2017
4,399 formed
3,332 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Norfolk during 2021
5.5% more companies in Norfolk compared to 2020
Breckland 659 formed
Broadland 728 formed
Great Yarmouth 661 formed
King's Lynn and West Norfolk 726 formed
North Norfolk 424 formed
Norwich 1,389 formed
South Norfolk 621 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Norfolk compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2020: 1st
|
London |
269,246 |
2nd
2020: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
36,485 |
3rd
2020: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
36,442 |
4th
2020: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
22,140 |
5th
2020: 5th
|
Essex |
18,584 |
34th 2020: 37th
|
Norfolk |
5,214 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
23rd
2020: 24th
|
Cambridgeshire |
7,476 |
29th
2020: 30th
|
Lincolnshire |
6,903 |
33rd
2020: 35th
|
Suffolk |
5,445 |
34th
2020: 37th
|
Norfolk |
5,214 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2020: 1st
|
London |
269,246 |
2nd 2020: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
36,485 |
3rd 2020: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
36,442 |
4th 2020: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
22,140 |
5th 2020: 5th
|
Essex |
18,584 |
6th 2020: 6th
|
Kent |
16,625 |
7th 2020: 7th
|
Hampshire |
14,512 |
8th 2020: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
13,899 |
9th 2020: 9th
|
Merseyside |
13,108 |
10th 2020: 10th
|
Lancashire |
12,800 |
11th 2020: 12th
|
Surrey |
11,021 |
12th 2020: 14th
|
South Yorkshire |
10,815 |
13th 2020: 13th
|
Cheshire |
9,800 |
14th 2020: 11th
|
Leicestershire |
9,685 |
15th 2020: 15th
|
Berkshire |
9,605 |
16th 2020: 16th
|
Buckinghamshire |
8,910 |
17th 2020: 17th
|
Nottinghamshire |
8,810 |
18th 2020: 22nd
|
Staffordshire |
8,541 |
19th 2020: 20th
|
East Sussex |
7,675 |
20th 2020: 21st
|
Tyne and Wear |
7,623 |
21st 2020: 19th
|
North Yorkshire |
7,614 |
22nd 2020: 26th
|
Dorset |
7,584 |
23rd 2020: 24th
|
Cambridgeshire |
7,476 |
24th 2020: 18th
|
Bedfordshire |
7,413 |
25th 2020: 28th
|
Worcestershire |
7,361 |
26th 2020: 25th
|
Derbyshire |
7,261 |
27th 2020: 23rd
|
Northamptonshire |
7,131 |
28th 2020: 31st
|
Somerset |
7,057 |
29th 2020: 30th
|
Lincolnshire |
6,903 |
30th 2020: 27th
|
Devon |
6,825 |
31st 2020: 29th
|
West Sussex |
6,463 |
32nd 2020: 32nd
|
Gloucestershire |
6,357 |
33rd 2020: 35th
|
Suffolk |
5,445 |
34th 2020: 37th
|
Norfolk |
5,214 |
35th 2020: 33rd
|
Bristol |
5,125 |
36th 2020: 38th
|
Warwickshire |
5,117 |
37th 2020: 36th
|
Durham |
5,065 |
38th 2020: 34th
|
Oxfordshire |
5,053 |
39th 2020: 39th
|
Wiltshire |
4,432 |
40th 2020: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
3,749 |
41st 2020: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
2,993 |
42nd 2020: 41st
|
Shropshire |
2,914 |
43rd 2020: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
2,858 |
44th 2020: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,286 |
45th 2020: 45th
|
Northumberland |
1,421 |
46th 2020: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
697 |
47th 2020: 47th
|
Rutland |
195 |
people
6.1
12.2
97% Private Limited Companies (5,036 companies)
3% Other company types (178 companies)
Other company types breakdown (178 companies)
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Businesses formed in Norfolk during 2021
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Businesses dissolved in Norfolk during 2021
43,452
businesses registered in Norfolk at the end of 2021.
