2011
4,180 formed
2,877 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Northamptonshire during 2015
9.4% more companies in Northamptonshire compared to 2014
Corby 494 formed
Daventry 665 formed
East Northamptonshire 504 formed
Kettering 724 formed
Northampton 2,670 formed
South Northamptonshire 679 formed
Wellingborough 611 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Northamptonshire compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2014: 1st
|
London |
198,282 |
2nd
2014: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
28,265 |
3rd
2014: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
26,952 |
4th
2014: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
17,066 |
5th
2014: 5th
|
Essex |
16,147 |
23rd 2014: 23rd
|
Northamptonshire |
6,347 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
16th
2014: 16th
|
Buckinghamshire |
8,249 |
18th
2014: 18th
|
Leicestershire |
7,712 |
23rd
2014: 23rd
|
Northamptonshire |
6,347 |
24th
2014: 26th
|
Bedfordshire |
6,245 |
25th
2014: 27th
|
Cambridgeshire |
6,235 |
33rd
2014: 33rd
|
Oxfordshire |
4,611 |
35th
2014: 34th
|
Warwickshire |
4,424 |
47th
2014: 47th
|
Rutland |
194 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2014: 1st
|
London |
198,282 |
2nd 2014: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
28,265 |
3rd 2014: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
26,952 |
4th 2014: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
17,066 |
5th 2014: 5th
|
Essex |
16,147 |
6th 2014: 7th
|
Hertfordshire |
14,575 |
7th 2014: 8th
|
Kent |
14,246 |
8th 2014: 6th
|
Hampshire |
13,779 |
9th 2014: 9th
|
Surrey |
12,014 |
10th 2014: 10th
|
Cheshire |
11,974 |
11th 2014: 11th
|
Lancashire |
10,080 |
12th 2014: 12th
|
Merseyside |
9,857 |
13th 2014: 15th
|
South Yorkshire |
9,290 |
14th 2014: 13th
|
Berkshire |
9,135 |
15th 2014: 14th
|
East Sussex |
8,786 |
16th 2014: 16th
|
Buckinghamshire |
8,249 |
17th 2014: 20th
|
Dorset |
7,791 |
18th 2014: 18th
|
Leicestershire |
7,712 |
19th 2014: 25th
|
Derbyshire |
7,414 |
20th 2014: 17th
|
Nottinghamshire |
6,908 |
21st 2014: 19th
|
North Yorkshire |
6,437 |
22nd 2014: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
6,375 |
23rd 2014: 23rd
|
Northamptonshire |
6,347 |
24th 2014: 26th
|
Bedfordshire |
6,245 |
25th 2014: 27th
|
Cambridgeshire |
6,235 |
26th 2014: 21st
|
West Sussex |
6,136 |
27th 2014: 28th
|
Tyne and Wear |
6,042 |
28th 2014: 22nd
|
Lincolnshire |
5,879 |
29th 2014: 29th
|
Gloucestershire |
5,741 |
30th 2014: 30th
|
Devon |
5,394 |
31st 2014: 31st
|
Somerset |
5,383 |
32nd 2014: 32nd
|
Bristol |
4,942 |
33rd 2014: 33rd
|
Oxfordshire |
4,611 |
34th 2014: 35th
|
Wiltshire |
4,506 |
35th 2014: 34th
|
Warwickshire |
4,424 |
36th 2014: 36th
|
Norfolk |
4,296 |
37th 2014: 38th
|
Suffolk |
4,031 |
38th 2014: 37th
|
Durham |
3,834 |
39th 2014: 39th
|
Worcestershire |
3,572 |
40th 2014: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
2,967 |
41st 2014: 42nd
|
Shropshire |
2,416 |
42nd 2014: 41st
|
Cornwall |
2,392 |
43rd 2014: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,166 |
44th 2014: 44th
|
Northumberland |
1,289 |
45th 2014: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
950 |
46th 2014: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
560 |
47th 2014: 47th
|
Rutland |
194 |
people
9.1
9.7
98% Private Limited Companies (6,202 companies)
2% Other company types (145 companies)
Other company types breakdown (145 companies)
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Businesses formed in Northamptonshire during 2015
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Businesses dissolved in Northamptonshire during 2015
39,638
businesses registered in Northamptonshire at the end of 2015.
