2020
12,543 formed
5,797 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Leicestershire during 2024
2.9% more companies in Leicestershire compared to 2023
Blaby 868 formed
Charnwood 1,399 formed
Harborough 793 formed
Hinckley and Bosworth 752 formed
Leicester 5,801 formed
Melton 295 formed
North West Leicestershire 712 formed
Oadby and Wigston 570 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Leicestershire compares.
Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
---|---|---|
1st
2023: 1st
|
London |
280,423 |
2nd
2023: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
41,700 |
3rd
2023: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
40,892 |
4th
2023: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
23,972 |
5th
2023: 5th
|
Essex |
19,024 |
13th 2023: 13th
|
Leicestershire |
11,209 |
Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
---|---|---|
13th
2023: 13th
|
Leicestershire |
11,209 |
16th
2023: 17th
|
Nottinghamshire |
9,248 |
23rd
2023: 21st
|
Staffordshire |
8,181 |
25th
2023: 26th
|
Derbyshire |
7,553 |
27th
2023: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
7,132 |
28th
2023: 25th
|
Northamptonshire |
6,894 |
36th
2023: 36th
|
Warwickshire |
5,070 |
47th
2023: 47th
|
Rutland |
242 |
Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
---|---|---|
1st 2023: 1st
|
London |
280,423 |
2nd 2023: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
41,700 |
3rd 2023: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
40,892 |
4th 2023: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
23,972 |
5th 2023: 5th
|
Essex |
19,024 |
6th 2023: 6th
|
Kent |
16,490 |
7th 2023: 7th
|
Hampshire |
14,534 |
8th 2023: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
14,111 |
9th 2023: 10th
|
Lancashire |
13,620 |
10th 2023: 9th
|
Merseyside |
13,029 |
11th 2023: 12th
|
South Yorkshire |
11,673 |
12th 2023: 11th
|
Surrey |
11,351 |
13th 2023: 13th
|
Leicestershire |
11,209 |
14th 2023: 14th
|
Berkshire |
10,454 |
15th 2023: 15th
|
Cheshire |
9,854 |
16th 2023: 17th
|
Nottinghamshire |
9,248 |
17th 2023: 16th
|
Buckinghamshire |
9,185 |
18th 2023: 20th
|
Suffolk |
9,091 |
19th 2023: 18th
|
North Yorkshire |
8,830 |
20th 2023: 22nd
|
Cambridgeshire |
8,588 |
21st 2023: 24th
|
Tyne and Wear |
8,269 |
22nd 2023: 19th
|
Bedfordshire |
8,251 |
23rd 2023: 21st
|
Staffordshire |
8,181 |
24th 2023: 23rd
|
Dorset |
7,890 |
25th 2023: 26th
|
Derbyshire |
7,553 |
26th 2023: 27th
|
East Sussex |
7,231 |
27th 2023: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
7,132 |
28th 2023: 25th
|
Northamptonshire |
6,894 |
29th 2023: 28th
|
Devon |
6,646 |
30th 2023: 30th
|
Gloucestershire |
6,522 |
31st 2023: 31st
|
West Sussex |
6,467 |
32nd 2023: 32nd
|
Somerset |
6,153 |
33rd 2023: 34th
|
Durham |
5,616 |
34th 2023: 33rd
|
Norfolk |
5,434 |
35th 2023: 35th
|
Oxfordshire |
5,301 |
36th 2023: 36th
|
Warwickshire |
5,070 |
37th 2023: 39th
|
Worcestershire |
5,059 |
38th 2023: 38th
|
Wiltshire |
4,609 |
39th 2023: 37th
|
Bristol |
4,467 |
40th 2023: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
4,234 |
41st 2023: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
4,025 |
42nd 2023: 41st
|
Shropshire |
3,031 |
43rd 2023: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
2,854 |
44th 2023: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,453 |
45th 2023: 45th
|
Northumberland |
1,577 |
46th 2023: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
718 |
47th 2023: 47th
|
Rutland |
242 |
10.2
12.5
98% Private Limited Companies (10,929 companies)
2% Other company types (280 companies)
Other company types breakdown (280 companies)
????
