2014
5,428 formed
3,321 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Somerset during 2018
3.1% more companies in Somerset compared to 2017
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
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Somerset compares.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
people
6.1
10.6
97% Private Limited Companies (5,351 companies)
3% Other company types (186 companies)
Other company types breakdown (186 companies)
????
Businesses formed in Somerset during 2018
????
Businesses dissolved in Somerset during 2018
49,396
businesses registered in Somerset at the end of 2018.
3.1% more companies in Somerset compared to 2017
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
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
53 |
||
Bathavon North |
-3 |
||
Bathavon South |
7 |
||
Bathavon West |
14 |
||
Bathwick |
8 |
||
Chew Valley North |
31 |
||
Chew Valley South |
3 |
||
Clutton |
7 |
||
Combe Down |
1 |
||
Farmborough |
-3 |
||
High Littleton |
10 |
||
Keynsham East |
-11 |
||
Keynsham North |
-14 |
||
Keynsham South |
1 |
||
Kingsmead |
38 |
||
Lambridge |
6 |
||
Lansdown |
1 |
||
Lyncombe |
17 |
||
Mendip |
-5 |
||
Midsomer Norton North |
8 |
||
Midsomer Norton Redfield |
1 |
||
Newbridge |
9 |
||
Odd Down |
11 |
||
Oldfield |
17 |
||
Paulton |
25 |
||
Peasedown |
-4 |
||
Publow and Whitchurch |
8 |
||
Radstock |
1 |
||
Saltford |
-7 |
||
Southdown |
4 |
||
Timsbury |
8 |
||
Twerton |
10 |
||
Walcot |
-8 |
||
Westfield |
22 |
||
Westmoreland |
14 |
||
Weston |
14 |
||
Widcombe |
-17 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ammerdown |
6 |
||
Ashwick Chilcompton and Stratton |
30 |
||
Bathwick |
8 |
||
Beckington and Selwood |
-15 |
||
Butleigh and Baltonsborough |
-1 |
||
Chewton Mendip and Ston Easton |
9 |
||
Coleford and Holcombe |
6 |
||
Cranmore Doulting and Nunney |
13 |
||
Creech |
3 |
||
Croscombe and Pilton |
-1 |
||
Frome Berkley Down |
-2 |
||
Frome College |
-4 |
||
Frome Keyford |
8 |
||
Frome Market |
22 |
||
Frome Oakfield |
-7 |
||
Frome Park |
10 |
||
Glastonbury St Benedict's |
6 |
||
Glastonbury St Edmund's |
5 |
||
Glastonbury St John's |
4 |
||
Glastonbury St Mary's |
-1 |
||
Moor |
5 |
||
Postlebury |
8 |
||
Rode and Norton St Philip |
6 |
||
Rodney and Westbury |
7 |
||
Shepton East |
22 |
||
Shepton West |
19 |
||
St Cuthbert Out North |
0 |
||
Street North |
18 |
||
Street South |
8 |
||
Street West |
0 |
||
The Pennards and Ditcheat |
2 |
||
Wells Central |
4 |
||
Wells St Cuthbert's |
13 |
||
Wells St Thomas' |
16 |
||
Wookey and St Cuthbert Out West |
2 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Backwell |
5 |
||
Banwell & Winscombe |
-1 |
||
Blagdon & Churchill |
-9 |
||
Clevedon East |
9 |
||
Clevedon South |
-1 |
||
Clevedon Walton |
22 |
||
Clevedon West |
21 |
||
Clevedon Yeo |
4 |
||
Congresbury & Puxton |
0 |
||
Gordano Valley |
8 |
||
Hutton & Locking |
3 |
||
Long Ashton |
24 |
||
Nailsea Golden Valley |
5 |
||
Nailsea West End |
-3 |
||
Nailsea Yeo |
9 |
||
Nailsea Youngwood |
0 |
||
Pill |
17 |
||
Portishead East |
19 |
||
Portishead North |
0 |
||
Portishead South |
0 |
||
Portishead West |
17 |
||
Weston-super-Mare Bournville |
-4 |
||
Weston-super-Mare Central |
57 |
||
Weston-super-Mare Hillside |
19 |
||
Weston-super-Mare Kewstoke |
3 |
||
Weston-super-Mare Mid Worle |
24 |
||
