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Company Formations in 2018: Somerset

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3.1% more companies in Somerset compared to 2017

New businesses in Somerset mapped

Bath and North East Somerset 1,262 formed

Mendip 700 formed

North Somerset 1,362 formed

Sedgemoor 563 formed

South Somerset 755 formed

Taunton Deane 779 formed

West Somerset 102 formed

Companies formed in 2018 league table

The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Somerset compares.

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Rank
County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
1st 2017: 1st
London
217,617
2nd 2017: 3rd
West Midlands
32,571
3rd 2017: 2nd
Greater Manchester
31,875
4th 2017: 4th
West Yorkshire
18,204
5th 2017: 5th
Essex
17,063
32nd 2017: 32nd
Somerset
5,537
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
17th 2017: 20th
Dorset
8,314
30th 2017: 28th
Devon
5,908
31st 2017: 30th
Gloucestershire
5,719
32nd 2017: 32nd
Somerset
5,537
35th 2017: 34th
Bristol
4,635
38th 2017: 33rd
Wiltshire
4,348
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
1st 2017: 1st
London
217,617
2nd 2017: 3rd
West Midlands
32,571
3rd 2017: 2nd
Greater Manchester
31,875
4th 2017: 4th
West Yorkshire
18,204
5th 2017: 5th
Essex
17,063
6th 2017: 7th
Hertfordshire
15,554
7th 2017: 6th
Kent
15,057
8th 2017: 8th
Hampshire
14,244
9th 2017: 9th
Cheshire
13,259
10th 2017: 10th
Merseyside
11,451
11th 2017: 12th
Lancashire
11,291
12th 2017: 11th
Surrey
11,179
13th 2017: 15th
Berkshire
9,166
14th 2017: 17th
Buckinghamshire
8,915
15th 2017: 13th
Leicestershire
8,896
16th 2017: 16th
South Yorkshire
8,542
17th 2017: 20th
Dorset
8,314
18th 2017: 14th
Northamptonshire
7,630
19th 2017: 19th
East Sussex
7,462
20th 2017: 21st
Nottinghamshire
7,429
21st 2017: 23rd
Bedfordshire
7,013
22nd 2017: 18th
Worcestershire
6,889
23rd 2017: 22nd
North Yorkshire
6,822
24th 2017: 25th
Cambridgeshire
6,786
25th 2017: 26th
Tyne and Wear
6,669
26th 2017: 24th
Staffordshire
6,474
27th 2017: 27th
Derbyshire
6,167
28th 2017: 29th
West Sussex
6,048
29th 2017: 31st
Lincolnshire
5,910
30th 2017: 28th
Devon
5,908
31st 2017: 30th
Gloucestershire
5,719
32nd 2017: 32nd
Somerset
5,537
33rd 2017: 40th
Durham
5,223
34th 2017: 36th
Warwickshire
4,755
35th 2017: 34th
Bristol
4,635
36th 2017: 37th
Oxfordshire
4,631
37th 2017: 38th
Norfolk
4,542
38th 2017: 33rd
Wiltshire
4,348
39th 2017: 39th
Suffolk
4,292
40th 2017: 35th
East Riding of Yorkshire
3,195
41st 2017: 41st
Cornwall
2,829
42nd 2017: 42nd
Shropshire
2,634
43rd 2017: 43rd
Cumbria
2,259
44th 2017: 44th
Northumberland
1,422
45th 2017: 45th
Herefordshire
1,054
46th 2017: 46th
Isle of Wight
645
47th 2017: 47th
Rutland
198

New incorporations in 2018 per 1000 Man standing people

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Type of companies formed in Somerset breakdown

97% Private Limited Companies (5,351 companies)

3% Other company types (186 companies)

Other company types breakdown (186 companies)

Total companies in Somerset by the end of 2018

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Businesses formed in Somerset during 2018

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Businesses dissolved in Somerset during 2018

meaning there is a total of

49,396

businesses registered in Somerset at the end of 2018.