9.4% more companies in Northamptonshire compared to 2014
Cambridgeshire
41,403 total businesses
6,235 formed in 2015
3,619 dissolved in 2015
Leicestershire
48,126 total businesses
7,712 formed in 2015
4,538 dissolved in 2015
Warwickshire
32,797 total businesses
4,424 formed in 2015
2,675 dissolved in 2015
Buckinghamshire
59,305 total businesses
8,249 formed in 2015
5,489 dissolved in 2015
Oxfordshire
37,534 total businesses
4,611 formed in 2015
2,781 dissolved in 2015
Bedfordshire
34,911 total businesses
6,245 formed in 2015
3,593 dissolved in 2015
Rutland
1,677 total businesses
194 formed in 2015
114 dissolved in 2015
Northamptonshire
39,638 total businesses
6,347 formed in 2015
3,341 dissolved in 2015
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Beanfield |
14 |
||
Central |
21 |
||
Danesholme |
-1 |
||
King's Forest |
10 |
||
Kingswood & Hazel Leys |
30 |
||
Lloyds |
19 |
||
Lodge Park |
10 |
||
Oakley North |
20 |
||
Oakley South |
43 |
||
Rowlett |
9 |
||
Rural West |
4 |
||
Stanion & Corby Village |
39 |
||
Weldon & Gretton |
44 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abbey North |
28 |
||
Abbey South |
42 |
||
Barby and Kilsby |
11 |
||
Braunston and Welton |
1 |
||
Brixworth |
-3 |
||
Drayton |
38 |
||
Hill |
6 |
||
Long Buckby |
32 |
||
Moulton |
15 |
||
Ravensthorpe |
6 |
||
Spratton |
6 |
||
Walgrave |
-2 |
||
Weedon |
14 |
||
Welford |
9 |
||
Woodford |
14 |
||
Yelvertoft |
4 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Barnwell |
-1 |
||
Fineshade |
15 |
||
Higham Ferrers Chichele |
-10 |
||
Higham Ferrers Lancaster |
12 |
||
Irthlingborough John Pyel |
10 |
||
Irthlingborough Waterloo |
18 |
||
King's Forest |
10 |
||
Lower Nene |
6 |
||
Lyveden |
10 |
||
Oundle |
16 |
||
Prebendal |
6 |
||
Raunds Saxon |
4 |
||
Raunds Windmill |
9 |
||
Rushden Bates |
9 |
||
Rushden Hayden |
16 |
||
Rushden Pemberton |
12 |
||
Rushden Sartoris |
10 |
||
Rushden Spencer |
0 |
||
Stanwick |
3 |
||
Thrapston Lakes |
0 |
||
Thrapston Market |
12 |
||
Woodford |
14 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
All Saints |
25 |
||
Avondale Grange |
19 |
||
Barton |
16 |
||
Brambleside |
23 |
||
Burton Latimer |
15 |
||
Desborough Loatland |
10 |
||
Desborough St Giles |
8 |
||
Ise Lodge |
8 |
||
Northfield |
20 |
||
Pipers Hill |
11 |
||
Queen Eleanor and Buccleuch |
9 |
||
Rothwell |
22 |
||
Slade |
7 |
||
St Michael's and Wicksteed |
102 |
||
St Peter's |
26 |
||
Welland |
7 |
||
William Knibb |
17 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abington |
91 |
||
Billing |
41 |
||
Boothville |
11 |
||
Brookside |
37 |
||
Castle |
481 |
||
Delapre and Briar Hill |
84 |
||
East Hunsbury |
46 |
||
Eastfield |
30 |
||
Headlands |
15 |
||
Kings Heath |
33 |
||
Kingsley |
6 |
||
Kingsthorpe |
24 |
||
Nene Valley |
116 |
||
New Duston |
29 |
||
Obelisk |
12 |
||
Old Duston |
7 |
||
Park |
23 |
||
Parklands |
-12 |
||
Phippsville |
12 |
||
Rectory Farm |
22 |
||
Riverside |
31 |
||
Rushmills |
36 |
||
Semilong |
51 |
||
Spencer |
21 |
||
Spring Park |
1 |
||
St David's |
16 |
||
St James |
2 |
||
Sunnyside |
28 |
||
Talavera |
59 |
||
Trinity |
29 |
||
Upton |
57 |
||
West Hunsbury |
18 |
||
Westone |
17 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Astwell |
-2 |
||
Blakesley and Cote |
5 |
||
Blisworth and Roade |
22 |
||
Brackley East |
49 |
||
Brackley South |
13 |
||
Brackley West |
8 |
||
Brafield and Yardley |
-1 |
||
Cosgrove and Grafton |
0 |
||
Danvers and Wardoun |
13 |
||
Deanshanger |
11 |
||
Grange Park |
37 |
||
Hackleton |
-3 |
||
Harpole and Grange |
12 |
||
Heyfords and Bugbrooke |
3 |
||
Kings Sutton |
4 |
||
Kingthorn |
2 |
||
Little Brook |
4 |
||
Middleton Cheney |
2 |
||
Old Stratford |
15 |
||
Salcey |
4 |
||
Silverstone |
-1 |
||
Steane |
-1 |
||
Tove |
43 |
||
Towcester Brook |
-1 |
||
Towcester Mill |
17 |
||
Washington |
