Inform Direct Logo

Company Formations in 2019: Lancashire

Man holding pagper

???? Businesses formed in Lancashire during 2019

2.9% more companies in Lancashire compared to 2018

New businesses in Lancashire mapped

Boroughs

  • ABlackburn with Darwen: 1,338
  • BBlackpool: 1,047
  • CBurnley: 556
  • DChorley: 859
  • EFylde: 1,138
  • FHyndburn: 481
  • GLancaster: 719
  • HPendle: 535
  • IPreston: 1,420
  • JRibble Valley: 457
  • KRossendale: 497
  • LSouth Ribble: 654
  • MWest Lancashire: 749
  • NWyre: 760

Companies formed in 2019 league table

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

Man holding trophy
Rank
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
11th 2018: 11th
Lancashire
11,229
Rank
County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
2nd 2018: 3rd
Greater Manchester
31,440
4th 2018: 4th
West Yorkshire
18,752
10th 2018: 10th
Merseyside
11,866
11th 2018: 11th
Lancashire
11,229
22nd 2018: 23rd
North Yorkshire
7,260
43rd 2018: 43rd
Cumbria
2,171
Rank
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

New incorporations in 2019 per 1000 Man standing people

Briefcase with a sticker stating New

In Lancashire

7.7

Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase

National Average

10.9

Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase

Type of companies formed in Lancashire breakdown

97% Private Limited Companies (10,945 companies)

3% Other company types (284 companies)

Other company types breakdown (284 companies)

Total companies in Lancashire by the end of 2019

Man shaking hands

????

Businesses formed in Lancashire during 2019

Man looking at a graph

????

Businesses dissolved in Lancashire during 2019

meaning there is a total of

77,937

businesses registered in Lancashire at the end of 2019.

