2018
11,291 formed
8,127 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Lancashire during 2022
4.5% more companies in Lancashire compared to 2021
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Lancashire compares.
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 |
10th 2021: 10th
|
Lancashire |
13,312 |
Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
---|---|---|
3rd
2021: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
38,756 |
4th
2021: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
25,517 |
9th
2021: 9th
|
Merseyside |
13,358 |
10th
2021: 10th
|
Lancashire |
13,312 |
20th
2021: 21st
|
North Yorkshire |
8,424 |
44th
2021: 44th
|
Cumbria |
2,418 |
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 |
9.1
12.7
97% Private Limited Companies (12,959 companies)
3% Other company types (353 companies)
Other company types breakdown (353 companies)
????
Businesses formed in Lancashire during 2022
????
Businesses dissolved in Lancashire during 2022
91,522
businesses registered in Lancashire at the end of 2022.
4.5% more companies in Lancashire compared to 2021
Cumbria
23,003 total businesses
2,418 formed in 2022
2,104 dissolved in 2022
North Yorkshire
62,355 total businesses
8,424 formed in 2022
5,885 dissolved in 2022
Greater Manchester
233,019 total businesses
38,756 formed in 2022
28,381 dissolved in 2022
West Yorkshire
151,175 total businesses
25,517 formed in 2022
17,005 dissolved in 2022
Merseyside
81,221 total businesses
13,358 formed in 2022
10,489 dissolved in 2022
Lancashire
91,522 total businesses
13,312 formed in 2022
10,572 dissolved in 2022
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Audley |
56 |
||
Bastwell |
51 |
||
Beardwood with Lammack |
15 |
||
Corporation Park |
26 |
||
Earcroft |
48 |
||
East Rural |
-4 |
||
Ewood |
9 |
||
Fernhurst |
7 |
||
Higher Croft |
9 |
||
Little Harwood |
103 |
||
Livesey with Pleasington |
6 |
||
Marsh House |
6 |
||
Meadowhead |
-5 |
||
Mill Hill |
24 |
||
North Turton with Tockholes |
2 |
||
Queen's Park |
-232 |
||
Roe Lee |
28 |
||
Shadsworth with Whitebirk |
38 |
||
Shear Brow |
75 |
||
Sudell |
15 |
||
Sunnyhurst |
30 |
||
Wensley Fold |
77 |
||
Whitehall |
8 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Anchorsholme |
3 |
||
Bispham |
-8 |
||
Bloomfield |
287 |
||
Brunswick |
11 |
||
Claremont |
110 |
||
Clifton |
9 |
||
Greenlands |
-9 |
||
Hawes Side |
5 |
||
Highfield |
8 |
||
Ingthorpe |
2 |
||
Layton |
34 |
||
Marton |
8 |
||
Norbreck |
15 |
||
Park |
66 |
||
Squires Gate |
1 |
||
Stanley |
-34 |
||
Talbot |
75 |
||
Tyldesley |
26 |
||
Victoria |
2 |
||
Warbreck |
12 |
||
Warton and Westby |
-130 |
||
Waterloo |
6 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Bank Hall |
15 |
||
Briercliffe |
5 |
||
Brunshaw |
-7 |
||
Cliviger with Worsthorne |
6 |
||
Coal Clough with Deerplay |
9 |
||
Daneshouse with Stoneyholme |
98 |
||
Gannow |
-2 |
||
Gawthorpe |
4 |
||
Hapton with Park |
10 |
||
Lanehead |
1 |
||
Queensgate |
22 |
||
Rosegrove with Lowerhouse |
-6 |
||
Rosehill with Burnley Wood |
6 |
||
Trinity |
26 |
||
Whittlefield with Ightenhill |
0 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Adlington and Anderton |
10 |
||
Astley and Buckshaw |
-2 |
||
Brindle and Hoghton |
-5 |
||
Buckshaw & Worden |
11 |
||
Chisnall |
-146 |
||
Chorley East |
-35 |
||
Chorley North East |
10 |
||
