2017
2,474 formed
1,769 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Shropshire during 2021
0.6% more companies in Shropshire compared to 2020
Shropshire 1,809 formed
Telford and Wrekin 1,098 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Shropshire compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2020: 1st
|
London |
269,246 |
2nd
2020: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
36,485 |
3rd
2020: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
36,442 |
4th
2020: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
22,140 |
5th
2020: 5th
|
Essex |
18,584 |
42nd 2020: 41st
|
Shropshire |
2,914 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
2nd
2020: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
36,485 |
13th
2020: 13th
|
Cheshire |
9,800 |
18th
2020: 22nd
|
Staffordshire |
8,541 |
25th
2020: 28th
|
Worcestershire |
7,361 |
42nd
2020: 41st
|
Shropshire |
2,914 |
43rd
2020: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
2,858 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2020: 1st
|
London |
269,246 |
2nd 2020: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
36,485 |
3rd 2020: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
36,442 |
4th 2020: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
22,140 |
5th 2020: 5th
|
Essex |
18,584 |
6th 2020: 6th
|
Kent |
16,625 |
7th 2020: 7th
|
Hampshire |
14,512 |
8th 2020: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
13,899 |
9th 2020: 9th
|
Merseyside |
13,108 |
10th 2020: 10th
|
Lancashire |
12,800 |
11th 2020: 12th
|
Surrey |
11,021 |
12th 2020: 14th
|
South Yorkshire |
10,815 |
13th 2020: 13th
|
Cheshire |
9,800 |
14th 2020: 11th
|
Leicestershire |
9,685 |
15th 2020: 15th
|
Berkshire |
9,605 |
16th 2020: 16th
|
Buckinghamshire |
8,910 |
17th 2020: 17th
|
Nottinghamshire |
8,810 |
18th 2020: 22nd
|
Staffordshire |
8,541 |
19th 2020: 20th
|
East Sussex |
7,675 |
20th 2020: 21st
|
Tyne and Wear |
7,623 |
21st 2020: 19th
|
North Yorkshire |
7,614 |
22nd 2020: 26th
|
Dorset |
7,584 |
23rd 2020: 24th
|
Cambridgeshire |
7,476 |
24th 2020: 18th
|
Bedfordshire |
7,413 |
25th 2020: 28th
|
Worcestershire |
7,361 |
26th 2020: 25th
|
Derbyshire |
7,261 |
27th 2020: 23rd
|
Northamptonshire |
7,131 |
28th 2020: 31st
|
Somerset |
7,057 |
29th 2020: 30th
|
Lincolnshire |
6,903 |
30th 2020: 27th
|
Devon |
6,825 |
31st 2020: 29th
|
West Sussex |
6,463 |
32nd 2020: 32nd
|
Gloucestershire |
6,357 |
33rd 2020: 35th
|
Suffolk |
5,445 |
34th 2020: 37th
|
Norfolk |
5,214 |
35th 2020: 33rd
|
Bristol |
5,125 |
36th 2020: 38th
|
Warwickshire |
5,117 |
37th 2020: 36th
|
Durham |
5,065 |
38th 2020: 34th
|
Oxfordshire |
5,053 |
39th 2020: 39th
|
Wiltshire |
4,432 |
40th 2020: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
3,749 |
41st 2020: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
2,993 |
42nd 2020: 41st
|
Shropshire |
2,914 |
43rd 2020: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
2,858 |
44th 2020: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,286 |
45th 2020: 45th
|
Northumberland |
1,421 |
46th 2020: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
697 |
47th 2020: 47th
|
Rutland |
195 |
people
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95% Private Limited Companies (2,778 companies)
5% Other company types (136 companies)
Other company types breakdown (136 companies)
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Businesses formed in Shropshire during 2021
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Businesses dissolved in Shropshire during 2021
25,765
businesses registered in Shropshire at the end of 2021.