2.9% more companies in Lancashire compared to 2018

Surrounding counties 2019 breakdown & comparison

Cumbria

21,286 total businesses
2,171 formed in 2019
1,979 dissolved in 2019

North Yorkshire

54,481 total businesses
7,260 formed in 2019
5,315 dissolved in 2019

Greater Manchester

189,867 total businesses
31,440 formed in 2019
27,478 dissolved in 2019

West Yorkshire

123,678 total businesses
18,752 formed in 2019
14,731 dissolved in 2019

Merseyside

68,401 total businesses
11,866 formed in 2019
9,470 dissolved in 2019

Lancashire

77,937 total businesses
11,229 formed in 2019
9,084 dissolved in 2019

CumbriaNorthYorkshireLancashireWestYorkshireGreaterManchesterMerseyside

Ward breakdown data for

Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Audley
44
87
43
Bastwell
32
49
17
Beardwood with Lammack
19
45
26
Corporation Park
37
48
11
Earcroft
65
45
-20
East Rural
4
10
6
Ewood
26
38
12
Fernhurst
20
30
10
Higher Croft
80
63
-17
Little Harwood
194
185
-9
Livesey with Pleasington
13
29
16
Marsh House
22
28
6
Meadowhead
9
12
3
Mill Hill
32
35
3
North Turton with Tockholes
31
39
8
Queen's Park
51
65
14
Roe Lee
18
40
22
Shadsworth with Whitebirk
56
66
10
Shear Brow
126
185
59
Sudell
22
36
14
Sunnyhurst
48
70
22
Wensley Fold
63
123
60
Whitehall
15
10
-5
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Anchorsholme
8
13
5
Bispham
25
35
10
Bloomfield
55
67
12
Brunswick
26
39
13
Claremont
40
48
8
Clifton
75
97
22
Greenlands
18
35
17
Hawes Side
19
23
4
Highfield
15
12
-3
Ingthorpe
21
29
8
Layton
58
75
17
Marton
81
110
29
Norbreck
21
17
-4
Park
64
68
4
Squires Gate
22
28
6
Stanley
283
168
-115
Talbot
138
120
-18
Tyldesley
22
30
8
Victoria
25
27
2
Warbreck
27
44
17
Warton and Westby
65
276
211
Waterloo
45
55
10
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Bank Hall
33
40
7
Briercliffe
16
21
5
Brunshaw
14
14
0
Cliviger with Worsthorne
21
20
-1
Coal Clough with Deerplay
25
20
-5
Daneshouse with Stoneyholme
75
136
61
Gannow
5
39
34
Gawthorpe
22
27
5
Hapton with Park
34
57
23
Lanehead
20
19
-1
Queensgate
26
46
20
Rosegrove with Lowerhouse
78
34
-44
Rosehill with Burnley Wood
19
20
1
Trinity
28
34
6
Whittlefield with Ightenhill
14
29
15
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Adlington and Anderton
32
41
9
Astley and Buckshaw
30
31
1
Brindle and Hoghton
11
14
3
Buckshaw & Worden
29
31
2
Chisnall
87
23
-64
Chorley East
45
63
18
Chorley North East
29
42
13
Chorley North West
63
132
69
Chorley South East
93
153
60
Chorley South West
23
27
4
Clayton-le-Woods and Whittle-le-Woods
25
68
43
Clayton-le-Woods North
16
27
11
Clayton-le-Woods West and Cuerden
12
19
7
Coppull
28
39
11
Eccleston and Mawdesley
25
36
11
Euxton North
44
62
18
Euxton South
18
16
-2
Heath Charnock and Rivington
10
4
-6
Lostock
17
28
11
Pennine
10
20
10
Wheelton and Withnell
17
14
-3
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ansdell
16
26
10
Ashton
49
54
5
Central
253
203
-50
Clifton
75
97
22
Elswick and Little Eccleston
12
5
-7
Fairhaven
17
23
6
Freckleton East
9
17
8
Freckleton West
15
14
-1
Heyhouses
15
10
-5
Kilnhouse
11
17
6
Kirkham North
25
11
-14
Kirkham South
14
17
3
Medlar-with-Wesham
10
16
6
Newton and Treales
20
22
2
Park
64
68
4
Ribby-with-Wrea
3
6
3
Singleton and Greenhalgh
5
7
2
St Johns
481
393
-88
St Leonards
47
24
-23
Staining and Weeton
6
14
8
Warton and Westby
65
276
211
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Altham
25
36
11
Barnfield
49
66
17
Baxenden
8
9
1
Central
253
203
-50
Church
18
26
8
Clayton-le-Moors
14
27
13
Huncoat
13
17
4
Immanuel
7
13
6
Milnshaw
17
13
-4
Netherton
31
33
2
Overton
32
48
16
Peel
19
35
16
Rishton
33
28
-5
Spring Hill
18
30
12
St Andrew's
13
20
7
St Oswald's
17
33
16
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Bare
24
10
-14
Bolton & Slyne
28
37
9
Bulk
14
40
26
Carnforth & Millhead
21
19
-2
Castle
75
85
10
Ellel
17
28
11
Halton-with-Aughton
10
11
1
Harbour
19
26
7
Heysham Central
12
19
7
Heysham North
16
31
15
Heysham South
18
26
8
John O'Gaunt
17
30
13
Kellet
6
18
12
Lower Lune Valley
55
46
-9
Marsh
25
30
5
Overton
32
48
16
Poulton
43
59
16
Scotforth East
9
8
-1
Scotforth West
21
27
6
Silverdale
10
6
-4
Skerton East
21
15
-6
Skerton West
11
16
5
Torrisholme
15
21
6
University & Scotforth Rural
4
19
15
Upper Lune Valley
14
31
17
Warton
8
11
3
Westgate
28
33
5
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Barrowford
23
28
5
Blacko and Higherford
2
3
1
Boulsworth
15
23
8
Bradley
68
53
-15
Brierfield
32
31
-1
Clover Hill
17
38
21
Coates
9
20
11
Craven
20
33
13
Earby
18
24
6
Foulridge
