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Company Formations in 2019: Somerset

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5.2% more companies in Somerset compared to 2018

New businesses in Somerset mapped

Bath and North East Somerset 1,368 formed

Mendip 706 formed

North Somerset 1,467 formed

Sedgemoor 606 formed

South Somerset 801 formed

Taunton Deane 970 formed

West Somerset 112 formed

Companies formed in 2019 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 2018: 1st
London
222,468
2nd 2018: 3rd
Greater Manchester
31,440
3rd 2018: 2nd
West Midlands
29,676
4th 2018: 4th
West Yorkshire
18,752
5th 2018: 5th
Essex
17,816
31st 2018: 32nd
Somerset
6,041
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
19th 2018: 17th
Dorset
8,020
28th 2018: 30th
Devon
6,196
31st 2018: 32nd
Somerset
6,041
32nd 2018: 31st
Gloucestershire
5,971
35th 2018: 35th
Bristol
5,040
39th 2018: 38th
Wiltshire
4,428
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
1st 2018: 1st
London
222,468
2nd 2018: 3rd
Greater Manchester
31,440
3rd 2018: 2nd
West Midlands
29,676
4th 2018: 4th
West Yorkshire
18,752
5th 2018: 5th
Essex
17,816
6th 2018: 7th
Kent
15,963
7th 2018: 6th
Hertfordshire
15,231
8th 2018: 8th
Hampshire
15,174
9th 2018: 9th
Cheshire
12,221
10th 2018: 10th
Merseyside
11,866
11th 2018: 11th
Lancashire
11,229
12th 2018: 12th
Surrey
11,032
13th 2018: 15th
Leicestershire
10,825
14th 2018: 22nd
Worcestershire
9,971
15th 2018: 16th
South Yorkshire
9,325
16th 2018: 13th
Berkshire
9,009
17th 2018: 14th
Buckinghamshire
8,835
18th 2018: 18th
Northamptonshire
8,393
19th 2018: 17th
Dorset
8,020
20th 2018: 19th
East Sussex
7,706
21st 2018: 20th
Nottinghamshire
7,348
22nd 2018: 23rd
North Yorkshire
7,260
23rd 2018: 25th
Tyne and Wear
7,132
24th 2018: 26th
Staffordshire
6,927
25th 2018: 24th
Cambridgeshire
6,779
26th 2018: 21st
Bedfordshire
6,766
27th 2018: 27th
Derbyshire
6,522
28th 2018: 30th
Devon
6,196
29th 2018: 28th
West Sussex
6,154
30th 2018: 29th
Lincolnshire
6,042
31st 2018: 32nd
Somerset
6,041
32nd 2018: 31st
Gloucestershire
5,971
33rd 2018: 34th
Warwickshire
5,256
34th 2018: 36th
Oxfordshire
5,087
35th 2018: 35th
Bristol
5,040
36th 2018: 37th
Norfolk
4,731
37th 2018: 33rd
Durham
4,623
38th 2018: 39th
Suffolk
4,518
39th 2018: 38th
Wiltshire
4,428
40th 2018: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
3,258
41st 2018: 42nd
Shropshire
3,231
42nd 2018: 41st
Cornwall
2,948
43rd 2018: 43rd
Cumbria
2,171
44th 2018: 44th
Northumberland
1,531
45th 2018: 45th
Herefordshire
1,499
46th 2018: 46th
Isle of Wight
675
47th 2018: 47th
Rutland
230

New incorporations in 2019 per 1000 Man standing people

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Type of companies formed in Somerset breakdown

96% Private Limited Companies (5,805 companies)

4% Other company types (236 companies)

Other company types breakdown (236 companies)

Total companies in Somerset by the end of 2019

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Businesses formed in Somerset during 2019

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Businesses dissolved in Somerset during 2019

meaning there is a total of

51,957

businesses registered in Somerset at the end of 2019.

