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Company Formations in 2019: Northamptonshire

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???? Businesses formed in Northamptonshire during 2019

11.2% more companies in Northamptonshire compared to 2018

New businesses in Northamptonshire mapped

Corby 560 formed

Daventry 574 formed

East Northamptonshire 589 formed

Kettering 1,375 formed

Northampton 3,813 formed

South Northamptonshire 750 formed

Wellingborough 721 formed

Companies formed in 2019 league table

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

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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
1st 2018: 1st
London
222,468
2nd 2018: 3rd
Greater Manchester
31,440
3rd 2018: 2nd
West Midlands
29,676
4th 2018: 4th
West Yorkshire
18,752
5th 2018: 5th
Essex
17,816
18th 2018: 18th
Northamptonshire
8,393
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
13th 2018: 15th
Leicestershire
10,825
17th 2018: 14th
Buckinghamshire
8,835
18th 2018: 18th
Northamptonshire
8,393
25th 2018: 24th
Cambridgeshire
6,779
26th 2018: 21st
Bedfordshire
6,766
33rd 2018: 34th
Warwickshire
5,256
34th 2018: 36th
Oxfordshire
5,087
47th 2018: 47th
Rutland
230
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
1st 2018: 1st
London
222,468
2nd 2018: 3rd
Greater Manchester
31,440
3rd 2018: 2nd
West Midlands
29,676
4th 2018: 4th
West Yorkshire
18,752
5th 2018: 5th
Essex
17,816
6th 2018: 7th
Kent
15,963
7th 2018: 6th
Hertfordshire
15,231
8th 2018: 8th
Hampshire
15,174
9th 2018: 9th
Cheshire
12,221
10th 2018: 10th
Merseyside
11,866
11th 2018: 11th
Lancashire
11,229
12th 2018: 12th
Surrey
11,032
13th 2018: 15th
Leicestershire
10,825
14th 2018: 22nd
Worcestershire
9,971
15th 2018: 16th
South Yorkshire
9,325
16th 2018: 13th
Berkshire
9,009
17th 2018: 14th
Buckinghamshire
8,835
18th 2018: 18th
Northamptonshire
8,393
19th 2018: 17th
Dorset
8,020
20th 2018: 19th
East Sussex
7,706
21st 2018: 20th
Nottinghamshire
7,348
22nd 2018: 23rd
North Yorkshire
7,260
23rd 2018: 25th
Tyne and Wear
7,132
24th 2018: 26th
Staffordshire
6,927
25th 2018: 24th
Cambridgeshire
6,779
26th 2018: 21st
Bedfordshire
6,766
27th 2018: 27th
Derbyshire
6,522
28th 2018: 30th
Devon
6,196
29th 2018: 28th
West Sussex
6,154
30th 2018: 29th
Lincolnshire
6,042
31st 2018: 32nd
Somerset
6,041
32nd 2018: 31st
Gloucestershire
5,971
33rd 2018: 34th
Warwickshire
5,256
34th 2018: 36th
Oxfordshire
5,087
35th 2018: 35th
Bristol
5,040
36th 2018: 37th
Norfolk
4,731
37th 2018: 33rd
Durham
4,623
38th 2018: 39th
Suffolk
4,518
39th 2018: 38th
Wiltshire
4,428
40th 2018: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
3,258
41st 2018: 42nd
Shropshire
3,231
42nd 2018: 41st
Cornwall
2,948
43rd 2018: 43rd
Cumbria
2,171
44th 2018: 44th
Northumberland
1,531
45th 2018: 45th
Herefordshire
1,499
46th 2018: 46th
Isle of Wight
675
47th 2018: 47th
Rutland
230

New incorporations in 2019 per 1000 Man standing people

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Type of companies formed in Northamptonshire breakdown

98% Private Limited Companies (8,203 companies)

2% Other company types (190 companies)

Other company types breakdown (190 companies)

Total companies in Northamptonshire by the end of 2019

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Businesses formed in Northamptonshire during 2019

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Businesses dissolved in Northamptonshire during 2019

meaning there is a total of

49,144

businesses registered in Northamptonshire at the end of 2019.