2
8
6
Higham and Pendleside
9
14
5
Horsfield
15
17
2
Marsden
9
12
3
Old Laund Booth
6
14
8
Reedley
30
47
17
Southfield
17
31
14
Vivary Bridge
38
39
1
Walverden
19
17
-2
Waterside
12
45
33
Whitefield
37
38
1
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ashton
49
54
5
Brookfield
26
31
5
Cadley
85
77
-8
College
47
43
-4
Deepdale
21
43
22
Fishwick
43
52
9
Garrison
46
57
11
Greyfriars
31
31
0
Ingol
19
23
4
Larches
14
38
24
Lea
20
24
4
Moor Park
48
73
25
Newton and Treales
20
22
2
Preston Rural East
22
21
-1
Preston Rural North
44
50
6
Ribbleton
45
52
7
Riversway
119
153
34
Sharoe Green
38
96
58
St George's
37
62
25
St Matthew's
61
114
53
Town Centre
284
239
-45
Tulketh
57
73
16
University
19
36
17
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Aighton Bailey and Chaigley
11
6
-5
Alston and Hothersall
11
15
4
Billington and Old Langho
15
17
2
Bowland Newton and Slaidburn
6
7
1
Chatburn
6
3
-3
Chipping
2
3
1
Clayton-le-Dale with Ramsgreave
28
34
6
Derby and Thornley
25
62
37
Dilworth
4
19
15
Edisford and Low Moor
6
10
4
Gisburn Rimington
5
11
6
Langho
22
24
2
Littlemoor
8
11
3
Mellor
7
13
6
Primrose
12
20
8
Read and Simonstone
17
18
1
Ribchester
4
5
1
Sabden
6
10
4
Salthill
41
44
3
Settle and Ribblebanks
0
0
St Mary's
10
13
3
Waddington and West Bradford
11
17
6
Whalley
31
52
21
Wilpshire
8
11
3
Wiswell and Pendleton
23
32
9
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Cribden
16
21
5
Eden
19
19
0
Facit and Shawforth
13
15
2
Goodshaw
20
17
-3
Greenfield
22
29
7
Greensclough
76
48
-28
Hareholme
27
50
23
Healey and Whitworth
19
17
-2
Helmshore
17
27
10
Irwell
26
27
1
Longholme
23
32
9
Stacksteads
16
19
3
Whitewell
33
36
3
Worsley
75
140
65
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Bamber Bridge East
62
102
40
Bamber Bridge West
19
22
3
Broad Oak
5
10
5
Broadfield
26
43
17
Buckshaw & Worden
29
31
2
Charnock
8
17
9
Coupe Green & Gregson Lane
29
16
-13
Earnshaw Bridge
11
18
7
Farington East
18
27
9
Farington West
12
22
10
Hoole
12
20
8
Howick & Priory
17
20
3
Leyland Central
38
92
54
Longton & Hutton West
21
13
-8
Lostock Hall
15
15
0
Middleforth
16
25
9
Moss Side
17
13
-4
New Longton & Hutton East
29
21
-8
Samlesbury & Walton
19
31
12
Seven Stars
8
12
4
St Ambrose
16
37
21
Walton-le-Dale East
21
18
-3
Walton-le-Dale West
8
29
21
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ashurst
26
40
14
Aughton and Downholland
26
42
16
Aughton Park
22
19
-3
Bickerstaffe
13
15
2
Birch Green
11
18
7
Burscough East
16
14
-2
Burscough West
76
107
31
Derby
16
27
11
Digmoor
13
17
4
Halsall
10
16
6
Hesketh-with-Becconsall
35
35
0
Knowsley
15
21
6
Moorside
8
16
8
Newburgh
12
10
-2
North Meols
20
19
-1
Parbold
27
17
-10
Rufford
3
12
9
Scarisbrick
16
31
15
Scott
61
75
14
Skelmersdale North
39
38
-1
Skelmersdale South
36
39
3
Tanhouse
15
15
0
Tarleton
23
19
-4
Up Holland
50
54
4
Wrightington
111
33
-78
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Bourne
32
35
3
Breck
25
30
5
Brock with Catterall
17
22
5
Calder
10
12
2
Carleton
16
18
2
Cleveleys Park
12
9
-3
Garstang
35
152
117
Great Eccleston
20
15
-5
Hambleton & Stalmine
12
19
7
Hardhorn with High Cross
55
79
24
Jubilee
38
46
8
Marsh Mill
49
92
43
Mount
14
15
1
Park
64
68
4
Pharos
41
56
15
Pheasant's Wood
7
6
-1
Pilling
16
26
10
Preesall
16
13
-3
Rossall
19
16
-3
Stanah
6
7
1
Tithebarn
30
38
8
Victoria & Norcross
17
21
4
Warren
10
11
1
Wyresdale
8
8
0

Total companies 2019 league table

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

Man holding trophy
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
11th 2018: 11th
Lancashire
77,937
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
2nd 2018: 2nd
Greater Manchester
189,867
5th 2018: 5th
West Yorkshire
123,678
11th 2018: 11th
Lancashire
77,937
14th 2018: 15th
Merseyside
68,401
19th 2018: 19th
North Yorkshire
54,481
43rd 2018: 43rd
Cumbria
21,286
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

Briefcase

In Lancashire

53.3

Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase

National Average

70.7

Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase

The last 5 years

How the total number of companies in Lancashire has changed over the last 5 years as new companies have been formed and some existing companies dissolved.

2015

10,080 formed

6,327 dissolved

2016

10,600 formed

7,908 dissolved

2017

10,646 formed

8,024 dissolved

2018

11,291 formed

8,127 dissolved

2019

11,229 formed

9,084 dissolved

Overall growth compared to previous year

4.6% vs 2015

4.47% vs 2016

6.27% vs 2017

2.9% vs 2018