3.1% more companies in Somerset compared to 2017

Surrounding counties 2018 breakdown & comparison

Dorset

56,307 total businesses
8,314 formed in 2018
5,575 dissolved in 2018

Devon

51,129 total businesses
5,908 formed in 2018
4,306 dissolved in 2018

Gloucestershire

50,643 total businesses
5,719 formed in 2018
4,536 dissolved in 2018

Bristol

32,794 total businesses
4,635 formed in 2018
3,805 dissolved in 2018

Wiltshire

36,714 total businesses
4,348 formed in 2018
4,933 dissolved in 2018

Somerset

49,396 total businesses
5,537 formed in 2018
4,146 dissolved in 2018

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Ward breakdown data for

Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Abbey
151
204
53
Bathavon North
44
41
-3
Bathavon South
16
23
7
Bathavon West
8
22
14
Bathwick
10
18
8
Chew Valley North
27
58
31
Chew Valley South
14
17
3
Clutton
6
13
7
Combe Down
21
22
1
Farmborough
15
12
-3
High Littleton
5
15
10
Keynsham East
32
21
-11
Keynsham North
60
46
-14
Keynsham South
21
22
1
Kingsmead
71
109
38
Lambridge
15
21
6
Lansdown
29
30
1
Lyncombe
24
41
17
Mendip
11
6
-5
Midsomer Norton North
41
49
8
Midsomer Norton Redfield
10
11
1
Newbridge
25
34
9
Odd Down
53
64
11
Oldfield
26
43
17
Paulton
28
53
25
Peasedown
26
22
-4
Publow and Whitchurch
7
15
8
Radstock
16
17
1
Saltford
24
17
-7
Southdown
10
14
4
Timsbury
5
13
8
Twerton
11
21
10
Walcot
39
31
-8
Westfield
12
34
22
Westmoreland
12
26
14
Weston
14
28
14
Widcombe
46
29
-17
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ammerdown
7
13
6
Ashwick Chilcompton and Stratton
21
51
30
Bathwick
10
18
8
Beckington and Selwood
40
25
-15
Butleigh and Baltonsborough
7
6
-1
Chewton Mendip and Ston Easton
6
15
9
Coleford and Holcombe
10
16
6
Cranmore Doulting and Nunney
5
18
13
Creech
5
8
3
Croscombe and Pilton
15
14
-1
Frome Berkley Down
10
8
-2
Frome College
13
9
-4
Frome Keyford
20
28
8
Frome Market
30
52
22
Frome Oakfield
15
8
-7
Frome Park
8
18
10
Glastonbury St Benedict's
26
32
6
Glastonbury St Edmund's
6
11
5
Glastonbury St John's
5
9
4
Glastonbury St Mary's
8
7
-1
Moor
5
10
5
Postlebury
11
19
8
Rode and Norton St Philip
5
11
6
Rodney and Westbury
4
11
7
Shepton East
32
54
22
Shepton West
10
29
19
St Cuthbert Out North
13
13
0
Street North
23
41
18
Street South
15
23
8
Street West
3
3
0
The Pennards and Ditcheat
13
15
2
Wells Central
41
45
4
Wells St Cuthbert's
15
28
13
Wells St Thomas'
21
37
16
Wookey and St Cuthbert Out West
11
13
2
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Backwell
16
21
5
Banwell & Winscombe
25
24
-1
Blagdon & Churchill
23
14
-9
Clevedon East
20
29
9
Clevedon South
13
12
-1
Clevedon Walton
43
65
22
Clevedon West
6
27
21
Clevedon Yeo
20
24
4
Congresbury & Puxton
23
23
0
Gordano Valley
17
25
8
Hutton & Locking
30
33
3
Long Ashton
37
61
24
Nailsea Golden Valley
7
12
5
Nailsea West End
11
8
-3
Nailsea Yeo
55
64
9
Nailsea Youngwood
9
9
0
Pill
26
43
17
Portishead East
40
59
19
Portishead North
35
35
0
Portishead South
15
15
0
Portishead West
52
69
17
Weston-super-Mare Bournville
53
49
-4
Weston-super-Mare Central
90
147
57
Weston-super-Mare Hillside
