2020
12,655 formed
7,557 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Lancashire during 2024
2.1% more companies in Lancashire compared to 2023
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Lancashire compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2023: 1st
|
London |
280,423 |
2nd
2023: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
41,700 |
3rd
2023: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
40,892 |
4th
2023: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
23,972 |
5th
2023: 5th
|
Essex |
19,024 |
9th 2023: 10th
|
Lancashire |
13,620 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
3rd
2023: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
40,892 |
4th
2023: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
23,972 |
9th
2023: 10th
|
Lancashire |
13,620 |
10th
2023: 9th
|
Merseyside |
13,029 |
19th
2023: 18th
|
North Yorkshire |
8,830 |
44th
2023: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,453 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2023: 1st
|
London |
280,423 |
2nd 2023: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
41,700 |
3rd 2023: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
40,892 |
4th 2023: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
23,972 |
5th 2023: 5th
|
Essex |
19,024 |
6th 2023: 6th
|
Kent |
16,490 |
7th 2023: 7th
|
Hampshire |
14,534 |
8th 2023: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
14,111 |
9th 2023: 10th
|
Lancashire |
13,620 |
10th 2023: 9th
|
Merseyside |
13,029 |
11th 2023: 12th
|
South Yorkshire |
11,673 |
12th 2023: 11th
|
Surrey |
11,351 |
13th 2023: 13th
|
Leicestershire |
11,209 |
14th 2023: 14th
|
Berkshire |
10,454 |
15th 2023: 15th
|
Cheshire |
9,854 |
16th 2023: 17th
|
Nottinghamshire |
9,248 |
17th 2023: 16th
|
Buckinghamshire |
9,185 |
18th 2023: 20th
|
Suffolk |
9,091 |
19th 2023: 18th
|
North Yorkshire |
8,830 |
20th 2023: 22nd
|
Cambridgeshire |
8,588 |
21st 2023: 24th
|
Tyne and Wear |
8,269 |
22nd 2023: 19th
|
Bedfordshire |
8,251 |
23rd 2023: 21st
|
Staffordshire |
8,181 |
24th 2023: 23rd
|
Dorset |
7,890 |
25th 2023: 26th
|
Derbyshire |
7,553 |
26th 2023: 27th
|
East Sussex |
7,231 |
27th 2023: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
7,132 |
28th 2023: 25th
|
Northamptonshire |
6,894 |
29th 2023: 28th
|
Devon |
6,646 |
30th 2023: 30th
|
Gloucestershire |
6,522 |
31st 2023: 31st
|
West Sussex |
6,467 |
32nd 2023: 32nd
|
Somerset |
6,153 |
33rd 2023: 34th
|
Durham |
5,616 |
34th 2023: 33rd
|
Norfolk |
5,434 |
35th 2023: 35th
|
Oxfordshire |
5,301 |
36th 2023: 36th
|
Warwickshire |
5,070 |
37th 2023: 39th
|
Worcestershire |
5,059 |
38th 2023: 38th
|
Wiltshire |
4,609 |
39th 2023: 37th
|
Bristol |
4,467 |
40th 2023: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
4,234 |
41st 2023: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
4,025 |
42nd 2023: 41st
|
Shropshire |
3,031 |
43rd 2023: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
2,854 |
44th 2023: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,453 |
45th 2023: 45th
|
Northumberland |
1,577 |
46th 2023: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
718 |
47th 2023: 47th
|
Rutland |
242 |
people
8.8
12.5
97% Private Limited Companies (13,253 companies)
3% Other company types (367 companies)
Other company types breakdown (367 companies)
????
Businesses formed in Lancashire during 2024
????
Businesses dissolved in Lancashire during 2024
97,537
businesses registered in Lancashire at the end of 2024.