Businesses formed in Leicestershire during 2024
????
Businesses dissolved in Leicestershire during 2024
78,116
businesses registered in Leicestershire at the end of 2024.
2.9% more companies in Leicestershire compared to 2023
Staffordshire
62,904 total businesses
8,181 formed in 2024
7,228 dissolved in 2024
Warwickshire
43,777 total businesses
5,070 formed in 2024
4,908 dissolved in 2024
Derbyshire
59,950 total businesses
7,553 formed in 2024
6,354 dissolved in 2024
Lincolnshire
57,099 total businesses
7,132 formed in 2024
6,872 dissolved in 2024
Northamptonshire
55,842 total businesses
6,894 formed in 2024
6,637 dissolved in 2024
Nottinghamshire
65,784 total businesses
9,248 formed in 2024
7,920 dissolved in 2024
Rutland
2,179 total businesses
242 formed in 2024
198 dissolved in 2024
Leicestershire
78,116 total businesses
11,209 formed in 2024
9,241 dissolved in 2024
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Blaby South |
5 |
||
Cosby with South Whetstone |
15 |
||
Countesthorpe |
14 |
||
Croft Hill |
13 |
||
Ellis |
-27 |
||
Enderby and St John's |
-29 |
||
Fairestone |
9 |
||
Forest |
20 |
||
Millfield |
1 |
||
Muxloe |
0 |
||
Narborough and Littlethorpe |
12 |
||
Normanton |
2 |
||
North Whetstone |
3 |
||
Pastures |
-1 |
||
Ravenhurst and Fosse |
14 |
||
Saxondale |
29 |
||
Stanton and Flamville |
18 |
||
Winstanley |
-97 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Anstey |
23 |
||
Barrow and Sileby West |
8 |
||
Birstall Wanlip |
12 |
||
Birstall Watermead |
25 |
||
East Goscote |
8 |
||
Forest Bradgate |
-1 |
||
Loughborough Ashby |
15 |
||
Loughborough Dishley and Hathern |
1 |
||
Loughborough Garendon |
4 |
||
Loughborough Hastings |
26 |
||
Loughborough Lemyngton |
29 |
||
Loughborough Nanpantan |
18 |
||
Loughborough Outwoods |
10 |
||
Loughborough Shelthorpe |
5 |
||
Loughborough Southfields |
30 |
||
Loughborough Storer |
13 |
||
Mountsorrel |
-3 |
||
Queniborough |
27 |
||
Quorn and Mountsorrel Castle |
23 |
||
Rothley and Thurcaston |
54 |
||
Shepshed East |
1 |
||
Shepshed West |
15 |
||
Sileby |
9 |
||
Syston East |
13 |
||
Syston West |
1 |
||
The Wolds |
13 |
||
Thurmaston |
42 |
||
Wreake Villages |
10 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Billesdon |
0 |
||
Bosworth |
1 |
||
Broughton Astley-Astley |
1 |
||
Broughton Astley-Broughton |
9 |
||
Broughton Astley-Primethorpe |
2 |
||
Broughton Astley-Sutton |
3 |
||
Dunton |
-3 |
||
Fleckney |
2 |
||
Glen |
8 |
||
Kibworth |
18 |
||
Lubenham |
11 |
||
Lutterworth Brookfield |
4 |
||
Lutterworth Orchard |
8 |
||
Lutterworth Springs |
-26 |
||
Lutterworth Swift |
6 |
||
Market Harborough-Great Bowden and Arden |
1 |
||
Market Harborough-Little Bowden |
15 |
||
Market Harborough-Logan |
15 |
||
Market Harborough-Welland |
10 |
||
Misterton |
-3 |
||
Nevill |
0 |
||
Peatling |
2 |
||
Thurnby and Houghton |
18 |
||
Tilton |
-13 |
||
Ullesthorpe |
-166 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Ambien |
14 |
||
