2016
2,496 formed
1,763 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Shropshire during 2020
7.8% more companies in Shropshire compared to 2019
Shropshire 1,954 formed
Telford and Wrekin 1,428 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Shropshire compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2019: 1st
|
London |
270,114 |
2nd
2019: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
37,202 |
3rd
2019: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
36,288 |
4th
2019: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
22,615 |
5th
2019: 5th
|
Essex |
19,277 |
41st 2019: 41st
|
Shropshire |
3,386 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
2nd
2019: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
37,202 |
13th
2019: 9th
|
Cheshire |
11,017 |
22nd
2019: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
7,720 |
28th
2019: 14th
|
Worcestershire |
6,955 |
41st
2019: 41st
|
Shropshire |
3,386 |
44th
2019: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
2,327 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2019: 1st
|
London |
270,114 |
2nd 2019: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
37,202 |
3rd 2019: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
36,288 |
4th 2019: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
22,615 |
5th 2019: 5th
|
Essex |
19,277 |
6th 2019: 6th
|
Kent |
18,501 |
7th 2019: 8th
|
Hampshire |
15,534 |
8th 2019: 7th
|
Hertfordshire |
14,464 |
9th 2019: 10th
|
Merseyside |
13,410 |
10th 2019: 11th
|
Lancashire |
12,655 |
11th 2019: 13th
|
Leicestershire |
12,543 |
12th 2019: 12th
|
Surrey |
11,997 |
13th 2019: 9th
|
Cheshire |
11,017 |
14th 2019: 15th
|
South Yorkshire |
10,450 |
15th 2019: 16th
|
Berkshire |
9,920 |
16th 2019: 17th
|
Buckinghamshire |
9,394 |
17th 2019: 21st
|
Nottinghamshire |
8,760 |
18th 2019: 26th
|
Bedfordshire |
8,238 |
19th 2019: 22nd
|
North Yorkshire |
8,200 |
20th 2019: 20th
|
East Sussex |
8,149 |
21st 2019: 23rd
|
Tyne and Wear |
7,867 |
22nd 2019: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
7,720 |
23rd 2019: 18th
|
Northamptonshire |
7,534 |
24th 2019: 25th
|
Cambridgeshire |
7,516 |
25th 2019: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
7,413 |
26th 2019: 19th
|
Dorset |
7,253 |
27th 2019: 28th
|
Devon |
7,174 |
28th 2019: 14th
|
Worcestershire |
6,955 |
29th 2019: 29th
|
West Sussex |
6,880 |
30th 2019: 30th
|
Lincolnshire |
6,475 |
31st 2019: 31st
|
Somerset |
6,432 |
32nd 2019: 32nd
|
Gloucestershire |
6,419 |
33rd 2019: 35th
|
Bristol |
5,559 |
34th 2019: 34th
|
Oxfordshire |
5,363 |
35th 2019: 38th
|
Suffolk |
5,105 |
36th 2019: 37th
|
Durham |
5,083 |
37th 2019: 36th
|
Norfolk |
5,006 |
38th 2019: 33rd
|
Warwickshire |
4,920 |
39th 2019: 39th
|
Wiltshire |
4,645 |
40th 2019: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
3,667 |
41st 2019: 41st
|
Shropshire |
3,386 |
42nd 2019: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
2,951 |
43rd 2019: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,333 |
44th 2019: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
2,327 |
45th 2019: 44th
|
Northumberland |
1,560 |
46th 2019: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
765 |
47th 2019: 47th
|
Rutland |
410 |
people
7.1
12.3
96% Private Limited Companies (3,239 companies)
4% Other company types (147 companies)
Other company types breakdown (147 companies)
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Businesses formed in Shropshire during 2020
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Businesses dissolved in Shropshire during 2020
25,603
businesses registered in Shropshire at the end of 2020.