Chorley North West |
62 |
||
Chorley South East |
-30 |
||
Chorley South West |
16 |
||
Clayton-le-Woods and Whittle-le-Woods |
1 |
||
Clayton-le-Woods North |
2 |
||
Clayton-le-Woods West and Cuerden |
10 |
||
Coppull |
17 |
||
Eccleston and Mawdesley |
21 |
||
Euxton North |
27 |
||
Euxton South |
1 |
||
Heath Charnock and Rivington |
2 |
||
Lostock |
3 |
||
Pennine |
6 |
||
Wheelton and Withnell |
1 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Ansdell |
17 |
||
Ashton |
-4 |
||
Central |
43 |
||
Clifton |
9 |
||
Elswick and Little Eccleston |
2 |
||
Fairhaven |
0 |
||
Freckleton East |
-1 |
||
Freckleton West |
2 |
||
Heyhouses |
2 |
||
Kilnhouse |
-1 |
||
Kirkham North |
6 |
||
Kirkham South |
1 |
||
Medlar-with-Wesham |
0 |
||
Newton and Treales |
6 |
||
Park |
66 |
||
Ribby-with-Wrea |
8 |
||
Singleton and Greenhalgh |
-5 |
||
St Johns |
-205 |
||
St Leonards |
-5 |
||
Staining and Weeton |
7 |
||
Warton and Westby |
-130 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Altham |
12 |
||
Barnfield |
37 |
||
Baxenden |
12 |
||
Central |
43 |
||
Church |
8 |
||
Clayton-le-Moors |
14 |
||
Huncoat |
8 |
||
Immanuel |
1 |
||
Milnshaw |
11 |
||
Netherton |
16 |
||
Overton |
5 |
||
Peel |
3 |
||
Rishton |
12 |
||
Spring Hill |
18 |
||
St Andrew's |
5 |
||
St Oswald's |
7 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Bare |
6 |
||
Bolton & Slyne |
7 |
||
Bulk |
3 |
||
Carnforth & Millhead |
5 |
||
Castle |
44 |
||
Ellel |
108 |
||
Halton-with-Aughton |
11 |
||
Harbour |
17 |
||
Heysham Central |
4 |
||
Heysham North |
70 |
||
Heysham South |
5 |
||
John O'Gaunt |
27 |
||
Kellet |
3 |
||
Lower Lune Valley |
-12 |
||
Marsh |
3 |
||
Overton |
5 |
||
Poulton |
11 |
||
Scotforth East |
-3 |
||
Scotforth West |
28 |
||
Silverdale |
5 |
||
Skerton East |
18 |
||
Skerton West |
-6 |
||
Torrisholme |
4 |
||
University & Scotforth Rural |
3 |
||
Upper Lune Valley |
19 |
||
Warton |
6 |
||
Westgate |
11 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Barrowford |
-4 |
||
Blacko and Higherford |
6 |
||
Boulsworth |
-3 |
||
Bradley |
28 |
||
Brierfield |
4 |
||
Clover Hill |
48 |
||
Coates |
-1 |
||
Craven |
16 |
||
Earby |
-2 |
||
Foulridge |
4 |
||
Higham and Pendleside |
-5 |
||
Horsfield |
4 |
||
Marsden |
24 |
||
Old Laund Booth |
4 |
||
Reedley |
2 |
||
Southfield |
40 |
||
Vivary Bridge |
22 |
||
Walverden |
34 |
||
Waterside |
115 |
||
Whitefield |
24 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Ashton |
-4 |
||
Brookfield |
13 |
||
Cadley |
6 |
||
College |
10 |
||
Deepdale |
22 |
||
Fishwick |
75 |
||
Garrison |
29 |
||
Greyfriars |
30 |
||
Ingol |
17 |
||
Larches |
5 |
||
Lea |
-1 |
||
Moor Park |
44 |
||
Newton and Treales |
6 |
||
Preston Rural East |
2 |
||
Preston Rural North |
12 |
||
Ribbleton |
13 |
||
Riversway |
181 |
||
Sharoe Green |
61 |
||
St George's |
36 |
||
St Matthew's |
127 |
||
Town Centre |
-6 |
||
Tulketh |
29 |
||
University |
4 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Aighton Bailey and Chaigley |
4 |
||
Alston and Hothersall |
7 |
||
Billington and Old Langho |
23 |
||
Bowland Newton and Slaidburn |
0 |
||
Chatburn |
-1 |
||
Chipping |
3 |
||
Clayton-le-Dale with Ramsgreave |
28 |
||
Derby and Thornley |
11 |
||
Dilworth |
-3 |
||
Edisford and Low Moor |
2 |
||
Gisburn Rimington |
3 |
||
Langho |
5 |
||
Littlemoor |
0 |
||
Mellor |