11.2% more companies in Northamptonshire compared to 2018

Surrounding counties 2019 breakdown & comparison

Cambridgeshire

50,160 total businesses
6,779 formed in 2019
5,435 dissolved in 2019

Leicestershire

63,315 total businesses
10,825 formed in 2019
8,301 dissolved in 2019

Warwickshire

38,998 total businesses
5,256 formed in 2019
4,003 dissolved in 2019

Buckinghamshire

69,470 total businesses
8,835 formed in 2019
9,133 dissolved in 2019

Oxfordshire

42,461 total businesses
5,087 formed in 2019
3,723 dissolved in 2019

Bedfordshire

42,145 total businesses
6,766 formed in 2019
6,698 dissolved in 2019

Rutland

1,904 total businesses
230 formed in 2019
165 dissolved in 2019

Northamptonshire

49,144 total businesses
8,393 formed in 2019
5,434 dissolved in 2019

NorthamptonshireCambridgeshireBedfordshireBuckinghamshireOxfordshireWarwickshireLeicestershireRutland

Ward breakdown data for

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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Beanfield
22
30
8
Central
31
54
23
Danesholme
42
42
0
King's Forest
15
15
0
Kingswood & Hazel Leys
55
57
2
Lloyds
28
54
26
Lodge Park
22
41
19
Oakley North
29
40
11
Oakley South
57
70
13
Rowlett
29
34
5
Rural West
7
12
5
Stanion & Corby Village
26
31
5
Weldon & Gretton
121
95
-26
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Abbey North
56
58
2
Abbey South
67
72
5
Barby and Kilsby
22
35
13
Braunston and Welton
13
10
-3
Brixworth
37
51
14
Drayton
205
72
-133
Hill
24
20
-4
Long Buckby
46
49
3
Moulton
19
31
12
Ravensthorpe
17
5
-12
Spratton
29
45
16
Walgrave
11
14
3
Weedon
38
40
2
Welford
21
22
1
Woodford
29
43
14
Yelvertoft
13
18
5
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Barnwell
15
14
-1
Fineshade
14
24
10
Higham Ferrers Chichele
29
37
8
Higham Ferrers Lancaster
31
25
-6
Irthlingborough John Pyel
14
16
2
Irthlingborough Waterloo
28
26
-2
King's Forest
15
15
0
Lower Nene
10
15
5
Lyveden
14
8
-6
Oundle
43
56
13
Prebendal
14
9
-5
Raunds Saxon
22
37
15
Raunds Windmill
16
26
10
Rushden Bates
20
27
7
Rushden Hayden
45
67
22
Rushden Pemberton
36
30
-6
Rushden Sartoris
39
36
-3
Rushden Spencer
23
43
20
Stanwick
6
9
3
Thrapston Lakes
35
41
6
Thrapston Market
26
17
-9
Woodford
29
43
14
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
All Saints
65
57
-8
Avondale Grange
23
27
4
Barton
11
21
10
Brambleside
21
25
4
Burton Latimer
31
43
12
Desborough Loatland
24
26
2
Desborough St Giles
24
31
7
Ise Lodge
16
33
17
Northfield
22
28
6
Pipers Hill
10
24
14
Queen Eleanor and Buccleuch
12
17
5
Rothwell
41
398
357
Slade
23
31
8
St Michael's and Wicksteed
123
103
-20
St Peter's
37
56
19
Welland
20
34
14
William Knibb
60
421
361
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Abington
92
936
844
Billing
64
76
12
Boothville
17
24
7
Brookside
43
54
11
Castle
347
359
12
Delapre and Briar Hill
136
499
363
East Hunsbury
67
70
3
Eastfield
27
39
12
Headlands
29
32
3
Kings Heath
21
42
21
Kingsley
36
44
8
Kingsthorpe
61
72
11
Nene Valley
147
238
91
New Duston
46
55
9
Obelisk
5
13
8
Old Duston
34
42
8
Park
29
39
10
Parklands
111
91
-20
Phippsville
29
23
-6
Rectory Farm
34
40
6
Riverside
34
53
19
Rushmills
48
80
32
Semilong
67
65
-2
Spencer
46
50
4
Spring Park
13
14
1
St David's
24
337
313
St James
190
105
-85
Sunnyside
31
32
1
Talavera
82
97
15
Trinity
29
41
12
Upton
65
93
28
West Hunsbury
28
33
5
Westone
15
25
10
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Astwell
13
15
2
Blakesley and Cote
27
18
-9
Blisworth and Roade
38
59
21
Brackley East
54
101
47
Brackley South
10
19
9
Brackley West
15
10
-5
Brafield and Yardley
19
27
8
Cosgrove and Grafton
13
7
-6
Danvers and Wardoun
28
28
0
Deanshanger
22
35
13
Grange Park
40
52
12
Hackleton
14
37
23
Harpole and Grange
24
22
-2
Heyfords and Bugbrooke
18
15
-3
Kings Sutton
7
10
3
Kingthorn
13
15
2
Little Brook
10
11
1
Middleton Cheney
12
14
2
Old Stratford
22
35
13
Salcey
6
15
9
Silverstone
24
19
-5
Steane
13
20
7
Tove
54
76
22
Towcester Brook
26
14
-12
Towcester Mill
43
55
12
Washington
13
8
-5
Whittlewood
16
13
-3
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Bozeat
9
9
0
Brickhill
9
19
10
Croyland
18
25
7
Earls Barton
27
22
-5
Finedon
17
24
7
Great Doddington & Wilby
10
5
-5
Harrowden & Sywell
39
43
4
Hatton
61
65
4
Irchester
27
56
29
Isebrook
14
24
10
Queensway
44
30
-14
Redwell
39
86
47
Rixon
47
88
41
Swanspool
135
124
-11
Victoria
54
77
23
Wollaston
33
24
-9

