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Company Formations in 2016: Shropshire

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???? Businesses formed in Shropshire during 2016

5.0% more companies in Shropshire compared to 2015

New businesses in Shropshire mapped

Shropshire 1,613 formed

Telford and Wrekin 883 formed

Companies formed in 2016 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 2015: 1st
London
209,869
2nd 2015: 2nd
Greater Manchester
32,999
3rd 2015: 3rd
West Midlands
31,162
4th 2015: 4th
West Yorkshire
17,837
5th 2015: 6th
Hertfordshire
17,671
41st 2015: 41st
Shropshire
2,496
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
3rd 2015: 3rd
West Midlands
31,162
7th 2015: 10th
Cheshire
15,328
21st 2015: 22nd
Staffordshire
7,618
24th 2015: 39th
Worcestershire
6,602
41st 2015: 41st
Shropshire
2,496
45th 2015: 45th
Herefordshire
853
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
1st 2015: 1st
London
209,869
2nd 2015: 2nd
Greater Manchester
32,999
3rd 2015: 3rd
West Midlands
31,162
4th 2015: 4th
West Yorkshire
17,837
5th 2015: 6th
Hertfordshire
17,671
6th 2015: 5th
Essex
15,887
7th 2015: 10th
Cheshire
15,328
8th 2015: 7th
Kent
14,577
9th 2015: 8th
Hampshire
14,249
10th 2015: 24th
Bedfordshire
13,677
11th 2015: 34th
Wiltshire
11,837
12th 2015: 9th
Surrey
11,070
13th 2015: 12th
Merseyside
10,617
14th 2015: 11th
Lancashire
10,600
15th 2015: 13th
South Yorkshire
9,265
16th 2015: 14th
Berkshire
9,081
17th 2015: 16th
Buckinghamshire
8,523
18th 2015: 18th
Leicestershire
8,307
19th 2015: 17th
Dorset
8,113
20th 2015: 15th
East Sussex
7,939
21st 2015: 22nd
Staffordshire
7,618
22nd 2015: 23rd
Northamptonshire
7,050
23rd 2015: 20th
Nottinghamshire
6,642
24th 2015: 39th
Worcestershire
6,602
25th 2015: 21st
North Yorkshire
6,525
26th 2015: 27th
Tyne and Wear
6,380
27th 2015: 19th
Derbyshire
6,271
28th 2015: 25th
Cambridgeshire
6,208
29th 2015: 26th
West Sussex
5,996
30th 2015: 30th
Devon
5,703
31st 2015: 28th
Lincolnshire
5,698
32nd 2015: 29th
Gloucestershire
5,639
33rd 2015: 31st
Somerset
5,328
34th 2015: 32nd
Bristol
5,196
35th 2015: 35th
Warwickshire
4,709
36th 2015: 33rd
Oxfordshire
4,517
37th 2015: 36th
Norfolk
4,480
38th 2015: 37th
Suffolk
4,291
39th 2015: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
4,080
40th 2015: 38th
Durham
4,017
41st 2015: 41st
Shropshire
2,496
42nd 2015: 42nd
Cornwall
2,468
43rd 2015: 43rd
Cumbria
1,979
44th 2015: 44th
Northumberland
1,302
45th 2015: 45th
Herefordshire
853
46th 2015: 46th
Isle of Wight
545
47th 2015: 47th
Rutland
217

New incorporations in 2016 per 1000 Man standing people

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In Shropshire

5.3

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10.5

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Type of companies formed in Shropshire breakdown

96% Private Limited Companies (2,404 companies)

4% Other company types (92 companies)

Other company types breakdown (92 companies)

Total companies in Shropshire by the end of 2016

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Businesses formed in Shropshire during 2016

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Businesses dissolved in Shropshire during 2016

meaning there is a total of

20,422

businesses registered in Shropshire at the end of 2016.

5.0% more companies in Shropshire compared to 2015

Surrounding counties 2016 breakdown & comparison

Powys

4,657 total businesses
425 formed in 2016
392 dissolved in 2016

Wrexham

4,150 total businesses
575 formed in 2016
393 dissolved in 2016

Staffordshire

47,000 total businesses
7,618 formed in 2016
4,763 dissolved in 2016

Worcestershire

33,436 total businesses
6,602 formed in 2016
2,820 dissolved in 2016

West Midlands

156,118 total businesses
31,162 formed in 2016
21,521 dissolved in 2016

Cheshire

74,912 total businesses
15,328 formed in 2016
6,908 dissolved in 2016

Herefordshire

8,293 total businesses
853 formed in 2016
687 dissolved in 2016

Shropshire

20,422 total businesses
2,496 formed in 2016
1,763 dissolved in 2016

ShropshirePowysWrexhamCheshireStaffordshireWestMidlandsWorcestershireHerefordshire

