2019
3,231 formed
2,041 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Shropshire during 2023
4.7% more companies in Shropshire compared to 2022
Shropshire 2,089 formed
Telford and Wrekin 1,381 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Shropshire compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2022: 1st
|
London |
313,446 |
2nd
2022: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
44,594 |
3rd
2022: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
41,222 |
4th
2022: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
24,534 |
5th
2022: 5th
|
Essex |
20,333 |
41st 2022: 41st
|
Shropshire |
3,480 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
2nd
2022: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
44,594 |
15th
2022: 15th
|
Cheshire |
9,952 |
21st
2022: 21st
|
Staffordshire |
8,878 |
39th
2022: 37th
|
Worcestershire |
4,808 |
41st
2022: 41st
|
Shropshire |
3,480 |
44th
2022: 42nd
|
Herefordshire |
2,540 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2022: 1st
|
London |
313,446 |
2nd 2022: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
44,594 |
3rd 2022: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
41,222 |
4th 2022: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
24,534 |
5th 2022: 5th
|
Essex |
20,333 |
6th 2022: 6th
|
Kent |
17,620 |
7th 2022: 7th
|
Hampshire |
15,385 |
8th 2022: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
14,512 |
9th 2022: 9th
|
Merseyside |
14,307 |
10th 2022: 10th
|
Lancashire |
14,223 |
11th 2022: 12th
|
Surrey |
12,018 |
12th 2022: 11th
|
South Yorkshire |
11,638 |
13th 2022: 13th
|
Leicestershire |
11,417 |
14th 2022: 14th
|
Berkshire |
10,571 |
15th 2022: 15th
|
Cheshire |
9,952 |
16th 2022: 17th
|
Buckinghamshire |
9,591 |
17th 2022: 16th
|
Nottinghamshire |
9,559 |
18th 2022: 20th
|
North Yorkshire |
9,266 |
19th 2022: 18th
|
Bedfordshire |
9,025 |
20th 2022: 30th
|
Suffolk |
8,934 |
21st 2022: 21st
|
Staffordshire |
8,878 |
22nd 2022: 25th
|
Cambridgeshire |
8,677 |
23rd 2022: 19th
|
Dorset |
8,565 |
24th 2022: 22nd
|
Tyne and Wear |
8,274 |
25th 2022: 23rd
|
Northamptonshire |
8,191 |
26th 2022: 24th
|
Derbyshire |
7,528 |
27th 2022: 26th
|
East Sussex |
7,311 |
28th 2022: 29th
|
Devon |
7,183 |
29th 2022: 28th
|
Lincolnshire |
7,141 |
30th 2022: 31st
|
Gloucestershire |
6,902 |
31st 2022: 32nd
|
West Sussex |
6,678 |
32nd 2022: 27th
|
Somerset |
6,531 |
33rd 2022: 34th
|
Norfolk |
5,723 |
34th 2022: 35th
|
Durham |
5,696 |
35th 2022: 38th
|
Oxfordshire |
5,446 |
36th 2022: 33rd
|
Warwickshire |
5,157 |
37th 2022: 36th
|
Bristol |
5,050 |
38th 2022: 39th
|
Wiltshire |
4,965 |
39th 2022: 37th
|
Worcestershire |
4,808 |
40th 2022: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
4,211 |
41st 2022: 41st
|
Shropshire |
3,480 |
42nd 2022: 43rd
|
Cornwall |
3,074 |
43rd 2022: 44th
|
Cumbria |
2,686 |
44th 2022: 42nd
|
Herefordshire |
2,540 |
45th 2022: 45th
|
Northumberland |
1,554 |
46th 2022: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
757 |
47th 2022: 47th
|
Rutland |
232 |
people
7.3
14.2
96% Private Limited Companies (3,351 companies)
4% Other company types (129 companies)
Other company types breakdown (129 companies)
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Businesses formed in Shropshire during 2023
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Businesses dissolved in Shropshire during 2023
28,037
businesses registered in Shropshire at the end of 2023.