Barlestone Nailstone and Osbaston |
1 |
||
Barwell |
2 |
||
Burbage Sketchley and Stretton |
12 |
||
Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill |
1 |
||
Cadeby Carlton and Market Bosworth with Shackerstone |
16 |
||
Croft Hill |
13 |
||
Earl Shilton |
26 |
||
Groby |
14 |
||
Hinckley Castle |
36 |
||
Hinckley Clarendon |
11 |
||
Hinckley De Montfort |
23 |
||
Hinckley Trinity |
8 |
||
Markfield Stanton and Fieldhead |
10 |
||
Newbold Verdon with Desford and Peckleton |
28 |
||
Ratby Bagworth and Thornton |
22 |
||
Twycross and Witherley with Sheepy |
12 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
103 |
||
Aylestone |
47 |
||
Beaumont Leys |
6 |
||
Belgrave |
148 |
||
Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields |
45 |
||
Castle |
194 |
||
Evington |
116 |
||
Eyres Monsell |
15 |
||
Fosse |
238 |
||
Humberstone & Hamilton |
110 |
||
Knighton |
36 |
||
North Evington |
253 |
||
Rothley and Thurcaston |
54 |
||
Rushey Mead |
130 |
||
Saffron |
11 |
||
Saxondale |
29 |
||
Spinney Hills |
57 |
||
Stoneygate |
43 |
||
Thurncourt |
56 |
||
Troon |
53 |
||
Westcotes |
-6 |
||
Western |
21 |
||
Winstanley |
-97 |
||
Wycliffe |
50 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Asfordby |
4 |
||
Bottesford |
6 |
||
Croxton Kerrial |
-13 |
||
Frisby-on-the-Wreake |
-4 |
||
Gaddesby |
1 |
||
Long Clawson and Stathern |
7 |
||
Melton Craven |
3 |
||
Melton Dorian |
9 |
||
Melton Egerton |
13 |
||
Melton Newport |
14 |
||
Melton Sysonby |
7 |
||
Melton Warwick |
3 |
||
Old Dalby |
3 |
||
Somerby |
2 |
||
Waltham-on-the-Wolds |
1 |
||
Wymondham |
6 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Appleby |
8 |
||
Ashby Castle |
-54 |
||
Ashby Holywell |
6 |
||
Ashby Ivanhoe |
10 |
||
Ashby Money Hill |
-365 |
||
Ashby Willesley |
1 |
||
Ashby Woulds |
6 |
||
Bardon |
2 |
||
Blackfordby |
0 |
||
Broom Leys |
2 |
||
Castle Donington Castle |
32 |
||
Castle Donington Central |
-8 |
||
Castle Donington Park |
15 |
||
Castle Rock |
-2 |
||
Coalville East |
2 |
||
Coalville West |
5 |
||
Daleacre Hill |
4 |
||
Ellistown & Battleflat |
-1 |
||
Greenhill |
0 |
||
Hermitage |
4 |
||
Holly Hayes |
9 |
||
Hugglescote St John's |
2 |
||
Hugglescote St Mary's |
5 |
||
Ibstock East |
4 |
||
Ibstock West |
0 |
||
Kegworth |
5 |
||
Long Whatton & Diseworth |
9 |
||
Measham North |
11 |
||
Measham South |
3 |
||
Oakthorpe & Donisthorpe |
-6 |
||
Ravenstone & Packington |
8 |
||
Sence Valley |
5 |
||
Snibston North |
4 |
||
Snibston South |
21 |
||
Thornborough |
6 |
||
Thringstone |
2 |
||
Valley |
-3 |
||
Worthington & Breedon |
1 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Oadby Brocks Hill |
11 |
||
Oadby Grange |
11 |
||
Oadby St Peter's |
43 |
||
Oadby Uplands |
25 |
||
Oadby Woodlands |
21 |
||
South Wigston |
8 |
||
Wigston All Saints |
10 |
||
Wigston Fields |
6 |
||
Wigston Meadowcourt |
-238 |
||
Wigston St Wolstan's |
8 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2024 and how Leicestershire compares to them.
