2015
4,296 formed
2,441 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Norfolk during 2019
3.9% more companies in Norfolk compared to 2018
Breckland 685 formed
Broadland 611 formed
Great Yarmouth 495 formed
King's Lynn and West Norfolk 768 formed
North Norfolk 308 formed
Norwich 1,258 formed
South Norfolk 580 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Norfolk compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2018: 1st
|
London |
222,468 |
2nd
2018: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
31,440 |
3rd
2018: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
29,676 |
4th
2018: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
18,752 |
5th
2018: 5th
|
Essex |
17,816 |
36th 2018: 37th
|
Norfolk |
4,731 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
25th
2018: 24th
|
Cambridgeshire |
6,779 |
30th
2018: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
6,042 |
36th
2018: 37th
|
Norfolk |
4,731 |
38th
2018: 39th
|
Suffolk |
4,518 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2018: 1st
|
London |
222,468 |
2nd 2018: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
31,440 |
3rd 2018: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
29,676 |
4th 2018: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
18,752 |
5th 2018: 5th
|
Essex |
17,816 |
6th 2018: 7th
|
Kent |
15,963 |
7th 2018: 6th
|
Hertfordshire |
15,231 |
8th 2018: 8th
|
Hampshire |
15,174 |
9th 2018: 9th
|
Cheshire |
12,221 |
10th 2018: 10th
|
Merseyside |
11,866 |
11th 2018: 11th
|
Lancashire |
11,229 |
12th 2018: 12th
|
Surrey |
11,032 |
13th 2018: 15th
|
Leicestershire |
10,825 |
14th 2018: 22nd
|
Worcestershire |
9,971 |
15th 2018: 16th
|
South Yorkshire |
9,325 |
16th 2018: 13th
|
Berkshire |
9,009 |
17th 2018: 14th
|
Buckinghamshire |
8,835 |
18th 2018: 18th
|
Northamptonshire |
8,393 |
19th 2018: 17th
|
Dorset |
8,020 |
20th 2018: 19th
|
East Sussex |
7,706 |
21st 2018: 20th
|
Nottinghamshire |
7,348 |
22nd 2018: 23rd
|
North Yorkshire |
7,260 |
23rd 2018: 25th
|
Tyne and Wear |
7,132 |
24th 2018: 26th
|
Staffordshire |
6,927 |
25th 2018: 24th
|
Cambridgeshire |
6,779 |
26th 2018: 21st
|
Bedfordshire |
6,766 |
27th 2018: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
6,522 |
28th 2018: 30th
|
Devon |
6,196 |
29th 2018: 28th
|
West Sussex |
6,154 |
30th 2018: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
6,042 |
31st 2018: 32nd
|
Somerset |
6,041 |
32nd 2018: 31st
|
Gloucestershire |
5,971 |
33rd 2018: 34th
|
Warwickshire |
5,256 |
34th 2018: 36th
|
Oxfordshire |
5,087 |
35th 2018: 35th
|
Bristol |
5,040 |
36th 2018: 37th
|
Norfolk |
4,731 |
37th 2018: 33rd
|
Durham |
4,623 |
38th 2018: 39th
|
Suffolk |
4,518 |
39th 2018: 38th
|
Wiltshire |
4,428 |
40th 2018: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
3,258 |
41st 2018: 42nd
|
Shropshire |
3,231 |
42nd 2018: 41st
|
Cornwall |
2,948 |
43rd 2018: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,171 |
44th 2018: 44th
|
Northumberland |
1,531 |
45th 2018: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
1,499 |
46th 2018: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
675 |
47th 2018: 47th
|
Rutland |
230 |
people
5.5
10.9
97% Private Limited Companies (4,567 companies)
3% Other company types (164 companies)
Other company types breakdown (164 companies)
????
Businesses formed in Norfolk during 2019
????
Businesses dissolved in Norfolk during 2019
38,911
businesses registered in Norfolk at the end of 2019.