2.1% more companies in Lancashire compared to 2023
Cumbria
24,059 total businesses
2,453 formed in 2024
2,158 dissolved in 2024
North Yorkshire
67,293 total businesses
8,830 formed in 2024
6,463 dissolved in 2024
Greater Manchester
251,769 total businesses
40,892 formed in 2024
33,929 dissolved in 2024
West Yorkshire
157,321 total businesses
23,972 formed in 2024
20,287 dissolved in 2024
Merseyside
84,857 total businesses
13,029 formed in 2024
11,653 dissolved in 2024
Lancashire
97,537 total businesses
13,620 formed in 2024
11,578 dissolved in 2024
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Audley |
62 |
||
Bastwell |
0 |
||
Beardwood with Lammack |
48 |
||
Corporation Park |
26 |
||
Earcroft |
42 |
||
East Rural |
12 |
||
Ewood |
24 |
||
Fernhurst |
11 |
||
Higher Croft |
19 |
||
Little Harwood |
47 |
||
Livesey with Pleasington |
-1 |
||
Marsh House |
6 |
||
Meadowhead |
17 |
||
Mill Hill |
5 |
||
North Turton with Tockholes |
-4 |
||
Queen's Park |
124 |
||
Roe Lee |
16 |
||
Shadsworth with Whitebirk |
25 |
||
Shear Brow |
107 |
||
Sudell |
16 |
||
Sunnyhurst |
20 |
||
Wensley Fold |
61 |
||
Whitehall |
0 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Anchorsholme |
10 |
||
Bispham |
10 |
||
Bloomfield |
-3 |
||
Brunswick |
-17 |
||
Claremont |
33 |
||
Clifton |
14 |
||
Greenlands |
6 |
||
Hawes Side |
3 |
||
Highfield |
5 |
||
Ingthorpe |
13 |
||
Layton |
-29 |
||
Marton |
2 |
||
Norbreck |
0 |
||
Park |
23 |
||
Squires Gate |
8 |
||
Stanley |
-28 |
||
Talbot |
34 |
||
Tyldesley |
2 |
||
Victoria |
8 |
||
Warbreck |
1 |
||
Warton and Westby |
-77 |
||
Waterloo |
18 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bank Hall |
13 |
||
Briercliffe |
0 |
||
Brunshaw |
10 |
||
Cliviger with Worsthorne |
5 |
||
Coal Clough with Deerplay |
-3 |
||
Daneshouse with Stoneyholme |
66 |
||
Gannow |
2 |
||
Gawthorpe |
-119 |
||
Hapton with Park |
26 |
||
Lanehead |
12 |
||
Queensgate |
65 |
||
Rosegrove with Lowerhouse |
6 |
||
Rosehill with Burnley Wood |
8 |
||
Trinity |
29 |
||
Whittlefield with Ightenhill |
-3 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Adlington and Anderton |
-143 |
||
Astley and Buckshaw |
1 |
||
Brindle and Hoghton |
2 |
||
Buckshaw & Worden |
2 |
||
Chisnall |
-146 |
||
Chorley East |
-4 |
||
Chorley North East |
0 |
||
Chorley North West |
14 |
||
Chorley South East |
-52 |
||
Chorley South West |
16 |
||
Clayton-le-Woods and Whittle-le-Woods |
16 |
||
Clayton-le-Woods North |
-6 |
||
Clayton-le-Woods West and Cuerden |
-12 |
||
Coppull |
-5 |
||
Eccleston and Mawdesley |
-7 |
||
Euxton North |
20 |
||
Euxton South |
8 |
||
Heath Charnock and Rivington |
2 |
||
Lostock |
-2 |
||
Pennine |
-2 |
||
Wheelton and Withnell |
7 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ansdell |
1 |
||
Ashton |
15 |
||
Central |
112 |
||
Clifton |
14 |
||
Elswick and Little Eccleston |
1 |
||
Fairhaven |
-3 |
||
Freckleton East |
-4 |
||
Freckleton West |
4 |
||
Heyhouses |
-4 |
||
Kilnhouse |
-10 |
||
Kirkham North |
27 |
||
Kirkham South |
3 |
||
Medlar-with-Wesham |
-1 |
||
Newton and Treales |
15 |
||
Park |
23 |
||
Ribby-with-Wrea |
-4 |
||
Singleton and Greenhalgh |
-2 |
||
St Johns |
-17 |
||
St Leonards |
18 |
||
Staining and Weeton |
2 |
||
Warton and Westby |
-77 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Altham |
45 |
||
Barnfield |
122 |
||
Baxenden |
3 |
||
Central |
112 |
||
Church |
13 |
||
Clayton-le-Moors |
11 |
||
Huncoat |
4 |
||
Immanuel |
-1 |
||
Milnshaw |
10 |
||
Netherton |
10 |
||
Overton |
26 |
||
Peel |
12 |
||
Rishton |
11 |
||
Spring Hill |
17 |
||
St Andrew's |
11 |
||
St Oswald's |
20 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bare |
3 |
||
Bolton & Slyne |
12 |
||
Bulk |
1 |
||
Carnforth & Millhead |
3 |
||
Castle |
32 |
||
Ellel |
14 |
||
Halton-with-Aughton |
4 |
||
Harbour |
6 |
||
