2011
3,397 formed
1,996 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Norfolk during 2015
6.9% more companies in Norfolk compared to 2014
Breckland 591 formed
Broadland 579 formed
Great Yarmouth 423 formed
King's Lynn and West Norfolk 625 formed
North Norfolk 322 formed
Norwich 1,163 formed
South Norfolk 593 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Norfolk compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2014: 1st
|
London |
198,282 |
2nd
2014: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
28,265 |
3rd
2014: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
26,952 |
4th
2014: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
17,066 |
5th
2014: 5th
|
Essex |
16,147 |
36th 2014: 36th
|
Norfolk |
4,296 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
25th
2014: 27th
|
Cambridgeshire |
6,235 |
28th
2014: 22nd
|
Lincolnshire |
5,879 |
36th
2014: 36th
|
Norfolk |
4,296 |
37th
2014: 38th
|
Suffolk |
4,031 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2014: 1st
|
London |
198,282 |
2nd 2014: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
28,265 |
3rd 2014: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
26,952 |
4th 2014: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
17,066 |
5th 2014: 5th
|
Essex |
16,147 |
6th 2014: 7th
|
Hertfordshire |
14,575 |
7th 2014: 8th
|
Kent |
14,246 |
8th 2014: 6th
|
Hampshire |
13,779 |
9th 2014: 9th
|
Surrey |
12,014 |
10th 2014: 10th
|
Cheshire |
11,974 |
11th 2014: 11th
|
Lancashire |
10,080 |
12th 2014: 12th
|
Merseyside |
9,857 |
13th 2014: 15th
|
South Yorkshire |
9,290 |
14th 2014: 13th
|
Berkshire |
9,135 |
15th 2014: 14th
|
East Sussex |
8,786 |
16th 2014: 16th
|
Buckinghamshire |
8,249 |
17th 2014: 20th
|
Dorset |
7,791 |
18th 2014: 18th
|
Leicestershire |
7,712 |
19th 2014: 25th
|
Derbyshire |
7,414 |
20th 2014: 17th
|
Nottinghamshire |
6,908 |
21st 2014: 19th
|
North Yorkshire |
6,437 |
22nd 2014: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
6,375 |
23rd 2014: 23rd
|
Northamptonshire |
6,347 |
24th 2014: 26th
|
Bedfordshire |
6,245 |
25th 2014: 27th
|
Cambridgeshire |
6,235 |
26th 2014: 21st
|
West Sussex |
6,136 |
27th 2014: 28th
|
Tyne and Wear |
6,042 |
28th 2014: 22nd
|
Lincolnshire |
5,879 |
29th 2014: 29th
|
Gloucestershire |
5,741 |
30th 2014: 30th
|
Devon |
5,394 |
31st 2014: 31st
|
Somerset |
5,383 |
32nd 2014: 32nd
|
Bristol |
4,942 |
33rd 2014: 33rd
|
Oxfordshire |
4,611 |
34th 2014: 35th
|
Wiltshire |
4,506 |
35th 2014: 34th
|
Warwickshire |
4,424 |
36th 2014: 36th
|
Norfolk |
4,296 |
37th 2014: 38th
|
Suffolk |
4,031 |
38th 2014: 37th
|
Durham |
3,834 |
39th 2014: 39th
|
Worcestershire |
3,572 |
40th 2014: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
2,967 |
41st 2014: 42nd
|
Shropshire |
2,416 |
42nd 2014: 41st
|
Cornwall |
2,392 |
43rd 2014: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,166 |
44th 2014: 44th
|
Northumberland |
1,289 |
45th 2014: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
950 |
46th 2014: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
560 |
47th 2014: 47th
|
Rutland |
194 |
people
5.0
9.7
97% Private Limited Companies (4,181 companies)
3% Other company types (115 companies)
Other company types breakdown (115 companies)
????
Businesses formed in Norfolk during 2015
????
Businesses dissolved in Norfolk during 2015
32,493
businesses registered in Norfolk at the end of 2015.
