
||
Longfield New Barn and Southfleet |
35 |
||
Newtown |
51 |
||
Princes |
22 |
||
Stone |
-14 |
||
Sutton-at-Hone and Hawley |
6 |
||
Swanscombe |
-66 |
||
Town |
-12 |
||
West Hill |
74 |
||
Wilmington |
8 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Aylesham |
5 |
||
Buckland |
4 |
||
Capel-le-Ferne |
4 |
||
Castle |
9 |
||
Eastry |
-14 |
||
Eythorne and Shepherdswell |
12 |
||
Little Stour and Ashstone |
5 |
||
Lydden and Temple Ewell |
-8 |
||
Maxton Elms Vale and Priory |
-1 |
||
Middle Deal and Sholden |
-6 |
||
Mill Hill |
13 |
||
North Deal |
8 |
||
Ringwould |
-2 |
||
River |
97 |
||
Sandwich |
15 |
||
St Margaret's-at-Cliffe |
-7 |
||
St Radigunds |
20 |
||
Tower Hamlets |
4 |
||
Town and Pier |
3 |
||
Walmer |
12 |
||
Whitfield |
4 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Central |
59 |
||
Chalk |
6 |
||
Coldharbour |
7 |
||
Higham |
8 |
||
Istead Rise |
5 |
||
Meopham North |
26 |
||
Meopham South and Vigo |
12 |
||
Northfleet North |
-15 |
||
Northfleet South |
48 |
||
Painters Ash |
17 |
||
Pelham |
16 |
||
Riverside |
43 |
||
Riverview |
8 |
||
Shorne Cobham and Luddesdown |
21 |
||
Singlewell |
24 |
||
Westcourt |
8 |
||
Whitehill |
-3 |
||
Woodlands |
8 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Allington |
-6 |
||
Barming |
-5 |
||
Bearsted |
4 |
||
Boughton Monchelsea and Chart Sutton |
-9 |
||
Boxley |
15 |
||
Bridge |
17 |
||
Coxheath and Hunton |
3 |
||
Detling and Thurnham |
-3 |
||
Downswood and Otham |
4 |
||
East |
20 |
||
Fant |
-9 |
||
Harrietsham and Lenham |
9 |
||
Headcorn |
13 |
||
Heath |
-5 |
||
High Street |
-136 |
||
Leeds |
12 |
||
Loose |
4 |
||
Marden and Yalding |
27 |
||
North |
10 |
||
North Downs |
-2 |
||
Park Wood |
2 |
||
Shepway North |
30 |
||
Shepway South |
7 |
||
South |
28 |
||
Staplehurst |
-7 |
||
Sutton Valence and Langley |
-1 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Chatham Central |
-1 |
||
Cuxton and Halling |
12 |
||
Gillingham North |
74 |
||
Gillingham South |
39 |
||
Hempstead and Wigmore |
17 |
||
Lordswood and Capstone |
27 |
||
Luton and Wayfield |
21 |
||
Peninsula |
26 |
||
Princes Park |
15 |
||
Rainham Central |
11 |
||
Rainham North |
1 |
||
Rainham South |
25 |
||
River |
97 |
||
Rochester East |
28 |
||
Rochester South and Horsted |
27 |
||
Rochester West |
58 |
||
Strood North |
15 |
||
Strood Rural |
48 |
||
Strood South |
3 |
||
Twydall |
15 |
||
Walderslade |
-4 |
||
Watling |
32 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ash and New Ash Green |
-1 |
||
Brasted Chevening and Sundridge |
11 |
||
Cowden and Hever |
1 |
||
Crockenhill and Well Hill |
3 |
||
Dunton Green and Riverhead |
3 |
||
Edenbridge North and East |
28 |
||
Edenbridge South and West |
2 |
||
Eynsford |
2 |
||
Farningham Horton Kirby and South Darenth |
5 |
||
Fawkham and West Kingsdown |
16 |
||
Halstead Knockholt and Badgers Mount |
16 |
||
Hartley and Hodsoll Street |
5 |
||
Hextable |
11 |
||
Kemsing |
12 |
||
Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway |
-3 |
||
Otford and Shoreham |
9 |
||
Penshurst Fordcombe and Chiddingstone |
0 |
||
Seal and Weald |
-12 |
||
Sevenoaks Eastern |
22 |
||
Sevenoaks Kippington |
-7 |
