2019
10,825 formed
8,301 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Leicestershire during 2023
3.3% more companies in Leicestershire compared to 2022
Blaby 875 formed
Charnwood 1,368 formed
Harborough 725 formed
Hinckley and Bosworth 795 formed
Leicester 5,842 formed
Melton 271 formed
North West Leicestershire 627 formed
Oadby and Wigston 874 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Leicestershire compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2022: 1st
|
London |
313,446 |
2nd
2022: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
44,594 |
3rd
2022: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
41,222 |
4th
2022: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
24,534 |
5th
2022: 5th
|
Essex |
20,333 |
13th 2022: 13th
|
Leicestershire |
11,417 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
13th
2022: 13th
|
Leicestershire |
11,417 |
17th
2022: 16th
|
Nottinghamshire |
9,559 |
21st
2022: 21st
|
Staffordshire |
8,878 |
25th
2022: 23rd
|
Northamptonshire |
8,191 |
26th
2022: 24th
|
Derbyshire |
7,528 |
29th
2022: 28th
|
Lincolnshire |
7,141 |
36th
2022: 33rd
|
Warwickshire |
5,157 |
47th
2022: 47th
|
Rutland |
232 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2022: 1st
|
London |
313,446 |
2nd 2022: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
44,594 |
3rd 2022: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
41,222 |
4th 2022: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
24,534 |
5th 2022: 5th
|
Essex |
20,333 |
6th 2022: 6th
|
Kent |
17,620 |
7th 2022: 7th
|
Hampshire |
15,385 |
8th 2022: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
14,512 |
9th 2022: 9th
|
Merseyside |
14,307 |
10th 2022: 10th
|
Lancashire |
14,223 |
11th 2022: 12th
|
Surrey |
12,018 |
12th 2022: 11th
|
South Yorkshire |
11,638 |
13th 2022: 13th
|
Leicestershire |
11,417 |
14th 2022: 14th
|
Berkshire |
10,571 |
15th 2022: 15th
|
Cheshire |
9,952 |
16th 2022: 17th
|
Buckinghamshire |
9,591 |
17th 2022: 16th
|
Nottinghamshire |
9,559 |
18th 2022: 20th
|
North Yorkshire |
9,266 |
19th 2022: 18th
|
Bedfordshire |
9,025 |
20th 2022: 30th
|
Suffolk |
8,934 |
21st 2022: 21st
|
Staffordshire |
8,878 |
22nd 2022: 25th
|
Cambridgeshire |
8,677 |
23rd 2022: 19th
|
Dorset |
8,565 |
24th 2022: 22nd
|
Tyne and Wear |
8,274 |
25th 2022: 23rd
|
Northamptonshire |
8,191 |
26th 2022: 24th
|
Derbyshire |
7,528 |
27th 2022: 26th
|
East Sussex |
7,311 |
28th 2022: 29th
|
Devon |
7,183 |
29th 2022: 28th
|
Lincolnshire |
7,141 |
30th 2022: 31st
|
Gloucestershire |
6,902 |
31st 2022: 32nd
|
West Sussex |
6,678 |
32nd 2022: 27th
|
Somerset |
6,531 |
33rd 2022: 34th
|
Norfolk |
5,723 |
34th 2022: 35th
|
Durham |
5,696 |
35th 2022: 38th
|
Oxfordshire |
5,446 |
36th 2022: 33rd
|
Warwickshire |
5,157 |
37th 2022: 36th
|
Bristol |
5,050 |
38th 2022: 39th
|
Wiltshire |
4,965 |
39th 2022: 37th
|
Worcestershire |
4,808 |
40th 2022: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
4,211 |
41st 2022: 41st
|
Shropshire |
3,480 |
42nd 2022: 43rd
|
Cornwall |
3,074 |
43rd 2022: 44th
|
Cumbria |
2,686 |
44th 2022: 42nd
|
Herefordshire |
2,540 |
45th 2022: 45th
|
Northumberland |
1,554 |
46th 2022: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
757 |
47th 2022: 47th
|
Rutland |
232 |
people
11.6
14.2
97% Private Limited Companies (11,098 companies)
3% Other company types (319 companies)
Other company types breakdown (319 companies)
????