4.7% more companies in Shropshire compared to 2022
Powys
6,031 total businesses
591 formed in 2023
445 dissolved in 2023
Wrexham
5,617 total businesses
748 formed in 2023
643 dissolved in 2023
Staffordshire
61,360 total businesses
8,878 formed in 2023
7,179 dissolved in 2023
Worcestershire
45,794 total businesses
4,808 formed in 2023
4,858 dissolved in 2023
West Midlands
227,431 total businesses
44,594 formed in 2023
32,819 dissolved in 2023
Cheshire
82,175 total businesses
9,952 formed in 2023
10,096 dissolved in 2023
Herefordshire
16,164 total businesses
2,540 formed in 2023
1,684 dissolved in 2023
Shropshire
28,037 total businesses
3,480 formed in 2023
2,575 dissolved in 2023
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
25 |
||
Albrighton |
10 |
||
Alveley and Claverley |
14 |
||
Bagley |
3 |
||
Battlefield |
12 |
||
Bayston Hill Column and Sutton |
18 |
||
Belle Vue |
20 |
||
Bishop's Castle |
2 |
||
Bowbrook |
21 |
||
Bridgnorth East and Astley Abbotts |
10 |
||
Bridgnorth West and Tasley |
18 |
||
Broseley |
4 |
||
Brown Clee |
-3 |
||
Burnell |
5 |
||
Castlefields and Ditherington |
12 |
||
Cheswardine |
4 |
||
Chirbury and Worthen |
-4 |
||
Church Stretton and Craven Arms |
149 |
||
Clee |
8 |
||
Cleobury Mortimer |
2 |
||
Clun |
10 |
||
Copthorne |
11 |
||
Corvedale |
-2 |
||
Ellesmere Urban |
4 |
||
Gobowen Selattyn and Weston Rhyn |
-16 |
||
Harlescott |
45 |
||
Highley |
4 |
||
Hodnet |
3 |
||
Llanymynech |
7 |
||
Longden |
5 |
||
Loton |
20 |
||
Ludlow East |
4 |
||
Ludlow North |
10 |
||
Ludlow South |
-1 |
||
Market Drayton East |
8 |
||
Market Drayton West |
10 |
||
Meole |
-1 |
||
Monkmoor |
-10 |
||
Much Wenlock |
1 |
||
Oswestry East |
21 |
||
Oswestry South |
5 |
||
Oswestry West |
9 |
||
Porthill |
5 |
||
Prees |
-9 |
||
Quarry and Coton Hill |
25 |
||
Radbrook |
6 |
||
Rea Valley |
5 |
||
Ruyton and Baschurch |
9 |
||
Severn Valley |
-10 |
||
Shawbury |
13 |
||
Shifnal North |
13 |
||
Shifnal South and Cosford |
23 |
||
St Martin's |
4 |
||
St Oswald |
13 |
||
Sundorne |
-4 |
||
Tern |
-3 |
||
The Meres |
4 |
||
Underdale |
4 |
||
Wem |
17 |
||
Wheaton Aston Bishopswood and Lapley |
0 |
||
Whitchurch North |
3 |
||
Whitchurch South |
7 |
||
Whittington |
11 |
||
Worfield |
-6 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Admaston & Bratton |
13 |
||
Apley Castle |
11 |
||
Arleston |
1 |
||
Brookside |
8 |
||
Church Aston & Lilleshall |
2 |
||
College |
20 |
||
Dawley & Aqueduct |
28 |
||
Donnington |
8 |
||
Dothill |
5 |
||
Edgmond & Ercall Magna |
13 |
||
Ercall |
8 |
||
Hadley & Leegomery |
27 |
||
Haygate |
31 |
||
Horsehay & Lightmoor |
-6 |
||
Ironbridge Gorge |
6 |
||
Ketley & Overdale |
-4 |
||
Madeley & Sutton Hill |
50 |
||
Malinslee & Dawley Bank |
-4 |
||
Muxton |
14 |
||
Newport North & West |
9 |
||
Newport South & East |
10 |
||
Oakengates & Ketley Bank |
39 |
||
Park |
1 |
||
Priorslee |
-5 |
||
Shawbirch |
2 |
||
St Georges |
6 |
||
The Nedge |
25 |
||
Woodside |
-13 |
||
Wrockwardine |
0 |
||
Wrockwardine Wood & Trench |
9 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2023 and how Shropshire compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2022: 1st
|
London |
1,534,936 |
2nd