5.2% more companies in Somerset compared to 2018

Surrounding counties 2019 breakdown & comparison

Dorset

57,606 total businesses
8,020 formed in 2019
6,434 dissolved in 2019

Devon

53,264 total businesses
6,196 formed in 2019
4,846 dissolved in 2019

Gloucestershire

52,494 total businesses
5,971 formed in 2019
4,752 dissolved in 2019

Bristol

33,594 total businesses
5,040 formed in 2019
3,780 dissolved in 2019

Wiltshire

37,182 total businesses
4,428 formed in 2019
4,156 dissolved in 2019

Somerset

51,957 total businesses
6,041 formed in 2019
4,527 dissolved in 2019

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Ward breakdown data for

Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Abbey
185
277
92
Bathavon North
31
46
15
Bathavon South
21
19
-2
Bathavon West
26
12
-14
Bathwick
17
13
-4
Chew Valley North
29
55
26
Chew Valley South
14
21
7
Clutton
12
23
11
Combe Down
24
20
-4
Farmborough
12
16
4
High Littleton
7
10
3
Keynsham East
15
32
17
Keynsham North
44
77
33
Keynsham South
19
58
39
Kingsmead
75
67
-8
Lambridge
15
27
12
Lansdown
34
26
-8
Lyncombe
27
24
-3
Mendip
9
9
0
Midsomer Norton North
45
58
13
Midsomer Norton Redfield
14
15
1
Newbridge
28
23
-5
Odd Down
41
61
20
Oldfield
31
50
19
Paulton
31
40
9
Peasedown
22
35
13
Publow and Whitchurch
9
17
8
Radstock
14
20
6
Saltford
17
30
13
Southdown
9
12
3
Timsbury
4
12
8
Twerton
15
21
6
Walcot
42
36
-6
Westfield
18
27
9
Westmoreland
15
13
-2
Weston
20
24
4
Widcombe
28
42
14
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ammerdown
13
11
-2
Ashwick Chilcompton and Stratton
25
51
26
Bathwick
17
13
-4
Beckington and Selwood
22
25
3
Butleigh and Baltonsborough
13
12
-1
Chewton Mendip and Ston Easton
20
16
-4
Coleford and Holcombe
21
15
-6
Cranmore Doulting and Nunney
12
17
5
Creech
10
11
1
Croscombe and Pilton
13
20
7
Frome Berkley Down
17
14
-3
Frome College
12
13
1
Frome Keyford
19
25
6
Frome Market
26
52
26
Frome Oakfield
6
4
-2
Frome Park
11
17
6
Glastonbury St Benedict's
28
26
-2
Glastonbury St Edmund's
9
16
7
Glastonbury St John's
12
11
-1
Glastonbury St Mary's
3
4
1
Moor
5
6
1
Postlebury
22
15
-7
Rode and Norton St Philip
14
23
9
Rodney and Westbury
9
6
-3
Shepton East
56
50
-6
Shepton West
16
10
-6
St Cuthbert Out North
12
14
2
Street North
23
52
29
Street South
22
31
9
Street West
3
4
1
The Pennards and Ditcheat
18
24
6
Wells Central
42
63
21
Wells St Cuthbert's
25
14
-11
Wells St Thomas'
28
25
-3
Wookey and St Cuthbert Out West
13
9
-4
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Backwell
19
28
9
Banwell & Winscombe
27
41
14
Blagdon & Churchill
23
26
3
Clevedon East
29
24
-5
Clevedon South
10
13
3
Clevedon Walton
55
59
4
Clevedon West
14
15
1
Clevedon Yeo
20
17
-3
Congresbury & Puxton
22
22
0
Gordano Valley
19
27
8
Hutton & Locking
21
40
19
Long Ashton
51
56
5
Nailsea Golden Valley
12
12
0
Nailsea West End
16
14
-2
Nailsea Yeo
55
49
-6
Nailsea Youngwood
8
9
1
Pill
43
67
24
Portishead East
41
63
22
Portishead North
43
42
-1
Portishead South
19
11
-8
Portishead West
45
72
27
Weston-super-Mare Bournville