66
85
19
Weston-super-Mare Kewstoke
19
22
3
Weston-super-Mare Mid Worle
15
39
24
Weston-super-Mare Milton
25
30
5
Weston-super-Mare North Worle
27
27
0
Weston-super-Mare South Worle
30
25
-5
Weston-super-Mare Uphill
28
32
4
Weston-super-Mare Winterstoke
64
90
26
Wick St Lawrence & St Georges
15
12
-3
Winford
25
33
8
Wrington
39
27
-12
Yatton
36
72
36
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Axevale
17
17
0
Berrow
5
6
1
Bridgwater Dunwear
5
7
2
Bridgwater Eastover
16
29
13
Bridgwater Fairfax
2
14
12
Bridgwater Hamp
5
16
11
Bridgwater Victoria
10
16
6
Bridgwater Westover
82
110
28
Bridgwater Wyndham
4
15
11
Burnham Central
18
21
3
Burnham North
31
45
14
Cannington and Wembdon
7
12
5
Cheddar and Shipham
24
37
13
East Polden
3
9
6
Highbridge and Burnham Marine
17
27
10
Huntspill and Pawlett
7
10
3
King's Isle
17
38
21
Knoll
18
33
15
North Petherton
39
37
-2
Puriton and Woolavington
9
7
-2
Quantocks
7
18
11
Wedmore and Mark
20
28
8
West Polden
4
11
7
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Blackdown
19
18
-1
Blackmoor Vale
20
36
16
Bruton
8
14
6
Brympton
31
50
19
Burrow Hill
7
8
1
Camelot
6
9
3
Cary
33
33
0
Chard Avishayes
8
7
-1
Chard Combe
7
11
4
Chard Crimchard
8
17
9
Chard Holyrood
8
9
1
Chard Jocelyn
2
5
3
Coker
17
16
-1
Crewkerne
36
37
1
Curry Rivel
7
8
1
Eggwood
5
5
0
Hamdon
6
7
1
Ilminster
17
25
8
Islemoor
13
11
-2
Ivelchester
16
12
-4
Langport and Huish
13
15
2
Martock
27
24
-3
Milborne Port
5
12
7
Neroche
17
25
8
Northstone
15
16
1
Parrett
17
8
-9
South Petherton
10
12
2
St Michael's
5
6
1
Tatworth and Forton
4
9
5
Tower
14
12
-2
Turn Hill
12
13
1
Wessex
23
32
9
Wincanton
27
25
-2
Windwhistle
9
10
1
Yeovil Central
56
102
46
Yeovil East
15
36
21
Yeovil South
20
41
21
Yeovil West
15
27
12
Yeovil Without
12
20
8
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Bishop's Hull
55
24
-31
Bishop's Lydeard
14
26
12
Blackdown
19
18
-1
Bradford-on-Tone
7
9
2
Comeytrowe
7
20
13
Milverton and North Deane
10
60
50
Monument
9
13
4
Neroche
17
25
8
North Curry and Stoke St Gregory
10
16
6
Norton Fitzwarren
15
18
3
Ruishton and Creech
15
11
-4
Staplegrove
56
87
31
Taunton Blackbrook and Holway
26
37
11
Taunton Eastgate
25
26
1
Taunton Fairwater
32
35
3
Taunton Halcon
33
25
-8
Taunton Killams and Mountfield
25
47
22
Taunton Lyngford
16
33
17
Taunton Manor and Wilton
104
120
16
Taunton Pyrland and Rowbarton
9
8
-1
Trull
6
3
-3
Upper Culm
0
0
Wellington East
8
16
8
Wellington North
23
48
25
Wellington Rockwell Green and West
11
22
11
West Monkton
30
25
-5
Wiveliscombe and West Deane
12
22
10
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Alcombe
4
5
1
Brendon Hills
10
7
-3
Carhampton and Withycombe
1
3
2
Crowcombe and Stogumber
3
5
2
Dulverton and District
9
8
-1
Dunster and Timberscombe
5
5
0
Greater Exmoor
3
5
2
Minehead Central
14
13
-1
Minehead North
2
8
6
Minehead South
1
0
-1
Old Cleeve
13
7
-6
Porlock and District
8
12
4
Quantock Vale
6
6
0
Watchet
9
10
1
West Quantock
1
1
Williton
7
7
0

Total companies 2018 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2018 and how Somerset compares to them.

