Inform Direct: Total companies in Lancashire by the end of 2022

Companies formed in 2022 league table

The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Lancashire 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
10th 2021: 10th	Lancashire	13,312

Rank

County

No. Companies formed

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

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 Lancashire

9.1

National Average

12.7

Type of companies formed in Lancashire breakdown

97% Private Limited Companies (12,959 companies)

3% Other company types (353 companies)

Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) 8.5% (30 companies)
Company Limited by Guarantee 45.3% (160 companies)
Limited Partnership 0.8% (3 companies)
Community Interest Company 33.1% (117 companies)
Other 12.2% (43 companies)

Other company types breakdown (353 companies)

Total companies in Lancashire by the end of 2022

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Businesses formed in Lancashire during 2022

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Businesses dissolved in Lancashire 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

91,522

businesses registered in Lancashire at the end of 2022.

4.5% more companies in Lancashire compared to 2021

Surrounding counties 2022 breakdown & comparison

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 breakdown data for

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Audley	55	111	56
Bastwell	36	87	51
Beardwood with Lammack	39	54	15
Corporation Park	45	71	26
Earcroft	51	99	48
East Rural	14	10	-4
Ewood	35	44	9
Fernhurst	20	27	7
Higher Croft	53	62	9
Little Harwood	95	198	103
Livesey with Pleasington	23	29	6
Marsh House	23	29	6
Meadowhead	19	14	-5
Mill Hill	26	50	24
North Turton with Tockholes	39	41	2
Queen's Park	341	109	-232
Roe Lee	42	70	28
Shadsworth with Whitebirk	46	84	38
Shear Brow	112	187	75
Sudell	26	41	15
Sunnyhurst	47	77	30
Wensley Fold	93	170	77
Whitehall	15	23	8

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Anchorsholme	15	18	3
Bispham	32	24	-8
Bloomfield	65	352	287
Brunswick	31	42	11
Claremont	57	167	110
Clifton	83	92	9
Greenlands	33	24	-9
Hawes Side	26	31	5
Highfield	15	23	8
Ingthorpe	28	30	2
Layton	50	84	34
Marton	80	88	8
Norbreck	16	31	15
Park	63	129	66
Squires Gate	25	26	1
Stanley	131	97	-34
Talbot	145	220	75
Tyldesley	30	56	26
Victoria	30	32	2
Warbreck	19	31	12
Warton and Westby	240	110	-130
Waterloo	57	63	6

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Bank Hall	45	60	15
Briercliffe	18	23	5
Brunshaw	20	13	-7
Cliviger with Worsthorne	19	25	6
Coal Clough with Deerplay	23	32	9
Daneshouse with Stoneyholme	90	188	98
Gannow	18	16	-2
Gawthorpe	27	31	4
Hapton with Park	41	51	10
Lanehead	25	26	1
Queensgate	42	64	22
Rosegrove with Lowerhouse	47	41	-6
Rosehill with Burnley Wood	31	37	6
Trinity	31	57	26
Whittlefield with Ightenhill	17	17	0

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Adlington and Anderton	33	43	10
Astley and Buckshaw	29	27	-2
Brindle and Hoghton	19	14	-5
Buckshaw & Worden	26	37	11
Chisnall	169	23	-146
Chorley East	90	55	-35
Chorley North East	32	42	10
Chorley North West	62	124	62
Chorley South East	148	118	-30
Chorley South West	31	47	16
Clayton-le-Woods and Whittle-le-Woods	29	30	1
Clayton-le-Woods North	27	29	2
Clayton-le-Woods West and Cuerden	18	28	10
Coppull	36	53	17
Eccleston and Mawdesley	27	48	21
Euxton North	36	63	27
Euxton South	14	15	1
Heath Charnock and Rivington	6	8	2
Lostock	23	26	3
Pennine	17	23	6
Wheelton and Withnell	14	15	1