Ward breakdown data for

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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Abbey
17
30
13
Albrighton
9
16
7
Alveley and Claverley
15
12
-3
Bagley
5
15
10
Battlefield
14
16
2
Bayston Hill Column and Sutton
101
152
51
Belle Vue
12
18
6
Bishop's Castle
15
11
-4
Bowbrook
24
20
-4
Bridgnorth East and Astley Abbotts
42
81
39
Bridgnorth West and Tasley
36
32
-4
Broseley
12
20
8
Brown Clee
14
17
3
Burnell
21
14
-7
Castlefields and Ditherington
6
15
9
Cheswardine
18
34
16
Chirbury and Worthen
6
7
1
Church Stretton and Craven Arms
28
49
21
Clee
10
6
-4
Cleobury Mortimer
32
35
3
Clun
10
8
-2
Copthorne
13
12
-1
Corvedale
27
15
-12
Ellesmere Urban
9
14
5
Gobowen Selattyn and Weston Rhyn
14
20
6
Harlescott
42
71
29
Highley
6
3
-3
Hodnet
19
17
-2
Llanymynech
7
12
5
Longden
12
12
0
Loton
18
14
-4
Ludlow East
7
2
-5
Ludlow North
19
29
10
Ludlow South
17
50
33
Market Drayton East
13
26
13
Market Drayton West
37
46
9
Meole
16
14
-2
Monkmoor
8
30
22
Much Wenlock
14
21
7
Oswestry East
8
16
8
Oswestry South
41
52
11
Oswestry West
10
9
-1
Porthill
8
27
19
Prees
10
22
12
Quarry and Coton Hill
47
88
41
Radbrook
5
12
7
Rea Valley
12
5
-7
Ruyton and Baschurch
13
13
0
Severn Valley
8
29
21
Shawbury
15
40
25
Shifnal North
12
19
7
Shifnal South and Cosford
19
45
26
St Martin's
10
9
-1
St Oswald
16
42
26
Sundorne
7
14
7
Tern
20
13
-7
The Meres
14
25
11
Underdale
4
11
7
Wem
27
29
2
Wheaton Aston Bishopswood and Lapley
1
1
Whitchurch North
30
31
1
Whitchurch South
14
16
2
Whittington
17
19
2
Worfield
15
10
-5
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Admaston & Bratton
6
15
9
Apley Castle
10
16
6
Arleston
6
10
4
Brookside
16
15
-1
Church Aston & Lilleshall
11
17
6
College
21
24
3
Dawley & Aqueduct
31
32
1
Donnington
7
18
11
Dothill
5
10
5
Edgmond & Ercall Magna
31
29
-2
Ercall
6
14
8
Hadley & Leegomery
46
48
2
Haygate
29
44
15
Horsehay & Lightmoor
20
33
13
Ironbridge Gorge
22
25
3
Ketley & Overdale
37
62
25
Madeley & Sutton Hill
68
99
31
Malinslee & Dawley Bank
4
8
4
Muxton
23
22
-1
Newport North & West
28
41
13
Newport South & East
14
16
2
Oakengates & Ketley Bank
31
73
42
Park
8
3
-5
Priorslee
34
52
18
Shawbirch
6
10
4
St Georges
15
19
4
The Nedge
62
66
4
Woodside
8
22
14
Wrockwardine
10
6
-4
Wrockwardine Wood & Trench
21
34
13

Total companies 2016 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2016 and how Shropshire compares to them.

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Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2015: 1st
London
1,070,255
2nd 2015: 2nd
Greater Manchester
167,797
3rd 2015: 3rd
West Midlands
156,118
4th 2015: 4th
Essex
112,065
5th 2015: 5th
West Yorkshire
107,764
41st 2015: 41st
Shropshire
20,422
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
3rd 2015: 3rd
West Midlands
156,118
10th 2015: 10th
Cheshire
74,912
23rd 2015: 24th
Staffordshire
47,000
36th 2015: 38th
Worcestershire
33,436
41st 2015: 41st
Shropshire
20,422
45th 2015: 45th
Herefordshire
8,293
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2015: 1st
London
1,070,255
2nd 2015: 2nd
Greater Manchester
167,797
3rd 2015: 3rd
West Midlands
156,118
4th 2015: 4th
Essex
112,065
5th 2015: 5th
West Yorkshire
107,764
6th 2015: 7th
Hertfordshire
104,699
7th 2015: 6th
Hampshire
103,043
8th 2015: 8th
Kent
98,931
9th 2015: 9th
Surrey
95,997
10th 2015: 10th
Cheshire
74,912
11th 2015: 11th
Lancashire
68,241
12th 2015: 12th
Berkshire
64,828
13th 2015: 13th
East Sussex
63,012
14th 2015: 14th
Buckinghamshire
62,413
15th 2015: 15th
Merseyside
60,027
16th 2015: 16th
South Yorkshire
55,438
17th 2015: 17th
Leicestershire
52,138
18th 2015: 18th
Dorset
50,419
19th 2015: 19th
West Sussex
48,518
20th 2015: 20th
North Yorkshire
48,164
21st 2015: 21st
Gloucestershire
47,665
22nd 2015: 22nd
Devon
47,095
23rd 2015: 24th
Staffordshire
47,000
24th 2015: 23rd
Somerset
46,011
25th 2015: 26th
Nottinghamshire
45,573
26th 2015: 32nd
Bedfordshire
44,451
27th 2015: 25th
Derbyshire
43,529
28th 2015: 27th
Cambridgeshire
43,412
29th 2015: 33rd
Wiltshire
41,591
30th 2015: 28th
Lincolnshire
40,701
31st 2015: 29th
Northamptonshire
40,600
32nd 2015: 31st
Tyne and Wear
38,544
33rd 2015: 30th
Oxfordshire
38,413
34th 2015: 35th
Norfolk
34,374
35th 2015: 34th
Warwickshire
34,180
36th 2015: 38th
Worcestershire
33,436
37th 2015: 36th
Suffolk
32,526
38th 2015: 37th
Bristol
31,308
39th 2015: 39th
Durham
25,127
40th 2015: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
23,848
41st 2015: 41st
Shropshire
20,422
42nd 2015: 42nd
Cumbria
19,675
43rd 2015: 43rd
Cornwall
19,655
44th 2015: 44th
Northumberland
9,713
45th 2015: 45th
Herefordshire
8,293
46th 2015: 46th
Isle of Wight
4,973
47th 2015: 47th
Rutland
1,742

Total companies at the end of 2016 per 1000 Person people

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In Shropshire

43.1

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62.6

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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.

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

2016

2,496 formed

1,763 dissolved

Overall growth compared to previous year

6.1% vs 2012

5.1% vs 2013

5.4% vs 2014

5.0% vs 2015