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Company Formations in 2022: Lincolnshire

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???? Businesses formed in Lincolnshire during 2022

6.1% more companies in Lincolnshire compared to 2021

New businesses in Lincolnshire mapped

Boston 528 formed

East Lindsey 585 formed

Lincoln 664 formed

North East Lincolnshire 1,177 formed

North Kesteven 696 formed

North Lincolnshire 1,208 formed

South Holland 761 formed

South Kesteven 942 formed

West Lindsey 517 formed

Companies formed in 2022 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 2021: 1st
London
274,838
2nd 2021: 2nd
West Midlands
39,355
3rd 2021: 3rd
Greater Manchester
38,756
4th 2021: 4th
West Yorkshire
25,517
5th 2021: 5th
Essex
18,955
28th 2021: 29th
Lincolnshire
7,100
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
11th 2021: 12th
South Yorkshire
11,901
13th 2021: 14th
Leicestershire
10,408
16th 2021: 17th
Nottinghamshire
9,235
23rd 2021: 27th
Northamptonshire
7,831
25th 2021: 23rd
Cambridgeshire
7,739
28th 2021: 29th
Lincolnshire
7,100
34th 2021: 34th
Norfolk
5,384
40th 2021: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
4,233
47th 2021: 47th
Rutland
193
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
1st 2021: 1st
London
274,838
2nd 2021: 2nd
West Midlands
39,355
3rd 2021: 3rd
Greater Manchester
38,756
4th 2021: 4th
West Yorkshire
25,517
5th 2021: 5th
Essex
18,955
6th 2021: 6th
Kent
16,109
7th 2021: 7th
Hampshire
14,533
8th 2021: 8th
Hertfordshire
13,643
9th 2021: 9th
Merseyside
13,358
10th 2021: 10th
Lancashire
13,312
11th 2021: 12th
South Yorkshire
11,901
12th 2021: 11th
Surrey
10,902
13th 2021: 14th
Leicestershire
10,408
14th 2021: 15th
Berkshire
9,571
15th 2021: 13th
Cheshire
9,335
16th 2021: 17th
Nottinghamshire
9,235
17th 2021: 16th
Buckinghamshire
8,683
18th 2021: 24th
Bedfordshire
8,495
19th 2021: 22nd
Dorset
8,427
20th 2021: 21st
North Yorkshire
8,424
21st 2021: 18th
Staffordshire
8,072
22nd 2021: 20th
Tyne and Wear
7,838
23rd 2021: 27th
Northamptonshire
7,831
24th 2021: 26th
Derbyshire
7,764
25th 2021: 23rd
Cambridgeshire
7,739
26th 2021: 19th
East Sussex
7,193
27th 2021: 28th
Somerset
7,121
28th 2021: 29th
Lincolnshire
7,100
29th 2021: 30th
Devon
6,814
30th 2021: 33rd
Suffolk
6,749
31st 2021: 32nd
Gloucestershire
6,373
32nd 2021: 31st
West Sussex
6,136
33rd 2021: 36th
Warwickshire
5,540
34th 2021: 34th
Norfolk
5,384
35th 2021: 37th
Durham
5,109
36th 2021: 35th
Bristol
4,951
37th 2021: 25th
Worcestershire
4,941
38th 2021: 38th
Oxfordshire
4,842
39th 2021: 39th
Wiltshire
4,536
40th 2021: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
4,233
41st 2021: 42nd
Shropshire
3,132
42nd 2021: 43rd
Herefordshire
2,928
43rd 2021: 41st
Cornwall
2,912
44th 2021: 44th
Cumbria
2,418
45th 2021: 45th
Northumberland
1,527
46th 2021: 46th
Isle of Wight
652
47th 2021: 47th
Rutland
193

New incorporations in 2022 per 1000 Man standing people

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Type of companies formed in Lincolnshire breakdown

97% Private Limited Companies (6,919 companies)

3% Other company types (181 companies)

Other company types breakdown (181 companies)

Total companies in Lincolnshire by the end of 2022

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Businesses formed in Lincolnshire during 2022

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Businesses dissolved in Lincolnshire during 2022

Companies House did not always process company dissolutions as soon as the standard conditions for dissolution were first met.

meaning there is a total of

53,143

businesses registered in Lincolnshire at the end of 2022.