0.6% more companies in Shropshire compared to 2020
Powys
5,596 total businesses
562 formed in 2021
442 dissolved in 2021
Wrexham
5,364 total businesses
647 formed in 2021
624 dissolved in 2021
Staffordshire
57,556 total businesses
8,541 formed in 2021
6,245 dissolved in 2021
Worcestershire
42,443 total businesses
7,361 formed in 2021
10,248 dissolved in 2021
West Midlands
198,781 total businesses
36,485 formed in 2021
30,607 dissolved in 2021
Cheshire
83,426 total businesses
9,800 formed in 2021
11,442 dissolved in 2021
Herefordshire
14,830 total businesses
2,858 formed in 2021
1,324 dissolved in 2021
Shropshire
25,765 total businesses
2,914 formed in 2021
2,811 dissolved in 2021
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
-18 |
||
Albrighton |
7 |
||
Alveley and Claverley |
11 |
||
Bagley |
5 |
||
Battlefield |
-3 |
||
Bayston Hill Column and Sutton |
-1 |
||
Belle Vue |
8 |
||
Bishop's Castle |
-4 |
||
Bowbrook |
5 |
||
Bridgnorth East and Astley Abbotts |
38 |
||
Bridgnorth West and Tasley |
6 |
||
Broseley |
9 |
||
Brown Clee |
19 |
||
Burnell |
1 |
||
Castlefields and Ditherington |
1 |
||
Cheswardine |
0 |
||
Chirbury and Worthen |
-2 |
||
Church Stretton and Craven Arms |
7 |
||
Clee |
8 |
||
Cleobury Mortimer |
-13 |
||
Clun |
1 |
||
Copthorne |
1 |
||
Corvedale |
10 |
||
Ellesmere Urban |
0 |
||
Gobowen Selattyn and Weston Rhyn |
10 |
||
Harlescott |
30 |
||
Highley |
-5 |
||
Hodnet |
19 |
||
Llanymynech |
7 |
||
Longden |
2 |
||
Loton |
-5 |
||
Ludlow East |
-4 |
||
Ludlow North |
4 |
||
Ludlow South |
12 |
||
Market Drayton East |
-9 |
||
Market Drayton West |
22 |
||
Meole |
10 |
||
Monkmoor |
48 |
||
Much Wenlock |
-5 |
||
Oswestry East |
-8 |
||
Oswestry South |
16 |
||
Oswestry West |
-11 |
||
Porthill |
16 |
||
Prees |
11 |
||
Quarry and Coton Hill |
14 |
||
Radbrook |
3 |
||
Rea Valley |
-3 |
||
Ruyton and Baschurch |
5 |
||
Severn Valley |
11 |
||
Shawbury |
5 |
||
Shifnal North |
4 |
||
Shifnal South and Cosford |
-1 |
||
St Martin's |
-2 |
||
St Oswald |
-15 |
||
Sundorne |
7 |
||
Tern |
9 |
||
The Meres |
-10 |
||
Underdale |
3 |
||
Wem |
14 |
||
Wheaton Aston Bishopswood and Lapley |
0 |
||
Whitchurch North |
-2 |
||
Whitchurch South |
7 |
||
Whittington |
14 |
||
Worfield |
8 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Admaston & Bratton |
8 |
||
Apley Castle |
-1 |
||
Arleston |
-4 |
||
Brookside |
3 |
||
Church Aston & Lilleshall |
-4 |
||
College |
11 |
||
Dawley & Aqueduct |
-7 |
||
Donnington |
11 |
||
Dothill |
-1 |
||
Edgmond & Ercall Magna |
-9 |
||
Ercall |
5 |
||
Hadley & Leegomery |
53 |
||
Haygate |
15 |
||
Horsehay & Lightmoor |
18 |
||
Ironbridge Gorge |
3 |
||
Ketley & Overdale |
5 |
||
Madeley & Sutton Hill |
31 |
||
Malinslee & Dawley Bank |
10 |
||
Muxton |
11 |
||
Newport North & West |
3 |
||
Newport South & East |
-6 |
||
Oakengates & Ketley Bank |
-445 |
||
Park |
1 |
||
Priorslee |
2 |
||
Shawbirch |
-3 |
||
St Georges |
3 |
||
The Nedge |
46 |
||
Woodside |
4 |
||
Wrockwardine |
11 |
||
Wrockwardine Wood & Trench |
13 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2021 and how Shropshire compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2020: 1st
|
London |
1,397,474 |
2nd
