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Company Formations in 2018: Lincolnshire

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4.1% more companies in Lincolnshire compared to 2017

New businesses in Lincolnshire mapped

Boston 376 formed

East Lindsey 443 formed

Lincoln 587 formed

North East Lincolnshire 915 formed

North Kesteven 693 formed

North Lincolnshire 907 formed

South Holland 656 formed

South Kesteven 883 formed

West Lindsey 443 formed

Companies formed in 2018 league table

The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Lincolnshire compares.

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Rank
County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
1st 2017: 1st
London
217,617
2nd 2017: 3rd
West Midlands
32,571
3rd 2017: 2nd
Greater Manchester
31,875
4th 2017: 4th
West Yorkshire
18,204
5th 2017: 5th
Essex
17,063
29th 2017: 31st
Lincolnshire
5,910
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
15th 2017: 13th
Leicestershire
8,896
16th 2017: 16th
South Yorkshire
8,542
18th 2017: 14th
Northamptonshire
7,630
20th 2017: 21st
Nottinghamshire
7,429
24th 2017: 25th
Cambridgeshire
6,786
29th 2017: 31st
Lincolnshire
5,910
37th 2017: 38th
Norfolk
4,542
40th 2017: 35th
East Riding of Yorkshire
3,195
47th 2017: 47th
Rutland
198
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
1st 2017: 1st
London
217,617
2nd 2017: 3rd
West Midlands
32,571
3rd 2017: 2nd
Greater Manchester
31,875
4th 2017: 4th
West Yorkshire
18,204
5th 2017: 5th
Essex
17,063
6th 2017: 7th
Hertfordshire
15,554
7th 2017: 6th
Kent
15,057
8th 2017: 8th
Hampshire
14,244
9th 2017: 9th
Cheshire
13,259
10th 2017: 10th
Merseyside
11,451
11th 2017: 12th
Lancashire
11,291
12th 2017: 11th
Surrey
11,179
13th 2017: 15th
Berkshire
9,166
14th 2017: 17th
Buckinghamshire
8,915
15th 2017: 13th
Leicestershire
8,896
16th 2017: 16th
South Yorkshire
8,542
17th 2017: 20th
Dorset
8,314
18th 2017: 14th
Northamptonshire
7,630
19th 2017: 19th
East Sussex
7,462
20th 2017: 21st
Nottinghamshire
7,429
21st 2017: 23rd
Bedfordshire
7,013
22nd 2017: 18th
Worcestershire
6,889
23rd 2017: 22nd
North Yorkshire
6,822
24th 2017: 25th
Cambridgeshire
6,786
25th 2017: 26th
Tyne and Wear
6,669
26th 2017: 24th
Staffordshire
6,474
27th 2017: 27th
Derbyshire
6,167
28th 2017: 29th
West Sussex
6,048
29th 2017: 31st
Lincolnshire
5,910
30th 2017: 28th
Devon
5,908
31st 2017: 30th
Gloucestershire
5,719
32nd 2017: 32nd
Somerset
5,537
33rd 2017: 40th
Durham
5,223
34th 2017: 36th
Warwickshire
4,755
35th 2017: 34th
Bristol
4,635
36th 2017: 37th
Oxfordshire
4,631
37th 2017: 38th
Norfolk
4,542
38th 2017: 33rd
Wiltshire
4,348
39th 2017: 39th
Suffolk
4,292
40th 2017: 35th
East Riding of Yorkshire
3,195
41st 2017: 41st
Cornwall
2,829
42nd 2017: 42nd
Shropshire
2,634
43rd 2017: 43rd
Cumbria
2,259
44th 2017: 44th
Northumberland
1,422
45th 2017: 45th
Herefordshire
1,054
46th 2017: 46th
Isle of Wight
645
47th 2017: 47th
Rutland
198

New incorporations in 2018 per 1000 Man standing people

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Type of companies formed in Lincolnshire breakdown

98% Private Limited Companies (5,786 companies)

2% Other company types (124 companies)

Other company types breakdown (124 companies)

Total companies in Lincolnshire by the end of 2018

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Businesses formed in Lincolnshire during 2018

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Businesses dissolved in Lincolnshire during 2018

meaning there is a total of

43,713

businesses registered in Lincolnshire at the end of 2018.