6.1% more companies in Lincolnshire compared to 2021

Surrounding counties 2022 breakdown & comparison

Cambridgeshire

57,788 total businesses
7,739 formed in 2022
6,068 dissolved in 2022

Leicestershire

73,507 total businesses
10,408 formed in 2022
9,741 dissolved in 2022

Norfolk

45,968 total businesses
5,384 formed in 2022
4,082 dissolved in 2022

Northamptonshire

51,966 total businesses
7,831 formed in 2022
6,606 dissolved in 2022

Nottinghamshire

62,142 total businesses
9,235 formed in 2022
6,394 dissolved in 2022

South Yorkshire

72,058 total businesses
11,901 formed in 2022
8,243 dissolved in 2022

East Riding of Yorkshire

29,451 total businesses
4,233 formed in 2022
2,877 dissolved in 2022

Rutland

2,076 total businesses
193 formed in 2022
152 dissolved in 2022

Lincolnshire

53,143 total businesses
7,100 formed in 2022
5,122 dissolved in 2022

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Ward breakdown data for

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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Coastal
5
14
9
Fenside
21
38
17
Fishtoft
18
26
8
Five Village
11
14
3
Kirton and Frampton
28
31
3
Old Leake and Wrangle
11
21
10
Skirbeck
27
85
58
St Thomas'
11
39
28
Staniland
6
22
16
Station
24
67
43
Swineshead and Holland Fen
10
24
14
Trinity
37
72
35
West
8
9
1
Witham
24
48
24
Wyberton
20
21
1
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Alford
12
10
-2
Binbrook
8
5
-3
Burgh le Marsh
4
6
2
Chapel St Leonards
10
12
2
Coningsby & Mareham
21
34
13
Croft
9
13
4
Friskney
6
5
-1
Fulstow
55
18
-37
Grimoldby
5
11
6
Hagworthingham
4
12
8
Halton Holegate
7
6
-1
Holton-le-Clay & North Thoresby
37
36
-1
Horncastle
20
28
8
Ingoldmells
3
9
6
Legbourne
4
5
1
Mablethorpe
14
25
11
Marshchapel & Somercotes
12
23
11
North Holme
20
17
-3
Priory & St James'
31
47
16
Roughton
4
4
0
Scarbrough & Seacroft
34
62
28
Sibsey & Stickney
8
10
2
Spilsby
8
15
7
St Clement's
6
16
10
St Margaret's
3
6
3
St Mary's
8
10
2
St Michael's
7
6
-1
Sutton on Sea
6
4
-2
Tetford & Donington
5
8
3
Tetney
3
8
5
Trinity
37
72
35
Wainfleet
2
5
3
Waltham
20
20
0
Willoughby with Sloothby
8
7
-1
Winthorpe
28
49
21
Withern & Theddlethorpe
8
9
1
Wold View
13
16
3
Woodhall Spa
13
20
7
Wragby
11
21
10
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Abbey
116
156
40
Birchwood
50
24
-26
Boultham
46
45
-1
Bracebridge
23
35
12
Carholme
107
164
57
Castle
45
47
2
Glebe
20
24
4
Hartsholme
21
35
14
Minster
35
37
2
Moorland
22
23
1
Park
151
179
28
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Croft Baker
55
75
20
East Marsh
196
149
-47
Freshney
29
42
13
Haverstoe
41
42
1
Heneage
62
80
18
Humberston and New Waltham
36
61
25
Immingham
67
77
10
Park
151
179
28
Scartho
37
50
13
Sidney Sussex
82
130
48
South
28
39
11
Waltham
20
20
0
West Marsh
199
168
-31
Wolds
30
53
23
Yarborough
69
95
26
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ashby de la Launde and Cranwell
17
21
4
Bassingham and Brant Broughton
19
35
16
Billinghay Martin and North Kyme
13
27
14
Bracebridge Heath and Waddington East
36
123
87