Heysham Central |
-5 |
||
Heysham North |
-2 |
||
Heysham South |
1 |
||
John O'Gaunt |
2 |
||
Kellet |
3 |
||
Lower Lune Valley |
-3 |
||
Marsh |
3 |
||
Overton |
26 |
||
Poulton |
-6 |
||
Scotforth East |
2 |
||
Scotforth West |
36 |
||
Silverdale |
22 |
||
Skerton East |
-2 |
||
Skerton West |
-5 |
||
Torrisholme |
5 |
||
University & Scotforth Rural |
0 |
||
Upper Lune Valley |
7 |
||
Warton |
0 |
||
Westgate |
10 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Barrowford |
83 |
||
Blacko and Higherford |
-5 |
||
Boulsworth |
10 |
||
Bradley |
26 |
||
Brierfield |
24 |
||
Clover Hill |
48 |
||
Coates |
10 |
||
Craven |
4 |
||
Earby |
-8 |
||
Foulridge |
-2 |
||
Higham and Pendleside |
11 |
||
Horsfield |
16 |
||
Marsden |
-2 |
||
Old Laund Booth |
1 |
||
Reedley |
25 |
||
Southfield |
-3 |
||
Vivary Bridge |
4 |
||
Walverden |
14 |
||
Waterside |
-22 |
||
Whitefield |
49 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ashton |
15 |
||
Brookfield |
5 |
||
Cadley |
7 |
||
College |
16 |
||
Deepdale |
38 |
||
Fishwick |
8 |
||
Garrison |
13 |
||
Greyfriars |
24 |
||
Ingol |
5 |
||
Larches |
6 |
||
Lea |
19 |
||
Moor Park |
41 |
||
Newton and Treales |
15 |
||
Preston Rural East |
10 |
||
Preston Rural North |
19 |
||
Ribbleton |
33 |
||
Riversway |
-33 |
||
Sharoe Green |
33 |
||
St George's |
36 |
||
St Matthew's |
65 |
||
Town Centre |
-78 |
||
Tulketh |
43 |
||
University |
46 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Aighton Bailey and Chaigley |
-3 |
||
Alston and Hothersall |
-6 |
||
Billington and Old Langho |
3 |
||
Bowland Newton and Slaidburn |
2 |
||
Chatburn |
-3 |
||
Chipping |
2 |
||
Clayton-le-Dale with Ramsgreave |
20 |
||
Derby and Thornley |
29 |
||
Dilworth |
3 |
||
Edisford and Low Moor |
2 |
||
Gisburn Rimington |
3 |
||
Langho |
4 |
||
Littlemoor |
1 |
||
Mellor |
2 |
||
Primrose |
20 |
||
Read and Simonstone |
13 |
||
Ribchester |
4 |
||
Sabden |
-7 |
||
Salthill |
7 |
||
Settle and Ribblebanks |
0 |
||
St Mary's |
8 |
||
Waddington and West Bradford |
-2 |
||
Whalley |
20 |
||
Wilpshire |
5 |
||
Wiswell and Pendleton |
5 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Cribden |
18 |
||
Eden |
13 |
||
Facit and Shawforth |
13 |
||
Goodshaw |
-14 |
||
Greenfield |
18 |
||
Greensclough |
-4 |
||
Hareholme |
42 |
||
Healey and Whitworth |
2 |
||
Helmshore |
18 |
||
Irwell |
12 |
||
Longholme |
17 |
||
Stacksteads |
9 |
||
Whitewell |
11 |
||
Worsley |
8 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bamber Bridge East |
55 |
||
Bamber Bridge West |
3 |
||
Broad Oak |
11 |
||
Broadfield |
-21 |
||
Buckshaw & Worden |
2 |
||
Charnock |
3 |
||
Coupe Green & Gregson Lane |
-42 |
||
Earnshaw Bridge |
9 |
||
Farington East |
20 |
||
Farington West |
2 |
||
Hoole |
3 |
||
Howick & Priory |
3 |
||
Leyland Central |
79 |
||
Longton & Hutton West |
27 |
||
Lostock Hall |
14 |
||
Middleforth |
-29 |
||
Moss Side |
5 |
||
New Longton & Hutton East |
-4 |
||
Samlesbury & Walton |
4 |
||
Seven Stars |
10 |
||
St Ambrose |
7 |
||
Walton-le-Dale East |
15 |
||
Walton-le-Dale West |
8 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ashurst |
-1 |
||
Aughton and Downholland |
5 |
||
Aughton Park |
1 |
||
Bickerstaffe |
3 |
||
Birch Green |
0 |
||
Burscough East |
12 |
||
Burscough West |
-174 |
||
Derby |
2 |
||
Digmoor |
-15 |
||
Halsall |
1 |
||
Hesketh-with-Becconsall |
-1 |
||
Knowsley |
0 |
||
Moorside |
-11 |
||
Newburgh |
1 |
||
North Meols |
4 |
||
Parbold |
7 |
||
Rufford |
-9 |
||
Scarisbrick |
17 |
||
Scott |
37 |
||
Skelmersdale North |
-10 |
||
Skelmersdale South |
0 |
||
Tanhouse |
-8 |
||
Tarleton |
4 |
||
Up Holland |
-5 |
||
Wrightington |
-95 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bourne |
0 |
||
Breck |
23 |
||
Brock with Catterall |
-1 |
||
Calder |
13 |
||
Carleton |
6 |
||
Cleveleys Park |
-2 |