4.1% more companies in Lincolnshire compared to 2017

Surrounding counties 2018 breakdown & comparison

Cambridgeshire

48,390 total businesses
6,786 formed in 2018
4,809 dissolved in 2018

Leicestershire

60,027 total businesses
8,896 formed in 2018
8,358 dissolved in 2018

Norfolk

37,466 total businesses
4,542 formed in 2018
3,991 dissolved in 2018

Northamptonshire

44,212 total businesses
7,630 formed in 2018
5,516 dissolved in 2018

Nottinghamshire

50,491 total businesses
7,429 formed in 2018
6,039 dissolved in 2018

South Yorkshire

58,193 total businesses
8,542 formed in 2018
7,564 dissolved in 2018

East Riding of Yorkshire

24,661 total businesses
3,195 formed in 2018
2,432 dissolved in 2018

Rutland

1,840 total businesses
198 formed in 2018
165 dissolved in 2018

Lincolnshire

43,713 total businesses
5,910 formed in 2018
4,445 dissolved in 2018

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Ward breakdown data for

Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Coastal
7
8
1
Fenside
6
16
10
Fishtoft
28
21
-7
Five Village
12
22
10
Kirton and Frampton
27
27
0
Old Leake and Wrangle
3
11
8
Skirbeck
26
36
10
St Thomas'
6
16
10
Staniland
7
16
9
Station
21
21
0
Swineshead and Holland Fen
9
14
5
Trinity
41
69
28
West
8
3
-5
Witham
58
58
0
Wyberton
14
42
28
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Alford
9
10
1
Binbrook
4
9
5
Burgh le Marsh
8
6
-2
Chapel St Leonards
10
13
3
Coningsby & Mareham
18
32
14
Croft
8
7
-1
Friskney
4
3
-1
Fulstow
10
8
-2
Grimoldby
6
3
-3
Hagworthingham
3
8
5
Halton Holegate
7
7
0
Holton-le-Clay & North Thoresby
33
35
2
Horncastle
17
17
0
Ingoldmells
5
12
7
Legbourne
9
11
2
Mablethorpe
14
21
7
Marshchapel & Somercotes
9
18
9
North Holme
4
12
8
Priory & St James'
19
41
22
Roughton
9
6
-3
Scarbrough & Seacroft
45
38
-7
Sibsey & Stickney
13
17
4
Spilsby
2
14
12
St Clement's
7
12
5
St Margaret's
3
4
1
St Mary's
5
5
0
St Michael's
2
6
4
Sutton on Sea
4
7
3
Tetford & Donington
7
7
0
Tetney
8
6
-2
Trinity
41
69
28
Wainfleet
3
3
0
Waltham
15
33
18
Willoughby with Sloothby
10
7
-3
Winthorpe
15
19
4
Withern & Theddlethorpe
3
5
2
Wold View
14
7
-7
Woodhall Spa
8
8
0
Wragby
6
2
-4
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Abbey
69
152
83
Birchwood
17
24
7
Boultham
28
23
-5
Bracebridge
15
19
4
Carholme
93
158
65
Castle
36
56
20
Glebe
20
12
-8
Hartsholme
30
54
24
Minster
23
41
18
Moorland
15
15
0
Park
99
150
51
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Croft Baker
61
77
16
East Marsh
183
117
-66
Freshney
29
38
9
Haverstoe
27
35
8
Heneage
31
34
3
Humberston and New Waltham
40
44
4
Immingham
72
77
5
Park
99
150
51
Scartho
33
24
-9
Sidney Sussex
46
90
44
South
21
39
18
Waltham
15
33
18
West Marsh
123
117
-6
Wolds
27
42
15
Yarborough
42
44
2
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ashby de la Launde and Cranwell
12
18
6
Bassingham and Brant Broughton
33
34
1
Billinghay Martin and North Kyme
14
16
2
Bracebridge Heath and Waddington East
21
38
17
Branston