5.5% more companies in Norfolk compared to 2020
Cambridgeshire
56,346 total businesses
7,476 formed in 2021
6,893 dissolved in 2021
Suffolk
41,836 total businesses
5,445 formed in 2021
3,854 dissolved in 2021
Lincolnshire
50,076 total businesses
6,903 formed in 2021
5,393 dissolved in 2021
Norfolk
43,452 total businesses
5,214 formed in 2021
4,179 dissolved in 2021
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
All Saints & Wayland |
0 |
||
Ashill |
-1 |
||
Attleborough Burgh & Haverscroft |
7 |
||
Attleborough Queens & Besthorpe |
7 |
||
Bedingfeld |
11 |
||
Dereham Neatherd |
6 |
||
Dereham Toftwood |
-6 |
||
Dereham Withburga |
2 |
||
Forest |
12 |
||
Great Witchingham |
16 |
||
Guiltcross |
5 |
||
Harling & Heathlands |
1 |
||
Hermitage |
-4 |
||
Launditch |
2 |
||
Lincoln |
8 |
||
Mattishall |
5 |
||
Nar Valley |
-1 |
||
Necton |
0 |
||
Saham Toney |
0 |
||
Shipdham-with-Scarning |
7 |
||
Swaffham |
20 |
||
The Buckenhams & Banham |
-7 |
||
Thetford Boudica |
5 |
||
Thetford Burrell |
11 |
||
Thetford Castle |
-9 |
||
Thetford Priory |
19 |
||
Upper Wensum |
6 |
||
Watton |
6 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Acle |
8 |
||
Aylsham |
12 |
||
Blofield with South Walsham |
11 |
||
Brundall |
-1 |
||
Burlingham |
8 |
||
Buxton |
3 |
||
Coltishall |
16 |
||
Cringleford |
24 |
||
Drayton North |
7 |
||
Drayton South |
-4 |
||
Eynesford |
3 |
||
Fleggburgh |
3 |
||
Great Witchingham |
16 |
||
Hellesdon North West |
-1 |
||
Hellesdon South East |
24 |
||
Hevingham |
-1 |
||
Horsford and Felthorpe |
2 |
||
Marshes |
-2 |
||
Old Catton and Sprowston West |
7 |
||
Plumstead |
9 |
||
Reepham |
4 |
||
Spixworth with St Faiths |
1 |
||
Sprowston Central |
5 |
||
Sprowston East |
14 |
||
Taverham North |
7 |
||
Taverham South |
10 |
||
Thorpe St Andrew North West |
17 |
||
Thorpe St Andrew South East |
50 |
||
Upper Wensum |
6 |
||
Wroxham |
13 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bradwell North |
-13 |
||
Bradwell South and Hopton |
-8 |
||
Caister North |
0 |
||
Caister South |
-7 |
||
Central and Northgate |
42 |
||
Claydon |
89 |
||
East Flegg |
-2 |
||
Fleggburgh |
3 |
||
Gorleston |
-17 |
||
Lothingland |
9 |
||
Magdalen |
5 |
||
Nelson |
24 |
||
Ormesby |
6 |
||
Southtown and Cobholm |
27 |
||
St Andrews |
5 |
||
West Flegg |
-5 |
||
Yarmouth North |
2 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Airfield |
0 |
||
Brancaster |
2 |
||
Burnham |
3 |
||
Clenchwarton |
4 |
||
Denton |
8 |
||
Dersingham |
0 |
||
Docking |
5 |
||
Downham Old Town |
4 |
||
East Downham |
-4 |
||
Emneth with Outwell |
-3 |
||
Fairstead |
2 |
||
Gayton |
-5 |
||
Gaywood Chase |
3 |
||
Gaywood North Bank |
4 |
||
Grimston |
14 |
||
Heacham |
-1 |
||
Hilgay with Denver |
5 |
||
Hunstanton |
5 |
||
Mershe Lande |
-1 |
||
North Downham |
-1 |
||
North Lynn |
8 |
||
North Wootton |
2 |
||
Old Gaywood |
-3 |
||
Priory |
8 |
||
Rudham |
-3 |
||
Snettisham |
4 |
||
South and West Lynn |
2 |
||
South Downham |
3 |
||
South Wootton |
8 |
||
Spellowfields |
5 |
||
Springwood |
6 |
||
St Lawrence |
0 |
||
St Margarets with St Nicholas |
68 |
||
Upwell and Delph |
-5 |
||
Valley Hill |
1 |
||
Walpole |
5 |
||
Walton |
-1 |
||
Watlington |
1 |
||
West Winch |
18 |
||
Wiggenhall |
5 |
||
Wimbotsham with Fincham |
0 |
||
Wissey |
-2 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Astley |
13 |
||
Briston |
2 |
||
Chaucer |
-2 |
||
Corpusty |
-2 |
||
Cromer Town |
20 |
||
Erpingham |
1 |
||
Gaunt |
1 |
||
Glaven Valley |
0 |
||
Happisburgh |
3 |
||
High Heath |
4 |
||
Holt |
-8 |
||
Hoveton |
-2 |
||
Lancaster North |
6 |
||
Lancaster South |
4 |
||
Mundesley |
3 |
||
North Walsham East |
0 |
||
North Walsham North |
1 |
||
North Walsham West |
-2 |
||
Poppyland |
1 |
||
Priory |
8 |
||
Roughton |
1 |
||
Scottow |
0 |
||
Sheringham North |
11 |
||
Sheringham South |
8 |
||
St Benet |
-1 |
||
Stalham and Sutton |
5 |
||
Suffield Park |
6 |
||
The Raynhams |
3 |
||
The Runtons |
1 |
||
Walsingham |
0 |
||
Waterside |
13 |
||
Waxham |
-7 |
||
Wensum |
9 |
||
Worstead |
5 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bowthorpe |
21 |
||
Catton Grove |
27 |
||
Crome |
18 |
||
Eaton |
-1 |
||
Lakenham |
14 |
||
Mancroft |
64 |
||
Mile Cross |
11 |
||
Nelson |
24 |
