2018
4,542 formed
3,991 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Norfolk during 2022
5.8% more companies in Norfolk compared to 2021
Breckland 714 formed
Broadland 668 formed
Great Yarmouth 625 formed
King's Lynn and West Norfolk 690 formed
North Norfolk 396 formed
Norwich 1,569 formed
South Norfolk 714 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Norfolk compares.
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 |
34th 2021: 34th
|
Norfolk |
5,384 |
Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
---|---|---|
25th
2021: 23rd
|
Cambridgeshire |
7,739 |
28th
2021: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
7,100 |
30th
2021: 33rd
|
Suffolk |
6,749 |
34th
2021: 34th
|
Norfolk |
5,384 |
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 |
6.3
12.7
96% Private Limited Companies (5,175 companies)
4% Other company types (209 companies)
Other company types breakdown (209 companies)
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Businesses formed in Norfolk during 2022
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Businesses dissolved in Norfolk during 2022
45,968
businesses registered in Norfolk at the end of 2022.
5.8% more companies in Norfolk compared to 2021
Cambridgeshire
57,788 total businesses
7,739 formed in 2022
6,068 dissolved in 2022
Suffolk
45,867 total businesses
6,749 formed in 2022
3,887 dissolved in 2022
Lincolnshire
53,143 total businesses
7,100 formed in 2022
5,122 dissolved in 2022
Norfolk
45,968 total businesses
5,384 formed in 2022
4,082 dissolved in 2022
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
All Saints & Wayland |
-1 |
||
Ashill |
7 |
||
Attleborough Burgh & Haverscroft |
5 |
||
Attleborough Queens & Besthorpe |
33 |
||
Bedingfeld |
4 |
||
Dereham Neatherd |
16 |
||
Dereham Toftwood |
-6 |
||
Dereham Withburga |
-2 |
||
Forest |
10 |
||
Great Witchingham |
10 |
||
Guiltcross |
2 |
||
Harling & Heathlands |
-4 |
||
Hermitage |
5 |
||
Launditch |
5 |
||
Lincoln |
7 |
||
Mattishall |
5 |
||
Nar Valley |
4 |
||
Necton |
2 |
||
Saham Toney |
1 |
||
Shipdham-with-Scarning |
19 |
||
Swaffham |
15 |
||
The Buckenhams & Banham |
5 |
||
Thetford Boudica |
3 |
||
Thetford Burrell |
9 |
||
Thetford Castle |
26 |
||
Thetford Priory |
5 |
||
Upper Wensum |
12 |
||
Watton |
15 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Acle |
7 |
||
Aylsham |
6 |
||
Blofield with South Walsham |
7 |
||
Brundall |
14 |
||
Burlingham |
-11 |
||
Buxton |
6 |
||
Coltishall |
9 |
||
Cringleford |
30 |
||
Drayton North |
1 |
||
Drayton South |
3 |
||
Eynesford |
2 |
||
Fleggburgh |
3 |
||
Great Witchingham |
10 |
||
Hellesdon North West |
6 |
||
Hellesdon South East |
14 |
||
Hevingham |
-2 |
||
Horsford and Felthorpe |
-8 |
||
Marshes |
-6 |
||
Old Catton and Sprowston West |
15 |
||
Plumstead |
-1 |
||
Reepham |
-24 |
||
Spixworth with St Faiths |
-3 |
||
Sprowston Central |
3 |
||
Sprowston East |
2 |
||
Taverham North |
4 |
||
Taverham South |
-1 |
||
Thorpe St Andrew North West |
7 |
||
Thorpe St Andrew South East |
65 |
||
Upper Wensum |
12 |
||
Wroxham |
-4 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Bradwell North |
6 |
||
Bradwell South and Hopton |
2 |
||
Caister North |
6 |
||
Caister South |
12 |
||
Central and Northgate |
91 |
||
Claydon |
12 |
||
East Flegg |
2 |
||
Fleggburgh |
3 |
||
Gorleston |
-19 |
||
Lothingland |
5 |
||
Magdalen |
6 |
||
Nelson |
22 |
||
Ormesby |
0 |
||
Southtown and Cobholm |
25 |
||
St Andrews |
4 |
||
West Flegg |
-5 |
||
Yarmouth North |
8 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Airfield |