Total companies 2019 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2019 and how Northamptonshire compares to them.

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County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2018: 1st
London
1,204,778
2nd 2018: 2nd
Greater Manchester
189,867
3rd 2018: 3rd
West Midlands
173,134
4th 2018: 4th
Essex
128,433
5th 2018: 5th
West Yorkshire
123,678
27th 2018: 28th
Northamptonshire
49,144
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
13th 2018: 12th
Buckinghamshire
69,470
16th 2018: 16th
Leicestershire
63,315
26th 2018: 26th
Cambridgeshire
50,160
27th 2018: 28th
Northamptonshire
49,144
32nd 2018: 32nd
Oxfordshire
42,461
33rd 2018: 31st
Bedfordshire
42,145
34th 2018: 35th
Warwickshire
38,998
47th 2018: 47th
Rutland
1,904
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2018: 1st
London
1,204,778
2nd 2018: 2nd
Greater Manchester
189,867
3rd 2018: 3rd
West Midlands
173,134
4th 2018: 4th
Essex
128,433
5th 2018: 5th
West Yorkshire
123,678
6th 2018: 7th
Hampshire
114,831
7th 2018: 8th
Kent
113,551
8th 2018: 6th
Hertfordshire
113,106
9th 2018: 9th
Surrey
100,643
10th 2018: 10th
Cheshire
80,108
11th 2018: 11th
Lancashire
77,937
12th 2018: 13th
Berkshire
70,177
13th 2018: 12th
Buckinghamshire
69,470
14th 2018: 15th
Merseyside
68,401
15th 2018: 14th
East Sussex
67,545
16th 2018: 16th
Leicestershire
63,315
17th 2018: 17th
South Yorkshire
60,360
18th 2018: 18th
Dorset
57,606
19th 2018: 19th
North Yorkshire
54,481
20th 2018: 21st
Devon
53,264
21st 2018: 20th
West Sussex
52,825
22nd 2018: 22nd
Gloucestershire
52,494
23rd 2018: 24th
Somerset
51,957
24th 2018: 25th
Staffordshire
51,758
25th 2018: 23rd
Nottinghamshire
51,677
26th 2018: 26th
Cambridgeshire
50,160
27th 2018: 28th
Northamptonshire
49,144
28th 2018: 27th
Derbyshire
48,355
29th 2018: 29th
Lincolnshire
45,109
30th 2018: 30th
Tyne and Wear
44,237
31st 2018: 33rd
Worcestershire
43,247
32nd 2018: 32nd
Oxfordshire
42,461
33rd 2018: 31st
Bedfordshire
42,145
34th 2018: 35th
Warwickshire
38,998
35th 2018: 34th
Norfolk
38,911
36th 2018: 36th
Wiltshire
37,182
37th 2018: 37th
Suffolk
36,907
38th 2018: 38th
Bristol
33,594
39th 2018: 39th
Durham
29,218
40th 2018: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
25,383
41st 2018: 41st
Shropshire
23,741
42nd 2018: 42nd
Cornwall
23,037
43rd 2018: 43rd
Cumbria
21,286
44th 2018: 44th
Northumberland
10,879
45th 2018: 45th
Herefordshire
10,498
46th 2018: 46th
Isle of Wight
5,705
47th 2018: 47th
Rutland
1,904

Total companies at the end of 2019 per 1000 Person people

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70.7

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The last 5 years

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.

2015

6,347 formed

3,341 dissolved

2016

7,050 formed

4,393 dissolved

2017

9,958 formed

4,930 dissolved

2018

7,630 formed

5,516 dissolved

2019

8,393 formed

5,434 dissolved

Overall growth compared to previous year

2.4% vs 2015

15.22% vs 2016

-5.49% vs 2017

11.2% vs 2018