Inform Direct: Total companies in Lancashire by the end of 2023

Companies formed in 2023 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 2022: 1st	London	313,446
2nd 2022: 2nd	West Midlands	44,594
3rd 2022: 3rd	Greater Manchester	41,222
4th 2022: 4th	West Yorkshire	24,534
5th 2022: 5th	Essex	20,333
10th 2022: 10th	Lancashire	14,223

Rank

County

No. Companies formed

Rank	County	No. Companies formed
3rd 2022: 3rd	Greater Manchester	41,222
4th 2022: 4th	West Yorkshire	24,534
9th 2022: 9th	Merseyside	14,307
10th 2022: 10th	Lancashire	14,223
18th 2022: 20th	North Yorkshire	9,266
43rd 2022: 44th	Cumbria	2,686

Rank

County

No. Companies formed

Rank	County	No. Companies formed
1st 2022: 1st	London	313,446
2nd 2022: 2nd	West Midlands	44,594
3rd 2022: 3rd	Greater Manchester	41,222
4th 2022: 4th	West Yorkshire	24,534
5th 2022: 5th	Essex	20,333
6th 2022: 6th	Kent	17,620
7th 2022: 7th	Hampshire	15,385
8th 2022: 8th	Hertfordshire	14,512
9th 2022: 9th	Merseyside	14,307
10th 2022: 10th	Lancashire	14,223
11th 2022: 12th	Surrey	12,018
12th 2022: 11th	South Yorkshire	11,638
13th 2022: 13th	Leicestershire	11,417
14th 2022: 14th	Berkshire	10,571
15th 2022: 15th	Cheshire	9,952
16th 2022: 17th	Buckinghamshire	9,591
17th 2022: 16th	Nottinghamshire	9,559
18th 2022: 20th	North Yorkshire	9,266
19th 2022: 18th	Bedfordshire	9,025
20th 2022: 30th	Suffolk	8,934
21st 2022: 21st	Staffordshire	8,878
22nd 2022: 25th	Cambridgeshire	8,677
23rd 2022: 19th	Dorset	8,565
24th 2022: 22nd	Tyne and Wear	8,274
25th 2022: 23rd	Northamptonshire	8,191
26th 2022: 24th	Derbyshire	7,528
27th 2022: 26th	East Sussex	7,311
28th 2022: 29th	Devon	7,183
29th 2022: 28th	Lincolnshire	7,141
30th 2022: 31st	Gloucestershire	6,902
31st 2022: 32nd	West Sussex	6,678
32nd 2022: 27th	Somerset	6,531
33rd 2022: 34th	Norfolk	5,723
34th 2022: 35th	Durham	5,696
35th 2022: 38th	Oxfordshire	5,446
36th 2022: 33rd	Warwickshire	5,157
37th 2022: 36th	Bristol	5,050
38th 2022: 39th	Wiltshire	4,965
39th 2022: 37th	Worcestershire	4,808
40th 2022: 40th	East Riding of Yorkshire	4,211
41st 2022: 41st	Shropshire	3,480
42nd 2022: 43rd	Cornwall	3,074
43rd 2022: 44th	Cumbria	2,686
44th 2022: 42nd	Herefordshire	2,540
45th 2022: 45th	Northumberland	1,554
46th 2022: 46th	Isle of Wight	757
47th 2022: 47th	Rutland	232

New incorporations in 2023 per 1000 people

In Lancashire

9.7

National Average

14.2

Type of companies formed in Lancashire breakdown

97% Private Limited Companies (13,811 companies)

3% Other company types (412 companies)

Public Limited Company 0.2% (1 company)
Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) 10.9% (45 companies)
Company Limited by Guarantee 43.9% (181 companies)
Limited Partnership 0.5% (2 companies)
Community Interest Company 32.5% (134 companies)
Other 11.9% (49 companies)

Other company types breakdown (412 companies)

Total companies in Lancashire by the end of 2023

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Businesses formed in Lancashire during 2023

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Businesses dissolved in Lancashire during 2023

meaning there is a total of

95,511

businesses registered in Lancashire at the end of 2023.

