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Company Formations in 2018: Leicestershire

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3.8% more companies in Leicestershire compared to 2017

New businesses in Leicestershire mapped

Blaby 782 formed

Charnwood 1,498 formed

Harborough 711 formed

Hinckley and Bosworth 605 formed

Leicester 3,998 formed

Melton 271 formed

North West Leicestershire 616 formed

Oadby and Wigston 400 formed

Companies formed in 2018 league table

The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Leicestershire compares.

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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
1st 2017: 1st
London
217,617
2nd 2017: 3rd
West Midlands
32,571
3rd 2017: 2nd
Greater Manchester
31,875
4th 2017: 4th
West Yorkshire
18,204
5th 2017: 5th
Essex
17,063
15th 2017: 13th
Leicestershire
8,896
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
15th 2017: 13th
Leicestershire
8,896
18th 2017: 14th
Northamptonshire
7,630
20th 2017: 21st
Nottinghamshire
7,429
26th 2017: 24th
Staffordshire
6,474
27th 2017: 27th
Derbyshire
6,167
29th 2017: 31st
Lincolnshire
5,910
34th 2017: 36th
Warwickshire
4,755
47th 2017: 47th
Rutland
198
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
1st 2017: 1st
London
217,617
2nd 2017: 3rd
West Midlands
32,571
3rd 2017: 2nd
Greater Manchester
31,875
4th 2017: 4th
West Yorkshire
18,204
5th 2017: 5th
Essex
17,063
6th 2017: 7th
Hertfordshire
15,554
7th 2017: 6th
Kent
15,057
8th 2017: 8th
Hampshire
14,244
9th 2017: 9th
Cheshire
13,259
10th 2017: 10th
Merseyside
11,451
11th 2017: 12th
Lancashire
11,291
12th 2017: 11th
Surrey
11,179
13th 2017: 15th
Berkshire
9,166
14th 2017: 17th
Buckinghamshire
8,915
15th 2017: 13th
Leicestershire
8,896
16th 2017: 16th
South Yorkshire
8,542
17th 2017: 20th
Dorset
8,314
18th 2017: 14th
Northamptonshire
7,630
19th 2017: 19th
East Sussex
7,462
20th 2017: 21st
Nottinghamshire
7,429
21st 2017: 23rd
Bedfordshire
7,013
22nd 2017: 18th
Worcestershire
6,889
23rd 2017: 22nd
North Yorkshire
6,822
24th 2017: 25th
Cambridgeshire
6,786
25th 2017: 26th
Tyne and Wear
6,669
26th 2017: 24th
Staffordshire
6,474
27th 2017: 27th
Derbyshire
6,167
28th 2017: 29th
West Sussex
6,048
29th 2017: 31st
Lincolnshire
5,910
30th 2017: 28th
Devon
5,908
31st 2017: 30th
Gloucestershire
5,719
32nd 2017: 32nd
Somerset
5,537
33rd 2017: 40th
Durham
5,223
34th 2017: 36th
Warwickshire
4,755
35th 2017: 34th
Bristol
4,635
36th 2017: 37th
Oxfordshire
4,631
37th 2017: 38th
Norfolk
4,542
38th 2017: 33rd
Wiltshire
4,348
39th 2017: 39th
Suffolk
4,292
40th 2017: 35th
East Riding of Yorkshire
3,195
41st 2017: 41st
Cornwall
2,829
42nd 2017: 42nd
Shropshire
2,634
43rd 2017: 43rd
Cumbria
2,259
44th 2017: 44th
Northumberland
1,422
45th 2017: 45th
Herefordshire
1,054
46th 2017: 46th
Isle of Wight
645
47th 2017: 47th
Rutland
198

New incorporations in 2018 per 1000 Man standing people

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Type of companies formed in Leicestershire breakdown

98% Private Limited Companies (8,753 companies)

2% Other company types (143 companies)

Other company types breakdown (143 companies)

Total companies in Leicestershire by the end of 2018

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Businesses formed in Leicestershire during 2018

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Businesses dissolved in Leicestershire during 2018

meaning there is a total of

60,027

businesses registered in Leicestershire at the end of 2018.

3.8% more companies in Leicestershire compared to 2017

Surrounding counties 2018 breakdown & comparison

Staffordshire

48,752 total businesses
6,474 formed in 2018
4,877 dissolved in 2018

Warwickshire

37,025 total businesses
4,755 formed in 2018
3,572 dissolved in 2018

Derbyshire

46,632 total businesses
6,167 formed in 2018
4,379 dissolved in 2018

Lincolnshire

43,713 total businesses
5,910 formed in 2018
4,445 dissolved in 2018

Northamptonshire

44,212 total businesses
7,630 formed in 2018
5,516 dissolved in 2018

Nottinghamshire

50,491 total businesses
7,429 formed in 2018
6,039 dissolved in 2018

Rutland

1,840 total businesses
198 formed in 2018
165 dissolved in 2018

Leicestershire

60,027 total businesses
8,896 formed in 2018
8,358 dissolved in 2018

LeicestershireRutlandLincolnshireNorthamptonshireNottinghamshireStaffordshireDerbyshireWarwickshire