3.9% more companies in Norfolk compared to 2018
Cambridgeshire
50,160 total businesses
6,779 formed in 2019
5,435 dissolved in 2019
Suffolk
36,907 total businesses
4,518 formed in 2019
3,587 dissolved in 2019
Lincolnshire
45,109 total businesses
6,042 formed in 2019
4,846 dissolved in 2019
Norfolk
38,911 total businesses
4,731 formed in 2019
3,854 dissolved in 2019
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
All Saints & Wayland |
11 |
||
Ashill |
4 |
||
Attleborough Burgh & Haverscroft |
12 |
||
Attleborough Queens & Besthorpe |
43 |
||
Bedingfeld |
-5 |
||
Dereham Neatherd |
44 |
||
Dereham Toftwood |
-6 |
||
Dereham Withburga |
2 |
||
Forest |
-2 |
||
Great Witchingham |
-1 |
||
Guiltcross |
2 |
||
Harling & Heathlands |
-1 |
||
Hermitage |
-1 |
||
Launditch |
4 |
||
Lincoln |
0 |
||
Mattishall |
-2 |
||
Nar Valley |
4 |
||
Necton |
0 |
||
Saham Toney |
-5 |
||
Shipdham-with-Scarning |
-9 |
||
Swaffham |
30 |
||
The Buckenhams & Banham |
6 |
||
Thetford Boudica |
-8 |
||
Thetford Burrell |
9 |
||
Thetford Castle |
2 |
||
Thetford Priory |
2 |
||
Upper Wensum |
-3 |
||
Watton |
9 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Acle |
1 |
||
Aylsham |
1 |
||
Blofield with South Walsham |
12 |
||
Brundall |
16 |
||
Burlingham |
-1 |
||
Buxton |
7 |
||
Coltishall |
-4 |
||
Cringleford |
-3 |
||
Drayton North |
0 |
||
Drayton South |
-26 |
||
Eynesford |
-3 |
||
Fleggburgh |
3 |
||
Great Witchingham |
-1 |
||
Hellesdon North West |
5 |
||
Hellesdon South East |
-3 |
||
Hevingham |
-1 |
||
Horsford and Felthorpe |
-5 |
||
Marshes |
-2 |
||
Old Catton and Sprowston West |
17 |
||
Plumstead |
10 |
||
Reepham |
13 |
||
Spixworth with St Faiths |
3 |
||
Sprowston Central |
-3 |
||
Sprowston East |
7 |
||
Taverham North |
5 |
||
Taverham South |
7 |
||
Thorpe St Andrew North West |
5 |
||
Thorpe St Andrew South East |
45 |
||
Upper Wensum |
-3 |
||
Wroxham |
-4 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bradwell North |
0 |
||
Bradwell South and Hopton |
3 |
||
Caister North |
5 |
||
Caister South |
6 |
||
Central and Northgate |
18 |
||
Claydon |
11 |
||
East Flegg |
-10 |
||
Fleggburgh |
3 |
||
Gorleston |
15 |
||
Lothingland |
-3 |
||
Magdalen |
-3 |
||
Nelson |
54 |
||
Ormesby |
-1 |
||
Southtown and Cobholm |
12 |
||
St Andrews |
-8 |
||
West Flegg |
-10 |
||
Yarmouth North |
3 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Airfield |
3 |
||
Brancaster |
-1 |
||
Burnham |
-1 |
||
Clenchwarton |
3 |
||
Denton |
10 |
||
Dersingham |
0 |
||
Docking |
-2 |
||
Downham Old Town |
4 |
||
East Downham |
8 |
||
Emneth with Outwell |
14 |
||
Fairstead |
0 |
||
Gayton |
3 |
||
Gaywood Chase |
5 |
||
Gaywood North Bank |
12 |
||
Grimston |
4 |
||
Heacham |
0 |
||
Hilgay with Denver |
-4 |
||
Hunstanton |
17 |
||
Mershe Lande |
6 |
||
North Downham |
-1 |
||
North Lynn |
10 |
||
North Wootton |
1 |
||
Old Gaywood |
3 |
||
Priory |
2 |
||
Rudham |
2 |
||
Snettisham |
11 |
||
South and West Lynn |
5 |
||
South Downham |
17 |
||
South Wootton |
19 |
||
Spellowfields |
1 |
||
Springwood |
4 |
||
St Lawrence |
6 |
||
St Margarets with St Nicholas |
76 |
||
Upwell and Delph |
7 |
||
Valley Hill |
3 |
||
Walpole |
9 |
||
Walton |
3 |
||
Watlington |
5 |
||
West Winch |
2 |
||
Wiggenhall |
8 |
||
Wimbotsham with Fincham |
1 |
||
Wissey |
3 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Astley |
6 |
||
Briston |
0 |
||
Chaucer |
6 |
||
Corpusty |
4 |
||
Cromer Town |
9 |
||
Erpingham |
2 |
||
Gaunt |
0 |
||
Glaven Valley |
1 |
||
Happisburgh |
3 |
||
High Heath |
2 |
||
Holt |
4 |
||
Hoveton |
12 |
||
Lancaster North |
9 |
||
Lancaster South |
10 |
||
Mundesley |
6 |
||
North Walsham East |
-3 |
||
North Walsham North |
-8 |
||
North Walsham West |
1 |
||
Poppyland |
-2 |
||
Priory |
2 |
||
Roughton |
-6 |
||
Scottow |
8 |
||
Sheringham North |
-4 |
||
Sheringham South |
3 |
||
St Benet |
6 |
||
Stalham and Sutton |
-1 |
||
Suffield Park |
2 |
||
The Raynhams |
3 |
||
The Runtons |
-1 |
||
Walsingham |
7 |
||
Waterside |
-5 |
||
Waxham |
-2 |
||
Wensum |
18 |
||
Worstead |
4 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bowthorpe |
26 |
||
Catton Grove |
22 |
||
Crome |
6 |
||
Eaton |
20 |
||
Lakenham |
14 |
||
Mancroft |
11 |
||
Mile Cross |
19 |
