2012
5,925 formed
3,446 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Leicestershire during 2016
8.3% more companies in Leicestershire compared to 2015
Blaby 724 formed
Charnwood 1,239 formed
Harborough 656 formed
Hinckley and Bosworth 588 formed
Leicester 3,768 formed
Melton 297 formed
North West Leicestershire 625 formed
Oadby and Wigston 400 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Leicestershire compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2015: 1st
|
London |
209,869 |
2nd
2015: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
32,999 |
3rd
2015: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
31,162 |
4th
2015: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
17,837 |
5th
2015: 6th
|
Hertfordshire |
17,671 |
18th 2015: 18th
|
Leicestershire |
8,307 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
18th
2015: 18th
|
Leicestershire |
8,307 |
21st
2015: 22nd
|
Staffordshire |
7,618 |
22nd
2015: 23rd
|
Northamptonshire |
7,050 |
23rd
2015: 20th
|
Nottinghamshire |
6,642 |
27th
2015: 19th
|
Derbyshire |
6,271 |
31st
2015: 28th
|
Lincolnshire |
5,698 |
35th
2015: 35th
|
Warwickshire |
4,709 |
47th
2015: 47th
|
Rutland |
217 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2015: 1st
|
London |
209,869 |
2nd 2015: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
32,999 |
3rd 2015: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
31,162 |
4th 2015: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
17,837 |
5th 2015: 6th
|
Hertfordshire |
17,671 |
6th 2015: 5th
|
Essex |
15,887 |
7th 2015: 10th
|
Cheshire |
15,328 |
8th 2015: 7th
|
Kent |
14,577 |
9th 2015: 8th
|
Hampshire |
14,249 |
10th 2015: 24th
|
Bedfordshire |
13,677 |
11th 2015: 34th
|
Wiltshire |
11,837 |
12th 2015: 9th
|
Surrey |
11,070 |
13th 2015: 12th
|
Merseyside |
10,617 |
14th 2015: 11th
|
Lancashire |
10,600 |
15th 2015: 13th
|
South Yorkshire |
9,265 |
16th 2015: 14th
|
Berkshire |
9,081 |
17th 2015: 16th
|
Buckinghamshire |
8,523 |
18th 2015: 18th
|
Leicestershire |
8,307 |
19th 2015: 17th
|
Dorset |
8,113 |
20th 2015: 15th
|
East Sussex |
7,939 |
21st 2015: 22nd
|
Staffordshire |
7,618 |
22nd 2015: 23rd
|
Northamptonshire |
7,050 |
23rd 2015: 20th
|
Nottinghamshire |
6,642 |
24th 2015: 39th
|
Worcestershire |
6,602 |
25th 2015: 21st
|
North Yorkshire |
6,525 |
26th 2015: 27th
|
Tyne and Wear |
6,380 |
27th 2015: 19th
|
Derbyshire |
6,271 |
28th 2015: 25th
|
Cambridgeshire |
6,208 |
29th 2015: 26th
|
West Sussex |
5,996 |
30th 2015: 30th
|
Devon |
5,703 |
31st 2015: 28th
|
Lincolnshire |
5,698 |
32nd 2015: 29th
|
Gloucestershire |
5,639 |
33rd 2015: 31st
|
Somerset |
5,328 |
34th 2015: 32nd
|
Bristol |
5,196 |
35th 2015: 35th
|
Warwickshire |
4,709 |
36th 2015: 33rd
|
Oxfordshire |
4,517 |
37th 2015: 36th
|
Norfolk |
4,480 |
38th 2015: 37th
|
Suffolk |
4,291 |
39th 2015: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
4,080 |
40th 2015: 38th
|
Durham |
4,017 |
41st 2015: 41st
|
Shropshire |
2,496 |
42nd 2015: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
2,468 |
43rd 2015: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
1,979 |
44th 2015: 44th
|
Northumberland |
1,302 |
45th 2015: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
853 |
46th 2015: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
545 |
47th 2015: 47th
|
Rutland |
217 |
people
8.5
10.5
98% Private Limited Companies (8,119 companies)
2% Other company types (188 companies)
Other company types breakdown (188 companies)
????