7.8% more companies in Shropshire compared to 2019
Powys
5,392 total businesses
589 formed in 2020
323 dissolved in 2020
Wrexham
5,328 total businesses
730 formed in 2020
395 dissolved in 2020
Staffordshire
54,862 total businesses
7,720 formed in 2020
4,885 dissolved in 2020
Worcestershire
44,570 total businesses
6,955 formed in 2020
5,992 dissolved in 2020
West Midlands
191,692 total businesses
37,202 formed in 2020
20,310 dissolved in 2020
Cheshire
86,796 total businesses
11,017 formed in 2020
7,263 dissolved in 2020
Herefordshire
12,800 total businesses
2,327 formed in 2020
766 dissolved in 2020
Shropshire
25,603 total businesses
3,386 formed in 2020
1,761 dissolved in 2020
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
6 |
||
Albrighton |
17 |
||
Alveley and Claverley |
3 |
||
Bagley |
-2 |
||
Battlefield |
9 |
||
Bayston Hill Column and Sutton |
89 |
||
Belle Vue |
7 |
||
Bishop's Castle |
11 |
||
Bowbrook |
4 |
||
Bridgnorth East and Astley Abbotts |
35 |
||
Bridgnorth West and Tasley |
10 |
||
Broseley |
3 |
||
Brown Clee |
12 |
||
Burnell |
11 |
||
Castlefields and Ditherington |
5 |
||
Cheswardine |
15 |
||
Chirbury and Worthen |
11 |
||
Church Stretton and Craven Arms |
17 |
||
Clee |
4 |
||
Cleobury Mortimer |
3 |
||
Clun |
5 |
||
Copthorne |
14 |
||
Corvedale |
7 |
||
Ellesmere Urban |
5 |
||
Gobowen Selattyn and Weston Rhyn |
2 |
||
Harlescott |
60 |
||
Highley |
12 |
||
Hodnet |
26 |
||
Llanymynech |
13 |
||
Longden |
3 |
||
Loton |
14 |
||
Ludlow East |
4 |
||
Ludlow North |
9 |
||
Ludlow South |
6 |
||
Market Drayton East |
20 |
||
Market Drayton West |
34 |
||
Meole |
-2 |
||
Monkmoor |
23 |
||
Much Wenlock |
8 |
||
Oswestry East |
15 |
||
Oswestry South |
24 |
||
Oswestry West |
8 |
||
Porthill |
10 |
||
Prees |
11 |
||
Quarry and Coton Hill |
31 |
||
Radbrook |
3 |
||
Rea Valley |
17 |
||
Ruyton and Baschurch |
2 |
||
Severn Valley |
14 |
||
Shawbury |
7 |
||
Shifnal North |
8 |
||
Shifnal South and Cosford |
25 |
||
St Martin's |
1 |
||
St Oswald |
18 |
||
Sundorne |
7 |
||
Tern |
5 |
||
The Meres |
14 |
||
Underdale |
7 |
||
Wem |
26 |
||
Wheaton Aston Bishopswood and Lapley |
0 |
||
Whitchurch North |
20 |
||
Whitchurch South |
10 |
||
Whittington |
7 |
||
Worfield |
22 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Admaston & Bratton |
3 |
||
Apley Castle |
6 |
||
Arleston |
10 |
||
Brookside |
19 |
||
Church Aston & Lilleshall |
2 |
||
College |
20 |
||
Dawley & Aqueduct |
8 |
||
Donnington |
19 |
||
Dothill |
9 |
||
Edgmond & Ercall Magna |
3 |
||
Ercall |
18 |
||
Hadley & Leegomery |
51 |
||
Haygate |
30 |
||
Horsehay & Lightmoor |
14 |
||
Ironbridge Gorge |
8 |
||
Ketley & Overdale |
27 |
||
Madeley & Sutton Hill |
46 |
||
Malinslee & Dawley Bank |
4 |
||
Muxton |
17 |
||
Newport North & West |
7 |
||
Newport South & East |
9 |
||
Oakengates & Ketley Bank |
334 |
||
Park |
6 |
||
Priorslee |
31 |
||
Shawbirch |
5 |
||
St Georges |
1 |
||
The Nedge |
36 |
||
Woodside |
28 |
||
Wrockwardine |
3 |
||
Wrockwardine Wood & Trench |
17 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2020 and how Shropshire compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2019: 1st
|
London |
1,338,261 |
2nd
2019: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