Weston-super-Mare Milton |
5 |
||
Weston-super-Mare North Worle |
0 |
||
Weston-super-Mare South Worle |
-5 |
||
Weston-super-Mare Uphill |
4 |
||
Weston-super-Mare Winterstoke |
26 |
||
Wick St Lawrence & St Georges |
-3 |
||
Winford |
8 |
||
Wrington |
-12 |
||
Yatton |
36 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Axevale |
0 |
||
Berrow |
1 |
||
Bridgwater Dunwear |
2 |
||
Bridgwater Eastover |
13 |
||
Bridgwater Fairfax |
12 |
||
Bridgwater Hamp |
11 |
||
Bridgwater Victoria |
6 |
||
Bridgwater Westover |
28 |
||
Bridgwater Wyndham |
11 |
||
Burnham Central |
3 |
||
Burnham North |
14 |
||
Cannington and Wembdon |
5 |
||
Cheddar and Shipham |
13 |
||
East Polden |
6 |
||
Highbridge and Burnham Marine |
10 |
||
Huntspill and Pawlett |
3 |
||
King's Isle |
21 |
||
Knoll |
15 |
||
North Petherton |
-2 |
||
Puriton and Woolavington |
-2 |
||
Quantocks |
11 |
||
Wedmore and Mark |
8 |
||
West Polden |
7 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Blackdown |
-1 |
||
Blackmoor Vale |
16 |
||
Bruton |
6 |
||
Brympton |
19 |
||
Burrow Hill |
1 |
||
Camelot |
3 |
||
Cary |
0 |
||
Chard Avishayes |
-1 |
||
Chard Combe |
4 |
||
Chard Crimchard |
9 |
||
Chard Holyrood |
1 |
||
Chard Jocelyn |
3 |
||
Coker |
-1 |
||
Crewkerne |
1 |
||
Curry Rivel |
1 |
||
Eggwood |
0 |
||
Hamdon |
1 |
||
Ilminster |
8 |
||
Islemoor |
-2 |
||
Ivelchester |
-4 |
||
Langport and Huish |
2 |
||
Martock |
-3 |
||
Milborne Port |
7 |
||
Neroche |
8 |
||
Northstone |
1 |
||
Parrett |
-9 |
||
South Petherton |
2 |
||
St Michael's |
1 |
||
Tatworth and Forton |
5 |
||
Tower |
-2 |
||
Turn Hill |
1 |
||
Wessex |
9 |
||
Wincanton |
-2 |
||
Windwhistle |
1 |
||
Yeovil Central |
46 |
||
Yeovil East |
21 |
||
Yeovil South |
21 |
||
Yeovil West |
12 |
||
Yeovil Without |
8 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bishop's Hull |
-31 |
||
Bishop's Lydeard |
12 |
||
Blackdown |
-1 |
||
Bradford-on-Tone |
2 |
||
Comeytrowe |
13 |
||
Milverton and North Deane |
50 |
||
Monument |
4 |
||
Neroche |
8 |
||
North Curry and Stoke St Gregory |
6 |
||
Norton Fitzwarren |
3 |
||
Ruishton and Creech |
-4 |
||
Staplegrove |
31 |
||
Taunton Blackbrook and Holway |
11 |
||
Taunton Eastgate |
1 |
||
Taunton Fairwater |
3 |
||
Taunton Halcon |
-8 |
||
Taunton Killams and Mountfield |
22 |
||
Taunton Lyngford |
17 |
||
Taunton Manor and Wilton |
16 |
||
Taunton Pyrland and Rowbarton |
-1 |
||
Trull |
-3 |
||
Upper Culm |
0 |
||
Wellington East |
8 |
||
Wellington North |
25 |
||
Wellington Rockwell Green and West |
11 |
||
West Monkton |
-5 |
||
Wiveliscombe and West Deane |
10 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Alcombe |
1 |
||
Brendon Hills |
-3 |
||
Carhampton and Withycombe |
2 |
||
Crowcombe and Stogumber |
2 |
||
Dulverton and District |
-1 |
||
Dunster and Timberscombe |
0 |
||
Greater Exmoor |
2 |
||
Minehead Central |
-1 |
||
Minehead North |
6 |
||
Minehead South |
-1 |
||
Old Cleeve |
-6 |
||
Porlock and District |
4 |
||
Quantock Vale |
0 |
||
Watchet |
1 |
||
West Quantock |
1 |
||
Williton |
0 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2018 and how Somerset compares to them.
| 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 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
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 |
people
54.3
68.1
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