||
Sevenoaks Northern |
0 |
||
Sevenoaks Town and St John's |
45 |
||
Swanley Christchurch and Swanley Village |
-13 |
||
Swanley St Mary's |
14 |
||
Swanley White Oak |
0 |
||
Westerham and Crockham Hill |
30 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Broadmead |
8 |
||
Cheriton |
18 |
||
East Folkestone |
-7 |
||
Folkestone Central |
20 |
||
Folkestone Harbour |
9 |
||
Hythe |
6 |
||
Hythe Rural |
14 |
||
New Romney |
-13 |
||
North Downs East |
3 |
||
North Downs West |
16 |
||
Romney Marsh |
11 |
||
Sandgate & West Folkestone |
-43 |
||
Walland & Denge Marsh |
-5 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
21 |
||
Bobbing Iwade and Lower Halstow |
1 |
||
Borden and Grove Park |
0 |
||
Boughton and Courtenay |
-13 |
||
Chalkwell |
-3 |
||
East Downs |
7 |
||
Hartlip Newington and Upchurch |
3 |
||
Homewood |
26 |
||
Kemsley |
7 |
||
Milton Regis |
2 |
||
Minster Cliffs |
13 |
||
Murston |
10 |
||
Priory |
3 |
||
Queenborough and Halfway |
6 |
||
Roman |
0 |
||
Sheerness |
12 |
||
Sheppey Central |
5 |
||
Sheppey East |
8 |
||
St Ann's |
-1 |
||
Teynham and Lynsted |
18 |
||
The Meads |
-4 |
||
Watling |
32 |
||
West Downs |
-12 |
||
Woodstock |
7 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Beacon Road |
-5 |
||
Birchington North |
0 |
||
Birchington South |
15 |
||
Bradstowe |
-8 |
||
Central Harbour |
3 |
||
Cliffsend and Pegwell |
8 |
||
Cliftonville East |
22 |
||
Cliftonville West |
-32 |
||
Dane Valley |
3 |
||
Eastcliff |
-2 |
||
Garlinge |
16 |
||
Kingsgate |
13 |
||
Margate Central |
10 |
||
Nethercourt |
1 |
||
Newington |
-6 |
||
Northwood |
29 |
||
Salmestone |
-2 |
||
Sir Moses Montefiore |
-1 |
||
St Peters |
22 |
||
Thanet Villages |
0 |
||
Viking |
18 |
||
Westbrook |
17 |
||
Westgate-on-Sea |
11 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Aylesford North and Walderslade |
32 |
||
Aylesford South |
-6 |
||
Borough Green and Long Mill |
0 |
||
Burham and Wouldham |
9 |
||
Cage Green |
4 |
||
Castle |
9 |
||
Ditton |
18 |
||
Downs and Mereworth |
8 |
||
East Malling |
-4 |
||
Hadlow and East Peckham |
6 |
||
Higham |
8 |
||
Hildenborough |
24 |
||
Judd |
12 |
||
Kings Hill |
40 |
||
Larkfield North |
-1 |
||
Larkfield South |
-2 |
||
Medway |
1 |
||
Snodland East and Ham Hill |
24 |
||
Snodland West and Holborough Lakes |
15 |
||
Trench |
0 |
||
Vauxhall |
21 |
||
Wateringbury |
-1 |
||
West Malling and Leybourne |
16 |
||
Wrotham Ightham and Stansted |
-7 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Benenden and Cranbrook |
-7 |
||
Biddenden |
0 |
||
Brenchley and Horsmonden |
1 |
||
Broadwater |
4 |
||
Capel |
-1 |
||
Culverden |
-43 |
||
Frittenden and Sissinghurst |
3 |
||
Goudhurst and Lamberhurst |
1 |
||
Hawkhurst and Sandhurst |
2 |
||
Paddock Wood East |
3 |
||
Paddock Wood West |
3 |
||
Pantiles and St Mark's |
57 |
||
Park |
7 |
||
Pembury |
-5 |
||
Rusthall |
9 |
||
Sherwood |
15 |
||
Southborough and High Brooms |
9 |
||
Southborough North |
1 |
||
Speldhurst and Bidborough |
-19 |
||
St James' |
51 |
||
St John's |
22 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2024 and how Kent compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2023: 1st
|