-15 |
||
Brancaster |
2 |
||
Burnham |
-4 |
||
Clenchwarton |
-4 |
||
Denton |
12 |
||
Dersingham |
2 |
||
Docking |
-4 |
||
Downham Old Town |
6 |
||
East Downham |
-3 |
||
Emneth with Outwell |
1 |
||
Fairstead |
14 |
||
Gayton |
6 |
||
Gaywood Chase |
4 |
||
Gaywood North Bank |
5 |
||
Grimston |
3 |
||
Heacham |
4 |
||
Hilgay with Denver |
0 |
||
Hunstanton |
6 |
||
Mershe Lande |
1 |
||
North Downham |
2 |
||
North Lynn |
8 |
||
North Wootton |
-4 |
||
Old Gaywood |
1 |
||
Priory |
-6 |
||
Rudham |
0 |
||
Snettisham |
2 |
||
South and West Lynn |
5 |
||
South Downham |
-3 |
||
South Wootton |
7 |
||
Spellowfields |
10 |
||
Springwood |
8 |
||
St Lawrence |
5 |
||
St Margarets with St Nicholas |
26 |
||
Upwell and Delph |
0 |
||
Valley Hill |
10 |
||
Walpole |
1 |
||
Walton |
9 |
||
Watlington |
-4 |
||
West Winch |
10 |
||
Wiggenhall |
-5 |
||
Wimbotsham with Fincham |
6 |
||
Wissey |
8 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Astley |
-5 |
||
Briston |
5 |
||
Chaucer |
-1 |
||
Corpusty |
4 |
||
Cromer Town |
12 |
||
Erpingham |
-2 |
||
Gaunt |
-2 |
||
Glaven Valley |
-4 |
||
Happisburgh |
6 |
||
High Heath |
-3 |
||
Holt |
13 |
||
Hoveton |
4 |
||
Lancaster North |
12 |
||
Lancaster South |
8 |
||
Mundesley |
2 |
||
North Walsham East |
10 |
||
North Walsham North |
-3 |
||
North Walsham West |
16 |
||
Poppyland |
-6 |
||
Priory |
-6 |
||
Roughton |
6 |
||
Scottow |
0 |
||
Sheringham North |
6 |
||
Sheringham South |
-3 |
||
St Benet |
-3 |
||
Stalham and Sutton |
8 |
||
Suffield Park |
7 |
||
The Raynhams |
5 |
||
The Runtons |
2 |
||
Walsingham |
0 |
||
Waterside |
8 |
||
Waxham |
-1 |
||
Wensum |
37 |
||
Worstead |
0 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Bowthorpe |
10 |
||
Catton Grove |
34 |
||
Crome |
12 |
||
Eaton |
22 |
||
Lakenham |
24 |
||
Mancroft |
-3 |
||
Mile Cross |
37 |
||
Nelson |
22 |
||
Sewell |
24 |
||
Thorpe Hamlet |
93 |
||
Town Close |
21 |
||
University |
17 |
||
Wensum |
37 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
1 |
||
Beck Vale |
6 |
||
Bressingham and Burston |
8 |
||
Brooke |
8 |
||
Bunwell |
-3 |
||
Chedgrave and Thurton |
3 |
||
Cringleford |
30 |
||
Cromwells |
8 |
||
Dickleburgh |
0 |
||
Diss |
39 |
||
Ditchingham and Broome |
8 |
||
Earsham |
1 |
||
Easton |
1 |
||
Forncett |
10 |
||
Gillingham |
8 |
||
Great Witchingham |
10 |
||
Harleston |
25 |
||
Hempnall |
6 |
||
Hethersett |
15 |
||
Hingham and Deopham |
-7 |
||
Loddon |
0 |
||
Mulbarton |
13 |
||
New Costessey |
10 |
||
Newton Flotman |
-1 |
||
Northfields |
4 |
||
Old Costessey |
22 |
||
Poringland with the Framinghams |
-2 |
||
Rockland |
15 |
||
Roydon |
0 |
||
Rustens |
6 |
||
Scole |
2 |
||
Stoke Holy Cross |
7 |
||
Stratton |
13 |
||
Tasburgh |
4 |
||
Thurlton |
3 |
||
Town |
-1 |
||
Wicklewood |
-1 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2022 and how Norfolk compares to them.
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 |
33rd 2021: 33rd
|
Norfolk |
45,968 |
Rank | County | Total companies |
---|---|---|
26th
2021: 26th
|
Cambridgeshire |
57,788 |
28th
2021: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
53,143 |
33rd
2021: 33rd
|
Norfolk |
45,968 |
34th
2021: 35th
|
Suffolk |
45,867 |
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 |
53.5
82.7
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.
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
2022
5,384 formed
4,082 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
3.86% vs 2018
5.84% vs 2019
5.5% vs 2020
5.8% vs 2021