Businesses formed in Leicestershire during 2016
????
Businesses dissolved in Leicestershire during 2016
52,138
businesses registered in Leicestershire at the end of 2016.
8.3% more companies in Leicestershire compared to 2015
Staffordshire
47,000 total businesses
7,618 formed in 2016
4,763 dissolved in 2016
Warwickshire
34,180 total businesses
4,709 formed in 2016
3,473 dissolved in 2016
Derbyshire
43,529 total businesses
6,271 formed in 2016
4,531 dissolved in 2016
Lincolnshire
40,701 total businesses
5,698 formed in 2016
4,729 dissolved in 2016
Northamptonshire
40,600 total businesses
7,050 formed in 2016
4,393 dissolved in 2016
Nottinghamshire
45,573 total businesses
6,642 formed in 2016
4,851 dissolved in 2016
Rutland
1,742 total businesses
217 formed in 2016
144 dissolved in 2016
Leicestershire
52,138 total businesses
8,307 formed in 2016
5,713 dissolved in 2016
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Blaby South |
4 |
||
Cosby with South Whetstone |
7 |
||
Countesthorpe |
4 |
||
Croft Hill |
2 |
||
Ellis |
24 |
||
Enderby and St John's |
-27 |
||
Fairestone |
15 |
||
Forest |
-2 |
||
Millfield |
11 |
||
Muxloe |
11 |
||
Narborough and Littlethorpe |
8 |
||
Normanton |
16 |
||
North Whetstone |
-2 |
||
Pastures |
15 |
||
Ravenhurst and Fosse |
25 |
||
Saxondale |
21 |
||
Stanton and Flamville |
1 |
||
Winstanley |
41 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Anstey |
11 |
||
Barrow and Sileby West |
9 |
||
Birstall Wanlip |
20 |
||
Birstall Watermead |
6 |
||
East Goscote |
1 |
||
Forest Bradgate |
1 |
||
Loughborough Ashby |
7 |
||
Loughborough Dishley and Hathern |
4 |
||
Loughborough Garendon |
-3 |
||
Loughborough Hastings |
-6 |
||
Loughborough Lemyngton |
308 |
||
Loughborough Nanpantan |
11 |
||
Loughborough Outwoods |
5 |
||
Loughborough Shelthorpe |
19 |
||
Loughborough Southfields |
6 |
||
Loughborough Storer |
8 |
||
Mountsorrel |
-1 |
||
Queniborough |
7 |
||
Quorn and Mountsorrel Castle |
35 |
||
Rothley and Thurcaston |
15 |
||
Shepshed East |
5 |
||
Shepshed West |
0 |
||
Sileby |
-8 |
||
Syston East |
8 |
||
Syston West |
48 |
||
The Wolds |
6 |
||
Thurmaston |
7 |
||
Wreake Villages |
8 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Billesdon |
-2 |
||
Bosworth |
4 |
||
Broughton Astley-Astley |
0 |
||
Broughton Astley-Broughton |
7 |
||
Broughton Astley-Primethorpe |
-1 |
||
Broughton Astley-Sutton |
4 |
||
Dunton |
9 |
||
Fleckney |
-1 |
||
Glen |
15 |
||
Kibworth |
-8 |
||
Lubenham |
7 |
||
Lutterworth Brookfield |
0 |
||
Lutterworth Orchard |
4 |
||
Lutterworth Springs |
9 |
||
Lutterworth Swift |
-10 |
||
Market Harborough-Great Bowden and Arden |
34 |
||
Market Harborough-Little Bowden |
11 |
||
Market Harborough-Logan |
12 |
||
Market Harborough-Welland |
33 |
||
Misterton |
7 |
||
Nevill |
-2 |
||
Peatling |
-3 |
||
Thurnby and Houghton |
13 |
||
Tilton |
11 |
||
Ullesthorpe |
-243 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ambien |
5 |
||
Barlestone Nailstone and Osbaston |
3 |
||
Barwell |
17 |
||
Burbage Sketchley and Stretton |
11 |
||
Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill |
11 |
||
Cadeby Carlton and Market Bosworth with Shackerstone |
17 |
||
Croft Hill |
2 |
||
Earl Shilton |
9 |
||
Groby |
18 |
||
Hinckley Castle |
25 |
||
Hinckley Clarendon |
6 |
||
Hinckley De Montfort |
29 |
||
Hinckley Trinity |
14 |
||
Markfield Stanton and Fieldhead |
8 |
||
Newbold Verdon with Desford and Peckleton |
10 |
||
Ratby Bagworth and Thornton |
4 |
||
Twycross and Witherley with Sheepy |
10 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
76 |
||
Aylestone |
24 |
||
Beaumont Leys |
58 |
||
Belgrave |
26 |
||
Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields |
49 |
||
Castle |
-58 |
||
Evington |
21 |
||
Eyres Monsell |
28 |
||
Fosse |
63 |
||
Humberstone & Hamilton |
87 |
||
Knighton |
33 |
||
North Evington |
77 |
||
Rothley and Thurcaston |
15 |
||
Rushey Mead |
38 |
||
Saffron |
38 |
||
Saxondale |
21 |
||
Spinney Hills |
54 |
||
Stoneygate |
223 |
||
Thurncourt |
45 |
||
Troon |
351 |
||
Westcotes |
77 |
||
Western |
16 |
||
Winstanley |
41 |
||
Wycliffe |
28 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Asfordby |
2 |
||
Bottesford |
8 |
||
Croxton Kerrial |
8 |
||
Frisby-on-the-Wreake |
1 |
||
Gaddesby |
1 |
||
Long Clawson and Stathern |
14 |
||
Melton Craven |
2 |
||
Melton Dorian |
0 |
||
Melton Egerton |
38 |
||
Melton Newport |
4 |
||
Melton Sysonby |
1 |
||
Melton Warwick |
13 |
||
Old Dalby |
4 |
||
Somerby |
1 |
||
Waltham-on-the-Wolds |
4 |
||
Wymondham |
-2 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Appleby |
11 |
||
Ashby Castle |
5 |
||
Ashby Holywell |
10 |
||
Ashby Ivanhoe |
3 |
||
Ashby Money Hill |
23 |
||
Ashby Willesley |
14 |
||
Ashby Woulds |
-4 |
||
Bardon |
-14 |
||
Blackfordby |
-3 |
||
Broom Leys |
5 |
||
Castle Donington Castle |
16 |
||
Castle Donington Central |
9 |
||
Castle Donington Park |
2 |
||
Castle Rock |
3 |
||
Coalville East |
-1 |
||
Coalville West |
5 |
||
Daleacre Hill |
-23 |
||
Ellistown & Battleflat |
10 |
||
Greenhill |
6 |
||
Hermitage |
1 |
||
Holly Hayes |
2 |
||
Hugglescote St John's |
2 |
||
Hugglescote St Mary's |
3 |
||
Ibstock East |
3 |
||
Ibstock West |
4 |
||
Kegworth |
-3 |
||
Long Whatton & Diseworth |
39 |
||
Measham North |
8 |
||
Measham South |
-1 |
||
Oakthorpe & Donisthorpe |
4 |
||
Ravenstone & Packington |
-3 |
||
Sence Valley |
-2 |
||
Snibston North |
11 |
||
Snibston South |
14 |
||
Thornborough |
5 |
||
Thringstone |
1 |
||
Valley |
11 |
||
Worthington & Breedon |
2 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Oadby Brocks Hill |
8 |
||
Oadby Grange |
60 |
||
Oadby St Peter's |
6 |
||
Oadby Uplands |
15 |
||
Oadby Woodlands |
-5 |
||
South Wigston |
4 |
||
Wigston All Saints |
8 |
||
Wigston Fields |
18 |
||
Wigston Meadowcourt |
12 |
||
Wigston St Wolstan's |
10 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2016 and how Leicestershire compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2015: 1st
|
London |
1,070,255 |
2nd
2015: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
167,797 |
3rd
2015: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
156,118 |
4th
2015: 4th
|
Essex |
112,065 |
5th