6.9% more companies in Norfolk compared to 2014
Cambridgeshire
41,403 total businesses
6,235 formed in 2015
3,619 dissolved in 2015
Suffolk
30,944 total businesses
4,031 formed in 2015
2,423 dissolved in 2015
Lincolnshire
39,944 total businesses
5,879 formed in 2015
3,577 dissolved in 2015
Norfolk
32,493 total businesses
4,296 formed in 2015
2,441 dissolved in 2015
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
All Saints & Wayland |
-4 |
||
Ashill |
5 |
||
Attleborough Burgh & Haverscroft |
0 |
||
Attleborough Queens & Besthorpe |
20 |
||
Bedingfeld |
8 |
||
Dereham Neatherd |
46 |
||
Dereham Toftwood |
14 |
||
Dereham Withburga |
10 |
||
Forest |
6 |
||
Great Witchingham |
-4 |
||
Guiltcross |
8 |
||
Harling & Heathlands |
8 |
||
Hermitage |
-2 |
||
Launditch |
1 |
||
Lincoln |
15 |
||
Mattishall |
19 |
||
Nar Valley |
0 |
||
Necton |
1 |
||
Saham Toney |
7 |
||
Shipdham-with-Scarning |
28 |
||
Swaffham |
39 |
||
The Buckenhams & Banham |
5 |
||
Thetford Boudica |
3 |
||
Thetford Burrell |
21 |
||
Thetford Castle |
-2 |
||
Thetford Priory |
-7 |
||
Upper Wensum |
12 |
||
Watton |
7 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Acle |
6 |
||
Aylsham |
14 |
||
Blofield with South Walsham |
16 |
||
Brundall |
23 |
||
Burlingham |
4 |
||
Buxton |
8 |
||
Coltishall |
8 |
||
Cringleford |
16 |
||
Drayton North |
-5 |
||
Drayton South |
5 |
||
Eynesford |
6 |
||
Fleggburgh |
6 |
||
Great Witchingham |
-4 |
||
Hellesdon North West |
9 |
||
Hellesdon South East |
5 |
||
Hevingham |
2 |
||
Horsford and Felthorpe |
-2 |
||
Marshes |
8 |
||
Old Catton and Sprowston West |
5 |
||
Plumstead |
1 |
||
Reepham |
4 |
||
Spixworth with St Faiths |
41 |
||
Sprowston Central |
2 |
||
Sprowston East |
-16 |
||
Taverham North |
21 |
||
Taverham South |
7 |
||
Thorpe St Andrew North West |
12 |
||
Thorpe St Andrew South East |
34 |
||
Upper Wensum |
12 |
||
Wroxham |
11 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bradwell North |
12 |
||
Bradwell South and Hopton |
6 |
||
Caister North |
3 |
||
Caister South |
-4 |
||
Central and Northgate |
24 |
||
Claydon |
0 |
||
East Flegg |
6 |
||
Fleggburgh |
6 |
||
Gorleston |
35 |
||
Lothingland |
13 |
||
Magdalen |
15 |
||
Nelson |
56 |
||
Ormesby |
4 |
||
Southtown and Cobholm |
9 |
||
St Andrews |
3 |
||
West Flegg |
4 |
||
Yarmouth North |
7 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Airfield |
10 |
||
Brancaster |
6 |
||
Burnham |
6 |
||
Clenchwarton |
1 |
||
Denton |
11 |
||
Dersingham |
14 |
||
Docking |
3 |
||
Downham Old Town |
14 |
||
East Downham |
-3 |
||
Emneth with Outwell |
8 |
||
Fairstead |
17 |
||
Gayton |
5 |
||
Gaywood Chase |
8 |
||
Gaywood North Bank |
6 |
||
Grimston |
2 |
||
Heacham |
-2 |
||
Hilgay with Denver |
7 |
||
Hunstanton |
7 |
||
Mershe Lande |
1 |
||
North Downham |
2 |
||
North Lynn |
13 |
||
North Wootton |
-1 |
||
Old Gaywood |
3 |
||
Priory |
9 |
||
Rudham |
5 |
||
Snettisham |
11 |
||
South and West Lynn |
17 |
||
South Downham |
-1 |
||
South Wootton |
7 |
||
Spellowfields |
6 |
||
Springwood |
3 |
||
St Lawrence |
3 |
||
St Margarets with St Nicholas |
34 |
||
Upwell and Delph |
0 |
||
Valley Hill |
15 |
||
Walpole |
2 |
||
Walton |
3 |
||
Watlington |
-2 |
||
West Winch |
16 |
||
Wiggenhall |
1 |
||
Wimbotsham with Fincham |
10 |
||
Wissey |
8 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Astley |
4 |
||
Briston |
1 |
||
Chaucer |
7 |
||
Corpusty |
1 |
||
Cromer Town |
7 |
||
Erpingham |
3 |
||
Gaunt |
-1 |
||
Glaven Valley |
1 |
||
Happisburgh |
3 |
||
High Heath |
-2 |
||
Holt |
9 |
||
Hoveton |
1 |
||
Lancaster North |
7 |
||
Lancaster South |
9 |
||
Mundesley |
-2 |
||
North Walsham East |
6 |
||
North Walsham North |
9 |
||
North Walsham West |
11 |
||
Poppyland |
-2 |
||
Priory |
9 |
||
Roughton |
3 |
||
Scottow |
4 |
||
Sheringham North |
2 |
||
Sheringham South |
0 |
||
St Benet |
6 |
||
Stalham and Sutton |
10 |
||
Suffield Park |
0 |
||
The Raynhams |
2 |
||
The Runtons |
3 |
||
Walsingham |
1 |
||
Waterside |
3 |
||
Waxham |
4 |
||
Wensum |
15 |
||
Worstead |
0 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bowthorpe |
36 |
||
Catton Grove |
83 |
||
Crome |
11 |
||
Eaton |
19 |
||
Lakenham |
16 |
||
Mancroft |
139 |
||
