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Company Formations in 2022: Norfolk

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???? Businesses formed in Norfolk during 2022

5.8% more companies in Norfolk compared to 2021

New businesses in Norfolk mapped

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

Companies formed in 2022 league table

The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Norfolk compares.

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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
34th 2021: 34th
Norfolk
5,384
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County
No. Companies formed
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
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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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6.3

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Type of companies formed in Norfolk breakdown

96% Private Limited Companies (5,175 companies)

4% Other company types (209 companies)

Other company types breakdown (209 companies)

Total companies in Norfolk by the end of 2022

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Businesses formed in Norfolk during 2022

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Businesses dissolved in Norfolk 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

45,968

businesses registered in Norfolk at the end of 2022.

5.8% more companies in Norfolk compared to 2021

Surrounding counties 2022 breakdown & comparison

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

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Ward breakdown data for

Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
All Saints & Wayland
28
27
-1
Ashill
5
12
7
Attleborough Burgh & Haverscroft
16
21
5
Attleborough Queens & Besthorpe
29
62
33
Bedingfeld
8
12
4
Dereham Neatherd
55
71
16
Dereham Toftwood
18
12
-6
Dereham Withburga
18
16
-2
Forest
9
19
10
Great Witchingham
21
31
10
Guiltcross
9
11
2
Harling & Heathlands
14
10
-4
Hermitage
6
11
5
Launditch
9
14
5
Lincoln
17
24
7
Mattishall
20
25
5
Nar Valley
12
16
4
Necton
8
10
2
Saham Toney
18
19
1
Shipdham-with-Scarning
12
31
19
Swaffham
62
77
15
The Buckenhams & Banham
13
18
5
Thetford Boudica
14
17
3
Thetford Burrell
32
41
9
Thetford Castle
24
50
26
Thetford Priory
23
28
5
Upper Wensum
14
26
12
Watton
19
34
15
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Acle
11
18
7
Aylsham
25
31
6
Blofield with South Walsham
17
24
7
Brundall
39
53
14
Burlingham
15
4
-11
Buxton
8
14
6
Coltishall
11
20
9
Cringleford
22
52
30
Drayton North
11
12
1
Drayton South
4
7
3
Eynesford
8
10
2
Fleggburgh
7
10
3
Great Witchingham
21
31
10
Hellesdon North West
25
31
6
Hellesdon South East
20
34
14
Hevingham
12
10
-2
Horsford and Felthorpe
17
9
-8
Marshes
12
6
-6
Old Catton and Sprowston West
22
37
15
Plumstead
9
8
-1
Reepham
31
7
-24
Spixworth with St Faiths
19
16
-3
Sprowston Central
14
17
3
Sprowston East
44
46
2
Taverham North
19
23
4
Taverham South
13
12
-1
Thorpe St Andrew North West
20
27
7
Thorpe St Andrew South East
65
130
65
Upper Wensum
14
26
12
Wroxham
34
30
-4
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Bradwell North
18
24
6
Bradwell South and Hopton
21
23
2
Caister North
12
18
6
Caister South
8
20
12
Central and Northgate
89
180
91
Claydon
15
27
12
East Flegg
12
14
2
Fleggburgh
7
10
3
Gorleston
69
50
-19
Lothingland
14
19
5
Magdalen
10
16
6
Nelson
118
140
22
Ormesby
14
14
0
Southtown and Cobholm
33
58
25
St Andrews
31
35
4
West Flegg
17
12
-5
Yarmouth North
9
17
8
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Airfield
36
21
-15
Brancaster
3
5
2
Burnham
7
3
-4
Clenchwarton
4
0
-4
Denton
11
23
12
Dersingham
5
7
2
Docking
7
3
-4
Downham Old Town
19
25
6
East Downham
6
3
-3
Emneth with Outwell
18
19
1
Fairstead
6
20
14
Gayton
2
8
6
Gaywood Chase
17
21
4
Gaywood North Bank
8
13
5
Grimston
3
6
3
Heacham
7
11
4
Hilgay with Denver
4
4
0
Hunstanton
32
38
6
Mershe Lande
13
14
1
North Downham
5
7
2
North Lynn
37
45
8
North Wootton
6
2
-4
Old Gaywood
3
4
1
Priory
22
16
-6
Rudham
6
6
0
Snettisham
11
13
2
South and West Lynn
32
37
5
South Downham
10
7
-3
South Wootton
10
17
7
Spellowfields
9
19
10
Springwood
6
14
8
St Lawrence
4
9
5
St Margarets with St Nicholas
111
137
26
Upwell and Delph
15
15
0
Valley Hill
11
21
10
Walpole
10
11
1
Walton
8
17
9
Watlington
6
2
-4
West Winch
17
27
10
Wiggenhall
13
8
-5
Wimbotsham with Fincham
3
9
6
Wissey
3
11
8
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Astley
12
7
-5
Briston
6
11
5
Chaucer
7
6
-1
Corpusty
5
9
4
Cromer Town
14
26
12
Erpingham
12
10
-2
Gaunt
4
2
-2
Glaven Valley
12
8
-4
Happisburgh
6
12
6
High Heath
7
4
-3
Holt
10
23
13
Hoveton
7
11
4
Lancaster North
13
25
12
Lancaster South
10
18
8
Mundesley
12
14
2
North Walsham East
3
13
10
North Walsham North
7
4
-3
North Walsham West
10
26
16
Poppyland
9
3
-6
Priory
22
16
-6
Roughton
5
11
6
Scottow
10
10
0
Sheringham North
13
19
6
Sheringham South
12
9
-3
St Benet
6
3
-3
Stalham and Sutton
16
24
8
Suffield Park
5
12
7
The Raynhams
5
10
5
The Runtons
2
4
2
Walsingham
7
7
0
Waterside
12
20
8
Waxham
8
7
-1
Wensum
45
82
37
Worstead
10
10
0
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Bowthorpe
52
62
10
Catton Grove
71
105
34
Crome
31
43
12
Eaton
16
38
22
Lakenham
29
53
24
Mancroft
346
343
-3
Mile Cross
33
70
37
Nelson
118
140
22
Sewell
46
70
24
Thorpe Hamlet
460
553
93
Town Close
43
64
21
University
28
45
17
Wensum
45
82
37
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Abbey
28
29
1
Beck Vale
7
13
6
Bressingham and Burston
6
14
8
Brooke
11
19
8
Bunwell
14
11
-3
Chedgrave and Thurton
6
9
3
Cringleford
22
52
30
Cromwells
11
19
8
Dickleburgh
12
12
0
Diss
36
75
39
Ditchingham and Broome
8
8
Earsham
9
10
1
Easton
13
14
1
Forncett
9
19
10
Gillingham
12
20
8
Great Witchingham
21
31
10
Harleston
11
36
25
Hempnall
3
9
6
Hethersett
17
32
15
Hingham and Deopham
9
2
-7
Loddon
12
12
0
Mulbarton
15
28
13
New Costessey
9
19
10
Newton Flotman
6
5
-1
Northfields
4
8
4
Old Costessey
44
66
22
Poringland with the Framinghams
24
22
-2
Rockland
12
27
15
Roydon
3
3
0
Rustens
19
25
6
Scole
4
6
2
Stoke Holy Cross
8
15
7
Stratton
22
35
13
Tasburgh
3
7
4
Thurlton
8
11
3
Town
10
9
-1
Wicklewood
14
13
-1

Total companies 2022 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2022 and how Norfolk 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
33rd 2021: 33rd
Norfolk
45,968
Rank
County
Total companies
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
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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53.5

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82.7

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The last 5 years

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