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Company Formations in 2024: Leicestershire

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???? Businesses formed in Leicestershire during 2024

2.9% more companies in Leicestershire compared to 2023

New businesses in Leicestershire mapped

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

Companies formed in 2024 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 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
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County
No. Companies formed
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
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County
No. Companies formed
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

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Type of companies formed in Leicestershire breakdown

98% Private Limited Companies (10,929 companies)

2% Other company types (280 companies)

Other company types breakdown (280 companies)

Total companies in Leicestershire by the end of 2024

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Businesses formed in Leicestershire during 2024

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Businesses dissolved in Leicestershire during 2024

meaning there is a total of

78,116

businesses registered in Leicestershire at the end of 2024.

2.9% more companies in Leicestershire compared to 2023

Surrounding counties 2024 breakdown & comparison

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

LeicestershireRutlandLincolnshireNorthamptonshireNottinghamshireStaffordshireDerbyshireWarwickshire

Ward breakdown data for

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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Blaby South
25
30
5
Cosby with South Whetstone
49
64
15
Countesthorpe
15
29
14
Croft Hill
7
20
13
Ellis
66
39
-27
Enderby and St John's
122
93
-29
Fairestone
21
30
9
Forest
42
62
20
Millfield
17
18
1
Muxloe
17
17
0
Narborough and Littlethorpe
15
27
12
Normanton
9
11
2
North Whetstone
29
32
3
Pastures
12
11
-1
Ravenhurst and Fosse
51
65
14
Saxondale
79
108
29
Stanton and Flamville
30
48
18
Winstanley
262
165
-97
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Anstey
25
48
23
Barrow and Sileby West
28
36
8
Birstall Wanlip
41
53
12
Birstall Watermead
34
59
25
East Goscote
5
13
8
Forest Bradgate
21
20
-1
Loughborough Ashby
10
25
15
Loughborough Dishley and Hathern
21
22
1
Loughborough Garendon
19
23
4
Loughborough Hastings
70
96
26
Loughborough Lemyngton
128
157
29
Loughborough Nanpantan
16
34
18
Loughborough Outwoods
14
24
10
Loughborough Shelthorpe
38
43
5
Loughborough Southfields
61
91
30
Loughborough Storer
34
47
13
Mountsorrel
28
25
-3
Queniborough
9
36
27
Quorn and Mountsorrel Castle
69
92
23
Rothley and Thurcaston
23
77
54
Shepshed East
22
23
1
Shepshed West
31
46
15
Sileby
32
41
9
Syston East
13
26
13
Syston West
53
54
1
The Wolds
23
36
13
Thurmaston
69
111
42
Wreake Villages
31
41
10
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Billesdon
6
6
0
Bosworth
18
19
1
Broughton Astley-Astley
7
8
1
Broughton Astley-Broughton
9
18
9
Broughton Astley-Primethorpe
4
6
2
Broughton Astley-Sutton
5
8
3
Dunton
26
23
-3
Fleckney
12
14
2
Glen
30
38
8
Kibworth
46
64
18
Lubenham
16
27
11
Lutterworth Brookfield
5
9
4
Lutterworth Orchard
12
20
8
Lutterworth Springs
95
69
-26
Lutterworth Swift
14
20
6
Market Harborough-Great Bowden and Arden
77
78
1
Market Harborough-Little Bowden
28
43
15
Market Harborough-Logan
104
119
15
Market Harborough-Welland
40
50
10
Misterton
20
17
-3
Nevill
13
13
0
Peatling
18
20
2
Thurnby and Houghton
39
57
18
Tilton
45
32
-13
Ullesthorpe
181
15
-166
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ambien
31
45
14
Barlestone Nailstone and Osbaston
15
16
1
Barwell
37
39
2
Burbage Sketchley and Stretton
31
43
12
Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill
28
29
1
Cadeby Carlton and Market Bosworth with Shackerstone
20
36
16
Croft Hill
7
20
13
Earl Shilton
53
79
26
Groby
17
31
14
Hinckley Castle
66
102
36
Hinckley Clarendon
44
55
11
Hinckley De Montfort
59
82
23
Hinckley Trinity
12
20
8
Markfield Stanton and Fieldhead
26
36
10
Newbold Verdon with Desford and Peckleton
36
64
28
Ratby Bagworth and Thornton
24
46
22
Twycross and Witherley with Sheepy
16
28
12
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Abbey
161
264
103
Aylestone
71
118
47
Beaumont Leys
139
145
6
Belgrave
175
323
148
Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields
158
203
45
Castle
815
1009
194
Evington
149
265
116
Eyres Monsell
48
63
15
Fosse
226
464
238
Humberstone & Hamilton
149
259
110
Knighton
121
157
36
North Evington
274
527
253
Rothley and Thurcaston
23
77
54
Rushey Mead
142
272
130
Saffron
118
129
11
Saxondale
79
108
29
Spinney Hills
121
178
57
Stoneygate
315
358
43
Thurncourt
75
131
56
Troon
250
303
53
Westcotes
322
316
-6
Western
130
151
21
Winstanley
262
165
-97
Wycliffe
116
166
50
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
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Asfordby
6
10
4
Bottesford
12
18
6
Croxton Kerrial
18
5
-13
Frisby-on-the-Wreake
6
2
-4
Gaddesby
11
12
1
Long Clawson and Stathern
18
25
7
Melton Craven
12
15
3
Melton Dorian
16
25
9
Melton Egerton
52
65
13
Melton Newport
6
20
14
Melton Sysonby
10
17
7
Melton Warwick
31
34
3
Old Dalby
9
12
3
Somerby
13
15
2
Waltham-on-the-Wolds
6
7
1
Wymondham
7
13
6
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Appleby
11
19
8
Ashby Castle
65
11
-54
Ashby Holywell
13
19
6
Ashby Ivanhoe
17
27
10
Ashby Money Hill
433
68
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Ashby Willesley
12
13
1
Ashby Woulds
11
17
6
Bardon
8
10
2
Blackfordby
11
11
0
Broom Leys
8
10
2
Castle Donington Castle
21
53
32
Castle Donington Central
20
12
-8
Castle Donington Park
8
23
15
Castle Rock
15
13
-2
Coalville East
5
7
2
Coalville West
22
27
5
Daleacre Hill
34
38
4
Ellistown & Battleflat
31
30
-1
Greenhill
5
5
0
Hermitage
9
13
4
Holly Hayes
11
20
9
Hugglescote St John's
6
8
2
Hugglescote St Mary's
4
9
5
Ibstock East
11
15
4
Ibstock West
6
6
0
Kegworth
12
17
5
Long Whatton & Diseworth
16
25
9
Measham North
9
20
11
Measham South
6
9
3
Oakthorpe & Donisthorpe
15
9
-6
Ravenstone & Packington
8
16
8
Sence Valley
10
15
5
Snibston North
22
26
4
Snibston South
9
30
21
Thornborough
7
13
6
Thringstone
9
11
2
Valley
24
21
-3
Worthington & Breedon
15
16
1
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Oadby Brocks Hill
36
47
11
Oadby Grange
67
78
11
Oadby St Peter's
63
106
43
Oadby Uplands
30
55
25
Oadby Woodlands
31
52
21
South Wigston
47
55
8
Wigston All Saints
19
29
10
Wigston Fields
58
64
6
Wigston Meadowcourt
260
22
-238
Wigston St Wolstan's
54
62
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Total companies 2024 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2024 and how Leicestershire compares to them.

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County
Total companies
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
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
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

Total companies at the end of 2024 per 1000 Person people

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83.4

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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.

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