2016
8,307 formed
5,713 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Leicestershire during 2020
12.8% more companies in Leicestershire compared to 2019
Blaby 1,035 formed
Charnwood 1,265 formed
Harborough 737 formed
Hinckley and Bosworth 714 formed
Leicester 7,286 formed
Melton 318 formed
North West Leicestershire 653 formed
Oadby and Wigston 517 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Leicestershire compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2019: 1st
|
London |
270,114 |
2nd
2019: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
37,202 |
3rd
2019: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
36,288 |
4th
2019: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
22,615 |
5th
2019: 5th
|
Essex |
19,277 |
11th 2019: 13th
|
Leicestershire |
12,543 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
11th
2019: 13th
|
Leicestershire |
12,543 |
17th
2019: 21st
|
Nottinghamshire |
8,760 |
22nd
2019: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
7,720 |
23rd
2019: 18th
|
Northamptonshire |
7,534 |
25th
2019: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
7,413 |
30th
2019: 30th
|
Lincolnshire |
6,475 |
38th
2019: 33rd
|
Warwickshire |
4,920 |
47th
2019: 47th
|
Rutland |
410 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2019: 1st
|
London |
270,114 |
2nd 2019: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
37,202 |
3rd 2019: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
36,288 |
4th 2019: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
22,615 |
5th 2019: 5th
|
Essex |
19,277 |
6th 2019: 6th
|
Kent |
18,501 |
7th 2019: 8th
|
Hampshire |
15,534 |
8th 2019: 7th
|
Hertfordshire |
14,464 |
9th 2019: 10th
|
Merseyside |
13,410 |
10th 2019: 11th
|
Lancashire |
12,655 |
11th 2019: 13th
|
Leicestershire |
12,543 |
12th 2019: 12th
|
Surrey |
11,997 |
13th 2019: 9th
|
Cheshire |
11,017 |
14th 2019: 15th
|
South Yorkshire |
10,450 |
15th 2019: 16th
|
Berkshire |
9,920 |
16th 2019: 17th
|
Buckinghamshire |
9,394 |
17th 2019: 21st
|
Nottinghamshire |
8,760 |
18th 2019: 26th
|
Bedfordshire |
8,238 |
19th 2019: 22nd
|
North Yorkshire |
8,200 |
20th 2019: 20th
|
East Sussex |
8,149 |
21st 2019: 23rd
|
Tyne and Wear |
7,867 |
22nd 2019: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
7,720 |
23rd 2019: 18th
|
Northamptonshire |
7,534 |
24th 2019: 25th
|
Cambridgeshire |
7,516 |
25th 2019: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
7,413 |
26th 2019: 19th
|
Dorset |
7,253 |
27th 2019: 28th
|
Devon |
7,174 |
28th 2019: 14th
|
Worcestershire |
6,955 |
29th 2019: 29th
|
West Sussex |
6,880 |
30th 2019: 30th
|
Lincolnshire |
6,475 |
31st 2019: 31st
|
Somerset |
6,432 |
32nd 2019: 32nd
|
Gloucestershire |
6,419 |
33rd 2019: 35th
|
Bristol |
5,559 |
34th 2019: 34th
|
Oxfordshire |
5,363 |
35th 2019: 38th
|
Suffolk |
5,105 |
36th 2019: 37th
|
Durham |
5,083 |
37th 2019: 36th
|
Norfolk |
5,006 |
38th 2019: 33rd
|
Warwickshire |
4,920 |
39th 2019: 39th
|
Wiltshire |
4,645 |
40th 2019: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
3,667 |
41st 2019: 41st
|
Shropshire |
3,386 |
42nd 2019: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
2,951 |
43rd 2019: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,333 |
44th 2019: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
2,327 |
45th 2019: 44th
|
Northumberland |
1,560 |
46th 2019: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
765 |
47th 2019: 47th
|
Rutland |
410 |
people
12.8
12.3
98% Private Limited Companies (12,257 companies)
2% Other company types (286 companies)
Other company types breakdown (286 companies)
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Businesses formed in Leicestershire during 2020
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Businesses dissolved in Leicestershire during 2020
71,425
businesses registered in Leicestershire at the end of 2020.
