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Company Formations in 2015: Shropshire

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5.4% more companies in Shropshire compared to 2014

New businesses in Shropshire mapped

Shropshire 1,621 formed

Telford and Wrekin 795 formed

Companies formed in 2015 league table

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

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County
No. Companies formed
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
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County
No. Companies formed
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
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County
No. Companies formed
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

New incorporations in 2015 per 1000 Man standing people

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In Shropshire

5.1

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9.7

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Type of companies formed in Shropshire breakdown

96% Private Limited Companies (2,324 companies)

4% Other company types (92 companies)

Other company types breakdown (92 companies)

Total companies in Shropshire by the end of 2015

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Businesses formed in Shropshire during 2015

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Businesses dissolved in Shropshire during 2015

meaning there is a total of

19,451

businesses registered in Shropshire at the end of 2015.

5.4% more companies in Shropshire compared to 2014

Surrounding counties 2015 breakdown & comparison

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

ShropshirePowysWrexhamCheshireStaffordshireWestMidlandsWorcestershireHerefordshire

Ward breakdown data for

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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Abbey
21
41
20
Albrighton
8
13
5
Alveley and Claverley
13
25
12
Bagley
4
14
10
Battlefield
4
13
9
Bayston Hill Column and Sutton
88
146
58
Belle Vue
15
17
2
Bishop's Castle
14
21
7
Bowbrook
27
44
17
Bridgnorth East and Astley Abbotts
52
65
13
Bridgnorth West and Tasley
34
28
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Broseley
13
17
4
Brown Clee
11
16
5
Burnell
9
16
7
Castlefields and Ditherington
3
20
17
Cheswardine
17
21
4
Chirbury and Worthen
8
7
-1
Church Stretton and Craven Arms
41
72
31
Clee
14
17
3
Cleobury Mortimer
29
46
17
Clun
9
9
0
Copthorne
10
16
6
Corvedale
14
23
9
Ellesmere Urban
4
14
10
Gobowen Selattyn and Weston Rhyn
9
27
18
Harlescott
40
46
6
Highley
2
8
6
Hodnet
12
17
5
Llanymynech
14
25
11
Longden
5
19
14
Loton
11
15
4
Ludlow East
5
4
-1
Ludlow North
19
23
4
Ludlow South
9
25
16
Market Drayton East
15
22
7
Market Drayton West
26
49
23
Meole
9
11
2
Monkmoor
4
15
11
Much Wenlock
9
21
12
Oswestry East
11
22
11
Oswestry South
24
41
17
Oswestry West
6
12
6
Porthill
9
20
11
Prees
9
24
15
Quarry and Coton Hill
39
80
41
Radbrook
5
14
9
Rea Valley
14
15
1
Ruyton and Baschurch
10
19
9
Severn Valley
8
24
16
Shawbury
9
28
19
Shifnal North
13
18
5
Shifnal South and Cosford
18
34
16
St Martin's
12
7
-5
St Oswald
15
29
14
Sundorne
7
13
6
Tern
12
16
4
The Meres
11
20
9
Underdale
6
12
6
Wem
16
41
25
Wheaton Aston Bishopswood and Lapley
0
0
Whitchurch North
11
25
14
Whitchurch South
13
15
2
Whittington
10
18
8
Worfield
14
26
12
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Admaston & Bratton
7
12
5
Apley Castle
5
15
10
Arleston
3
8
5
Brookside
8
15
7
Church Aston & Lilleshall
7
15
8
College
13
31
18
Dawley & Aqueduct
12
18
6
Donnington
7
18
11
Dothill
5
6
1
Edgmond & Ercall Magna
13
30
17
Ercall
8
8
Hadley & Leegomery
34
40
6
Haygate
19
38
19
Horsehay & Lightmoor
14
30
16
Ironbridge Gorge
16
27
11
Ketley & Overdale
28
40
12
Madeley & Sutton Hill
64
75
11
Malinslee & Dawley Bank
7
10
3
Muxton
23
25
2
Newport North & West
20
43
23
Newport South & East
7
24
17
Oakengates & Ketley Bank
37
53
16
Park
3
6
3
Priorslee
30
52
22
Shawbirch
5
9
4
St Georges
12
21
9
The Nedge
52
85
33
Woodside
7
9
2
Wrockwardine
9
9
0
Wrockwardine Wood & Trench
12
23
11

Total companies 2015 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2015 and how Shropshire compares to them.

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Rank
County
Total companies
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
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
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

Total companies at the end of 2015 per 1000 Person people

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In Shropshire

41.0

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59.4

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The last 5 years

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