2017
10,566 formed
6,061 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Leicestershire during 2021
0.6% more companies in Leicestershire compared to 2020
Blaby 846 formed
Charnwood 1,510 formed
Harborough 856 formed
Hinckley and Bosworth 642 formed
Leicester 4,377 formed
Melton 287 formed
North West Leicestershire 618 formed
Oadby and Wigston 535 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Leicestershire compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2020: 1st
|
London |
269,246 |
2nd
2020: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
36,485 |
3rd
2020: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
36,442 |
4th
2020: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
22,140 |
5th
2020: 5th
|
Essex |
18,584 |
14th 2020: 11th
|
Leicestershire |
9,685 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
14th
2020: 11th
|
Leicestershire |
9,685 |
17th
2020: 17th
|
Nottinghamshire |
8,810 |
18th
2020: 22nd
|
Staffordshire |
8,541 |
26th
2020: 25th
|
Derbyshire |
7,261 |
27th
2020: 23rd
|
Northamptonshire |
7,131 |
29th
2020: 30th
|
Lincolnshire |
6,903 |
36th
2020: 38th
|
Warwickshire |
5,117 |
47th
2020: 47th
|
Rutland |
195 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2020: 1st
|
London |
269,246 |
2nd 2020: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
36,485 |
3rd 2020: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
36,442 |
4th 2020: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
22,140 |
5th 2020: 5th
|
Essex |
18,584 |
6th 2020: 6th
|
Kent |
16,625 |
7th 2020: 7th
|
Hampshire |
14,512 |
8th 2020: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
13,899 |
9th 2020: 9th
|
Merseyside |
13,108 |
10th 2020: 10th
|
Lancashire |
12,800 |
11th 2020: 12th
|
Surrey |
11,021 |
12th 2020: 14th
|
South Yorkshire |
10,815 |
13th 2020: 13th
|
Cheshire |
9,800 |
14th 2020: 11th
|
Leicestershire |
9,685 |
15th 2020: 15th
|
Berkshire |
9,605 |
16th 2020: 16th
|
Buckinghamshire |
8,910 |
17th 2020: 17th
|
Nottinghamshire |
8,810 |
18th 2020: 22nd
|
Staffordshire |
8,541 |
19th 2020: 20th
|
East Sussex |
7,675 |
20th 2020: 21st
|
Tyne and Wear |
7,623 |
21st 2020: 19th
|
North Yorkshire |
7,614 |
22nd 2020: 26th
|
Dorset |
7,584 |
23rd 2020: 24th
|
Cambridgeshire |
7,476 |
24th 2020: 18th
|
Bedfordshire |
7,413 |
25th 2020: 28th
|
Worcestershire |
7,361 |
26th 2020: 25th
|
Derbyshire |
7,261 |
27th 2020: 23rd
|
Northamptonshire |
7,131 |
28th 2020: 31st
|
Somerset |
7,057 |
29th 2020: 30th
|
Lincolnshire |
6,903 |
30th 2020: 27th
|
Devon |
6,825 |
31st 2020: 29th
|
West Sussex |
6,463 |
32nd 2020: 32nd
|
Gloucestershire |
6,357 |
33rd 2020: 35th
|
Suffolk |
5,445 |
34th 2020: 37th
|
Norfolk |
5,214 |
35th 2020: 33rd
|
Bristol |
5,125 |
36th 2020: 38th
|
Warwickshire |
5,117 |
37th 2020: 36th
|
Durham |
5,065 |
38th 2020: 34th
|
Oxfordshire |
5,053 |
39th 2020: 39th
|
Wiltshire |
4,432 |
40th 2020: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
3,749 |
41st 2020: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
2,993 |
42nd 2020: 41st
|
Shropshire |
2,914 |
43rd 2020: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
2,858 |
44th 2020: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,286 |
45th 2020: 45th
|
Northumberland |
1,421 |
46th 2020: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
697 |
47th 2020: 47th
|
Rutland |
195 |
people
9.9
12.2
98% Private Limited Companies (9,449 companies)
2% Other company types (236 companies)
Other company types breakdown (236 companies)
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Businesses formed in Leicestershire during 2021
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Businesses dissolved in Leicestershire during 2021
71,867
businesses registered in Leicestershire at the end of 2021.