Businesses formed in Leicestershire during 2023
????
Businesses dissolved in Leicestershire during 2023
75,930
businesses registered in Leicestershire at the end of 2023.
3.3% more companies in Leicestershire compared to 2022
Staffordshire
61,360 total businesses
8,878 formed in 2023
7,179 dissolved in 2023
Warwickshire
43,587 total businesses
5,157 formed in 2023
4,554 dissolved in 2023
Derbyshire
57,297 total businesses
7,528 formed in 2023
6,299 dissolved in 2023
Lincolnshire
54,523 total businesses
7,141 formed in 2023
6,286 dissolved in 2023
Northamptonshire
53,911 total businesses
8,191 formed in 2023
6,747 dissolved in 2023
Nottinghamshire
64,763 total businesses
9,559 formed in 2023
7,255 dissolved in 2023
Rutland
2,133 total businesses
232 formed in 2023
200 dissolved in 2023
Leicestershire
75,930 total businesses
11,417 formed in 2023
9,607 dissolved in 2023
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Blaby South |
7 |
||
Cosby with South Whetstone |
6 |
||
Countesthorpe |
14 |
||
Croft Hill |
-3 |
||
Ellis |
-6 |
||
Enderby and St John's |
-13 |
||
Fairestone |
6 |
||
Forest |
2 |
||
Millfield |
25 |
||
Muxloe |
1 |
||
Narborough and Littlethorpe |
11 |
||
Normanton |
7 |
||
North Whetstone |
0 |
||
Pastures |
-1 |
||
Ravenhurst and Fosse |
6 |
||
Saxondale |
57 |
||
Stanton and Flamville |
-1 |
||
Winstanley |
-119 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Anstey |
16 |
||
Barrow and Sileby West |
22 |
||
Birstall Wanlip |
22 |
||
Birstall Watermead |
4 |
||
East Goscote |
3 |
||
Forest Bradgate |
-2 |
||
Loughborough Ashby |
1 |
||
Loughborough Dishley and Hathern |
-9 |
||
Loughborough Garendon |
10 |
||
Loughborough Hastings |
28 |
||
Loughborough Lemyngton |
24 |
||
Loughborough Nanpantan |
14 |
||
Loughborough Outwoods |
3 |
||
Loughborough Shelthorpe |
12 |
||
Loughborough Southfields |
34 |
||
Loughborough Storer |
13 |
||
Mountsorrel |
16 |
||
Queniborough |
-76 |
||
Quorn and Mountsorrel Castle |
26 |
||
Rothley and Thurcaston |
23 |
||
Shepshed East |
10 |
||
Shepshed West |
6 |
||
Sileby |
30 |
||
Syston East |
11 |
||
Syston West |
1 |
||
The Wolds |
16 |
||
Thurmaston |
33 |
||
Wreake Villages |
12 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Billesdon |
5 |
||
Bosworth |
13 |
||
Broughton Astley-Astley |
-7 |
||
Broughton Astley-Broughton |
7 |
||
Broughton Astley-Primethorpe |
4 |
||
Broughton Astley-Sutton |
2 |
||
Dunton |
-9 |
||
Fleckney |
-6 |
||
Glen |
17 |
||
Kibworth |
-45 |
||
Lubenham |
-3 |
||
Lutterworth Brookfield |
1 |
||
Lutterworth Orchard |
2 |
||
Lutterworth Springs |
-35 |
||
Lutterworth Swift |
7 |
||
Market Harborough-Great Bowden and Arden |
2 |
||
Market Harborough-Little Bowden |
13 |
||
Market Harborough-Logan |
-68 |
||
Market Harborough-Welland |
1 |
||
Misterton |
3 |
||
Nevill |
5 |
||
Peatling |
-10 |
||
Thurnby and Houghton |
36 |
||
Tilton |
-10 |
||
Ullesthorpe |
-180 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ambien |
10 |
||
Barlestone Nailstone and Osbaston |
4 |
||
Barwell |
8 |
||
Burbage Sketchley and Stretton |
20 |
||
Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill |