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Ansdell	17	34	17
Ashton	47	43	-4
Central	190	233	43
Clifton	83	92	9
Elswick and Little Eccleston	9	11	2
Fairhaven	22	22	0
Freckleton East	10	9	-1
Freckleton West	12	14	2
Heyhouses	16	18	2
Kilnhouse	19	18	-1
Kirkham North	21	27	6
Kirkham South	11	12	1
Medlar-with-Wesham	12	12	0
Newton and Treales	16	22	6
Park	63	129	66
Ribby-with-Wrea	3	11	8
Singleton and Greenhalgh	9	4	-5
St Johns	397	192	-205
St Leonards	26	21	-5
Staining and Weeton	9	16	7
Warton and Westby	240	110	-130

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Altham	19	31	12
Barnfield	54	91	37
Baxenden	5	17	12
Central	190	233	43
Church	52	60	8
Clayton-le-Moors	12	26	14
Huncoat	19	27	8
Immanuel	16	17	1
Milnshaw	8	19	11
Netherton	22	38	16
Overton	33	38	5
Peel	22	25	3
Rishton	29	41	12
Spring Hill	27	45	18
St Andrew's	20	25	5
St Oswald's	23	30	7

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Bare	17	23	6
Bolton & Slyne	22	29	7
Bulk	33	36	3
Carnforth & Millhead	22	27	5
Castle	71	115	44
Ellel	15	123	108
Halton-with-Aughton	7	18	11
Harbour	20	37	17
Heysham Central	15	19	4
Heysham North	15	85	70
Heysham South	36	41	5
John O'Gaunt	20	47	27
Kellet	13	16	3
Lower Lune Valley	52	40	-12
Marsh	16	19	3
Overton	33	38	5
Poulton	50	61	11
Scotforth East	12	9	-3
Scotforth West	27	55	28
Silverdale	6	11	5
Skerton East	13	31	18
Skerton West	22	16	-6
Torrisholme	18	22	4
University & Scotforth Rural	7	10	3
Upper Lune Valley	18	37	19
Warton	6	12	6
Westgate	34	45	11

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Barrowford	38	34	-4
Blacko and Higherford	3	9	6
Boulsworth	24	21	-3
Bradley	83	111	28
Brierfield	61	65	4
Clover Hill	43	91	48
Coates	21	20	-1
Craven	26	42	16
Earby	22	20	-2
Foulridge	4	8	4
Higham and Pendleside	8	3	-5
Horsfield	20	24	4
Marsden	10	34	24
Old Laund Booth	7	11	4
Reedley	49	51	2
Southfield	39	79	40
Vivary Bridge	30	52	22
Walverden	17	51	34
Waterside	18	133	115
Whitefield	60	84	24

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Ashton	47	43	-4
Brookfield	45	58	13
Cadley	51	57	6
College	48	58	10
Deepdale	39	61	22
Fishwick	45	120	75
Garrison	35	64	29
Greyfriars	37	67	30
Ingol	13	30	17
Larches	22	27	5
Lea	24	23	-1
Moor Park	59	103	44
Newton and Treales	16	22	6
Preston Rural East	20	22	2
Preston Rural North	37	49	12
Ribbleton	42	55	13
Riversway	129	310	181
Sharoe Green	58	119	61
St George's	39	75	36
St Matthew's	78	205	127
Town Centre	268	262	-6
Tulketh	77	106	29
University	35	39	4

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Aighton Bailey and Chaigley	5	9	4
Alston and Hothersall	6	13	7
Billington and Old Langho	16	39	23
Bowland Newton and Slaidburn	12	12	0
Chatburn	5	4	-1
Chipping	2	5	3
Clayton-le-Dale with Ramsgreave	14	42	28
Derby and Thornley	16	27	11
Dilworth	13	10	-3
Edisford and Low Moor	9	11	2
Gisburn Rimington	7	10	3
Langho	16	21	5
Littlemoor	13	13	0
Mellor	12	5	-7
Primrose	11	25	14
Read and Simonstone	17	14	-3
Ribchester	8	12	4
Sabden	3	10	7
Salthill	39	58	19
Settle and Ribblebanks		0	0
St Mary's	11	15	4
Waddington and West Bradford	12	13	1
Whalley	29	42	13
Wilpshire	10	14	4
Wiswell and Pendleton	25	26	1

