2013
2,301 formed
1,287 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Shropshire during 2017
5.1% more companies in Shropshire compared to 2016
Shropshire 1,655 formed
Telford and Wrekin 817 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Shropshire compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2016: 1st
|
London |
205,527 |
2nd
2016: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
31,124 |
3rd
2016: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
26,802 |
4th
2016: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
16,604 |
5th
2016: 6th
|
Essex |
15,922 |
42nd 2016: 41st
|
Shropshire |
2,474 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
3rd
2016: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
26,802 |
9th
2016: 7th
|
Cheshire |
11,619 |
18th
2016: 24th
|
Worcestershire |
7,804 |
24th
2016: 21st
|
Staffordshire |
6,449 |
42nd
2016: 41st
|
Shropshire |
2,474 |
45th
2016: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
906 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2016: 1st
|
London |
205,527 |
2nd 2016: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
31,124 |
3rd 2016: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
26,802 |
4th 2016: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
16,604 |
5th 2016: 6th
|
Essex |
15,922 |
6th 2016: 8th
|
Kent |
14,860 |
7th 2016: 5th
|
Hertfordshire |
13,752 |
8th 2016: 9th
|
Hampshire |
13,642 |
9th 2016: 7th
|
Cheshire |
11,619 |
10th 2016: 13th
|
Merseyside |
11,016 |
11th 2016: 12th
|
Surrey |
11,009 |
12th 2016: 14th
|
Lancashire |
10,646 |
13th 2016: 18th
|
Leicestershire |
10,566 |
14th 2016: 22nd
|
Northamptonshire |
9,958 |
15th 2016: 16th
|
Berkshire |
8,679 |
16th 2016: 15th
|
South Yorkshire |
8,325 |
17th 2016: 17th
|
Buckinghamshire |
7,992 |
18th 2016: 24th
|
Worcestershire |
7,804 |
19th 2016: 20th
|
East Sussex |
7,318 |
20th 2016: 19th
|
Dorset |
7,242 |
21st 2016: 23rd
|
Nottinghamshire |
6,937 |
22nd 2016: 25th
|
North Yorkshire |
6,766 |
23rd 2016: 10th
|
Bedfordshire |
6,469 |
24th 2016: 21st
|
Staffordshire |
6,449 |
25th 2016: 28th
|
Cambridgeshire |
6,384 |
26th 2016: 26th
|
Tyne and Wear |
6,166 |
27th 2016: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
5,803 |
28th 2016: 30th
|
Devon |
5,615 |
29th 2016: 29th
|
West Sussex |
5,598 |
30th 2016: 32nd
|
Gloucestershire |
5,447 |
31st 2016: 31st
|
Lincolnshire |
5,414 |
32nd 2016: 33rd
|
Somerset |
5,329 |
33rd 2016: 11th
|
Wiltshire |
5,227 |
34th 2016: 34th
|
Bristol |
4,744 |
35th 2016: 39th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
4,646 |
36th 2016: 35th
|
Warwickshire |
4,617 |
37th 2016: 36th
|
Oxfordshire |
4,612 |
38th 2016: 37th
|
Norfolk |
4,399 |
39th 2016: 38th
|
Suffolk |
4,145 |
40th 2016: 40th
|
Durham |
4,077 |
41st 2016: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
2,665 |
42nd 2016: 41st
|
Shropshire |
2,474 |
43rd 2016: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,215 |
44th 2016: 44th
|
Northumberland |
1,360 |
45th 2016: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
906 |
46th 2016: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
528 |
47th 2016: 47th
|
Rutland |
186 |
people
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95% Private Limited Companies (2,361 companies)
5% Other company types (113 companies)
Other company types breakdown (113 companies)
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Businesses formed in Shropshire during 2017
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Businesses dissolved in Shropshire during 2017
21,473
businesses registered in Shropshire at the end of 2017.
