2015
10,080 formed
6,327 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Lancashire during 2019
2.9% more companies in Lancashire compared to 2018
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Lancashire 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 |
11th 2018: 11th
|
Lancashire |
11,229 |
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 |
---|---|---|
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 |
7.7
10.9
97% Private Limited Companies (10,945 companies)
3% Other company types (284 companies)
Other company types breakdown (284 companies)
????
Businesses formed in Lancashire during 2019
????
Businesses dissolved in Lancashire during 2019
77,937
businesses registered in Lancashire at the end of 2019.
2.9% more companies in Lancashire compared to 2018
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
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Audley |
43 |
||
Bastwell |
17 |
||
Beardwood with Lammack |
26 |
||
Corporation Park |
11 |
||
Earcroft |
-20 |
||
East Rural |
6 |
||
Ewood |
12 |
||
Fernhurst |
10 |
||
Higher Croft |
-17 |
||
Little Harwood |
-9 |
||
Livesey with Pleasington |
16 |
||
Marsh House |
6 |
||
Meadowhead |
3 |
||
Mill Hill |
3 |
||
North Turton with Tockholes |
8 |
||
Queen's Park |
14 |
||
Roe Lee |
22 |
||
Shadsworth with Whitebirk |
10 |
||
Shear Brow |
59 |
||
Sudell |
14 |
||
Sunnyhurst |
22 |
||
Wensley Fold |
60 |
||
Whitehall |
-5 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Anchorsholme |
5 |
||
Bispham |
10 |
||
Bloomfield |
12 |
||
Brunswick |
13 |
||
Claremont |
8 |
||
Clifton |
22 |
||
Greenlands |
17 |
||
Hawes Side |
4 |
||
Highfield |
-3 |
||
Ingthorpe |
8 |
||
Layton |
17 |
||
Marton |
29 |
||
Norbreck |
-4 |
||
Park |
4 |
||
Squires Gate |
6 |
||
Stanley |
-115 |
||
Talbot |
-18 |
||
Tyldesley |
8 |
||
Victoria |
2 |
||
Warbreck |
17 |
||
Warton and Westby |
211 |
||
Waterloo |
10 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Bank Hall |
7 |
||
Briercliffe |
5 |
||
Brunshaw |
0 |
||
Cliviger with Worsthorne |
-1 |
||
Coal Clough with Deerplay |
-5 |
||
Daneshouse with Stoneyholme |
61 |
||
Gannow |
34 |
||
Gawthorpe |
5 |
||
Hapton with Park |
23 |
||
Lanehead |
-1 |
||
Queensgate |
20 |
||
Rosegrove with Lowerhouse |
-44 |
||
Rosehill with Burnley Wood |
1 |
||
Trinity |
6 |
||
Whittlefield with Ightenhill |
15 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Adlington and Anderton |
9 |
||
Astley and Buckshaw |
1 |
||
Brindle and Hoghton |
3 |
||
Buckshaw & Worden |
2 |
||
Chisnall |
-64 |
||
Chorley East |
18 |
||
Chorley North East |
13 |
||
Chorley North West |
69 |
||
Chorley South East |
60 |
||
Chorley South West |
4 |
||
Clayton-le-Woods and Whittle-le-Woods |
43 |
||
Clayton-le-Woods North |
11 |
||
Clayton-le-Woods West and Cuerden |
7 |
||
Coppull |
11 |
||
Eccleston and Mawdesley |
11 |
||
Euxton North |
18 |
||
Euxton South |
-2 |
||
Heath Charnock and Rivington |
-6 |
||
Lostock |
11 |
||
Pennine |
10 |
||
Wheelton and Withnell |
-3 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Ansdell |
10 |
||
Ashton |
5 |
||
Central |
-50 |
||
Clifton |
22 |
||
Elswick and Little Eccleston |
-7 |
||
Fairhaven |
6 |
||
Freckleton East |
8 |
||
Freckleton West |
-1 |
||
Heyhouses |
-5 |
||
Kilnhouse |
6 |
||
Kirkham North |
-14 |
||
Kirkham South |
3 |
||
Medlar-with-Wesham |
6 |
||
Newton and Treales |
2 |
||
Park |
4 |
||
Ribby-with-Wrea |
3 |
||
Singleton and Greenhalgh |
2 |
||
St Johns |
-88 |
||
St Leonards |
-23 |
||
Staining and Weeton |
8 |
||
Warton and Westby |
211 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Altham |
11 |
||
Barnfield |
17 |
||
Baxenden |
1 |
||
Central |
-50 |
||
Church |
8 |
||
Clayton-le-Moors |
13 |
||
Huncoat |
4 |
||
Immanuel |
6 |
||
Milnshaw |
-4 |
||
Netherton |
2 |
||
Overton |
16 |
||
Peel |
16 |
||
Rishton |
-5 |
||
Spring Hill |
12 |
||
St Andrew's |
7 |
||
St Oswald's |
16 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Bare |
-14 |
||
Bolton & Slyne |
9 |
||
Bulk |
26 |
||
Carnforth & Millhead |
-2 |
||
Castle |
10 |
||
Ellel |
11 |
||
Halton-with-Aughton |
1 |
||
Harbour |
7 |
||
Heysham Central |
7 |
||
Heysham North |
15 |
||
Heysham South |
8 |
||
John O'Gaunt |
13 |
||
Kellet |
12 |
||
Lower Lune Valley |
-9 |
||
Marsh |
5 |
||
Overton |
16 |
||
Poulton |
16 |
||
Scotforth East |
-1 |