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Cribden	23	24	1
Eden	20	27	7
Facit and Shawforth	19	16	-3
Goodshaw	19	33	14
Greenfield	31	23	-8
Greensclough	391	37	-354
Hareholme	49	87	38
Healey and Whitworth	20	13	-7
Helmshore	19	33	14
Irwell	16	21	5
Longholme	43	41	-2
Stacksteads	15	24	9
Whitewell	34	33	-1
Worsley	96	70	-26

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Bamber Bridge East	76	64	-12
Bamber Bridge West	27	49	22
Broad Oak	8	15	7
Broadfield	41	30	-11
Buckshaw & Worden	26	37	11
Charnock	6	14	8
Coupe Green & Gregson Lane	42	17	-25
Earnshaw Bridge	17	18	1
Farington East	66	39	-27
Farington West	15	13	-2
Hoole	28	28	0
Howick & Priory	19	33	14
Leyland Central	72	123	51
Longton & Hutton West	22	25	3
Lostock Hall	13	17	4
Middleforth	27	28	1
Moss Side	20	22	2
New Longton & Hutton East	24	21	-3
Samlesbury & Walton	22	21	-1
Seven Stars	9	18	9
St Ambrose	15	29	14
Walton-le-Dale East	19	12	-7
Walton-le-Dale West	19	26	7

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Ashurst	24	30	6
Aughton and Downholland	28	42	14
Aughton Park	14	10	-4
Bickerstaffe	17	17	0
Birch Green	10	22	12
Burscough East	14	16	2
Burscough West	61	142	81
Derby	13	25	12
Digmoor	25	34	9
Halsall	16	18	2
Hesketh-with-Becconsall	11	22	11
Knowsley	14	20	6
Moorside	23	29	6
Newburgh	7	18	11
North Meols	14	28	14
Parbold	27	23	-4
Rufford	13	4	-9
Scarisbrick	23	34	11
Scott	63	56	-7
Skelmersdale North	24	43	19
Skelmersdale South	35	61	26
Tanhouse	15	27	12
Tarleton	14	25	11
Up Holland	29	31	2
Wrightington	96	49	-47

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Bourne	34	39	5
Breck	34	29	-5
Brock with Catterall	19	47	28
Calder	6	12	6
Carleton	14	11	-3
Cleveleys Park	8	12	4
Garstang	117	173	56
Great Eccleston	15	32	17
Hambleton & Stalmine	13	22	9
Hardhorn with High Cross	36	50	14
Jubilee	61	76	15
Marsh Mill	59	71	12
Mount	21	18	-3
Park	63	129	66
Pharos	47	57	10
Pheasant's Wood	5	9	4
Pilling	21	16	-5
Preesall	14	15	1
Rossall	16	6	-10
Stanah	17	7	-10
Tithebarn	33	29	-4
Victoria & Norcross	22	13	-9
Warren	7	13	6
Wyresdale	15	20	5

Total companies 2022 league table

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

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

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

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

Company Formations in 2022: Lancashire

New businesses in Lancashire mapped

Boroughs

Companies formed in 2022 league table

New incorporations in 2022 per 1000 people

In Lancashire

National Average

Type of companies formed in Lancashire breakdown

Total companies in Lancashire by the end of 2022

meaning there is a total of

Surrounding counties 2022 breakdown & comparison

Ward breakdown data for

Total companies 2022 league table

Total companies at the end of 2022 per 1000 people

In Lancashire

National Average

The last 5 years

Company Formations in 2022: Lancashire

New businesses in Lancashire mapped

Boroughs

Companies formed in 2022 league table

New incorporations in 2022 per 1000 people

In Lancashire

National Average

Type of companies formed in Lancashire breakdown

Total companies in Lancashire by the end of 2022

meaning there is a total of

Surrounding counties 2022 breakdown & comparison

Ward breakdown data for Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Burnley Chorley Fylde Hyndburn Lancaster Pendle Preston Ribble Valley Rossendale South Ribble West Lancashire Wyre

Total companies 2022 league table

Total companies at the end of 2022 per 1000 people

In Lancashire

National Average

The last 5 years

Ward breakdown data for