1 |
||
Cadeby Carlton and Market Bosworth with Shackerstone |
12 |
||
Croft Hill |
-3 |
||
Earl Shilton |
33 |
||
Groby |
-10 |
||
Hinckley Castle |
25 |
||
Hinckley Clarendon |
12 |
||
Hinckley De Montfort |
65 |
||
Hinckley Trinity |
1 |
||
Markfield Stanton and Fieldhead |
7 |
||
Newbold Verdon with Desford and Peckleton |
19 |
||
Ratby Bagworth and Thornton |
10 |
||
Twycross and Witherley with Sheepy |
4 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
118 |
||
Aylestone |
35 |
||
Beaumont Leys |
54 |
||
Belgrave |
82 |
||
Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields |
68 |
||
Castle |
300 |
||
Evington |
136 |
||
Eyres Monsell |
36 |
||
Fosse |
183 |
||
Humberstone & Hamilton |
69 |
||
Knighton |
59 |
||
North Evington |
183 |
||
Rothley and Thurcaston |
23 |
||
Rushey Mead |
44 |
||
Saffron |
51 |
||
Saxondale |
57 |
||
Spinney Hills |
54 |
||
Stoneygate |
174 |
||
Thurncourt |
41 |
||
Troon |
-36 |
||
Westcotes |
88 |
||
Western |
57 |
||
Winstanley |
-119 |
||
Wycliffe |
73 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Asfordby |
3 |
||
Bottesford |
0 |
||
Croxton Kerrial |
-1 |
||
Frisby-on-the-Wreake |
-5 |
||
Gaddesby |
-5 |
||
Long Clawson and Stathern |
2 |
||
Melton Craven |
-8 |
||
Melton Dorian |
3 |
||
Melton Egerton |
28 |
||
Melton Newport |
3 |
||
Melton Sysonby |
4 |
||
Melton Warwick |
1 |
||
Old Dalby |
1 |
||
Somerby |
-4 |
||
Waltham-on-the-Wolds |
1 |
||
Wymondham |
-2 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Appleby |
-7 |
||
Ashby Castle |
-125 |
||
Ashby Holywell |
-4 |
||
Ashby Ivanhoe |
9 |
||
Ashby Money Hill |
-665 |
||
Ashby Willesley |
-2 |
||
Ashby Woulds |
-10 |
||
Bardon |
-15 |
||
Blackfordby |
3 |
||
Broom Leys |
3 |
||
Castle Donington Castle |
-4 |
||
Castle Donington Central |
-5 |
||
Castle Donington Park |
15 |
||
Castle Rock |
0 |
||
Coalville East |
4 |
||
Coalville West |
-1 |
||
Daleacre Hill |
7 |
||
Ellistown & Battleflat |
-5 |
||
Greenhill |
6 |
||
Hermitage |
2 |
||
Holly Hayes |
8 |
||
Hugglescote St John's |
1 |
||
Hugglescote St Mary's |
0 |
||
Ibstock East |
-9 |
||
Ibstock West |
4 |
||
Kegworth |
4 |
||
Long Whatton & Diseworth |
5 |
||
Measham North |
4 |
||
Measham South |
-3 |
||
Oakthorpe & Donisthorpe |
13 |
||
Ravenstone & Packington |
10 |
||
Sence Valley |
-4 |
||
Snibston North |
18 |
||
Snibston South |
14 |
||
Thornborough |
-3 |
||
Thringstone |
3 |
||
Valley |
9 |
||
Worthington & Breedon |
-9 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Oadby Brocks Hill |
27 |
||
Oadby Grange |
51 |
||
Oadby St Peter's |
-10 |
||
Oadby Uplands |
26 |
||
Oadby Woodlands |
12 |
||
South Wigston |
20 |
||
Wigston All Saints |
7 |
||
Wigston Fields |
38 |
||
Wigston Meadowcourt |
247 |
||
Wigston St Wolstan's |
19 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2023 and how Leicestershire compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2022: 1st
|
London |
1,534,936 |
2nd
2022: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
244,408 |
3rd
2022: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
227,431 |
4th
2022: 5th
|
Essex |
153,732 |
5th