207,946 |
3rd
2019: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
191,692 |
4th
2019: 4th
|
Essex |
137,310 |
5th
2019: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
135,276 |
41st 2019: 41st
|
Shropshire |
25,603 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
3rd
2019: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
191,692 |
10th
2019: 10th
|
Cheshire |
86,796 |
24th
2019: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
54,862 |
33rd
2019: 31st
|
Worcestershire |
44,570 |
41st
2019: 41st
|
Shropshire |
25,603 |
44th
2019: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
12,800 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2019: 1st
|
London |
1,338,261 |
2nd 2019: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
207,946 |
3rd 2019: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
191,692 |
4th 2019: 4th
|
Essex |
137,310 |
5th 2019: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
135,276 |
6th 2019: 7th
|
Kent |
122,694 |
7th 2019: 6th
|
Hampshire |
121,331 |
8th 2019: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
117,796 |
9th 2019: 9th
|
Surrey |
105,715 |
10th 2019: 10th
|
Cheshire |
86,796 |
11th 2019: 11th
|
Lancashire |
83,690 |
12th 2019: 14th
|
Merseyside |
74,780 |
13th 2019: 13th
|
Buckinghamshire |
73,748 |
14th 2019: 12th
|
Berkshire |
73,492 |
15th 2019: 16th
|
Leicestershire |
71,425 |
16th 2019: 15th
|
East Sussex |
70,311 |
17th 2019: 17th
|
South Yorkshire |
65,398 |
18th 2019: 19th
|
North Yorkshire |
58,526 |
19th 2019: 20th
|
Devon |
57,278 |
20th 2019: 21st
|
West Sussex |
56,212 |
21st 2019: 25th
|
Nottinghamshire |
56,199 |
22nd 2019: 22nd
|
Gloucestershire |
55,106 |
23rd 2019: 23rd
|
Somerset |
55,092 |
24th 2019: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
54,862 |
25th 2019: 18th
|
Dorset |
54,841 |
26th 2019: 26th
|
Cambridgeshire |
54,497 |
27th 2019: 27th
|
Northamptonshire |
52,017 |
28th 2019: 28th
|
Derbyshire |
51,742 |
29th 2019: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
48,061 |
30th 2019: 30th
|
Tyne and Wear |
47,790 |
31st 2019: 33rd
|
Bedfordshire |
46,207 |
32nd 2019: 32nd
|
Oxfordshire |
45,071 |
33rd 2019: 31st
|
Worcestershire |
44,570 |
34th 2019: 35th
|
Norfolk |
41,185 |
35th 2019: 34th
|
Warwickshire |
40,304 |
36th 2019: 37th
|
Suffolk |
39,507 |
37th 2019: 36th
|
Wiltshire |
39,022 |
38th 2019: 38th
|
Bristol |
36,208 |
39th 2019: 39th
|
Durham |
31,943 |
40th 2019: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
26,864 |
41st 2019: 41st
|
Shropshire |
25,603 |
42nd 2019: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
23,804 |
43rd 2019: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
22,186 |
44th 2019: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
12,800 |
45th 2019: 44th
|
Northumberland |
11,575 |
46th 2019: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
6,118 |
47th 2019: 47th
|
Rutland |
2,257 |
people
54.0
76.4
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.
2016
2,496 formed
1,763 dissolved
2017
2,474 formed
1,769 dissolved
2018
2,634 formed
1,851 dissolved
2019
3,231 formed
2,041 dissolved
2020
3,386 formed
1,761 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
5.15% vs 2016
4.41% vs 2017
5.89% vs 2018
7.8% vs 2019