2015: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
107,764 |
17th 2015: 17th
|
Leicestershire |
52,138 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
17th
2015: 17th
|
Leicestershire |
52,138 |
23rd
2015: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
47,000 |
25th
2015: 26th
|
Nottinghamshire |
45,573 |
27th
2015: 25th
|
Derbyshire |
43,529 |
30th
2015: 28th
|
Lincolnshire |
40,701 |
31st
2015: 29th
|
Northamptonshire |
40,600 |
35th
2015: 34th
|
Warwickshire |
34,180 |
47th
2015: 47th
|
Rutland |
1,742 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2015: 1st
|
London |
1,070,255 |
2nd 2015: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
167,797 |
3rd 2015: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
156,118 |
4th 2015: 4th
|
Essex |
112,065 |
5th 2015: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
107,764 |
6th 2015: 7th
|
Hertfordshire |
104,699 |
7th 2015: 6th
|
Hampshire |
103,043 |
8th 2015: 8th
|
Kent |
98,931 |
9th 2015: 9th
|
Surrey |
95,997 |
10th 2015: 10th
|
Cheshire |
74,912 |
11th 2015: 11th
|
Lancashire |
68,241 |
12th 2015: 12th
|
Berkshire |
64,828 |
13th 2015: 13th
|
East Sussex |
63,012 |
14th 2015: 14th
|
Buckinghamshire |
62,413 |
15th 2015: 15th
|
Merseyside |
60,027 |
16th 2015: 16th
|
South Yorkshire |
55,438 |
17th 2015: 17th
|
Leicestershire |
52,138 |
18th 2015: 18th
|
Dorset |
50,419 |
19th 2015: 19th
|
West Sussex |
48,518 |
20th 2015: 20th
|
North Yorkshire |
48,164 |
21st 2015: 21st
|
Gloucestershire |
47,665 |
22nd 2015: 22nd
|
Devon |
47,095 |
23rd 2015: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
47,000 |
24th 2015: 23rd
|
Somerset |
46,011 |
25th 2015: 26th
|
Nottinghamshire |
45,573 |
26th 2015: 32nd
|
Bedfordshire |
44,451 |
27th 2015: 25th
|
Derbyshire |
43,529 |
28th 2015: 27th
|
Cambridgeshire |
43,412 |
29th 2015: 33rd
|
Wiltshire |
41,591 |
30th 2015: 28th
|
Lincolnshire |
40,701 |
31st 2015: 29th
|
Northamptonshire |
40,600 |
32nd 2015: 31st
|
Tyne and Wear |
38,544 |
33rd 2015: 30th
|
Oxfordshire |
38,413 |
34th 2015: 35th
|
Norfolk |
34,374 |
35th 2015: 34th
|
Warwickshire |
34,180 |
36th 2015: 38th
|
Worcestershire |
33,436 |
37th 2015: 36th
|
Suffolk |
32,526 |
38th 2015: 37th
|
Bristol |
31,308 |
39th 2015: 39th
|
Durham |
25,127 |
40th 2015: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
23,848 |
41st 2015: 41st
|
Shropshire |
20,422 |
42nd 2015: 42nd
|
Cumbria |
19,675 |
43rd 2015: 43rd
|
Cornwall |
19,655 |
44th 2015: 44th
|
Northumberland |
9,713 |
45th 2015: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
8,293 |
46th 2015: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
4,973 |
47th 2015: 47th
|
Rutland |
1,742 |
people
53.2
62.6
How the total number of companies in Leicestershire has changed over the last 5 years as new companies have been formed and some existing companies dissolved.
2012
5,925 formed
3,446 dissolved
2013
6,193 formed
3,764 dissolved
2014
6,925 formed
4,222 dissolved
2015
7,712 formed
4,538 dissolved
2016
8,307 formed
5,713 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
6.2% vs 2012
6.5% vs 2013
8.6% vs 2014
8.3% vs 2015