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Company Formations in 2021: Northumberland

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???? Businesses formed in Northumberland during 2021

2.8% more companies in Northumberland compared to 2020

New businesses in Northumberland mapped

Northumberland 1,420 formed

Cumbria 2,286 formed

Dumfries and Galloway 418 formed

Scottish Borders 469 formed

Durham 5,065 formed

Tyne and Wear 7,623 formed

NorthumberlandCumbriaDurhamTyne andWearScottish BordersDumfries and Galloway

Companies formed in 2021 league table

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

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Rank
County
No. Companies formed
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
45th 2020: 45th
Northumberland
1,421
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
20th 2020: 21st
Tyne and Wear
7,623
37th 2020: 36th
Durham
5,065
44th 2020: 43rd
Cumbria
2,286
45th 2020: 45th
Northumberland
1,421
Rank
County
No. Companies formed
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

New incorporations in 2021 per 1000 Man standing people

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In Northumberland

4.5

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National Average

12.2

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Type of companies formed in Northumberland breakdown

96% Private Limited Companies (1,364 companies)

4% Other company types (57 companies)

Other company types breakdown (57 companies)

Total companies in Northumberland by the end of 2021

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Businesses formed in Northumberland during 2021

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Businesses dissolved in Northumberland during 2021

Due to restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, 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

11,895

businesses registered in Northumberland at the end of 2021.

2.8% more companies in Northumberland compared to 2020

Surrounding counties 2021 breakdown & comparison

Cumbria

22,499 total businesses
2,286 formed in 2021
2,292 dissolved in 2021

Dumfries and Galloway

3,763 total businesses
418 formed in 2021
295 dissolved in 2021

Scottish Borders

4,132 total businesses
469 formed in 2021
372 dissolved in 2021

Durham

33,620 total businesses
5,065 formed in 2021
3,776 dissolved in 2021

Tyne and Wear

49,266 total businesses
7,623 formed in 2021
6,425 dissolved in 2021

Northumberland

11,895 total businesses
1,421 formed in 2021
1,193 dissolved in 2021

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Ward breakdown data for

Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Alnwick
46
73
27
Amble
18
18
0
Amble West with Warkworth
10
14
4
Ashington Central
39
50
11
Bamburgh
10
24
14
Bedlington Central
21
16
-5
Bedlington East
9
10
1
Bedlington West
12
13
1
Bellingham
12
22
10
Berwick East
6
10
4
Berwick North
42
57
15
Berwick West with Ord
6
11
5
Bothal
17
25
8
Bywell
27
16
-11
Choppington
27
12
-15
College
13
16
3
Corbridge
22
21
-1
Cowpen
16
14
-2
Cramlington East
6
14
8
Cramlington Eastfield
14
8
-6
Cramlington North
12
15
3
Cramlington South East
37
28
-9
Cramlington Village
12
10
-2
Cramlington West
38
42
4
Croft
23
33
10
Druridge Bay
17
18
1
Haltwhistle
8
13
5
Hartley
15
12
-3
Haydon
10
24
14
Haydon and Hadrian
11
16
5
Hexham Central with Acomb
19
22
3
Hexham East
17
11
-6
Hexham West
19
6
-13
Hirst
8
13
5
Holywell
21
14
-7
Humshaugh
11
15
4
Isabella
10
12
2
Kitty Brewster
24
27
3
Longhorsley
30
30
0
Longhoughton
15
22
7
Lynemouth
8
21
13
Morpeth Kirkhill
14
20
6
Morpeth North
21
42
21
Morpeth Stobhill
14
17
3
Newbiggin Central and East
16
17
1
Newsham
11
12
1
Norham and Islandshires
16
11
-5
Pegswood
14
28
14
Plessey
10
7
-3
Ponteland East and Stannington
33
30
-3
Ponteland North
35
36
1
Ponteland South with Heddon
19
26
7
Ponteland West
24
28
4
Prudhoe North
10
12
2
Prudhoe South
15
19
4
Rothbury
16
11
-5
Seaton with Newbiggin West
9
24
15
Seghill with Seaton Delaval
21
27
6
Shilbottle
14
22
8
Sleekburn
22
25
3
South Blyth
16
13
-3
South Tynedale
22
37
15
Stakeford
14
8
-6
Stocksfield and Broomhaugh
15
23
8
Wensleydale
30
64
34
Wooler
12
13
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Total companies 2021 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2021 and how Northumberland compares to them.

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Rank
County
Total companies
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
45th 2020: 45th
Northumberland
11,895
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
30th 2020: 30th
Tyne and Wear
49,266
39th 2020: 39th
Durham
33,620
43rd 2020: 43rd
Cumbria
22,499
45th 2020: 45th
Northumberland
11,895
Rank
County
Total companies
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

Total companies at the end of 2021 per 1000 Person people

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In Northumberland

37.6

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79.1

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The last 5 years

How the total number of companies in Northumberland has changed over the last 5 years as new companies have been formed and some existing companies dissolved.

2017

1,360 formed

1,019 dissolved

2018

1,422 formed

1,052 dissolved

2019

1,531 formed

1,163 dissolved

2020

1,560 formed

872 dissolved

2021

1,421 formed

1,193 dissolved

Overall growth compared to previous year

3.2% vs 2017

4.37% vs 2018

6.4% vs 2019

2.8% vs 2020