2011
2,072 formed
1,169 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Shropshire during 2015
5.4% more companies in Shropshire compared to 2014
Shropshire 1,621 formed
Telford and Wrekin 795 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Shropshire 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 |
41st 2014: 42nd
|
Shropshire |
2,416 |
Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
---|---|---|
3rd
2014: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
26,952 |
10th
2014: 10th
|
Cheshire |
11,974 |
22nd
2014: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
6,375 |
39th
2014: 39th
|
Worcestershire |
3,572 |
41st
2014: 42nd
|
Shropshire |
2,416 |
45th
2014: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
950 |
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 |
5.1
9.7
96% Private Limited Companies (2,324 companies)
4% Other company types (92 companies)
Other company types breakdown (92 companies)
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Businesses formed in Shropshire during 2015
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Businesses dissolved in Shropshire during 2015
19,451
businesses registered in Shropshire at the end of 2015.
5.4% more companies in Shropshire compared to 2014
Powys
4,603 total businesses
473 formed in 2015
332 dissolved in 2015
Wrexham
3,937 total businesses
587 formed in 2015
337 dissolved in 2015
Staffordshire
44,125 total businesses
6,375 formed in 2015
3,827 dissolved in 2015
Worcestershire
29,303 total businesses
3,572 formed in 2015
2,593 dissolved in 2015
West Midlands
147,044 total businesses
26,952 formed in 2015
17,109 dissolved in 2015
Cheshire
67,995 total businesses
11,974 formed in 2015
5,482 dissolved in 2015
Herefordshire
8,115 total businesses
950 formed in 2015
543 dissolved in 2015
Shropshire
19,451 total businesses
2,416 formed in 2015
1,432 dissolved in 2015
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
20 |
||
Albrighton |
5 |
||
Alveley and Claverley |
12 |
||
Bagley |
10 |
||
Battlefield |
9 |
||
Bayston Hill Column and Sutton |
58 |
||
Belle Vue |
2 |
||
Bishop's Castle |
7 |
||
Bowbrook |
17 |
||
Bridgnorth East and Astley Abbotts |
13 |
||
Bridgnorth West and Tasley |
-6 |
||
Broseley |
4 |
||
Brown Clee |
5 |
||
Burnell |
7 |
||
Castlefields and Ditherington |
17 |
||
Cheswardine |
4 |
||
Chirbury and Worthen |
-1 |
||
Church Stretton and Craven Arms |
31 |
||
Clee |
3 |
||
Cleobury Mortimer |
17 |
||
Clun |
0 |
||
Copthorne |
6 |
||
Corvedale |
9 |
||
Ellesmere Urban |
10 |
||
Gobowen Selattyn and Weston Rhyn |
18 |
||
Harlescott |
6 |
||
Highley |
6 |
||
Hodnet |
5 |
||
Llanymynech |
11 |
||
Longden |
14 |
||
Loton |
4 |
||
Ludlow East |
-1 |
||
Ludlow North |
4 |
||
Ludlow South |
16 |
||
Market Drayton East |
7 |
||
Market Drayton West |
23 |
||
Meole |
2 |
||
Monkmoor |
11 |
||
Much Wenlock |
12 |
||
Oswestry East |
11 |
||
Oswestry South |
17 |
||
Oswestry West |
6 |
||
Porthill |
11 |
||
Prees |
15 |
||
Quarry and Coton Hill |
41 |
||
Radbrook |
9 |
||
Rea Valley |
1 |
||
Ruyton and Baschurch |
9 |
||
Severn Valley |
16 |
||
Shawbury |
19 |
||
Shifnal North |
5 |
||
Shifnal South and Cosford |
16 |
||
St Martin's |
-5 |
||
St Oswald |
14 |
||
Sundorne |
6 |
||
Tern |
4 |
||
The Meres |
9 |
||
Underdale |
6 |
||
Wem |
25 |
||
Wheaton Aston Bishopswood and Lapley |
0 |
||
Whitchurch North |
14 |
||
Whitchurch South |
2 |
||
Whittington |
8 |
||
Worfield |
12 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Admaston & Bratton |
5 |
||
Apley Castle |
10 |
||
Arleston |
5 |
||
Brookside |
7 |
||
Church Aston & Lilleshall |
8 |
||
College |
18 |
||
Dawley & Aqueduct |
6 |
||
Donnington |
11 |
||
Dothill |
1 |
||
Edgmond & Ercall Magna |
17 |
||
Ercall |
8 |
||
Hadley & Leegomery |
6 |
||
Haygate |
19 |
||
Horsehay & Lightmoor |
16 |
||
Ironbridge Gorge |
11 |
||
Ketley & Overdale |
12 |
||
Madeley & Sutton Hill |
11 |
||
Malinslee & Dawley Bank |
3 |
||
Muxton |
2 |
||
Newport North & West |
23 |
||
Newport South & East |
17 |
||
Oakengates & Ketley Bank |
16 |
||
Park |
3 |
||
Priorslee |
22 |
||
Shawbirch |
4 |
||
St Georges |
9 |
||
The Nedge |
33 |
||
Woodside |
2 |
||
Wrockwardine |
0 |
||
Wrockwardine Wood & Trench |
11 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2015 and how Shropshire 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 |
41st 2014: 41st
|
Shropshire |
19,451 |
Rank | County | Total companies |
---|---|---|
3rd
2014: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
147,044 |
10th
2014: 10th
|
Cheshire |
67,995 |
24th
2014: 25th
|
Staffordshire |
44,125 |
38th
2014: 38th
|
Worcestershire |
29,303 |
41st
2014: 41st
|
Shropshire |
19,451 |
45th
2014: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
8,115 |
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 |
41.0
59.4
How the total number of companies in Shropshire has changed over the last 5 years as new companies have been formed and some existing companies dissolved.
2011
2,072 formed
1,169 dissolved
2012
2,228 formed
1,121 dissolved
2013
2,301 formed
1,287 dissolved
2014
2,421 formed
1,518 dissolved
2015
2,416 formed
1,432 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
7.2% vs 2011
6.1% vs 2012
5.1% vs 2013
5.4% vs 2014