5.1% more companies in Shropshire compared to 2016
Powys
4,741 total businesses
421 formed in 2017
363 dissolved in 2017
Wrexham
4,347 total businesses
597 formed in 2017
414 dissolved in 2017
Staffordshire
47,930 total businesses
6,449 formed in 2017
5,953 dissolved in 2017
Worcestershire
38,764 total businesses
7,804 formed in 2017
3,700 dissolved in 2017
West Midlands
159,647 total businesses
26,802 formed in 2017
21,082 dissolved in 2017
Cheshire
76,254 total businesses
11,619 formed in 2017
6,981 dissolved in 2017
Herefordshire
8,627 total businesses
906 formed in 2017
641 dissolved in 2017
Shropshire
21,473 total businesses
2,474 formed in 2017
1,769 dissolved in 2017
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
18 |
||
Albrighton |
3 |
||
Alveley and Claverley |
12 |
||
Bagley |
1 |
||
Battlefield |
0 |
||
Bayston Hill Column and Sutton |
20 |
||
Belle Vue |
3 |
||
Bishop's Castle |
-4 |
||
Bowbrook |
-14 |
||
Bridgnorth East and Astley Abbotts |
21 |
||
Bridgnorth West and Tasley |
10 |
||
Broseley |
8 |
||
Brown Clee |
0 |
||
Burnell |
9 |
||
Castlefields and Ditherington |
-3 |
||
Cheswardine |
-2 |
||
Chirbury and Worthen |
8 |
||
Church Stretton and Craven Arms |
23 |
||
Clee |
0 |
||
Cleobury Mortimer |
5 |
||
Clun |
2 |
||
Copthorne |
8 |
||
Corvedale |
-6 |
||
Ellesmere Urban |
6 |
||
Gobowen Selattyn and Weston Rhyn |
4 |
||
Harlescott |
45 |
||
Highley |
1 |
||
Hodnet |
1 |
||
Llanymynech |
5 |
||
Longden |
8 |
||
Loton |
11 |
||
Ludlow East |
4 |
||
Ludlow North |
-1 |
||
Ludlow South |
-4 |
||
Market Drayton East |
-3 |
||
Market Drayton West |
10 |
||
Meole |
8 |
||
Monkmoor |
23 |
||
Much Wenlock |
9 |
||
Oswestry East |
10 |
||
Oswestry South |
18 |
||
Oswestry West |
11 |
||
Porthill |
-2 |
||
Prees |
10 |
||
Quarry and Coton Hill |
40 |
||
Radbrook |
-1 |
||
Rea Valley |
4 |
||
Ruyton and Baschurch |
3 |
||
Severn Valley |
3 |
||
Shawbury |
25 |
||
Shifnal North |
3 |
||
Shifnal South and Cosford |
32 |
||
St Martin's |
7 |
||
St Oswald |
2 |
||
Sundorne |
3 |
||
Tern |
8 |
||
The Meres |
-4 |
||
Underdale |
10 |
||
Wem |
-4 |
||
Wheaton Aston Bishopswood and Lapley |
0 |
||
Whitchurch North |
31 |
||
Whitchurch South |
5 |
||
Whittington |
9 |
||
Worfield |
18 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Admaston & Bratton |
-6 |
||
Apley Castle |
-1 |
||
Arleston |
7 |
||
Brookside |
-3 |
||
Church Aston & Lilleshall |
7 |
||
College |
9 |
||
Dawley & Aqueduct |
8 |
||
Donnington |
3 |
||
Dothill |
5 |
||
Edgmond & Ercall Magna |
11 |
||
Ercall |
-1 |
||
Hadley & Leegomery |
5 |
||
Haygate |
6 |
||
Horsehay & Lightmoor |
18 |
||
Ironbridge Gorge |
-2 |
||
Ketley & Overdale |
17 |
||
Madeley & Sutton Hill |
25 |
||
Malinslee & Dawley Bank |
9 |
||
Muxton |
1 |
||
Newport North & West |
14 |
||
Newport South & East |
7 |
||
Oakengates & Ketley Bank |
11 |
||
Park |
5 |
||
Priorslee |
17 |
||
Shawbirch |
1 |
||
St Georges |
0 |
||
The Nedge |
26 |
||
Woodside |
4 |
||
Wrockwardine |
13 |
||
Wrockwardine Wood & Trench |
-3 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2017 and how Shropshire compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2016: 1st