Ward breakdown data for

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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Blaby South
44
36
-8
Cosby with South Whetstone
37
43
6
Countesthorpe
14
28
14
Croft Hill
6
11
5
Ellis
34
31
-3
Enderby and St John's
63
124
61
Fairestone
16
20
4
Forest
28
55
27
Millfield
9
9
0
Muxloe
28
28
0
Narborough and Littlethorpe
12
20
8
Normanton
8
12
4
North Whetstone
17
27
10
Pastures
14
14
0
Ravenhurst and Fosse
29
64
35
Saxondale
50
69
19
Stanton and Flamville
18
51
33
Winstanley
147
141
-6
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Anstey
19
42
23
Barrow and Sileby West
22
25
3
Birstall Wanlip
33
29
-4
Birstall Watermead
23
36
13
East Goscote
6
9
3
Forest Bradgate
9
31
22
Loughborough Ashby
11
14
3
Loughborough Dishley and Hathern
13
23
10
Loughborough Garendon
17
17
0
Loughborough Hastings
32
211
179
Loughborough Lemyngton
626
172
-454
Loughborough Nanpantan
23
25
2
Loughborough Outwoods
17
18
1
Loughborough Shelthorpe
22
34
12
Loughborough Southfields
41
55
14
Loughborough Storer
10
23
13
Mountsorrel
23
33
10
Queniborough
20
16
-4
Quorn and Mountsorrel Castle
66
109
43
Rothley and Thurcaston
33
246
213
Shepshed East
11
31
20
Shepshed West
27
36
9
Sileby
91
50
-41
Syston East
27
37
10
Syston West
53
65
12
The Wolds
14
18
4
Thurmaston
40
61
21
Wreake Villages
18
32
14
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Billesdon
8
9
1
Bosworth
13
14
1
Broughton Astley-Astley
4
6
2
Broughton Astley-Broughton
10
13
3
Broughton Astley-Primethorpe
8
13
5
Broughton Astley-Sutton
6
4
-2
Dunton
11
12
1
Fleckney
7
20
13
Glen
29
37
8
Kibworth
46
52
6
Lubenham
17
26
9
Lutterworth Brookfield
6
7
1
Lutterworth Orchard
8
9
1
Lutterworth Springs
88
76
-12
Lutterworth Swift
17
23
6
Market Harborough-Great Bowden and Arden
73
77
4
Market Harborough-Little Bowden
31
44
13
Market Harborough-Logan
19
39
20
Market Harborough-Welland
20
46
26
Misterton
11
20
9
Nevill
11
23
12
Peatling
11
16
5
Thurnby and Houghton
30
45
15
Tilton
27
64
37
Ullesthorpe
150
16
-134
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ambien
14
28
14
Barlestone Nailstone and Osbaston
9
16
7
Barwell
30
43
13
Burbage Sketchley and Stretton
44
50
6
Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill
16
22
6
Cadeby Carlton and Market Bosworth with Shackerstone
22
26
4
Croft Hill
6
11
5
Earl Shilton
37
56
19
Groby
21
26
5
Hinckley Castle
71
84
13
Hinckley Clarendon
30
33
3
Hinckley De Montfort
69
90
21
Hinckley Trinity
19
23
4
Markfield Stanton and Fieldhead
12
27
15
Newbold Verdon with Desford and Peckleton
30
37
7
Ratby Bagworth and Thornton
20
23
3
Twycross and Witherley with Sheepy
15
21
6
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Abbey
142
180
38
Aylestone
57
76
19
Beaumont Leys
99
150
51
Belgrave
115
163
48
Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields
106
136
30
Castle
2174
862
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Evington
105
129
24
Eyres Monsell
44
52
8
Fosse
112
161
49
Humberstone & Hamilton
101
152
51
Knighton
91
120
29
North Evington
201
307
106
Rothley and Thurcaston
33
246
213
Rushey Mead
101
117
16
Saffron
66
92
26
Saxondale
50
69
19
Spinney Hills
92
117
25
Stoneygate
132
199
67
Thurncourt
38
60
22
Troon
257
522
265
Westcotes
140
183
43
Western
73
99
26
Winstanley
147
141
-6
Wycliffe
78
120
42
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Asfordby
5
2
-3
Bottesford
14
10
-4
Croxton Kerrial
10
14
4
Frisby-on-the-Wreake
1
14
13
Gaddesby
9
7
-2
Long Clawson and Stathern
20
11
-9
Melton Craven
9
25
16
Melton Dorian
9
19
10
Melton Egerton
35
69
34
Melton Newport
9
12
3
Melton Sysonby
8
5
-3
Melton Warwick
21
39
18
Old Dalby
17
10
-7
Somerby
10
7
-3
Waltham-on-the-Wolds
11
15
4
Wymondham
16
12
-4
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Appleby
7
22
15
Ashby Castle
7
9
2
Ashby Holywell
17
21
4
Ashby Ivanhoe
16
21
5
Ashby Money Hill
51
62
11
Ashby Willesley
13
32
19
Ashby Woulds
6
19
13
Bardon
19
12
-7
Blackfordby
4
6
2
Broom Leys
3
5
2
Castle Donington Castle
11
15
4
Castle Donington Central
15
15
0
Castle Donington Park
6
9
3
Castle Rock
7
9
2
Coalville East
4
5
1
Coalville West
25
34
9
Daleacre Hill
34
20
-14
Ellistown & Battleflat
10
28
18
Greenhill
11
8
-3
Hermitage
6
8
2
Holly Hayes
3
11
8
Hugglescote St John's
11
8
-3
Hugglescote St Mary's
7
8
1
Ibstock East
15
19
4
Ibstock West
8
6
-2
Kegworth
17
15
-2
Long Whatton & Diseworth
9
25
16
Measham North
11
20
9
Measham South
9
10
1
Oakthorpe & Donisthorpe
6
10
4
Ravenstone & Packington
12
11
-1
Sence Valley
10
14
4
Snibston North
22
21
-1
Snibston South
19
26
7
Thornborough
1
3
2
Thringstone
5
5
0
Valley
13
26
13
Worthington & Breedon
11
18
7
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Oadby Brocks Hill
19
41
22
Oadby Grange
52
98
46
Oadby St Peter's
53
45
-8
Oadby Uplands
26
37
11
Oadby Woodlands
33
40
7
South Wigston
16
34
18
Wigston All Saints
22
17
-5
Wigston Fields
35
42
7
Wigston Meadowcourt
15
10
-5
Wigston St Wolstan's
28
36
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Total companies 2018 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2018 and how Leicestershire compares to them.