0.6% more companies in Leicestershire compared to 2020
Staffordshire
57,556 total businesses
8,541 formed in 2021
6,245 dissolved in 2021
Warwickshire
40,740 total businesses
5,117 formed in 2021
4,641 dissolved in 2021
Derbyshire
53,394 total businesses
7,261 formed in 2021
5,840 dissolved in 2021
Lincolnshire
50,076 total businesses
6,903 formed in 2021
5,393 dissolved in 2021
Northamptonshire
53,149 total businesses
7,131 formed in 2021
6,724 dissolved in 2021
Nottinghamshire
58,780 total businesses
8,810 formed in 2021
6,491 dissolved in 2021
Rutland
2,056 total businesses
195 formed in 2021
236 dissolved in 2021
Leicestershire
71,867 total businesses
9,685 formed in 2021
10,352 dissolved in 2021
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Blaby South |
1 |
||
Cosby with South Whetstone |
21 |
||
Countesthorpe |
2 |
||
Croft Hill |
3 |
||
Ellis |
9 |
||
Enderby and St John's |
-75 |
||
Fairestone |
1 |
||
Forest |
16 |
||
Millfield |
9 |
||
Muxloe |
5 |
||
Narborough and Littlethorpe |
-8 |
||
Normanton |
8 |
||
North Whetstone |
13 |
||
Pastures |
-2 |
||
Ravenhurst and Fosse |
0 |
||
Saxondale |
67 |
||
Stanton and Flamville |
2 |
||
Winstanley |
13 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Anstey |
16 |
||
Barrow and Sileby West |
17 |
||
Birstall Wanlip |
24 |
||
Birstall Watermead |
20 |
||
East Goscote |
-1 |
||
Forest Bradgate |
11 |
||
Loughborough Ashby |
-1 |
||
Loughborough Dishley and Hathern |
1 |
||
Loughborough Garendon |
7 |
||
Loughborough Hastings |
45 |
||
Loughborough Lemyngton |
58 |
||
Loughborough Nanpantan |
12 |
||
Loughborough Outwoods |
-7 |
||
Loughborough Shelthorpe |
17 |
||
Loughborough Southfields |
32 |
||
Loughborough Storer |
-9 |
||
Mountsorrel |
20 |
||
Queniborough |
219 |
||
Quorn and Mountsorrel Castle |
50 |
||
Rothley and Thurcaston |
17 |
||
Shepshed East |
-1 |
||
Shepshed West |
6 |
||
Sileby |
-25 |
||
Syston East |
-3 |
||
Syston West |
10 |
||
The Wolds |
-10 |
||
Thurmaston |
32 |
||
Wreake Villages |
-1 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Billesdon |
-143 |
||
Bosworth |
12 |
||
Broughton Astley-Astley |
-4 |
||
Broughton Astley-Broughton |
0 |
||
Broughton Astley-Primethorpe |
3 |
||
Broughton Astley-Sutton |
1 |
||
Dunton |
-2 |
||
Fleckney |
25 |
||
Glen |
15 |
||
Kibworth |
-5 |
||
Lubenham |
-3 |
||
Lutterworth Brookfield |
-9 |
||
Lutterworth Orchard |
0 |
||
Lutterworth Springs |
-13 |
||
Lutterworth Swift |
7 |
||
Market Harborough-Great Bowden and Arden |
-55 |
||
Market Harborough-Little Bowden |
11 |
||
Market Harborough-Logan |
154 |
||
Market Harborough-Welland |
1 |
||
Misterton |
0 |
||
Nevill |
14 |
||
Peatling |
6 |
||
Thurnby and Houghton |
-8 |
||
Tilton |
-1 |
||
Ullesthorpe |
-154 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ambien |
-19 |
||
Barlestone Nailstone and Osbaston |
0 |
||
Barwell |
5 |
||
Burbage Sketchley and Stretton |
-7 |
||
Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill |
-11 |
||
Cadeby Carlton and Market Bosworth with Shackerstone |
12 |
||
Croft Hill |
3 |
||