24
16
-8
Cliff Villages
26
30
4
Eagle Swinderby and Witham St Hughs
20
43
23
Heckington Rural
17
23
6
Heighington and Washingborough
11
38
27
Kirkby la Thorpe and South Kyme
11
6
-5
Leasingham and Rauceby
1
4
3
Metheringham
20
19
-1
North Hykeham Forum
5
11
6
North Hykeham Memorial
160
229
69
North Hykeham Mill
16
27
11
North Hykeham Moor
3
7
4
North Hykeham Witham
5
2
-3
Osbournby
12
8
-4
Ruskington
13
20
7
Skellingthorpe
8
12
4
Sleaford Castle
8
12
4
Sleaford Holdingham
7
9
2
Sleaford Navigation
51
34
-17
Sleaford Quarrington and Mareham
16
24
8
Sleaford Westholme
11
8
-3
Waddington West
3
5
2
Woodhall Spa
8
8
0
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ashby
27
36
9
Axholme Central
40
42
2
Axholme North
27
33
6
Axholme South
18
26
8
Barton
47
43
-4
Bottesford
21
34
13
Brigg and Wolds
78
74
-4
Broughton and Appleby
11
25
14
Brumby
11
29
18
Burringham and Gunness
4
8
4
Burton upon Stather and Winterton
31
42
11
Crosby and Park
117
152
35
Ferry
23
65
42
Frodingham
31
29
-2
Kingsway with Lincoln Gardens
22
34
12
Ridge
54
58
4
Town
105
177
72
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Crowland and Deeping St Nicholas
27
49
22
Donington Quadring and Gosberton
15
24
9
Fleet
2
4
2
Gedney
2
11
9
Holbeach Hurn
2
7
5
Holbeach Town
19
29
10
Long Sutton
13
15
2
Moulton Weston and Cowbit
17
31
14
Pinchbeck and Surfleet
33
45
12
Spalding Castle
96
85
-11
Spalding Monks House
23
37
14
Spalding St John's
140
183
43
Spalding St Mary's
25
30
5
Spalding St Paul's
26
47
21
Spalding Wygate
27
37
10
Sutton Bridge
9
12
3
The Saints
8
5
-3
Whaplode and Holbeach St John's
11
5
-6
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Aveland
9
11
2
Belmont
13
22
9
Belvoir
10
22
12
Bourne Austerby
26
41
15
Bourne East
15
26
11
Bourne West
16
26
10
Casewick
25
37
12
Castle
36
56
20
Deeping St James
11
27
16
Dole Wood
9
8
-1
Glen
8
9
1
Grantham Arnoldfield
13
18
5
Grantham Barrowby Gate
11
30
19
Grantham Earlesfield
13
21
8
Grantham Harrowby
15
15
0
Grantham Springfield
23
32
9
Grantham St Vincent's
25
40
15
Grantham St Wulfram's
83
78
-5
Isaac Newton
26
30
4
Lincrest
5
12
7
Loveden Heath
11
13
2
Market & West Deeping
83
117
34
Morton
10
6
-4
Peascliffe & Ridgeway
11
13
2
Ryhall and Casterton
0
0
Stamford All Saints
12
18
6
Stamford St George's
13
11
-2
Stamford St John's
13
16
3
Stamford St Mary's
52
113
61
Toller
5
3
-2
Viking
48
55
7
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Bardney
10
11
1
Caistor and Yarborough
17
22
5
Cherry Willingham
11
28
17
Dunholme and Welton
21
39
18
Gainsborough East
38
33
-5
Gainsborough North
16
17
1
Gainsborough South-West
49
57
8
Hemswell
5
10
5
Kelsey Wold
5
12
7
Lea
4
9
5
Market Rasen
33
45
12
Nettleham
3
8
5
Saxilby
24
71
47
Scampton
7
7
0
Scotter and Blyton
19
32
13
Stow
7
3
-4
Sudbrooke
9
15
6
Torksey
11
10
-1
Waddingham and Spital
11
7
-4
Wold View
14
7
-7

Total companies 2018 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2018 and how Lincolnshire compares to them.