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County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2017: 1st
London
1,163,777
2nd 2017: 2nd
Greater Manchester
184,396
3rd 2017: 3rd
West Midlands
167,807
4th 2017: 4th
Essex
122,421
5th 2017: 5th
West Yorkshire
118,705
16th 2017: 16th
Leicestershire
60,027
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
16th 2017: 16th
Leicestershire
60,027
23rd 2017: 25th
Nottinghamshire
50,491
25th 2017: 23rd
Staffordshire
48,752
27th 2017: 28th
Derbyshire
46,632
28th 2017: 26th
Northamptonshire
44,212
29th 2017: 29th
Lincolnshire
43,713
35th 2017: 36th
Warwickshire
37,025
47th 2017: 47th
Rutland
1,840
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2017: 1st
London
1,163,777
2nd 2017: 2nd
Greater Manchester
184,396
3rd 2017: 3rd
West Midlands
167,807
4th 2017: 4th
Essex
122,421
5th 2017: 5th
West Yorkshire
118,705
6th 2017: 7th
Hertfordshire
111,063
7th 2017: 6th
Hampshire
110,793
8th 2017: 8th
Kent
108,910
9th 2017: 9th
Surrey
98,968
10th 2017: 10th
Cheshire
78,274
11th 2017: 11th
Lancashire
75,763
12th 2017: 14th
Buckinghamshire
69,301
13th 2017: 12th
Berkshire
68,855
14th 2017: 13th
East Sussex
66,405
15th 2017: 15th
Merseyside
65,551
16th 2017: 16th
Leicestershire
60,027
17th 2017: 17th
South Yorkshire
58,193
18th 2017: 18th
Dorset
56,307
19th 2017: 19th
North Yorkshire
52,860
20th 2017: 20th
West Sussex
51,556
21st 2017: 22nd
Devon
51,129
22nd 2017: 21st
Gloucestershire
50,643
23rd 2017: 25th
Nottinghamshire
50,491
24th 2017: 24th
Somerset
49,396
25th 2017: 23rd
Staffordshire
48,752
26th 2017: 27th
Cambridgeshire
48,390
27th 2017: 28th
Derbyshire
46,632
28th 2017: 26th
Northamptonshire
44,212
29th 2017: 29th
Lincolnshire
43,713
30th 2017: 30th
Tyne and Wear
42,534
31st 2017: 32nd
Bedfordshire
42,015
32nd 2017: 31st
Oxfordshire
40,930
33rd 2017: 33rd
Worcestershire
37,800
34th 2017: 35th
Norfolk
37,466
35th 2017: 36th
Warwickshire
37,025
36th 2017: 34th
Wiltshire
36,714
37th 2017: 37th
Suffolk
35,510
38th 2017: 38th
Bristol
32,794
39th 2017: 39th
Durham
28,771
40th 2017: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
24,661
41st 2017: 41st
Shropshire
22,421
42nd 2017: 42nd
Cornwall
21,904
43rd 2017: 43rd
Cumbria
20,916
44th 2017: 44th
Northumberland
10,423
45th 2017: 45th
Herefordshire
9,243
46th 2017: 46th
Isle of Wight
5,417
47th 2017: 47th
Rutland
1,840

Total companies at the end of 2018 per 1000 Person people

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The last 5 years

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.

2014

6,925 formed

4,222 dissolved

2015

7,712 formed

4,538 dissolved

2016

8,307 formed

5,713 dissolved

2017

10,566 formed

6,061 dissolved

2018

8,896 formed

8,358 dissolved

Overall growth compared to previous year

8.6% vs 2014

8.3% vs 2015

10.92% vs 2016

3.8% vs 2017