Earl Shilton |
-8 |
||
Groby |
2 |
||
Hinckley Castle |
-7 |
||
Hinckley Clarendon |
17 |
||
Hinckley De Montfort |
30 |
||
Hinckley Trinity |
7 |
||
Markfield Stanton and Fieldhead |
1 |
||
Newbold Verdon with Desford and Peckleton |
12 |
||
Ratby Bagworth and Thornton |
-64 |
||
Twycross and Witherley with Sheepy |
7 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
-20 |
||
Aylestone |
17 |
||
Beaumont Leys |
51 |
||
Belgrave |
88 |
||
Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields |
-234 |
||
Castle |
-764 |
||
Evington |
84 |
||
Eyres Monsell |
-1 |
||
Fosse |
43 |
||
Humberstone & Hamilton |
27 |
||
Knighton |
86 |
||
North Evington |
-199 |
||
Rothley and Thurcaston |
17 |
||
Rushey Mead |
9 |
||
Saffron |
2 |
||
Saxondale |
67 |
||
Spinney Hills |
8 |
||
Stoneygate |
125 |
||
Thurncourt |
17 |
||
Troon |
-43 |
||
Westcotes |
71 |
||
Western |
-13 |
||
Winstanley |
13 |
||
Wycliffe |
24 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Asfordby |
-7 |
||
Bottesford |
8 |
||
Croxton Kerrial |
9 |
||
Frisby-on-the-Wreake |
-2 |
||
Gaddesby |
4 |
||
Long Clawson and Stathern |
-4 |
||
Melton Craven |
-15 |
||
Melton Dorian |
-5 |
||
Melton Egerton |
48 |
||
Melton Newport |
-4 |
||
Melton Sysonby |
-2 |
||
Melton Warwick |
-8 |
||
Old Dalby |
-1 |
||
Somerby |
2 |
||
Waltham-on-the-Wolds |
-1 |
||
Wymondham |
1 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Appleby |
-1 |
||
Ashby Castle |
-6 |
||
Ashby Holywell |
-2 |
||
Ashby Ivanhoe |
-9 |
||
Ashby Money Hill |
-86 |
||
Ashby Willesley |
-6 |
||
Ashby Woulds |
10 |
||
Bardon |
3 |
||
Blackfordby |
-4 |
||
Broom Leys |
7 |
||
Castle Donington Castle |
-1 |
||
Castle Donington Central |
8 |
||
Castle Donington Park |
0 |
||
Castle Rock |
-5 |
||
Coalville East |
4 |
||
Coalville West |
12 |
||
Daleacre Hill |
-11 |
||
Ellistown & Battleflat |
0 |
||
Greenhill |
-2 |
||
Hermitage |
2 |
||
Holly Hayes |
6 |
||
Hugglescote St John's |
-1 |
||
Hugglescote St Mary's |
-1 |
||
Ibstock East |
6 |
||
Ibstock West |
1 |
||
Kegworth |
-4 |
||
Long Whatton & Diseworth |
5 |
||
Measham North |
3 |
||
Measham South |
1 |
||
Oakthorpe & Donisthorpe |
-7 |
||
Ravenstone & Packington |
4 |
||
Sence Valley |
-2 |
||
Snibston North |
0 |
||
Snibston South |
-456 |
||
Thornborough |
1 |
||
Thringstone |
10 |
||
Valley |
10 |
||
Worthington & Breedon |
5 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Oadby Brocks Hill |
17 |
||
Oadby Grange |
22 |
||
Oadby St Peter's |
-109 |
||
Oadby Uplands |
10 |
||
Oadby Woodlands |
24 |
||
South Wigston |
20 |
||
Wigston All Saints |
2 |
||
Wigston Fields |
17 |
||
Wigston Meadowcourt |
-1 |
||
Wigston St Wolstan's |
15 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2021 and how Leicestershire compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2020: 1st
|
London |
1,397,474 |
2nd
2020: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
217,557 |
3rd
2020: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
198,781 |
4th
2020: 4th
|
Essex |
141,948 |
5th
2020: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