||
Nelson |
54 |
||
Sewell |
30 |
||
Thorpe Hamlet |
-149 |
||
Town Close |
15 |
||
University |
31 |
||
Wensum |
18 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
13 |
||
Beck Vale |
7 |
||
Bressingham and Burston |
-4 |
||
Brooke |
9 |
||
Bunwell |
-3 |
||
Chedgrave and Thurton |
7 |
||
Cringleford |
-3 |
||
Cromwells |
-2 |
||
Dickleburgh |
4 |
||
Diss |
0 |
||
Ditchingham and Broome |
1 |
||
Earsham |
0 |
||
Easton |
2 |
||
Forncett |
10 |
||
Gillingham |
3 |
||
Great Witchingham |
-1 |
||
Harleston |
6 |
||
Hempnall |
-2 |
||
Hethersett |
13 |
||
Hingham and Deopham |
-4 |
||
Loddon |
5 |
||
Mulbarton |
10 |
||
New Costessey |
9 |
||
Newton Flotman |
1 |
||
Northfields |
-6 |
||
Old Costessey |
16 |
||
Poringland with the Framinghams |
-2 |
||
Rockland |
10 |
||
Roydon |
5 |
||
Rustens |
5 |
||
Scole |
2 |
||
Stoke Holy Cross |
-1 |
||
Stratton |
-4 |
||
Tasburgh |
-5 |
||
Thurlton |
7 |
||
Town |
0 |
||
Wicklewood |
4 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2019 and how Norfolk compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2018: 1st
|
London |
1,204,778 |
2nd
2018: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
189,867 |
3rd
2018: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
173,134 |
4th
2018: 4th
|
Essex |
128,433 |
5th
2018: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
123,678 |
35th 2018: 34th
|
Norfolk |
38,911 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
26th
2018: 26th
|
Cambridgeshire |
50,160 |
29th
2018: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
45,109 |
35th
2018: 34th
|
Norfolk |
38,911 |
37th
2018: 37th
|
Suffolk |
36,907 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2018: 1st
|
London |
1,204,778 |
2nd 2018: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
189,867 |
3rd 2018: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
173,134 |
4th 2018: 4th
|
Essex |
128,433 |
5th 2018: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
123,678 |
6th 2018: 7th
|
Hampshire |
114,831 |
7th 2018: 8th
|
Kent |
113,551 |
8th 2018: 6th
|
Hertfordshire |
113,106 |
9th 2018: 9th
|
Surrey |
100,643 |
10th 2018: 10th
|
Cheshire |
80,108 |
11th 2018: 11th
|
Lancashire |
77,937 |
12th 2018: 13th
|
Berkshire |
70,177 |
13th 2018: 12th
|
Buckinghamshire |
69,470 |
14th 2018: 15th
|
Merseyside |
68,401 |
15th 2018: 14th
|
East Sussex |
67,545 |
16th 2018: 16th
|
Leicestershire |
63,315 |
17th 2018: 17th
|
South Yorkshire |
60,360 |
18th 2018: 18th
|
Dorset |
57,606 |
19th 2018: 19th
|
North Yorkshire |
54,481 |
20th 2018: 21st
|
Devon |
53,264 |
21st 2018: 20th
|
West Sussex |
52,825 |
22nd 2018: 22nd
|
Gloucestershire |
52,494 |
23rd 2018: 24th
|
Somerset |
51,957 |
24th 2018: 25th
|
Staffordshire |
51,758 |
25th 2018: 23rd
|
Nottinghamshire |
51,677 |
26th 2018: 26th
|
Cambridgeshire |
50,160 |
27th 2018: 28th
|
Northamptonshire |
49,144 |
28th 2018: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
48,355 |
29th 2018: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
45,109 |
30th 2018: 30th
|
Tyne and Wear |
44,237 |
31st 2018: 33rd
|
Worcestershire |
43,247 |
32nd 2018: 32nd
|
Oxfordshire |
42,461 |
33rd 2018: 31st
|
Bedfordshire |
42,145 |
34th 2018: 35th
|
Warwickshire |
38,998 |
35th 2018: 34th
|
Norfolk |
38,911 |
36th 2018: 36th
|
Wiltshire |
37,182 |
37th 2018: 37th
|
Suffolk |
36,907 |
38th 2018: 38th
|
Bristol |
33,594 |
39th 2018: 39th
|
Durham |
29,218 |
40th 2018: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
25,383 |
41st 2018: 41st
|
Shropshire |
23,741 |
42nd 2018: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
23,037 |
43rd 2018: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
21,286 |
44th 2018: 44th
|
Northumberland |
10,879 |
45th 2018: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
10,498 |
46th 2018: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
5,705 |
47th 2018: 47th
|
Rutland |
1,904 |
people
45.3
70.7
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.
2015
4,296 formed
2,441 dissolved
2016
4,480 formed
3,217 dissolved
2017
4,399 formed
3,332 dissolved
2018
4,542 formed
3,991 dissolved
2019
4,731 formed
3,854 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
5.8% vs 2015
6.07% vs 2016
2.76% vs 2017
3.9% vs 2018