||
Garstang |
-37 |
||
Great Eccleston |
-7 |
||
Hambleton & Stalmine |
6 |
||
Hardhorn with High Cross |
5 |
||
Jubilee |
9 |
||
Marsh Mill |
40 |
||
Mount |
5 |
||
Park |
23 |
||
Pharos |
8 |
||
Pheasant's Wood |
7 |
||
Pilling |
-8 |
||
Preesall |
-1 |
||
Rossall |
5 |
||
Stanah |
-3 |
||
Tithebarn |
20 |
||
Victoria & Norcross |
-1 |
||
Warren |
1 |
||
Wyresdale |
8 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2024 and how Lancashire compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2023: 1st
|
London |
1,560,328 |
2nd
2023: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
251,769 |
3rd
2023: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
234,944 |
4th
2023: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
157,321 |
5th
2023: 4th
|
Essex |
157,235 |
10th 2023: 10th
|
Lancashire |
97,537 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
2nd
2023: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
251,769 |
4th
2023: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
157,321 |
10th
2023: 10th
|
Lancashire |
97,537 |
11th
2023: 11th
|
Merseyside |
84,857 |
18th
2023: 18th
|
North Yorkshire |
67,293 |
43rd
2023: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
24,059 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2023: 1st
|
London |
1,560,328 |
2nd 2023: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
251,769 |
3rd 2023: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
234,944 |
4th 2023: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
157,321 |
5th 2023: 4th
|
Essex |
157,235 |
6th 2023: 6th
|
Kent |
136,504 |
7th 2023: 7th
|
Hampshire |
127,564 |
8th 2023: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
125,410 |
9th 2023: 9th
|
Surrey |
110,047 |
10th 2023: 10th
|
Lancashire |
97,537 |
11th 2023: 11th
|
Merseyside |
84,857 |
12th 2023: 12th
|
Cheshire |
83,478 |
13th 2023: 13th
|
Buckinghamshire |
80,842 |
14th 2023: 14th
|
Berkshire |
80,348 |
15th 2023: 15th
|
Leicestershire |
78,116 |
16th 2023: 16th
|
South Yorkshire |
75,130 |
17th 2023: 17th
|
East Sussex |
71,666 |
18th 2023: 18th
|
North Yorkshire |
67,293 |
19th 2023: 19th
|
Nottinghamshire |
65,784 |
20th 2023: 20th
|
Devon |
64,346 |
21st 2023: 21st
|
Dorset |
63,675 |
22nd 2023: 22nd
|
Staffordshire |
62,904 |
23rd 2023: 24th
|
Cambridgeshire |
61,973 |
24th 2023: 26th
|
Gloucestershire |
61,133 |
25th 2023: 23rd
|
Somerset |
60,769 |
26th 2023: 25th
|
West Sussex |
60,518 |
27th 2023: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
59,950 |
28th 2023: 28th
|
Lincolnshire |
57,099 |
29th 2023: 29th
|
Northamptonshire |
55,842 |
30th 2023: 32nd
|
Suffolk |
55,335 |
31st 2023: 30th
|
Tyne and Wear |
54,971 |
32nd 2023: 31st
|
Bedfordshire |
53,808 |
33rd 2023: 33rd
|
Norfolk |
49,863 |
34th 2023: 34th
|
Oxfordshire |
48,887 |
35th 2023: 35th
|
Worcestershire |
48,838 |
36th 2023: 36th
|
Warwickshire |
43,777 |
37th 2023: 37th
|
Wiltshire |
42,535 |
38th 2023: 38th
|
Durham |
38,779 |
39th 2023: 39th
|
Bristol |
36,561 |
40th 2023: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
31,014 |
41st 2023: 41st
|
Shropshire |
28,136 |
42nd 2023: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
27,621 |
43rd 2023: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
24,059 |
44th 2023: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
18,258 |
45th 2023: 45th
|
Northumberland |
13,228 |
46th 2023: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
6,739 |
47th 2023: 47th
|
Rutland |
2,179 |
people
62.9
83.4
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.
2020
12,655 formed
7,557 dissolved
2021
12,800 formed
10,548 dissolved
2022
13,312 formed
10,572 dissolved
2023
14,223 formed
11,495 dissolved
2024
13,620 formed
11,578 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
4.63% vs 2020
4.52% vs 2021
4.36% vs 2022
2.1% vs 2023