London |
1,560,328 |
2nd
2023: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
251,769 |
3rd
2023: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
234,944 |
4th
2023: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
157,321 |
5th
2023: 4th
|
Essex |
157,235 |
6th 2023: 6th
|
Kent |
136,504 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2023: 1st
|
London |
1,560,328 |
5th
2023: 4th
|
Essex |
157,235 |
6th
2023: 6th
|
Kent |
136,504 |
9th
2023: 9th
|
Surrey |
110,047 |
17th
2023: 17th
|
East Sussex |
71,666 |
26th
2023: 25th
|
West Sussex |
60,518 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2023: 1st
|
London |
1,560,328 |
2nd 2023: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
251,769 |
3rd 2023: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
234,944 |
4th 2023: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
157,321 |
5th 2023: 4th
|
Essex |
157,235 |
6th 2023: 6th
|
Kent |
136,504 |
7th 2023: 7th
|
Hampshire |
127,564 |
8th 2023: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
125,410 |
9th 2023: 9th
|
Surrey |
110,047 |
10th 2023: 10th
|
Lancashire |
97,537 |
11th 2023: 11th
|
Merseyside |
84,857 |
12th 2023: 12th
|
Cheshire |
83,478 |
13th 2023: 13th
|
Buckinghamshire |
80,842 |
14th 2023: 14th
|
Berkshire |
80,348 |
15th 2023: 15th
|
Leicestershire |
78,116 |
16th 2023: 16th
|
South Yorkshire |
75,130 |
17th 2023: 17th
|
East Sussex |
71,666 |
18th 2023: 18th
|
North Yorkshire |
67,293 |
19th 2023: 19th
|
Nottinghamshire |
65,784 |
20th 2023: 20th
|
Devon |
64,346 |
21st 2023: 21st
|
Dorset |
63,675 |
22nd 2023: 22nd
|
Staffordshire |
62,904 |
23rd 2023: 24th
|
Cambridgeshire |
61,973 |
24th 2023: 26th
|
Gloucestershire |
61,133 |
25th 2023: 23rd
|
Somerset |
60,769 |
26th 2023: 25th
|
West Sussex |
60,518 |
27th 2023: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
59,950 |
28th 2023: 28th
|
Lincolnshire |
57,099 |
29th 2023: 29th
|
Northamptonshire |
55,842 |
30th 2023: 32nd
|
Suffolk |
55,335 |
31st 2023: 30th
|
Tyne and Wear |
54,971 |
32nd 2023: 31st
|
Bedfordshire |
53,808 |
33rd 2023: 33rd
|
Norfolk |
49,863 |
34th 2023: 34th
|
Oxfordshire |
48,887 |
35th 2023: 35th
|
Worcestershire |
48,838 |
36th 2023: 36th
|
Warwickshire |
43,777 |
37th 2023: 37th
|
Wiltshire |
42,535 |
38th 2023: 38th
|
Durham |
38,779 |
39th 2023: 39th
|
Bristol |
36,561 |
40th 2023: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
31,014 |
41st 2023: 41st
|
Shropshire |
28,136 |
42nd 2023: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
27,621 |
43rd 2023: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
24,059 |
44th 2023: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
18,258 |
45th 2023: 45th
|
Northumberland |
13,228 |
46th 2023: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
6,739 |
47th 2023: 47th
|
Rutland |
2,179 |
people
72.8
83.4
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.
2020
18,501 formed
10,634 dissolved
2021
16,625 formed
14,027 dissolved
2022
16,109 formed
13,087 dissolved
2023
17,620 formed
14,559 dissolved
2024
16,490 formed
14,258 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
3.14% vs 2020
2.95% vs 2021
2.77% vs 2022
1.9% vs 2023