43
52
9
Weston-super-Mare Central
127
162
35
Weston-super-Mare Hillside
77
103
26
Weston-super-Mare Kewstoke
27
34
7
Weston-super-Mare Mid Worle
21
29
8
Weston-super-Mare Milton
20
82
62
Weston-super-Mare North Worle
17
26
9
Weston-super-Mare South Worle
21
35
14
Weston-super-Mare Uphill
18
22
4
Weston-super-Mare Winterstoke
61
74
13
Wick St Lawrence & St Georges
9
14
5
Winford
27
30
3
Wrington
57
26
-31
Yatton
43
71
28
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Axevale
21
20
-1
Berrow
2
7
5
Bridgwater Dunwear
5
11
6
Bridgwater Eastover
24
48
24
Bridgwater Fairfax
13
16
3
Bridgwater Hamp
4
7
3
Bridgwater Victoria
15
24
9
Bridgwater Westover
96
136
40
Bridgwater Wyndham
8
34
26
Burnham Central
20
23
3
Burnham North
34
34
0
Cannington and Wembdon
7
14
7
Cheddar and Shipham
39
35
-4
East Polden
7
15
8
Highbridge and Burnham Marine
28
20
-8
Huntspill and Pawlett
3
6
3
King's Isle
18
24
6
Knoll
34
35
1
North Petherton
36
43
7
Puriton and Woolavington
6
11
5
Quantocks
7
8
1
Wedmore and Mark
29
22
-7
West Polden
4
13
9
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Blackdown
13
19
6
Blackmoor Vale
25
34
9
Bruton
11
23
12
Brympton
44
46
2
Burrow Hill
9
7
-2
Camelot
8
14
6
Cary
36
45
9
Chard Avishayes
4
10
6
Chard Combe
17
14
-3
Chard Crimchard
10
19
9
Chard Holyrood
4
9
5
Chard Jocelyn
3
8
5
Coker
16
19
3
Crewkerne
29
45
16
Curry Rivel
7
6
-1
Eggwood
4
3
-1
Hamdon
7
8
1
Ilminster
15
23
8
Islemoor
10
14
4
Ivelchester
7
21
14
Langport and Huish
13
15
2
Martock
57
27
-30
Milborne Port
12
14
2
Neroche
17
28
11
Northstone
7
15
8
Parrett
13
7
-6
South Petherton
19
19
0
St Michael's
6
9
3
Tatworth and Forton
7
7
0
Tower
18
13
-5
Turn Hill
10
10
0
Wessex
28
28
0
Wincanton
19
29
10
Windwhistle
11
15
4
Yeovil Central
67
85
18
Yeovil East
16
29
13
Yeovil South
39
49
10
Yeovil West
17
24
7
Yeovil Without
16
22
6
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Bishop's Hull
38
30
-8
Bishop's Lydeard
7
22
15
Blackdown
13
19
6
Bradford-on-Tone
5
8
3
Comeytrowe
9
11
2
Milverton and North Deane
11
188
177
Monument
9
7
-2
Neroche
17
28
11
North Curry and Stoke St Gregory
7
8
1
Norton Fitzwarren
18
19
1
Ruishton and Creech
8
15
7
Staplegrove
56
109
53
Taunton Blackbrook and Holway
29
63
34
Taunton Eastgate
15
47
32
Taunton Fairwater
24
44
20
Taunton Halcon
31
26
-5
Taunton Killams and Mountfield
21
66
45
Taunton Lyngford
19
39
20
Taunton Manor and Wilton
111
92
-19
Taunton Pyrland and Rowbarton
6
8
2
Trull
2
10
8
Upper Culm
0
0
Wellington East
10
18
8
Wellington North
25
63
38
Wellington Rockwell Green and West
8
19
11
West Monkton
18
14
-4
Wiveliscombe and West Deane
10
13
3
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Alcombe
8
5
-3
Brendon Hills
6
4
-2
Carhampton and Withycombe
2
2
Crowcombe and Stogumber
5
7
2
Dulverton and District
12
10
-2
Dunster and Timberscombe
2
6
4
Greater Exmoor
2
5
3
Minehead Central
20
20
0
Minehead North
4
7
3
Minehead South
1
0
-1
Old Cleeve
7
8
1
Porlock and District
9
13
4
Quantock Vale
5
5
0
Watchet
10
11
1
West Quantock
1
2
1
Williton
8
7
-1