12.8% more companies in Leicestershire compared to 2019
Staffordshire
54,862 total businesses
7,720 formed in 2020
4,885 dissolved in 2020
Warwickshire
40,304 total businesses
4,920 formed in 2020
3,587 dissolved in 2020
Derbyshire
51,742 total businesses
7,413 formed in 2020
3,918 dissolved in 2020
Lincolnshire
48,061 total businesses
6,475 formed in 2020
3,943 dissolved in 2020
Northamptonshire
52,017 total businesses
7,534 formed in 2020
5,208 dissolved in 2020
Nottinghamshire
56,199 total businesses
8,760 formed in 2020
4,757 dissolved in 2020
Rutland
2,257 total businesses
410 formed in 2020
113 dissolved in 2020
Leicestershire
71,425 total businesses
12,543 formed in 2020
5,797 dissolved in 2020
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Blaby South |
10 |
||
Cosby with South Whetstone |
47 |
||
Countesthorpe |
9 |
||
Croft Hill |
6 |
||
Ellis |
12 |
||
Enderby and St John's |
37 |
||
Fairestone |
18 |
||
Forest |
-2 |
||
Millfield |
15 |
||
Muxloe |
6 |
||
Narborough and Littlethorpe |
11 |
||
Normanton |
11 |
||
North Whetstone |
12 |
||
Pastures |
10 |
||
Ravenhurst and Fosse |
225 |
||
Saxondale |
36 |
||
Stanton and Flamville |
25 |
||
Winstanley |
18 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Anstey |
5 |
||
Barrow and Sileby West |
49 |
||
Birstall Wanlip |
25 |
||
Birstall Watermead |
17 |
||
East Goscote |
1 |
||
Forest Bradgate |
5 |
||
Loughborough Ashby |
5 |
||
Loughborough Dishley and Hathern |
14 |
||
Loughborough Garendon |
10 |
||
Loughborough Hastings |
-137 |
||
Loughborough Lemyngton |
96 |
||
Loughborough Nanpantan |
9 |
||
Loughborough Outwoods |
1 |
||
Loughborough Shelthorpe |
8 |
||
Loughborough Southfields |
58 |
||
Loughborough Storer |
35 |
||
Mountsorrel |
8 |
||
Queniborough |
6 |
||
Quorn and Mountsorrel Castle |
64 |
||
Rothley and Thurcaston |
22 |
||
Shepshed East |
22 |
||
Shepshed West |
15 |
||
Sileby |
-60 |
||
Syston East |
19 |
||
Syston West |
30 |
||
The Wolds |
-8 |
||
Thurmaston |
30 |
||
Wreake Villages |
12 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Billesdon |
-79 |
||
Bosworth |
9 |
||
Broughton Astley-Astley |
3 |
||
Broughton Astley-Broughton |
0 |
||
Broughton Astley-Primethorpe |
0 |
||
Broughton Astley-Sutton |
7 |
||
Dunton |
1 |
||
Fleckney |
9 |
||
Glen |
30 |
||
Kibworth |
21 |
||
Lubenham |
21 |
||
Lutterworth Brookfield |
1 |
||
Lutterworth Orchard |
5 |
||
Lutterworth Springs |
14 |
||
Lutterworth Swift |
5 |
||
Market Harborough-Great Bowden and Arden |
17 |
||
Market Harborough-Little Bowden |
21 |
||
Market Harborough-Logan |
14 |
||
Market Harborough-Welland |
25 |
||
Misterton |
11 |
||
Nevill |
11 |
||
Peatling |
2 |
||
Thurnby and Houghton |
39 |
||
Tilton |
-53 |
||
Ullesthorpe |
-150 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ambien |
29 |
||
Barlestone Nailstone and Osbaston |
6 |
||
Barwell |
14 |
||
Burbage Sketchley and Stretton |
29 |
||
Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill |
16 |
||
Cadeby Carlton and Market Bosworth with Shackerstone |
12 |
||
Croft Hill |
6 |
||
Earl Shilton |
15 |
||
Groby |
12 |