2022: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
244,408 |
3rd
2022: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
227,431 |
4th
2022: 5th
|
Essex |
153,732 |
5th
2022: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
153,003 |
41st 2022: 41st
|
Shropshire |
28,037 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
3rd
2022: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
227,431 |
12th
2022: 11th
|
Cheshire |
82,175 |
22nd
2022: 22nd
|
Staffordshire |
61,360 |
35th
2022: 35th
|
Worcestershire |
45,794 |
41st
2022: 41st
|
Shropshire |
28,037 |
44th
2022: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
16,164 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2022: 1st
|
London |
1,534,936 |
2nd 2022: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
244,408 |
3rd 2022: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
227,431 |
4th 2022: 5th
|
Essex |
153,732 |
5th 2022: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
153,003 |
6th 2022: 6th
|
Kent |
133,898 |
7th 2022: 7th
|
Hampshire |
126,128 |
8th 2022: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
122,871 |
9th 2022: 9th
|
Surrey |
109,469 |
10th 2022: 10th
|
Lancashire |
95,511 |
11th 2022: 12th
|
Merseyside |
83,450 |
12th 2022: 11th
|
Cheshire |
82,175 |
13th 2022: 13th
|
Buckinghamshire |
78,961 |
14th 2022: 14th
|
Berkshire |
78,581 |
15th 2022: 15th
|
Leicestershire |
75,930 |
16th 2022: 16th
|
South Yorkshire |
73,897 |
17th 2022: 17th
|
East Sussex |
71,059 |
18th 2022: 18th
|
North Yorkshire |
65,895 |
19th 2022: 19th
|
Nottinghamshire |
64,763 |
20th 2022: 20th
|
Devon |
63,364 |
21st 2022: 21st
|
Dorset |
63,266 |
22nd 2022: 22nd
|
Staffordshire |
61,360 |
23rd 2022: 23rd
|
Somerset |
60,186 |
24th 2022: 26th
|
Cambridgeshire |
60,023 |
25th 2022: 24th
|
West Sussex |
59,896 |
26th 2022: 25th
|
Gloucestershire |
59,830 |
27th 2022: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
57,297 |
28th 2022: 28th
|
Lincolnshire |
54,523 |
29th 2022: 29th
|
Northamptonshire |
53,911 |
30th 2022: 30th
|
Tyne and Wear |
53,391 |
31st 2022: 31st
|
Bedfordshire |
52,721 |
32nd 2022: 34th
|
Suffolk |
51,083 |
33rd 2022: 33rd
|
Norfolk |
48,437 |
34th 2022: 32nd
|
Oxfordshire |
48,030 |
35th 2022: 35th
|
Worcestershire |
45,794 |
36th 2022: 36th
|
Warwickshire |
43,587 |
37th 2022: 37th
|
Wiltshire |
42,004 |
38th 2022: 39th
|
Durham |
37,332 |
39th 2022: 38th
|
Bristol |
37,161 |
40th 2022: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
30,108 |
41st 2022: 41st
|
Shropshire |
28,037 |
42nd 2022: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
26,998 |
43rd 2022: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
23,719 |
44th 2022: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
16,164 |
45th 2022: 45th
|
Northumberland |
12,830 |
46th 2022: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
6,580 |
47th 2022: 47th
|
Rutland |
2,133 |
people
59.2
86.6
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.
2019
3,231 formed
2,041 dissolved
2020
3,386 formed
1,761 dissolved
2021
2,914 formed
2,811 dissolved
2022
3,132 formed
2,208 dissolved
2023
3,480 formed
2,575 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
7.84% vs 2019
0.63% vs 2020
3.94% vs 2021
4.7% vs 2022