Branston
19
12
-7
Cliff Villages
23
21
-2
Eagle Swinderby and Witham St Hughs
28
54
26
Heckington Rural
21
26
5
Heighington and Washingborough
31
31
0
Kirkby la Thorpe and South Kyme
4
16
12
Leasingham and Rauceby
5
4
-1
Metheringham
25
22
-3
North Hykeham Forum
4
3
-1
North Hykeham Memorial
65
80
15
North Hykeham Mill
23
25
2
North Hykeham Moor
5
9
4
North Hykeham Witham
6
3
-3
Osbournby
12
16
4
Ruskington
5
14
9
Skellingthorpe
8
11
3
Sleaford Castle
17
21
4
Sleaford Holdingham
4
10
6
Sleaford Navigation
48
48
0
Sleaford Quarrington and Mareham
20
27
7
Sleaford Westholme
6
24
18
Waddington West
7
13
6
Woodhall Spa
13
20
7
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ashby
35
49
14
Axholme Central
32
46
14
Axholme North
35
47
12
Axholme South
23
45
22
Barton
36
52
16
Bottesford
27
48
21
Brigg and Wolds
56
91
35
Broughton and Appleby
19
16
-3
Brumby
25
44
19
Burringham and Gunness
14
11
-3
Burton upon Stather and Winterton
34
44
10
Crosby and Park
122
260
138
Ferry
52
74
22
Frodingham
49
53
4
Kingsway with Lincoln Gardens
19
46
27
Ridge
55
61
6
Town
125
221
96
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Crowland and Deeping St Nicholas
37
56
19
Donington Quadring and Gosberton
30
29
-1
Fleet
8
15
7
Gedney
12
13
1
Holbeach Hurn
4
8
4
Holbeach Town
38
49
11
Long Sutton
22
23
1
Moulton Weston and Cowbit
18
33
15
Pinchbeck and Surfleet
30
72
42
Spalding Castle
54
77
23
Spalding Monks House
34
27
-7
Spalding St John's
129
222
93
Spalding St Mary's
23
19
-4
Spalding St Paul's
29
41
12
Spalding Wygate
30
43
13
Sutton Bridge
6
10
4
The Saints
5
11
6
Whaplode and Holbeach St John's
11
13
2
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Aveland
11
17
6
Belmont
14
12
-2
Belvoir
24
25
1
Bourne Austerby
23
48
25
Bourne East
19
30
11
Bourne West
17
30
13
Casewick
16
37
21
Castle
45
47
2
Deeping St James
27
24
-3
Dole Wood
10
8
-2
Glen
12
19
7
Grantham Arnoldfield
17
20
3
Grantham Barrowby Gate
17
34
17
Grantham Earlesfield
26
22
-4
Grantham Harrowby
14
11
-3
Grantham Springfield
28
20
-8
Grantham St Vincent's
49
51
2
Grantham St Wulfram's
71
94
23
Isaac Newton
20
28
8
Lincrest
16
16
0
Loveden Heath
17
11
-6
Market & West Deeping
54
83
29
Morton
11
54
43
Peascliffe & Ridgeway
25
17
-8
Ryhall and Casterton
0
0
Stamford All Saints
12
10
-2
Stamford St George's
17
24
7
Stamford St John's
16
17
1
Stamford St Mary's
77
110
33
Toller
2
9
7
Viking
34
52
18
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Bardney
8
9
1
Caistor and Yarborough
22
18
-4
Cherry Willingham
18
30
12
Dunholme and Welton
22
44
22
Gainsborough East
19
36
17
Gainsborough North
14
27
13
Gainsborough South-West
44
79
35
Hemswell
16
16
0
Kelsey Wold
14
12
-2
Lea
6
11
5
Market Rasen
37
50
13
Nettleham
7
14
7
Saxilby
39
38
-1
Scampton
12
13
1
Scotter and Blyton
20
37
17
Stow
10
6
-4
Sudbrooke
9
37
28
Torksey
10
16
6
Waddingham and Spital
8
8
0
Wold View
13
16
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Total companies 2022 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2022 and how Lincolnshire compares to them.