||
Scotforth West |
6 |
||
Silverdale |
-4 |
||
Skerton East |
-6 |
||
Skerton West |
5 |
||
Torrisholme |
6 |
||
University & Scotforth Rural |
15 |
||
Upper Lune Valley |
17 |
||
Warton |
3 |
||
Westgate |
5 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Barrowford |
5 |
||
Blacko and Higherford |
1 |
||
Boulsworth |
8 |
||
Bradley |
-15 |
||
Brierfield |
-1 |
||
Clover Hill |
21 |
||
Coates |
11 |
||
Craven |
13 |
||
Earby |
6 |
||
Foulridge |
6 |
||
Higham and Pendleside |
5 |
||
Horsfield |
2 |
||
Marsden |
3 |
||
Old Laund Booth |
8 |
||
Reedley |
17 |
||
Southfield |
14 |
||
Vivary Bridge |
1 |
||
Walverden |
-2 |
||
Waterside |
33 |
||
Whitefield |
1 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Ashton |
5 |
||
Brookfield |
5 |
||
Cadley |
-8 |
||
College |
-4 |
||
Deepdale |
22 |
||
Fishwick |
9 |
||
Garrison |
11 |
||
Greyfriars |
0 |
||
Ingol |
4 |
||
Larches |
24 |
||
Lea |
4 |
||
Moor Park |
25 |
||
Newton and Treales |
2 |
||
Preston Rural East |
-1 |
||
Preston Rural North |
6 |
||
Ribbleton |
7 |
||
Riversway |
34 |
||
Sharoe Green |
58 |
||
St George's |
25 |
||
St Matthew's |
53 |
||
Town Centre |
-45 |
||
Tulketh |
16 |
||
University |
17 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Aighton Bailey and Chaigley |
-5 |
||
Alston and Hothersall |
4 |
||
Billington and Old Langho |
2 |
||
Bowland Newton and Slaidburn |
1 |
||
Chatburn |
-3 |
||
Chipping |
1 |
||
Clayton-le-Dale with Ramsgreave |
6 |
||
Derby and Thornley |
37 |
||
Dilworth |
15 |
||
Edisford and Low Moor |
4 |
||
Gisburn Rimington |
6 |
||
Langho |
2 |
||
Littlemoor |
3 |
||
Mellor |
6 |
||
Primrose |
8 |
||
Read and Simonstone |
1 |
||
Ribchester |
1 |
||
Sabden |
4 |
||
Salthill |
3 |
||
Settle and Ribblebanks |
0 |
||
St Mary's |
3 |
||
Waddington and West Bradford |
6 |
||
Whalley |
21 |
||
Wilpshire |
3 |
||
Wiswell and Pendleton |
9 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Cribden |
5 |
||
Eden |
0 |
||
Facit and Shawforth |
2 |
||
Goodshaw |
-3 |
||
Greenfield |
7 |
||
Greensclough |
-28 |
||
Hareholme |
23 |
||
Healey and Whitworth |
-2 |
||
Helmshore |
10 |
||
Irwell |
1 |
||
Longholme |
9 |
||
Stacksteads |
3 |
||
Whitewell |
3 |
||
Worsley |
65 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Bamber Bridge East |
40 |
||
Bamber Bridge West |
3 |
||
Broad Oak |
5 |
||
Broadfield |
17 |
||
Buckshaw & Worden |
2 |
||
Charnock |
9 |
||
Coupe Green & Gregson Lane |
-13 |
||
Earnshaw Bridge |
7 |
||
Farington East |
9 |
||
Farington West |
10 |
||
Hoole |
8 |
||
Howick & Priory |
3 |
||
Leyland Central |
54 |
||
Longton & Hutton West |
-8 |
||
Lostock Hall |
0 |
||
Middleforth |
9 |
||
Moss Side |
-4 |
||
New Longton & Hutton East |
-8 |
||
Samlesbury & Walton |
12 |
||
Seven Stars |
4 |
||
St Ambrose |
21 |
||
Walton-le-Dale East |
-3 |
||
Walton-le-Dale West |
21 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Ashurst |
14 |
||
Aughton and Downholland |
16 |
||
Aughton Park |
-3 |
||
Bickerstaffe |
2 |
||
Birch Green |
7 |
||
Burscough East |
-2 |
||
Burscough West |
31 |
||
Derby |
11 |
||
Digmoor |
4 |
||
Halsall |
6 |
||
Hesketh-with-Becconsall |
0 |
||
Knowsley |
6 |
||
Moorside |
8 |
||
Newburgh |
-2 |
||
North Meols |
-1 |
||
Parbold |
-10 |
||
Rufford |
9 |
||
Scarisbrick |
15 |
||
Scott |
14 |
||
Skelmersdale North |
-1 |
||
Skelmersdale South |
3 |
||
Tanhouse |
0 |
||
Tarleton |
-4 |
||
Up Holland |
4 |
||
Wrightington |
-78 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Bourne |
3 |
||
Breck |
5 |
||
Brock with Catterall |
5 |
||
Calder |
2 |
||
Carleton |
2 |
||
Cleveleys Park |
-3 |
||
Garstang |
117 |
||
Great Eccleston |
-5 |
||
Hambleton & Stalmine |
7 |
||
Hardhorn with High Cross |
24 |
||
Jubilee |
8 |
||
Marsh Mill |
43 |
||
Mount |
1 |
||
Park |
4 |
||
Pharos |
15 |
||
Pheasant's Wood |
-1 |
||
Pilling |
10 |
||
Preesall |
-3 |
||
Rossall |
-3 |
||
Stanah |
1 |
||
Tithebarn |
8 |
||
Victoria & Norcross |
4 |
||
Warren |
1 |
||
Wyresdale |
0 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2019 and how Lancashire 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 |
11th 2018: 11th
|
Lancashire |
77,937 |
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 |
---|---|---|
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 |
53.3
70.7
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