Rank | County | Total companies |
---|---|---|
1st
2023: 1st
|
London |
1,560,328 |
2nd
2023: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
251,769 |
3rd
2023: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
234,944 |
4th
2023: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
157,321 |
5th
2023: 4th
|
Essex |
157,235 |
15th 2023: 15th
|
Leicestershire |
78,116 |
Rank | County | Total companies |
---|---|---|
15th
2023: 15th
|
Leicestershire |
78,116 |
19th
2023: 19th
|
Nottinghamshire |
65,784 |
22nd
2023: 22nd
|
Staffordshire |
62,904 |
27th
2023: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
59,950 |
28th
2023: 28th
|
Lincolnshire |
57,099 |
29th
2023: 29th
|
Northamptonshire |
55,842 |
36th
2023: 36th
|
Warwickshire |
43,777 |
47th
2023: 47th
|
Rutland |
2,179 |
Rank | County | Total companies |
---|---|---|
1st 2023: 1st
|
London |
1,560,328 |
2nd 2023: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
251,769 |
3rd 2023: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
234,944 |
4th 2023: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
157,321 |
5th 2023: 4th
|
Essex |
157,235 |
6th 2023: 6th
|
Kent |
136,504 |
7th 2023: 7th
|
Hampshire |
127,564 |
8th 2023: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
125,410 |
9th 2023: 9th
|
Surrey |
110,047 |
10th 2023: 10th
|
Lancashire |
97,537 |
11th 2023: 11th
|
Merseyside |
84,857 |
12th 2023: 12th
|
Cheshire |
83,478 |
13th 2023: 13th
|
Buckinghamshire |
80,842 |
14th 2023: 14th
|
Berkshire |
80,348 |
15th 2023: 15th
|
Leicestershire |
78,116 |
16th 2023: 16th
|
South Yorkshire |
75,130 |
17th 2023: 17th
|
East Sussex |
71,666 |
18th 2023: 18th
|
North Yorkshire |
67,293 |
19th 2023: 19th
|
Nottinghamshire |
65,784 |
20th 2023: 20th
|
Devon |
64,346 |
21st 2023: 21st
|
Dorset |
63,675 |
22nd 2023: 22nd
|
Staffordshire |
62,904 |
23rd 2023: 24th
|
Cambridgeshire |
61,973 |
24th 2023: 26th
|
Gloucestershire |
61,133 |
25th 2023: 23rd
|
Somerset |
60,769 |
26th 2023: 25th
|
West Sussex |
60,518 |
27th 2023: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
59,950 |
28th 2023: 28th
|
Lincolnshire |
57,099 |
29th 2023: 29th
|
Northamptonshire |
55,842 |
30th 2023: 32nd
|
Suffolk |
55,335 |
31st 2023: 30th
|
Tyne and Wear |
54,971 |
32nd 2023: 31st
|
Bedfordshire |
53,808 |
33rd 2023: 33rd
|
Norfolk |
49,863 |
34th 2023: 34th
|
Oxfordshire |
48,887 |
35th 2023: 35th
|
Worcestershire |
48,838 |
36th 2023: 36th
|
Warwickshire |
43,777 |
37th 2023: 37th
|
Wiltshire |
42,535 |
38th 2023: 38th
|
Durham |
38,779 |
39th 2023: 39th
|
Bristol |
36,561 |
40th 2023: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
31,014 |
41st 2023: 41st
|
Shropshire |
28,136 |
42nd 2023: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
27,621 |
43rd 2023: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
24,059 |
44th 2023: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
18,258 |
45th 2023: 45th
|
Northumberland |
13,228 |
46th 2023: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
6,739 |
47th 2023: 47th
|
Rutland |
2,179 |
71.3
83.4
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.
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
2024
11,209 formed
9,241 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
0.62% vs 2020
2.28% vs 2021
3.3% vs 2022
2.9% vs 2023