2022: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
153,003 |
15th 2022: 15th
|
Leicestershire |
75,930 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
15th
2022: 15th
|
Leicestershire |
75,930 |
19th
2022: 19th
|
Nottinghamshire |
64,763 |
22nd
2022: 22nd
|
Staffordshire |
61,360 |
27th
2022: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
57,297 |
28th
2022: 28th
|
Lincolnshire |
54,523 |
29th
2022: 29th
|
Northamptonshire |
53,911 |
36th
2022: 36th
|
Warwickshire |
43,587 |
47th
2022: 47th
|
Rutland |
2,133 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2022: 1st
|
London |
1,534,936 |
2nd 2022: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
244,408 |
3rd 2022: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
227,431 |
4th 2022: 5th
|
Essex |
153,732 |
5th 2022: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
153,003 |
6th 2022: 6th
|
Kent |
133,898 |
7th 2022: 7th
|
Hampshire |
126,128 |
8th 2022: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
122,871 |
9th 2022: 9th
|
Surrey |
109,469 |
10th 2022: 10th
|
Lancashire |
95,511 |
11th 2022: 12th
|
Merseyside |
83,450 |
12th 2022: 11th
|
Cheshire |
82,175 |
13th 2022: 13th
|
Buckinghamshire |
78,961 |
14th 2022: 14th
|
Berkshire |
78,581 |
15th 2022: 15th
|
Leicestershire |
75,930 |
16th 2022: 16th
|
South Yorkshire |
73,897 |
17th 2022: 17th
|
East Sussex |
71,059 |
18th 2022: 18th
|
North Yorkshire |
65,895 |
19th 2022: 19th
|
Nottinghamshire |
64,763 |
20th 2022: 20th
|
Devon |
63,364 |
21st 2022: 21st
|
Dorset |
63,266 |
22nd 2022: 22nd
|
Staffordshire |
61,360 |
23rd 2022: 23rd
|
Somerset |
60,186 |
24th 2022: 26th
|
Cambridgeshire |
60,023 |
25th 2022: 24th
|
West Sussex |
59,896 |
26th 2022: 25th
|
Gloucestershire |
59,830 |
27th 2022: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
57,297 |
28th 2022: 28th
|
Lincolnshire |
54,523 |
29th 2022: 29th
|
Northamptonshire |
53,911 |
30th 2022: 30th
|
Tyne and Wear |
53,391 |
31st 2022: 31st
|
Bedfordshire |
52,721 |
32nd 2022: 34th
|
Suffolk |
51,083 |
33rd 2022: 33rd
|
Norfolk |
48,437 |
34th 2022: 32nd
|
Oxfordshire |
48,030 |
35th 2022: 35th
|
Worcestershire |
45,794 |
36th 2022: 36th
|
Warwickshire |
43,587 |
37th 2022: 37th
|
Wiltshire |
42,004 |
38th 2022: 39th
|
Durham |
37,332 |
39th 2022: 38th
|
Bristol |
37,161 |
40th 2022: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
30,108 |
41st 2022: 41st
|
Shropshire |
28,037 |
42nd 2022: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
26,998 |
43rd 2022: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
23,719 |
44th 2022: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
16,164 |
45th 2022: 45th
|
Northumberland |
12,830 |
46th 2022: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
6,580 |
47th 2022: 47th
|
Rutland |
2,133 |
people
77.4
86.6
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.
2019
10,825 formed
8,301 dissolved
2020
12,543 formed
5,797 dissolved
2021
9,685 formed
10,352 dissolved
2022
10,408 formed
9,741 dissolved
2023
11,417 formed
9,607 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
12.81% vs 2019
0.62% vs 2020
2.28% vs 2021
3.3% vs 2022