-7 |
||
Primrose |
14 |
||
Read and Simonstone |
-3 |
||
Ribchester |
4 |
||
Sabden |
7 |
||
Salthill |
19 |
||
Settle and Ribblebanks |
0 |
||
St Mary's |
4 |
||
Waddington and West Bradford |
1 |
||
Whalley |
13 |
||
Wilpshire |
4 |
||
Wiswell and Pendleton |
1 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Cribden |
1 |
||
Eden |
7 |
||
Facit and Shawforth |
-3 |
||
Goodshaw |
14 |
||
Greenfield |
-8 |
||
Greensclough |
-354 |
||
Hareholme |
38 |
||
Healey and Whitworth |
-7 |
||
Helmshore |
14 |
||
Irwell |
5 |
||
Longholme |
-2 |
||
Stacksteads |
9 |
||
Whitewell |
-1 |
||
Worsley |
-26 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Bamber Bridge East |
-12 |
||
Bamber Bridge West |
22 |
||
Broad Oak |
7 |
||
Broadfield |
-11 |
||
Buckshaw & Worden |
11 |
||
Charnock |
8 |
||
Coupe Green & Gregson Lane |
-25 |
||
Earnshaw Bridge |
1 |
||
Farington East |
-27 |
||
Farington West |
-2 |
||
Hoole |
0 |
||
Howick & Priory |
14 |
||
Leyland Central |
51 |
||
Longton & Hutton West |
3 |
||
Lostock Hall |
4 |
||
Middleforth |
1 |
||
Moss Side |
2 |
||
New Longton & Hutton East |
-3 |
||
Samlesbury & Walton |
-1 |
||
Seven Stars |
9 |
||
St Ambrose |
14 |
||
Walton-le-Dale East |
-7 |
||
Walton-le-Dale West |
7 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Ashurst |
6 |
||
Aughton and Downholland |
14 |
||
Aughton Park |
-4 |
||
Bickerstaffe |
0 |
||
Birch Green |
12 |
||
Burscough East |
2 |
||
Burscough West |
81 |
||
Derby |
12 |
||
Digmoor |
9 |
||
Halsall |
2 |
||
Hesketh-with-Becconsall |
11 |
||
Knowsley |
6 |
||
Moorside |
6 |
||
Newburgh |
11 |
||
North Meols |
14 |
||
Parbold |
-4 |
||
Rufford |
-9 |
||
Scarisbrick |
11 |
||
Scott |
-7 |
||
Skelmersdale North |
19 |
||
Skelmersdale South |
26 |
||
Tanhouse |
12 |
||
Tarleton |
11 |
||
Up Holland |
2 |
||
Wrightington |
-47 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Bourne |
5 |
||
Breck |
-5 |
||
Brock with Catterall |
28 |
||
Calder |
6 |
||
Carleton |
-3 |
||
Cleveleys Park |
4 |
||
Garstang |
56 |
||
Great Eccleston |
17 |
||
Hambleton & Stalmine |
9 |
||
Hardhorn with High Cross |
14 |
||
Jubilee |
15 |
||
Marsh Mill |
12 |
||
Mount |
-3 |
||
Park |
66 |
||
Pharos |
10 |
||
Pheasant's Wood |
4 |
||
Pilling |
-5 |
||
Preesall |
1 |
||
Rossall |
-10 |
||
Stanah |
-10 |
||
Tithebarn |
-4 |
||
Victoria & Norcross |
-9 |
||
Warren |
6 |
||
Wyresdale |
5 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2022 and how Lancashire compares to them.
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 |
10th 2021: 10th
|
Lancashire |
91,522 |
Rank | County | Total companies |
---|---|---|
2nd
2021: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
233,019 |
4th
2021: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
151,175 |
10th
2021: 10th
|
Lancashire |
91,522 |
12th
2021: 12th
|
Merseyside |
81,221 |
18th
2021: 19th
|
North Yorkshire |
62,355 |
43rd
2021: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
23,003 |
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 |
62.6
82.7
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.
2018
11,291 formed
8,127 dissolved
2019
11,229 formed
9,084 dissolved
2020
12,655 formed
7,557 dissolved
2021
12,800 formed
10,548 dissolved
2022
13,312 formed
10,572 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
2.87% vs 2018
7.38% vs 2019
4.63% vs 2020
4.5% vs 2021