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County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2021: 1st
London
1,462,539
2nd 2021: 2nd
Greater Manchester
233,019
3rd 2021: 3rd
West Midlands
211,766
4th 2021: 5th
West Yorkshire
151,175
5th 2021: 4th
Essex
148,387
28th 2021: 29th
Lincolnshire
53,143
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
15th 2021: 15th
Leicestershire
73,507
16th 2021: 17th
South Yorkshire
72,058
19th 2021: 20th
Nottinghamshire
62,142
26th 2021: 26th
Cambridgeshire
57,788
28th 2021: 29th
Lincolnshire
53,143
29th 2021: 28th
Northamptonshire
51,966
33rd 2021: 33rd
Norfolk
45,968
40th 2021: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
29,451
47th 2021: 47th
Rutland
2,076
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2021: 1st
London
1,462,539
2nd 2021: 2nd
Greater Manchester
233,019
3rd 2021: 3rd
West Midlands
211,766
4th 2021: 5th
West Yorkshire
151,175
5th 2021: 4th
Essex
148,387
6th 2021: 6th
Kent
130,283
7th 2021: 7th
Hampshire
124,249
8th 2021: 8th
Hertfordshire
122,123
9th 2021: 9th
Surrey
107,722
10th 2021: 10th
Lancashire
91,522
11th 2021: 11th
Cheshire
81,809
12th 2021: 12th
Merseyside
81,221
13th 2021: 14th
Buckinghamshire
78,850
14th 2021: 13th
Berkshire
76,700
15th 2021: 15th
Leicestershire
73,507
16th 2021: 17th
South Yorkshire
72,058
17th 2021: 16th
East Sussex
70,836
18th 2021: 19th
North Yorkshire
62,355
19th 2021: 20th
Nottinghamshire
62,142
20th 2021: 18th
Devon
61,854
21st 2021: 25th
Dorset
61,217
22nd 2021: 22nd
Staffordshire
60,009
23rd 2021: 23rd
Somerset
59,531
24th 2021: 21st
West Sussex
58,763
25th 2021: 24th
Gloucestershire
57,852
26th 2021: 26th
Cambridgeshire
57,788
27th 2021: 27th
Derbyshire
55,697
28th 2021: 29th
Lincolnshire
53,143
29th 2021: 28th
Northamptonshire
51,966
30th 2021: 30th
Tyne and Wear
51,640
31st 2021: 31st
Bedfordshire
50,545
32nd 2021: 32nd
Oxfordshire
46,748
33rd 2021: 33rd
Norfolk
45,968
34th 2021: 35th
Suffolk
45,867
35th 2021: 34th
Worcestershire
43,964
36th 2021: 36th
Warwickshire
42,564
37th 2021: 37th
Wiltshire
40,505
38th 2021: 38th
Bristol
37,039
39th 2021: 39th
Durham
35,455
40th 2021: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
29,451
41st 2021: 41st
Shropshire
26,781
42nd 2021: 42nd
Cornwall
25,857
43rd 2021: 43rd
Cumbria
23,003
44th 2021: 44th
Herefordshire
16,412
45th 2021: 45th
Northumberland
12,420
46th 2021: 46th
Isle of Wight
6,423
47th 2021: 47th
Rutland
2,076

Total companies at the end of 2022 per 1000 Person people

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51.0

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82.7

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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.

2018

5,910 formed

4,445 dissolved

2019

6,042 formed

4,846 dissolved

2020

6,475 formed

3,943 dissolved

2021

6,903 formed

5,393 dissolved

2022

7,100 formed

5,122 dissolved

Overall growth compared to previous year

3.19% vs 2018

6.54% vs 2019

4.19% vs 2020

6.1% vs 2021