2017
6,766 formed
4,636 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in North Yorkshire during 2021
2.2% more companies in North Yorkshire compared to 2020
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how North Yorkshire 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 |
21st 2020: 19th
|
North Yorkshire |
7,614 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
4th
2020: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
22,140 |
10th
2020: 10th
|
Lancashire |
12,800 |
12th
2020: 14th
|
South Yorkshire |
10,815 |
21st
2020: 19th
|
North Yorkshire |
7,614 |
37th
2020: 36th
|
Durham |
5,065 |
40th
2020: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
3,749 |
44th
2020: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,286 |
| 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
7.1
12.2
96% Private Limited Companies (7,323 companies)
4% Other company types (291 companies)
Other company types breakdown (291 companies)
????
Businesses formed in North Yorkshire during 2021
????
Businesses dissolved in North Yorkshire during 2021
59,819
businesses registered in North Yorkshire at the end of 2021.
2.2% more companies in North Yorkshire compared to 2020
Cumbria
22,499 total businesses
2,286 formed in 2021
2,292 dissolved in 2021
Lancashire
87,562 total businesses
12,800 formed in 2021
10,548 dissolved in 2021
South Yorkshire
68,227 total businesses
10,815 formed in 2021
8,503 dissolved in 2021
West Yorkshire
141,120 total businesses
22,140 formed in 2021
17,256 dissolved in 2021
Durham
33,620 total businesses
5,065 formed in 2021
3,776 dissolved in 2021
East Riding of Yorkshire
27,909 total businesses
3,749 formed in 2021
2,949 dissolved in 2021
North Yorkshire
59,819 total businesses
7,614 formed in 2021
6,384 dissolved in 2021
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Aire Valley with Lothersdale |
-3 |
||
Barden Fell |
3 |
||
Bentham |
2 |
||
Cowling |
5 |
||
Embsay-with-Eastby |
9 |
||
Gargrave and Malhamdale |
9 |
||
Glusburn |
13 |
||
Grassington |
-3 |
||
Hellifield and Long Preston |
6 |
||
Ingleton and Clapham |
2 |
||
Penyghent |
-1 |
||
Settle and Ribblebanks |
13 |
||
Skipton East |
4 |
||
Skipton North |
9 |
||
Skipton South |
1 |
||
Skipton West |
9 |
||
Sutton-in-Craven |
-1 |
||
Upper Lune Valley |
0 |
||
Upper Wharfedale |
-4 |
||
West Craven |
19 |
||
Worth Valley |
0 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Appleton Wiske & Smeatons |
5 |
||
Bagby & Thorntons |
9 |
||
Bedale |
30 |
||
Coulby Newham |
9 |
||
Easingwold |
2 |
||
Great Ayton |
10 |
||
Huby |
-9 |
||
Hutton Rudby |
-10 |
||
Morton-on-Swale |
-2 |
||
Northallerton North & Brompton |
4 |
||
Northallerton South |
0 |
||
Osmotherley & Swainby |
14 |
||
Raskelf & White Horse |
6 |
||
Romanby |
2 |
||
Sowerby & Topcliffe |
3 |
||
Stokesley |
25 |
||
Tanfield |
5 |
||
Thirsk |
-11 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bilton |
-5 |
||
Bishop Monkton |
1 |
||
Boroughbridge |
2 |
||
Claro |
-11 |
||
Granby |
6 |
||
Harlow Moor |
8 |
||
High Harrogate |
5 |
||
Hookstone |
11 |
||
Killinghall |
7 |
||
Kirkby Malzeard |
-3 |
||
Knaresborough East |
2 |
||
Knaresborough King James |
5 |
||
Knaresborough Scriven Park |
11 |
||
Low Harrogate |
72 |
||
Lower Nidderdale |
-6 |
||
Marston Moor |
9 |
||
Mashamshire |
6 |
||
New Park |
11 |
||
Newby |
12 |
||
Nidd Valley |
-5 |
||
Ouseburn |
0 |
||
Pannal |
6 |
||
Pateley Bridge |
-1 |
||
Ribston |
5 |
||
Ripon Minster |
34 |
||
Ripon Moorside |
1 |
||
Ripon Spa |
1 |
||
Rossett |
-28 |
||
Saltergate |
5 |
||
Spofforth with Lower Wharfedale |
8 |
||
Starbeck |
7 |
||
Stray |
-2 |
||
Washburn |
37 |
||
Wathvale |
20 |
||
Woodfield |
6 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Acklam |
-14 |
||
Ayresome |
1 |
||
Berwick Hills & Pallister |
16 |
||
Brambles & Thorntree |
10 |
||
Central |
99 |
||
Coulby Newham |
9 |
||
Hemlington |
31 |
||
Kader |
0 |
||
Ladgate |
11 |
||
Linthorpe |
2 |
||
Longlands & Beechwood |
18 |
||
Marton East |
15 |
||
Marton West |
0 |
||
Newport |
51 |
||
North Ormesby |
32 |
||
Nunthorpe |
-5 |
||
Park |
41 |
||
Park End & Beckfield |
7 |
||
Stainton & Thornton |
4 |
||
Trimdon |
7 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Brotton |
9 |
||
Coatham |
52 |
||
Dormanstown |
1 |
||
Eston |
1 |
||
Grangetown |
-1 |
||
Guisborough |