Total companies 2019 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2019 and how Somerset compares to them.

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County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2018: 1st
London
1,204,778
2nd 2018: 2nd
Greater Manchester
189,867
3rd 2018: 3rd
West Midlands
173,134
4th 2018: 4th
Essex
128,433
5th 2018: 5th
West Yorkshire
123,678
23rd 2018: 24th
Somerset
51,957
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County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
18th 2018: 18th
Dorset
57,606
20th 2018: 21st
Devon
53,264
22nd 2018: 22nd
Gloucestershire
52,494
23rd 2018: 24th
Somerset
51,957
36th 2018: 36th
Wiltshire
37,182
38th 2018: 38th
Bristol
33,594
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2018: 1st
London
1,204,778
2nd 2018: 2nd
Greater Manchester
189,867
3rd 2018: 3rd
West Midlands
173,134
4th 2018: 4th
Essex
128,433
5th 2018: 5th
West Yorkshire
123,678
6th 2018: 7th
Hampshire
114,831
7th 2018: 8th
Kent
113,551
8th 2018: 6th
Hertfordshire
113,106
9th 2018: 9th
Surrey
100,643
10th 2018: 10th
Cheshire
80,108
11th 2018: 11th
Lancashire
77,937
12th 2018: 13th
Berkshire
70,177
13th 2018: 12th
Buckinghamshire
69,470
14th 2018: 15th
Merseyside
68,401
15th 2018: 14th
East Sussex
67,545
16th 2018: 16th
Leicestershire
63,315
17th 2018: 17th
South Yorkshire
60,360
18th 2018: 18th
Dorset
57,606
19th 2018: 19th
North Yorkshire
54,481
20th 2018: 21st
Devon
53,264
21st 2018: 20th
West Sussex
52,825
22nd 2018: 22nd
Gloucestershire
52,494
23rd 2018: 24th
Somerset
51,957
24th 2018: 25th
Staffordshire
51,758
25th 2018: 23rd
Nottinghamshire
51,677
26th 2018: 26th
Cambridgeshire
50,160
27th 2018: 28th
Northamptonshire
49,144
28th 2018: 27th
Derbyshire
48,355
29th 2018: 29th
Lincolnshire
45,109
30th 2018: 30th
Tyne and Wear
44,237
31st 2018: 33rd
Worcestershire
43,247
32nd 2018: 32nd
Oxfordshire
42,461
33rd 2018: 31st
Bedfordshire
42,145
34th 2018: 35th
Warwickshire
38,998
35th 2018: 34th
Norfolk
38,911
36th 2018: 36th
Wiltshire
37,182
37th 2018: 37th
Suffolk
36,907
38th 2018: 38th
Bristol
33,594
39th 2018: 39th
Durham
29,218
40th 2018: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
25,383
41st 2018: 41st
Shropshire
23,741
42nd 2018: 42nd
Cornwall
23,037
43rd 2018: 43rd
Cumbria
21,286
44th 2018: 44th
Northumberland
10,879
45th 2018: 45th
Herefordshire
10,498
46th 2018: 46th
Isle of Wight
5,705
47th 2018: 47th
Rutland
1,904

Total companies at the end of 2019 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.

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

2019

6,041 formed

4,527 dissolved

Overall growth compared to previous year

3.9% vs 2015

4.13% vs 2016

3.1% vs 2017

5.2% vs 2018