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County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2017: 1st
London
1,163,777
2nd 2017: 2nd
Greater Manchester
184,396
3rd 2017: 3rd
West Midlands
167,807
4th 2017: 4th
Essex
122,421
5th 2017: 5th
West Yorkshire
118,705
24th 2017: 24th
Somerset
49,396
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County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
18th 2017: 18th
Dorset
56,307
21st 2017: 22nd
Devon
51,129
22nd 2017: 21st
Gloucestershire
50,643
24th 2017: 24th
Somerset
49,396
36th 2017: 34th
Wiltshire
36,714
38th 2017: 38th
Bristol
32,794
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2017: 1st
London
1,163,777
2nd 2017: 2nd
Greater Manchester
184,396
3rd 2017: 3rd
West Midlands
167,807
4th 2017: 4th
Essex
122,421
5th 2017: 5th
West Yorkshire
118,705
6th 2017: 7th
Hertfordshire
111,063
7th 2017: 6th
Hampshire
110,793
8th 2017: 8th
Kent
108,910
9th 2017: 9th
Surrey
98,968
10th 2017: 10th
Cheshire
78,274
11th 2017: 11th
Lancashire
75,763
12th 2017: 14th
Buckinghamshire
69,301
13th 2017: 12th
Berkshire
68,855
14th 2017: 13th
East Sussex
66,405
15th 2017: 15th
Merseyside
65,551
16th 2017: 16th
Leicestershire
60,027
17th 2017: 17th
South Yorkshire
58,193
18th 2017: 18th
Dorset
56,307
19th 2017: 19th
North Yorkshire
52,860
20th 2017: 20th
West Sussex
51,556
21st 2017: 22nd
Devon
51,129
22nd 2017: 21st
Gloucestershire
50,643
23rd 2017: 25th
Nottinghamshire
50,491
24th 2017: 24th
Somerset
49,396
25th 2017: 23rd
Staffordshire
48,752
26th 2017: 27th
Cambridgeshire
48,390
27th 2017: 28th
Derbyshire
46,632
28th 2017: 26th
Northamptonshire
44,212
29th 2017: 29th
Lincolnshire
43,713
30th 2017: 30th
Tyne and Wear
42,534
31st 2017: 32nd
Bedfordshire
42,015
32nd 2017: 31st
Oxfordshire
40,930
33rd 2017: 33rd
Worcestershire
37,800
34th 2017: 35th
Norfolk
37,466
35th 2017: 36th
Warwickshire
37,025
36th 2017: 34th
Wiltshire
36,714
37th 2017: 37th
Suffolk
35,510
38th 2017: 38th
Bristol
32,794
39th 2017: 39th
Durham
28,771
40th 2017: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
24,661
41st 2017: 41st
Shropshire
22,421
42nd 2017: 42nd
Cornwall
21,904
43rd 2017: 43rd
Cumbria
20,916
44th 2017: 44th
Northumberland
10,423
45th 2017: 45th
Herefordshire
9,243
46th 2017: 46th
Isle of Wight
5,417
47th 2017: 47th
Rutland
1,840

Total companies at the end of 2018 per 1000 Person people

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The last 5 years

How the total number of companies in Somerset has changed over the last 5 years as new companies have been formed and some existing companies dissolved.

2014

5,428 formed

3,321 dissolved

2015

5,383 formed

3,379 dissolved

2016

5,328 formed

3,994 dissolved

2017

5,329 formed

3,971 dissolved

2018

5,537 formed

4,146 dissolved

Overall growth compared to previous year

5.8% vs 2014

3.9% vs 2015

4.13% vs 2016

3.1% vs 2017