2020: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
217,557 |
3rd
2020: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
198,781 |
4th
2020: 4th
|
Essex |
141,948 |
5th
2020: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
141,120 |
41st 2020: 41st
|
Shropshire |
25,765 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
3rd
2020: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
198,781 |
11th
2020: 10th
|
Cheshire |
83,426 |
22nd
2020: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
57,556 |
34th
2020: 33rd
|
Worcestershire |
42,443 |
41st
2020: 41st
|
Shropshire |
25,765 |
44th
2020: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
14,830 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2020: 1st
|
London |
1,397,474 |
2nd 2020: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
217,557 |
3rd 2020: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
198,781 |
4th 2020: 4th
|
Essex |
141,948 |
5th 2020: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
141,120 |
6th 2020: 6th
|
Kent |
126,550 |
7th 2020: 7th
|
Hampshire |
123,584 |
8th 2020: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
118,798 |
9th 2020: 9th
|
Surrey |
106,792 |
10th 2020: 11th
|
Lancashire |
87,562 |
11th 2020: 10th
|
Cheshire |
83,426 |
12th 2020: 12th
|
Merseyside |
78,022 |
13th 2020: 14th
|
Berkshire |
75,011 |
14th 2020: 13th
|
Buckinghamshire |
74,634 |
15th 2020: 15th
|
Leicestershire |
71,867 |
16th 2020: 16th
|
East Sussex |
70,862 |
17th 2020: 17th
|
South Yorkshire |
68,227 |
18th 2020: 19th
|
Devon |
60,022 |
19th 2020: 18th
|
North Yorkshire |
59,819 |
20th 2020: 21st
|
Nottinghamshire |
58,780 |
21st 2020: 20th
|
West Sussex |
57,619 |
22nd 2020: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
57,556 |
23rd 2020: 23rd
|
Somerset |
57,300 |
24th 2020: 22nd
|
Gloucestershire |
56,711 |
25th 2020: 25th
|
Dorset |
56,465 |
26th 2020: 26th
|
Cambridgeshire |
56,346 |
27th 2020: 28th
|
Derbyshire |
53,394 |
28th 2020: 27th
|
Northamptonshire |
53,149 |
29th 2020: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
50,076 |
30th 2020: 30th
|
Tyne and Wear |
49,266 |
31st 2020: 31st
|
Bedfordshire |
47,831 |
32nd 2020: 32nd
|
Oxfordshire |
45,883 |
33rd 2020: 34th
|
Norfolk |
43,452 |
34th 2020: 33rd
|
Worcestershire |
42,443 |
35th 2020: 36th
|
Suffolk |
41,836 |
36th 2020: 35th
|
Warwickshire |
40,740 |
37th 2020: 37th
|
Wiltshire |
39,338 |
38th 2020: 38th
|
Bristol |
36,239 |
39th 2020: 39th
|
Durham |
33,620 |
40th 2020: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
27,909 |
41st 2020: 41st
|
Shropshire |
25,765 |
42nd 2020: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
24,752 |
43rd 2020: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
22,499 |
44th 2020: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
14,830 |
45th 2020: 45th
|
Northumberland |
11,895 |
46th 2020: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
6,319 |
47th 2020: 47th
|
Rutland |
2,056 |
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.
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
2021
2,914 formed
2,811 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
4.41% vs 2017
5.89% vs 2018
7.84% vs 2019
0.6% vs 2020