|
London |
1,114,699 |
2nd
2016: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
177,360 |
3rd
2016: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
159,647 |
4th
2016: 4th
|
Essex |
116,669 |
5th
2016: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
113,471 |
41st 2016: 41st
|
Shropshire |
21,473 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
3rd
2016: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
159,647 |
10th
2016: 10th
|
Cheshire |
76,254 |
23rd
2016: 23rd
|
Staffordshire |
47,930 |
33rd
2016: 36th
|
Worcestershire |
38,764 |
41st
2016: 41st
|
Shropshire |
21,473 |
45th
2016: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
8,627 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2016: 1st
|
London |
1,114,699 |
2nd 2016: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
177,360 |
3rd 2016: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
159,647 |
4th 2016: 4th
|
Essex |
116,669 |
5th 2016: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
113,471 |
6th 2016: 7th
|
Hampshire |
106,588 |
7th 2016: 6th
|
Hertfordshire |
105,506 |
8th 2016: 8th
|
Kent |
105,182 |
9th 2016: 9th
|
Surrey |
96,847 |
10th 2016: 10th
|
Cheshire |
76,254 |
11th 2016: 11th
|
Lancashire |
71,294 |
12th 2016: 12th
|
Berkshire |
66,738 |
13th 2016: 13th
|
East Sussex |
64,805 |
14th 2016: 14th
|
Buckinghamshire |
64,538 |
15th 2016: 15th
|
Merseyside |
63,781 |
16th 2016: 17th
|
Leicestershire |
57,830 |
17th 2016: 16th
|
South Yorkshire |
56,932 |
18th 2016: 18th
|
Dorset |
52,411 |
19th 2016: 20th
|
North Yorkshire |
50,798 |
20th 2016: 19th
|
West Sussex |
49,845 |
21st 2016: 21st
|
Gloucestershire |
49,129 |
22nd 2016: 22nd
|
Devon |
48,848 |
23rd 2016: 23rd
|
Staffordshire |
47,930 |
24th 2016: 24th
|
Somerset |
47,912 |
25th 2016: 25th
|
Nottinghamshire |
47,771 |
26th 2016: 31st
|
Northamptonshire |
46,778 |
27th 2016: 28th
|
Cambridgeshire |
46,059 |
28th 2016: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
44,849 |
29th 2016: 30th
|
Lincolnshire |
41,976 |
30th 2016: 32nd
|
Tyne and Wear |
40,273 |
31st 2016: 33rd
|
Oxfordshire |
39,736 |
32nd 2016: 26th
|
Bedfordshire |
38,894 |
33rd 2016: 36th
|
Worcestershire |
38,764 |
34th 2016: 29th
|
Wiltshire |
36,977 |
35th 2016: 34th
|
Norfolk |
36,459 |
36th 2016: 35th
|
Warwickshire |
35,844 |
37th 2016: 37th
|
Suffolk |
33,994 |
38th 2016: 38th
|
Bristol |
32,106 |
39th 2016: 39th
|
Durham |
26,562 |
40th 2016: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
25,585 |
41st 2016: 41st
|
Shropshire |
21,473 |
42nd 2016: 43rd
|
Cornwall |
20,746 |
43rd 2016: 42nd
|
Cumbria |
20,316 |
44th 2016: 44th
|
Northumberland |
10,100 |
45th 2016: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
8,627 |
46th 2016: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
5,125 |
47th 2016: 47th
|
Rutland |
1,797 |
people
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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.
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
2017
2,474 formed
1,769 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
5.1% vs 2013
5.4% vs 2014
5% vs 2015
5.1% vs 2016