Mile Cross |
17 |
||
Nelson |
56 |
||
Sewell |
25 |
||
Thorpe Hamlet |
82 |
||
Town Close |
20 |
||
University |
19 |
||
Wensum |
15 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
1 |
||
Beck Vale |
2 |
||
Bressingham and Burston |
11 |
||
Brooke |
11 |
||
Bunwell |
5 |
||
Chedgrave and Thurton |
7 |
||
Cringleford |
16 |
||
Cromwells |
14 |
||
Dickleburgh |
6 |
||
Diss |
39 |
||
Ditchingham and Broome |
1 |
||
Earsham |
14 |
||
Easton |
12 |
||
Forncett |
2 |
||
Gillingham |
4 |
||
Great Witchingham |
-4 |
||
Harleston |
7 |
||
Hempnall |
-1 |
||
Hethersett |
19 |
||
Hingham and Deopham |
11 |
||
Loddon |
13 |
||
Mulbarton |
10 |
||
New Costessey |
7 |
||
Newton Flotman |
4 |
||
Northfields |
-1 |
||
Old Costessey |
23 |
||
Poringland with the Framinghams |
12 |
||
Rockland |
-1 |
||
Roydon |
3 |
||
Rustens |
6 |
||
Scole |
3 |
||
Stoke Holy Cross |
1 |
||
Stratton |
7 |
||
Tasburgh |
4 |
||
Thurlton |
1 |
||
Town |
6 |
||
Wicklewood |
7 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2015 and how Norfolk compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2014: 1st
|
London |
1,017,154 |
2nd
2014: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
156,025 |
3rd
2014: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
147,044 |
4th
2014: 4th
|
Essex |
107,891 |
5th
2014: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
102,450 |
35th 2014: 35th
|
Norfolk |
32,493 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
27th
2014: 27th
|
Cambridgeshire |
41,403 |
28th
2014: 28th
|
Lincolnshire |
39,944 |
35th
2014: 35th
|
Norfolk |
32,493 |
36th
2014: 36th
|
Suffolk |
30,944 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2014: 1st
|
London |
1,017,154 |
2nd 2014: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
156,025 |
3rd 2014: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
147,044 |
4th 2014: 4th
|
Essex |
107,891 |
5th 2014: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
102,450 |
6th 2014: 6th
|
Hampshire |
98,825 |
7th 2014: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
96,909 |
8th 2014: 9th
|
Kent |
94,176 |
9th 2014: 7th
|
Surrey |
93,699 |
10th 2014: 10th
|
Cheshire |
67,995 |
11th 2014: 11th
|
Lancashire |
65,240 |
12th 2014: 12th
|
Berkshire |
63,186 |
13th 2014: 13th
|
East Sussex |
61,290 |
14th 2014: 14th
|
Buckinghamshire |
59,305 |
15th 2014: 15th
|
Merseyside |
56,875 |
16th 2014: 16th
|
South Yorkshire |
52,205 |
17th 2014: 18th
|
Leicestershire |
48,126 |
18th 2014: 19th
|
Dorset |
47,433 |
19th 2014: 17th
|
West Sussex |
47,267 |
20th 2014: 21st
|
North Yorkshire |
46,660 |
21st 2014: 20th
|
Gloucestershire |
46,009 |
22nd 2014: 22nd
|
Devon |
44,917 |
23rd 2014: 23rd
|
Somerset |
44,277 |
24th 2014: 25th
|
Staffordshire |
44,125 |
25th 2014: 26th
|
Derbyshire |
43,692 |
26th 2014: 24th
|
Nottinghamshire |
43,336 |
27th 2014: 27th
|
Cambridgeshire |
41,403 |
28th 2014: 28th
|
Lincolnshire |
39,944 |
29th 2014: 29th
|
Northamptonshire |
39,638 |
30th 2014: 30th
|
Oxfordshire |
37,534 |
31st 2014: 31st
|
Tyne and Wear |
36,643 |
32nd 2014: 32nd
|
Bedfordshire |
34,911 |
33rd 2014: 33rd
|
Wiltshire |
33,003 |
34th 2014: 34th
|
Warwickshire |
32,797 |
35th 2014: 35th
|
Norfolk |
32,493 |
36th 2014: 36th
|
Suffolk |
30,944 |
37th 2014: 37th
|
Bristol |
30,301 |
38th 2014: 38th
|
Worcestershire |
29,303 |
39th 2014: 39th
|
Durham |
24,091 |
40th 2014: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
22,144 |
41st 2014: 41st
|
Shropshire |
19,451 |
42nd 2014: 42nd
|
Cumbria |
19,348 |
43rd 2014: 43rd
|
Cornwall |
18,859 |
44th 2014: 44th
|
Northumberland |
9,370 |
45th 2014: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
8,115 |
46th 2014: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
4,853 |
47th 2014: 47th
|
Rutland |
1,677 |
people
37.8
59.4
How the total number of companies in Norfolk has changed over the last 5 years as new companies have been formed and some existing companies dissolved.
2011
3,397 formed
1,996 dissolved
2012
3,603 formed
1,859 dissolved
2013
3,744 formed
2,273 dissolved
2014
4,086 formed
2,416 dissolved
2015
4,296 formed
2,441 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
6.8% vs 2011
5.4% vs 2012
5.8% vs 2013
6.9% vs 2014