4.4% more companies in Lancashire compared to 2022

Surrounding counties 2023 breakdown & comparison

Cumbria

23,719 total businesses
2,686 formed in 2023
2,115 dissolved in 2023

North Yorkshire

65,895 total businesses
9,266 formed in 2023
7,024 dissolved in 2023

Greater Manchester

244,408 total businesses
41,222 formed in 2023
33,808 dissolved in 2023

West Yorkshire

153,003 total businesses
24,534 formed in 2023
21,511 dissolved in 2023

Merseyside

83,450 total businesses
14,307 formed in 2023
12,169 dissolved in 2023

Lancashire

95,511 total businesses
14,223 formed in 2023
11,495 dissolved in 2023

Ward breakdown data for

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Audley	75	129	54
Bastwell	54	132	78
Beardwood with Lammack	42	61	19
Corporation Park	50	80	30
Earcroft	67	86	19
East Rural	4	13	9
Ewood	34	71	37
Fernhurst	22	31	9
Higher Croft	30	109	79
Little Harwood	103	165	62
Livesey with Pleasington	28	28	0
Marsh House	18	38	20
Meadowhead	25	33	8
Mill Hill	35	67	32
North Turton with Tockholes	37	52	15
Queen's Park	164	187	23
Roe Lee	51	60	9
Shadsworth with Whitebirk	61	83	22
Shear Brow	144	253	109
Sudell	27	56	29
Sunnyhurst	58	80	22
Wensley Fold	124	230	106
Whitehall	18	16	-2

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Anchorsholme	13	15	2
Bispham	25	55	30
Bloomfield	170	173	3
Brunswick	85	54	-31
Claremont	85	88	3
Clifton	88	94	6
Greenlands	22	25	3
Hawes Side	31	30	-1
Highfield	19	29	10
Ingthorpe	33	50	17
Layton	82	78	-4
Marton	89	47	-42
Norbreck	24	23	-1
Park	94	75	-19
Squires Gate	12	39	27
Stanley	139	97	-42
Talbot	170	255	85
Tyldesley	45	27	-18
Victoria	21	40	19
Warbreck	27	38	11
Warton and Westby	199	88	-111
Waterloo	43	67	24

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Bank Hall	41	68	27
Briercliffe	22	46	24
Brunshaw	24	115	91
Cliviger with Worsthorne	25	17	-8
Coal Clough with Deerplay	29	31	2
Daneshouse with Stoneyholme	100	179	79
Gannow	16	28	12
Gawthorpe	59	20	-39
Hapton with Park	57	76	19
Lanehead	22	42	20
Queensgate	59	77	18
Rosegrove with Lowerhouse	50	52	2
Rosehill with Burnley Wood	20	26	6
Trinity	48	52	4
Whittlefield with Ightenhill	28	22	-6

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Adlington and Anderton	35	56	21
Astley and Buckshaw	75	40	-35
Brindle and Hoghton	13	13	0
Buckshaw & Worden	26	32	6
Chisnall	319	35	-284
Chorley East	41	70	29
Chorley North East	26	35	9
Chorley North West	110	120	10
Chorley South East	115	156	41
Chorley South West	34	43	9
Clayton-le-Woods and Whittle-le-Woods	35	48	13
Clayton-le-Woods North	21	23	2
Clayton-le-Woods West and Cuerden	17	16	-1
Coppull	46	74	28
Eccleston and Mawdesley	27	42	15
Euxton North	50	68	18
Euxton South	13	17	4
Heath Charnock and Rivington	13	15	2
Lostock	30	17	-13
Pennine	9	13	4
Wheelton and Withnell	15	26	11

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Ansdell	28	15	-13
Ashton	29	70	41
Central	240	453	213
Clifton	88	94	6
Elswick and Little Eccleston	10	6	-4
Fairhaven	19	37	18
Freckleton East	15	17	2
Freckleton West	17	11	-6
Heyhouses	19	24	5
Kilnhouse	20	12	-8
Kirkham North	19	28	9
Kirkham South	14	19	5
Medlar-with-Wesham	10	17	7
Newton and Treales	19	20	1
Park	94	75	-19
Ribby-with-Wrea	6	11	5
Singleton and Greenhalgh	6	11	5
St Johns	273	177	-96
St Leonards	41	42	1
Staining and Weeton	11	14	3
Warton and Westby	199	88	-111

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Altham	26	32	6
Barnfield	74	94	20
Baxenden	6	16	10
Central	240	453	213
Church	83	36	-47
Clayton-le-Moors	22	38	16
Huncoat	14	19	5
Immanuel	17	18	1
Milnshaw	11	11	0
Netherton	31	34	3
Overton	41	55	14
Peel	27	36	9
Rishton	27	40	13
Spring Hill	41	63	22
St Andrew's	21	30	9
St Oswald's	16	27	11

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Bare	20	40	20
Bolton & Slyne	31	38	7
Bulk	30	42	12
Carnforth & Millhead	23	34	11
Castle	87	105	18
Ellel	7	30	23
Halton-with-Aughton	6	11	5
Harbour	43	55	12
Heysham Central	17	17	0
Heysham North	62	26	-36
Heysham South	28	40	12
John O'Gaunt	19	26	7
Kellet	7	10	3
Lower Lune Valley	58	32	-26
Marsh	17	21	4
Overton	41	55	14
Poulton	58	54	-4
Scotforth East	12	11	-1
Scotforth West	34	73	39
Silverdale	7	5	-2
Skerton East	23	27	4
Skerton West	23	23	0
Torrisholme	22	19	-3
University & Scotforth Rural	7	7	0
Upper Lune Valley	16	35	19
Warton	8	8	0
Westgate	35	48	13