2 |
||
Hutton |
-10 |
||
Kirkleatham |
-4 |
||
Lockwood |
4 |
||
Loftus |
3 |
||
Longbeck |
10 |
||
Mulgrave |
-7 |
||
Newcomen |
5 |
||
Normanby |
1 |
||
Ormesby |
1 |
||
Saltburn |
12 |
||
Skelton |
-4 |
||
South Bank |
14 |
||
St Germain's |
1 |
||
Teesville |
2 |
||
West Dyke |
-5 |
||
Westworth |
0 |
||
Zetland |
-5 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Addlebrough |
-5 |
||
Barton |
4 |
||
Bolton Castle |
1 |
||
Brompton-on-Swale and Scorton |
-4 |
||
Catterick |
7 |
||
Colburn |
2 |
||
Croft |
-1 |
||
Gilling West |
-3 |
||
Hawes and High Abbotside |
-3 |
||
Hipswell |
0 |
||
Hornby Castle |
3 |
||
Leyburn |
14 |
||
Lower Wensleydale |
0 |
||
Melsonby |
13 |
||
Middleham |
6 |
||
Middleton Tyas |
-4 |
||
Newsham with Eppleby |
7 |
||
Penhill |
3 |
||
Reeth and Arkengarthdale |
4 |
||
Richmond Central |
-3 |
||
Richmond East |
0 |
||
Richmond West |
296 |
||
Scotton |
-1 |
||
Swaledale |
-3 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Amotherby |
3 |
||
Ampleforth |
-1 |
||
Cropton |
0 |
||
Dales |
-4 |
||
Derwent |
6 |
||
Helmsley |
10 |
||
Hovingham |
-6 |
||
Kirkbymoorside |
3 |
||
Malton |
33 |
||
Norton East |
4 |
||
Norton West |
-2 |
||
Pickering East |
-6 |
||
Pickering West |
3 |
||
Rillington |
1 |
||
Ryedale South West |
-4 |
||
Sherburn |
-1 |
||
Sheriff Hutton |
0 |
||
Sinnington |
0 |
||
Thornton Dale |
0 |
||
Wolds |
3 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Castle |
21 |
||
Cayton |
1 |
||
Central |
99 |
||
Danby |
6 |
||
Derwent Valley |
3 |
||
Eastfield |
7 |
||
Esk Valley |
-1 |
||
Falsgrave Park |
15 |
||
Filey |
16 |
||
Fylingdales |
3 |
||
Hertford |
-1 |
||
Lindhead |
-4 |
||
Mayfield |
-7 |
||
Mulgrave |
-7 |
||
Newby |
12 |
||
North Bay |
9 |
||
Northstead |
0 |
||
Ramshill |
1 |
||
Scalby Hackness and Staintondale |
-1 |
||
Seamer |
18 |
||
Stepney |
0 |
||
Streonshalh |
-3 |
||
Weaponness |
-2 |
||
Whitby West Cliff |
6 |
||
Woodlands |
-3 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Appleton Roebuck & Church Fenton |
-6 |
||
Barlby Village |
1 |
||
Brayton |
-7 |
||
Byram & Brotherton |
-6 |
||
Camblesforth & Carlton |
0 |
||
Cawood & Wistow |
-4 |
||
Derwent |
6 |
||
Eggborough |
1 |
||
Escrick |
14 |
||
Hambleton |
-4 |
||
Marston Moor |
9 |
||
Monk Fryston |
10 |
||
Riccall |
1 |
||
Selby East |
49 |
||
Selby West |
9 |
||
Sherburn in Elmet |
-2 |
||
South Milford |
13 |
||
Tadcaster |
-11 |
||
Thorpe Willoughby |
3 |
||
Whitley |
7 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ingleby Barwick East |
8 |
||
Ingleby Barwick West |
-6 |
||
Mandale and Victoria |
-78 |
||
Stainsby Hill |
-2 |
||
Village |
-6 |
||
Yarm |
23 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Acomb |
19 |
||
Bishopthorpe |
18 |
||
Clifton |
8 |
||
Copmanthorpe |
4 |
||
Dringhouses & Woodthorpe |
9 |
||
Fishergate |
4 |
||
Fulford & Heslington |
27 |
||
Guildhall |
54 |
||
Haxby & Wigginton |
8 |
||
Heworth |
2 |
||
Heworth Without |
12 |
||
Holgate |
1 |
||
Hull Road |
9 |
||
Huntington & New Earswick |
39 |
||
Micklegate |
31 |
||
Osbaldwick & Derwent |
26 |
||
Rawcliffe & Clifton Without |
-78 |
||
Rural West York |
-259 |
||
Strensall |
12 |
||
Westfield |
14 |
||
Wheldrake |
29 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2021 and how North Yorkshire 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 |
19th 2020: 18th
|
North Yorkshire |
59,819 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
5th
2020: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
141,120 |
10th
2020: 11th
|
Lancashire |
87,562 |
17th
2020: 17th
|
South Yorkshire |
68,227 |
19th
2020: 18th
|
North Yorkshire |
59,819 |
39th
2020: 39th
|
Durham |
33,620 |
40th
2020: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
27,909 |
43rd
2020: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
22,499 |
| 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
55.8
79.1
How the total number of companies in North Yorkshire has changed over the last 5 years as new companies have been formed and some existing companies dissolved.
2017
6,766 formed
4,636 dissolved
2018
6,822 formed
4,881 dissolved
2019
7,260 formed
5,315 dissolved
2020
8,200 formed
4,289 dissolved
2021
7,614 formed
6,384 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
4.06% vs 2017
3.07% vs 2018
7.42% vs 2019
2.2% vs 2020