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County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2017: 1st
London
1,163,777
2nd 2017: 2nd
Greater Manchester
184,396
3rd 2017: 3rd
West Midlands
167,807
4th 2017: 4th
Essex
122,421
5th 2017: 5th
West Yorkshire
118,705
29th 2017: 29th
Lincolnshire
43,713
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County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
16th 2017: 16th
Leicestershire
60,027
17th 2017: 17th
South Yorkshire
58,193
23rd 2017: 25th
Nottinghamshire
50,491
26th 2017: 27th
Cambridgeshire
48,390
28th 2017: 26th
Northamptonshire
44,212
29th 2017: 29th
Lincolnshire
43,713
34th 2017: 35th
Norfolk
37,466
40th 2017: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
24,661
47th 2017: 47th
Rutland
1,840
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2017: 1st
London
1,163,777
2nd 2017: 2nd
Greater Manchester
184,396
3rd 2017: 3rd
West Midlands
167,807
4th 2017: 4th
Essex
122,421
5th 2017: 5th
West Yorkshire
118,705
6th 2017: 7th
Hertfordshire
111,063
7th 2017: 6th
Hampshire
110,793
8th 2017: 8th
Kent
108,910
9th 2017: 9th
Surrey
98,968
10th 2017: 10th
Cheshire
78,274
11th 2017: 11th
Lancashire
75,763
12th 2017: 14th
Buckinghamshire
69,301
13th 2017: 12th
Berkshire
68,855
14th 2017: 13th
East Sussex
66,405
15th 2017: 15th
Merseyside
65,551
16th 2017: 16th
Leicestershire
60,027
17th 2017: 17th
South Yorkshire
58,193
18th 2017: 18th
Dorset
56,307
19th 2017: 19th
North Yorkshire
52,860
20th 2017: 20th
West Sussex
51,556
21st 2017: 22nd
Devon
51,129
22nd 2017: 21st
Gloucestershire
50,643
23rd 2017: 25th
Nottinghamshire
50,491
24th 2017: 24th
Somerset
49,396
25th 2017: 23rd
Staffordshire
48,752
26th 2017: 27th
Cambridgeshire
48,390
27th 2017: 28th
Derbyshire
46,632
28th 2017: 26th
Northamptonshire
44,212
29th 2017: 29th
Lincolnshire
43,713
30th 2017: 30th
Tyne and Wear
42,534
31st 2017: 32nd
Bedfordshire
42,015
32nd 2017: 31st
Oxfordshire
40,930
33rd 2017: 33rd
Worcestershire
37,800
34th 2017: 35th
Norfolk
37,466
35th 2017: 36th
Warwickshire
37,025
36th 2017: 34th
Wiltshire
36,714
37th 2017: 37th
Suffolk
35,510
38th 2017: 38th
Bristol
32,794
39th 2017: 39th
Durham
28,771
40th 2017: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
24,661
41st 2017: 41st
Shropshire
22,421
42nd 2017: 42nd
Cornwall
21,904
43rd 2017: 43rd
Cumbria
20,916
44th 2017: 44th
Northumberland
10,423
45th 2017: 45th
Herefordshire
9,243
46th 2017: 46th
Isle of Wight
5,417
47th 2017: 47th
Rutland
1,840

Total companies at the end of 2018 per 1000 Person people

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42.0

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68.1

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The last 5 years

How the total number of companies in Lincolnshire has changed over the last 5 years as new companies have been formed and some existing companies dissolved.

2014

6,262 formed

3,737 dissolved

2015

5,879 formed

3,577 dissolved

2016

5,698 formed

4,729 dissolved

2017

5,414 formed

4,320 dissolved

2018

5,910 formed

4,445 dissolved

Overall growth compared to previous year

5.1% vs 2014

1.9% vs 2015

3.13% vs 2016

4.1% vs 2017