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Barrowford	37	74	37
Blacko and Higherford	9	8	-1
Boulsworth	17	19	2
Bradley	107	139	32
Brierfield	74	77	3
Clover Hill	48	79	31
Coates	13	15	2
Craven	33	46	13
Earby	22	28	6
Foulridge	6	11	5
Higham and Pendleside	7	6	-1
Horsfield	18	36	18
Marsden	18	24	6
Old Laund Booth	4	6	2
Reedley	34	69	35
Southfield	54	100	46
Vivary Bridge	27	48	21
Walverden	43	44	1
Waterside	48	92	44
Whitefield	63	94	31

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Ashton	29	70	41
Brookfield	39	59	20
Cadley	51	69	18
College	28	67	39
Deepdale	40	64	24
Fishwick	82	127	45
Garrison	32	79	47
Greyfriars	22	50	28
Ingol	23	30	7
Larches	28	45	17
Lea	20	49	29
Moor Park	69	112	43
Newton and Treales	19	20	1
Preston Rural East	13	18	5
Preston Rural North	31	58	27
Ribbleton	37	62	25
Riversway	233	230	-3
Sharoe Green	90	112	22
St George's	58	87	29
St Matthew's	142	231	89
Town Centre	377	321	-56
Tulketh	91	99	8
University	48	79	31

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Aighton Bailey and Chaigley	5	7	2
Alston and Hothersall	12	11	-1
Billington and Old Langho	22	24	2
Bowland Newton and Slaidburn	14	6	-8
Chatburn	9	7	-2
Chipping	8	7	-1
Clayton-le-Dale with Ramsgreave	18	43	25
Derby and Thornley	23	46	23
Dilworth	10	9	-1
Edisford and Low Moor	8	12	4
Gisburn Rimington	11	8	-3
Langho	13	27	14
Littlemoor	13	14	1
Mellor	9	16	7
Primrose	20	22	2
Read and Simonstone	8	36	28
Ribchester	9	21	12
Sabden	5	8	3
Salthill	41	44	3
Settle and Ribblebanks	1	0	-1
St Mary's	18	14	-4
Waddington and West Bradford	9	10	1
Whalley	35	48	13
Wilpshire	14	15	1
Wiswell and Pendleton	30	29	-1

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Cribden	27	28	1
Eden	11	20	9
Facit and Shawforth	18	17	-1
Goodshaw	25	25	0
Greenfield	18	41	23
Greensclough	62	55	-7
Hareholme	55	79	24
Healey and Whitworth	14	25	11
Helmshore	21	21	0
Irwell	30	24	-6
Longholme	37	43	6
Stacksteads	22	26	4
Whitewell	25	40	15
Worsley	52	79	27

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Bamber Bridge East	75	83	8
Bamber Bridge West	42	45	3
Broad Oak	9	13	4
Broadfield	59	43	-16
Buckshaw & Worden	26	32	6
Charnock	18	18	0
Coupe Green & Gregson Lane	45	27	-18
Earnshaw Bridge	13	10	-3
Farington East	19	39	20
Farington West	9	23	14
Hoole	20	37	17
Howick & Priory	28	31	3
Leyland Central	50	156	106
Longton & Hutton West	28	43	15
Lostock Hall	21	27	6
Middleforth	30	19	-11
Moss Side	18	14	-4
New Longton & Hutton East	20	34	14
Samlesbury & Walton	25	29	4
Seven Stars	13	15	2
St Ambrose	22	38	16
Walton-le-Dale East	16	13	-3
Walton-le-Dale West	35	28	-7

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Ashurst	41	43	2
Aughton and Downholland	34	33	-1
Aughton Park	9	22	13
Bickerstaffe	18	15	-3
Birch Green	16	22	6
Burscough East	12	23	11
Burscough West	113	110	-3
Derby	16	21	5
Digmoor	21	23	2
Halsall	12	19	7
Hesketh-with-Becconsall	29	31	2
Knowsley	22	22	0
Moorside	26	28	2
Newburgh	3	12	9
North Meols	20	29	9
Parbold	28	43	15
Rufford	7	10	3
Scarisbrick	26	24	-2
Scott	59	63	4
Skelmersdale North	36	28	-8
Skelmersdale South	34	54	20
Tanhouse	20	25	5
Tarleton	23	30	7
Up Holland	33	48	15
Wrightington	108	43	-65

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Bourne	25	48	23
Breck	17	24	7
Brock with Catterall	17	23	6
Calder	10	6	-4
Carleton	7	15	8
Cleveleys Park	4	10	6
Garstang	146	171	25
Great Eccleston	18	19	1
Hambleton & Stalmine	15	17	2
Hardhorn with High Cross	40	50	10
Jubilee	47	75	28
Marsh Mill	58	74	16
Mount	18	21	3
Park	94	75	-19
Pharos	41	55	14
Pheasant's Wood	10	6	-4
Pilling	18	30	12
Preesall	18	24	6
Rossall	16	12	-4
Stanah	14	18	4
Tithebarn	21	39	18
Victoria & Norcross	24	16	-8
Warren	15	13	-2
Wyresdale	18	17	-1

Total companies 2023 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2023 and how Lancashire compares to them.