||
Sewell |
35 |
||
Thorpe Hamlet |
-84 |
||
Town Close |
8 |
||
University |
18 |
||
Wensum |
9 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
6 |
||
Beck Vale |
1 |
||
Bressingham and Burston |
1 |
||
Brooke |
1 |
||
Bunwell |
10 |
||
Chedgrave and Thurton |
-2 |
||
Cringleford |
24 |
||
Cromwells |
5 |
||
Dickleburgh |
4 |
||
Diss |
7 |
||
Ditchingham and Broome |
4 |
||
Earsham |
6 |
||
Easton |
1 |
||
Forncett |
1 |
||
Gillingham |
13 |
||
Great Witchingham |
16 |
||
Harleston |
2 |
||
Hempnall |
1 |
||
Hethersett |
-13 |
||
Hingham and Deopham |
-1 |
||
Loddon |
10 |
||
Mulbarton |
9 |
||
New Costessey |
-3 |
||
Newton Flotman |
-2 |
||
Northfields |
-2 |
||
Old Costessey |
7 |
||
Poringland with the Framinghams |
2 |
||
Rockland |
11 |
||
Roydon |
-3 |
||
Rustens |
12 |
||
Scole |
1 |
||
Stoke Holy Cross |
4 |
||
Stratton |
21 |
||
Tasburgh |
-3 |
||
Thurlton |
-6 |
||
Town |
5 |
||
Wicklewood |
9 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2021 and how Norfolk compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2020: 1st
|
London |
1,397,474 |
2nd
2020: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
217,557 |
3rd
2020: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
198,781 |
4th
2020: 4th
|
Essex |
141,948 |
5th
2020: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
141,120 |
33rd 2020: 34th
|
Norfolk |
43,452 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
26th
2020: 26th
|
Cambridgeshire |
56,346 |
29th
2020: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
50,076 |
33rd
2020: 34th
|
Norfolk |
43,452 |
35th
2020: 36th
|
Suffolk |
41,836 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2020: 1st
|
London |
1,397,474 |
2nd 2020: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
217,557 |
3rd 2020: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
198,781 |
4th 2020: 4th
|
Essex |
141,948 |
5th 2020: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
141,120 |
6th 2020: 6th
|
Kent |
126,550 |
7th 2020: 7th
|
Hampshire |
123,584 |
8th 2020: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
118,798 |
9th 2020: 9th
|
Surrey |
106,792 |
10th 2020: 11th
|
Lancashire |
87,562 |
11th 2020: 10th
|
Cheshire |
83,426 |
12th 2020: 12th
|
Merseyside |
78,022 |
13th 2020: 14th
|
Berkshire |
75,011 |
14th 2020: 13th
|
Buckinghamshire |
74,634 |
15th 2020: 15th
|
Leicestershire |
71,867 |
16th 2020: 16th
|
East Sussex |
70,862 |
17th 2020: 17th
|
South Yorkshire |
68,227 |
18th 2020: 19th
|
Devon |
60,022 |
19th 2020: 18th
|
North Yorkshire |
59,819 |
20th 2020: 21st
|
Nottinghamshire |
58,780 |
21st 2020: 20th
|
West Sussex |
57,619 |
22nd 2020: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
57,556 |
23rd 2020: 23rd
|
Somerset |
57,300 |
24th 2020: 22nd
|
Gloucestershire |
56,711 |
25th 2020: 25th
|
Dorset |
56,465 |
26th 2020: 26th
|
Cambridgeshire |
56,346 |
27th 2020: 28th
|
Derbyshire |
53,394 |
28th 2020: 27th
|
Northamptonshire |
53,149 |
29th 2020: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
50,076 |
30th 2020: 30th
|
Tyne and Wear |
49,266 |
31st 2020: 31st
|
Bedfordshire |
47,831 |
32nd 2020: 32nd
|
Oxfordshire |
45,883 |
33rd 2020: 34th
|
Norfolk |
43,452 |
34th 2020: 33rd
|
Worcestershire |
42,443 |
35th 2020: 36th
|
Suffolk |
41,836 |
36th 2020: 35th
|
Warwickshire |
40,740 |
37th 2020: 37th
|
Wiltshire |
39,338 |
38th 2020: 38th
|
Bristol |
36,239 |
39th 2020: 39th
|
Durham |
33,620 |
40th 2020: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
27,909 |
41st 2020: 41st
|
Shropshire |
25,765 |
42nd 2020: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
24,752 |
43rd 2020: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
22,499 |
44th 2020: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
14,830 |
45th 2020: 45th
|
Northumberland |
11,895 |
46th 2020: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
6,319 |
47th 2020: 47th
|
Rutland |
2,056 |
people
50.6
79.1
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.
2017
4,399 formed
3,332 dissolved
2018
4,542 formed
3,991 dissolved
2019
4,731 formed
3,854 dissolved
2020
5,006 formed
3,246 dissolved
2021
5,214 formed
4,179 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
2.76% vs 2017
3.86% vs 2018
5.84% vs 2019
5.5% vs 2020