||
Hinckley Castle |
18 |
||
Hinckley Clarendon |
10 |
||
Hinckley De Montfort |
40 |
||
Hinckley Trinity |
7 |
||
Markfield Stanton and Fieldhead |
18 |
||
Newbold Verdon with Desford and Peckleton |
23 |
||
Ratby Bagworth and Thornton |
42 |
||
Twycross and Witherley with Sheepy |
5 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
129 |
||
Aylestone |
69 |
||
Beaumont Leys |
82 |
||
Belgrave |
182 |
||
Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields |
82 |
||
Castle |
2656 |
||
Evington |
104 |
||
Eyres Monsell |
32 |
||
Fosse |
162 |
||
Humberstone & Hamilton |
120 |
||
Knighton |
108 |
||
North Evington |
339 |
||
Rothley and Thurcaston |
22 |
||
Rushey Mead |
173 |
||
Saffron |
60 |
||
Saxondale |
36 |
||
Spinney Hills |
73 |
||
Stoneygate |
211 |
||
Thurncourt |
49 |
||
Troon |
115 |
||
Westcotes |
139 |
||
Western |
71 |
||
Winstanley |
18 |
||
Wycliffe |
74 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Asfordby |
5 |
||
Bottesford |
5 |
||
Croxton Kerrial |
3 |
||
Frisby-on-the-Wreake |
-5 |
||
Gaddesby |
3 |
||
Long Clawson and Stathern |
9 |
||
Melton Craven |
15 |
||
Melton Dorian |
14 |
||
Melton Egerton |
21 |
||
Melton Newport |
3 |
||
Melton Sysonby |
7 |
||
Melton Warwick |
2 |
||
Old Dalby |
8 |
||
Somerby |
3 |
||
Waltham-on-the-Wolds |
-3 |
||
Wymondham |
19 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Appleby |
-2 |
||
Ashby Castle |
12 |
||
Ashby Holywell |
-26 |
||
Ashby Ivanhoe |
12 |
||
Ashby Money Hill |
1 |
||
Ashby Willesley |
-6 |
||
Ashby Woulds |
11 |
||
Bardon |
-5 |
||
Blackfordby |
6 |
||
Broom Leys |
-2 |
||
Castle Donington Castle |
12 |
||
Castle Donington Central |
5 |
||
Castle Donington Park |
1 |
||
Castle Rock |
9 |
||
Coalville East |
2 |
||
Coalville West |
15 |
||
Daleacre Hill |
15 |
||
Ellistown & Battleflat |
43 |
||
Greenhill |
5 |
||
Hermitage |
0 |
||
Holly Hayes |
11 |
||
Hugglescote St John's |
9 |
||
Hugglescote St Mary's |
7 |
||
Ibstock East |
22 |
||
Ibstock West |
2 |
||
Kegworth |
4 |
||
Long Whatton & Diseworth |
1 |
||
Measham North |
8 |
||
Measham South |
2 |
||
Oakthorpe & Donisthorpe |
10 |
||
Ravenstone & Packington |
5 |
||
Sence Valley |
2 |
||
Snibston North |
18 |
||
Snibston South |
5 |
||
Thornborough |
0 |
||
Thringstone |
-3 |
||
Valley |
-8 |
||
Worthington & Breedon |
-7 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Oadby Brocks Hill |
31 |
||
Oadby Grange |
38 |
||
Oadby St Peter's |
53 |
||
Oadby Uplands |
23 |
||
Oadby Woodlands |
20 |
||
South Wigston |
28 |
||
Wigston All Saints |
15 |
||
Wigston Fields |
34 |
||
Wigston Meadowcourt |
22 |
||
Wigston St Wolstan's |
23 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2020 and how Leicestershire compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2019: 1st
|
London |
1,338,261 |
2nd
2019: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
207,946 |
3rd
2019: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
191,692 |
4th
2019: 4th
|
Essex |
137,310 |
5th
2019: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
135,276 |
15th 2019: 16th
|
Leicestershire |