Rank

County

Total companies

Rank	County	Total companies
1st 2022: 1st	London	1,534,936
2nd 2022: 2nd	Greater Manchester	244,408
3rd 2022: 3rd	West Midlands	227,431
4th 2022: 5th	Essex	153,732
5th 2022: 4th	West Yorkshire	153,003
10th 2022: 10th	Lancashire	95,511

Rank

County

Total companies

Rank	County	Total companies
2nd 2022: 2nd	Greater Manchester	244,408
5th 2022: 4th	West Yorkshire	153,003
10th 2022: 10th	Lancashire	95,511
11th 2022: 12th	Merseyside	83,450
18th 2022: 18th	North Yorkshire	65,895
43rd 2022: 43rd	Cumbria	23,719

Rank

County

Total companies

Rank	County	Total companies
1st 2022: 1st	London	1,534,936
2nd 2022: 2nd	Greater Manchester	244,408
3rd 2022: 3rd	West Midlands	227,431
4th 2022: 5th	Essex	153,732
5th 2022: 4th	West Yorkshire	153,003
6th 2022: 6th	Kent	133,898
7th 2022: 7th	Hampshire	126,128
8th 2022: 8th	Hertfordshire	122,871
9th 2022: 9th	Surrey	109,469
10th 2022: 10th	Lancashire	95,511
11th 2022: 12th	Merseyside	83,450
12th 2022: 11th	Cheshire	82,175
13th 2022: 13th	Buckinghamshire	78,961
14th 2022: 14th	Berkshire	78,581
15th 2022: 15th	Leicestershire	75,930
16th 2022: 16th	South Yorkshire	73,897
17th 2022: 17th	East Sussex	71,059
18th 2022: 18th	North Yorkshire	65,895
19th 2022: 19th	Nottinghamshire	64,763
20th 2022: 20th	Devon	63,364
21st 2022: 21st	Dorset	63,266
22nd 2022: 22nd	Staffordshire	61,360
23rd 2022: 23rd	Somerset	60,186
24th 2022: 26th	Cambridgeshire	60,023
25th 2022: 24th	West Sussex	59,896
26th 2022: 25th	Gloucestershire	59,830
27th 2022: 27th	Derbyshire	57,297
28th 2022: 28th	Lincolnshire	54,523
29th 2022: 29th	Northamptonshire	53,911
30th 2022: 30th	Tyne and Wear	53,391
31st 2022: 31st	Bedfordshire	52,721
32nd 2022: 34th	Suffolk	51,083
33rd 2022: 33rd	Norfolk	48,437
34th 2022: 32nd	Oxfordshire	48,030
35th 2022: 35th	Worcestershire	45,794
36th 2022: 36th	Warwickshire	43,587
37th 2022: 37th	Wiltshire	42,004
38th 2022: 39th	Durham	37,332
39th 2022: 38th	Bristol	37,161
40th 2022: 40th	East Riding of Yorkshire	30,108
41st 2022: 41st	Shropshire	28,037
42nd 2022: 42nd	Cornwall	26,998
43rd 2022: 43rd	Cumbria	23,719
44th 2022: 44th	Herefordshire	16,164
45th 2022: 45th	Northumberland	12,830
46th 2022: 46th	Isle of Wight	6,580
47th 2022: 47th	Rutland	2,133

Company Formations in 2023: Lancashire

New businesses in Lancashire mapped

Boroughs

Companies formed in 2023 league table

New incorporations in 2023 per 1000 people

In Lancashire

National Average

Type of companies formed in Lancashire breakdown

Total companies in Lancashire by the end of 2023

meaning there is a total of

Surrounding counties 2023 breakdown & comparison

Ward breakdown data for

Total companies 2023 league table

Total companies at the end of 2023 per 1000 people

In Lancashire

National Average

The last 5 years

Company Formations in 2023: Lancashire

New businesses in Lancashire mapped

Boroughs

Companies formed in 2023 league table

New incorporations in 2023 per 1000 people

In Lancashire

National Average

Type of companies formed in Lancashire breakdown

Total companies in Lancashire by the end of 2023

meaning there is a total of

Surrounding counties 2023 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 2023 league table

Total companies at the end of 2023 per 1000 people

In Lancashire

National Average

The last 5 years

Ward breakdown data for