-7 |
||
Whittlewood |
10 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bozeat |
8 |
||
Brickhill |
4 |
||
Croyland |
15 |
||
Earls Barton |
8 |
||
Finedon |
14 |
||
Great Doddington & Wilby |
1 |
||
Harrowden & Sywell |
2 |
||
Hatton |
54 |
||
Irchester |
7 |
||
Isebrook |
14 |
||
Queensway |
19 |
||
Redwell |
25 |
||
Rixon |
25 |
||
Swanspool |
56 |
||
Victoria |
22 |
||
Wollaston |
15 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2015 and how Northamptonshire compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2014: 1st
|
London |
1,017,154 |
2nd
2014: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
156,025 |
3rd
2014: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
147,044 |
4th
2014: 4th
|
Essex |
107,891 |
5th
2014: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
102,450 |
29th 2014: 29th
|
Northamptonshire |
39,638 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
14th
2014: 14th
|
Buckinghamshire |
59,305 |
17th
2014: 18th
|
Leicestershire |
48,126 |
27th
2014: 27th
|
Cambridgeshire |
41,403 |
29th
2014: 29th
|
Northamptonshire |
39,638 |
30th
2014: 30th
|
Oxfordshire |
37,534 |
32nd
2014: 32nd
|
Bedfordshire |
34,911 |
34th
2014: 34th
|
Warwickshire |
32,797 |
47th
2014: 47th
|
Rutland |
1,677 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2014: 1st
|
London |
1,017,154 |
2nd 2014: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
156,025 |
3rd 2014: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
147,044 |
4th 2014: 4th
|
Essex |
107,891 |
5th 2014: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
102,450 |
6th 2014: 6th
|
Hampshire |
98,825 |
7th 2014: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
96,909 |
8th 2014: 9th
|
Kent |
94,176 |
9th 2014: 7th
|
Surrey |
93,699 |
10th 2014: 10th
|
Cheshire |
67,995 |
11th 2014: 11th
|
Lancashire |
65,240 |
12th 2014: 12th
|
Berkshire |
63,186 |
13th 2014: 13th
|
East Sussex |
61,290 |
14th 2014: 14th
|
Buckinghamshire |
59,305 |
15th 2014: 15th
|
Merseyside |
56,875 |
16th 2014: 16th
|
South Yorkshire |
52,205 |
17th 2014: 18th
|
Leicestershire |
48,126 |
18th 2014: 19th
|
Dorset |
47,433 |
19th 2014: 17th
|
West Sussex |
47,267 |
20th 2014: 21st
|
North Yorkshire |
46,660 |
21st 2014: 20th
|
Gloucestershire |
46,009 |
22nd 2014: 22nd
|
Devon |
44,917 |
23rd 2014: 23rd
|
Somerset |
44,277 |
24th 2014: 25th
|
Staffordshire |
44,125 |
25th 2014: 26th
|
Derbyshire |
43,692 |
26th 2014: 24th
|
Nottinghamshire |
43,336 |
27th 2014: 27th
|
Cambridgeshire |
41,403 |
28th 2014: 28th
|
Lincolnshire |
39,944 |
29th 2014: 29th
|
Northamptonshire |
39,638 |
30th 2014: 30th
|
Oxfordshire |
37,534 |
31st 2014: 31st
|
Tyne and Wear |
36,643 |
32nd 2014: 32nd
|
Bedfordshire |
34,911 |
33rd 2014: 33rd
|
Wiltshire |
33,003 |
34th 2014: 34th
|
Warwickshire |
32,797 |
35th 2014: 35th
|
Norfolk |
32,493 |
36th 2014: 36th
|
Suffolk |
30,944 |
37th 2014: 37th
|
Bristol |
30,301 |
38th 2014: 38th
|
Worcestershire |
29,303 |
39th 2014: 39th
|
Durham |
24,091 |
40th 2014: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
22,144 |
41st 2014: 41st
|
Shropshire |
19,451 |
42nd 2014: 42nd
|
Cumbria |
19,348 |
43rd 2014: 43rd
|
Cornwall |
18,859 |
44th 2014: 44th
|
Northumberland |
9,370 |
45th 2014: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
8,115 |
46th 2014: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
4,853 |
47th 2014: 47th
|
Rutland |
1,677 |
people
57.1
59.4
How the total number of companies in Northamptonshire has changed over the last 5 years as new companies have been formed and some existing companies dissolved.
2011
4,180 formed
2,877 dissolved
2012
5,166 formed
2,697 dissolved
2013
5,791 formed
3,020 dissolved
2014
6,246 formed
3,343 dissolved
2015
6,347 formed
3,341 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
8.8% vs 2011
9.1% vs 2012
8.7% vs 2013
9.4% vs 2014