141,120 |
15th 2020: 15th
|
Leicestershire |
71,867 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
15th
2020: 15th
|
Leicestershire |
71,867 |
20th
2020: 21st
|
Nottinghamshire |
58,780 |
22nd
2020: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
57,556 |
27th
2020: 28th
|
Derbyshire |
53,394 |
28th
2020: 27th
|
Northamptonshire |
53,149 |
29th
2020: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
50,076 |
36th
2020: 35th
|
Warwickshire |
40,740 |
47th
2020: 47th
|
Rutland |
2,056 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2020: 1st
|
London |
1,397,474 |
2nd 2020: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
217,557 |
3rd 2020: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
198,781 |
4th 2020: 4th
|
Essex |
141,948 |
5th 2020: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
141,120 |
6th 2020: 6th
|
Kent |
126,550 |
7th 2020: 7th
|
Hampshire |
123,584 |
8th 2020: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
118,798 |
9th 2020: 9th
|
Surrey |
106,792 |
10th 2020: 11th
|
Lancashire |
87,562 |
11th 2020: 10th
|
Cheshire |
83,426 |
12th 2020: 12th
|
Merseyside |
78,022 |
13th 2020: 14th
|
Berkshire |
75,011 |
14th 2020: 13th
|
Buckinghamshire |
74,634 |
15th 2020: 15th
|
Leicestershire |
71,867 |
16th 2020: 16th
|
East Sussex |
70,862 |
17th 2020: 17th
|
South Yorkshire |
68,227 |
18th 2020: 19th
|
Devon |
60,022 |
19th 2020: 18th
|
North Yorkshire |
59,819 |
20th 2020: 21st
|
Nottinghamshire |
58,780 |
21st 2020: 20th
|
West Sussex |
57,619 |
22nd 2020: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
57,556 |
23rd 2020: 23rd
|
Somerset |
57,300 |
24th 2020: 22nd
|
Gloucestershire |
56,711 |
25th 2020: 25th
|
Dorset |
56,465 |
26th 2020: 26th
|
Cambridgeshire |
56,346 |
27th 2020: 28th
|
Derbyshire |
53,394 |
28th 2020: 27th
|
Northamptonshire |
53,149 |
29th 2020: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
50,076 |
30th 2020: 30th
|
Tyne and Wear |
49,266 |
31st 2020: 31st
|
Bedfordshire |
47,831 |
32nd 2020: 32nd
|
Oxfordshire |
45,883 |
33rd 2020: 34th
|
Norfolk |
43,452 |
34th 2020: 33rd
|
Worcestershire |
42,443 |
35th 2020: 36th
|
Suffolk |
41,836 |
36th 2020: 35th
|
Warwickshire |
40,740 |
37th 2020: 37th
|
Wiltshire |
39,338 |
38th 2020: 38th
|
Bristol |
36,239 |
39th 2020: 39th
|
Durham |
33,620 |
40th 2020: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
27,909 |
41st 2020: 41st
|
Shropshire |
25,765 |
42nd 2020: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
24,752 |
43rd 2020: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
22,499 |
44th 2020: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
14,830 |
45th 2020: 45th
|
Northumberland |
11,895 |
46th 2020: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
6,319 |
47th 2020: 47th
|
Rutland |
2,056 |
people
73.3
79.1
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.
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
2021
9,685 formed
10,352 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
3.8% vs 2017
5.48% vs 2018
12.81% vs 2019
0.6% vs 2020