71,425 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
15th
2019: 16th
|
Leicestershire |
71,425 |
21st
2019: 25th
|
Nottinghamshire |
56,199 |
24th
2019: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
54,862 |
27th
2019: 27th
|
Northamptonshire |
52,017 |
28th
2019: 28th
|
Derbyshire |
51,742 |
29th
2019: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
48,061 |
35th
2019: 34th
|
Warwickshire |
40,304 |
47th
2019: 47th
|
Rutland |
2,257 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2019: 1st
|
London |
1,338,261 |
2nd 2019: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
207,946 |
3rd 2019: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
191,692 |
4th 2019: 4th
|
Essex |
137,310 |
5th 2019: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
135,276 |
6th 2019: 7th
|
Kent |
122,694 |
7th 2019: 6th
|
Hampshire |
121,331 |
8th 2019: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
117,796 |
9th 2019: 9th
|
Surrey |
105,715 |
10th 2019: 10th
|
Cheshire |
86,796 |
11th 2019: 11th
|
Lancashire |
83,690 |
12th 2019: 14th
|
Merseyside |
74,780 |
13th 2019: 13th
|
Buckinghamshire |
73,748 |
14th 2019: 12th
|
Berkshire |
73,492 |
15th 2019: 16th
|
Leicestershire |
71,425 |
16th 2019: 15th
|
East Sussex |
70,311 |
17th 2019: 17th
|
South Yorkshire |
65,398 |
18th 2019: 19th
|
North Yorkshire |
58,526 |
19th 2019: 20th
|
Devon |
57,278 |
20th 2019: 21st
|
West Sussex |
56,212 |
21st 2019: 25th
|
Nottinghamshire |
56,199 |
22nd 2019: 22nd
|
Gloucestershire |
55,106 |
23rd 2019: 23rd
|
Somerset |
55,092 |
24th 2019: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
54,862 |
25th 2019: 18th
|
Dorset |
54,841 |
26th 2019: 26th
|
Cambridgeshire |
54,497 |
27th 2019: 27th
|
Northamptonshire |
52,017 |
28th 2019: 28th
|
Derbyshire |
51,742 |
29th 2019: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
48,061 |
30th 2019: 30th
|
Tyne and Wear |
47,790 |
31st 2019: 33rd
|
Bedfordshire |
46,207 |
32nd 2019: 32nd
|
Oxfordshire |
45,071 |
33rd 2019: 31st
|
Worcestershire |
44,570 |
34th 2019: 35th
|
Norfolk |
41,185 |
35th 2019: 34th
|
Warwickshire |
40,304 |
36th 2019: 37th
|
Suffolk |
39,507 |
37th 2019: 36th
|
Wiltshire |
39,022 |
38th 2019: 38th
|
Bristol |
36,208 |
39th 2019: 39th
|
Durham |
31,943 |
40th 2019: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
26,864 |
41st 2019: 41st
|
Shropshire |
25,603 |
42nd 2019: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
23,804 |
43rd 2019: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
22,186 |
44th 2019: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
12,800 |
45th 2019: 44th
|
Northumberland |
11,575 |
46th 2019: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
6,118 |
47th 2019: 47th
|
Rutland |
2,257 |
people
72.8
76.4
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.
2016
8,307 formed
5,713 dissolved
2017
10,566 formed
6,061 dissolved
2018
8,896 formed
8,358 dissolved
2019
10,825 formed
8,301 dissolved
2020
12,543 formed
5,797 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
10.92% vs 2016
3.8% vs 2017
5.48% vs 2018
12.8% vs 2019