2015
5,383 formed
3,379 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Somerset during 2019
5.2% more companies in Somerset compared to 2018
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
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Somerset compares.
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 |
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 |
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 |
6.6
10.9
96% Private Limited Companies (5,805 companies)
4% Other company types (236 companies)
Other company types breakdown (236 companies)
????
Businesses formed in Somerset during 2019
????
Businesses dissolved in Somerset during 2019
51,957
businesses registered in Somerset at the end of 2019.
5.2% more companies in Somerset compared to 2018
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
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
92 |
||
Bathavon North |
15 |
||
Bathavon South |
-2 |
||
Bathavon West |
-14 |
||
Bathwick |
-4 |
||
Chew Valley North |
26 |
||
Chew Valley South |
7 |
||
Clutton |
11 |
||
Combe Down |
-4 |
||
Farmborough |
4 |
||
High Littleton |
3 |
||
Keynsham East |
17 |
||
Keynsham North |
33 |
||
Keynsham South |
39 |
||
Kingsmead |
-8 |
||
Lambridge |
12 |
||
Lansdown |
-8 |
||
Lyncombe |
-3 |
||
Mendip |
0 |
||
Midsomer Norton North |
13 |
||
Midsomer Norton Redfield |
1 |
||
Newbridge |
-5 |
||
Odd Down |
20 |
||
Oldfield |
19 |
||
Paulton |
9 |
||
Peasedown |
13 |
||
Publow and Whitchurch |
8 |
||
Radstock |
6 |
||
Saltford |
13 |
||
Southdown |
3 |
||
Timsbury |
8 |
||
Twerton |
6 |
||
Walcot |
-6 |
||
Westfield |
9 |
||
Westmoreland |
-2 |
||
Weston |
4 |
||
Widcombe |
14 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Ammerdown |
-2 |
||
Ashwick Chilcompton and Stratton |
26 |
||
Bathwick |
-4 |
||
Beckington and Selwood |
3 |
||
Butleigh and Baltonsborough |
-1 |
||
Chewton Mendip and Ston Easton |
-4 |
||
Coleford and Holcombe |
-6 |
||
Cranmore Doulting and Nunney |
5 |
||
Creech |
1 |
||
Croscombe and Pilton |
7 |
||
Frome Berkley Down |
-3 |
||
Frome College |
1 |
||
Frome Keyford |
6 |
||
Frome Market |
26 |
||
Frome Oakfield |
-2 |
||
Frome Park |
6 |
||
Glastonbury St Benedict's |
-2 |
||
Glastonbury St Edmund's |
7 |
||
Glastonbury St John's |
-1 |
||
Glastonbury St Mary's |
1 |
||
Moor |
1 |
||
Postlebury |
-7 |
||
Rode and Norton St Philip |
9 |
||
Rodney and Westbury |
-3 |
||
Shepton East |
-6 |
||
Shepton West |
-6 |
||
St Cuthbert Out North |
2 |
||
Street North |
29 |
||
Street South |
9 |
||
Street West |
1 |
||
The Pennards and Ditcheat |
6 |
||
Wells Central |
21 |
||
Wells St Cuthbert's |
-11 |
||
Wells St Thomas' |
-3 |
||
Wookey and St Cuthbert Out West |
-4 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Backwell |
9 |
||
Banwell & Winscombe |
14 |
||
Blagdon & Churchill |
3 |
||
Clevedon East |
-5 |
||
Clevedon South |
3 |
||
Clevedon Walton |
4 |
||
Clevedon West |
1 |
||
Clevedon Yeo |
-3 |
||
Congresbury & Puxton |
0 |
||
Gordano Valley |
8 |
||
Hutton & Locking |
19 |
||
Long Ashton |
5 |
||
Nailsea Golden Valley |
0 |
||
Nailsea West End |
-2 |
||
Nailsea Yeo |
-6 |
||
Nailsea Youngwood |
1 |
||
Pill |
24 |
||
Portishead East |
22 |
||
Portishead North |
-1 |
||
Portishead South |
-8 |
||
Portishead West |
27 |
||
Weston-super-Mare Bournville |
9 |
||
Weston-super-Mare Central |
35 |
||
Weston-super-Mare Hillside |
26 |
||
Weston-super-Mare Kewstoke |
7 |
||
Weston-super-Mare Mid Worle |
8 |
||
Weston-super-Mare Milton |
62 |
||
Weston-super-Mare North Worle |
9 |
||
Weston-super-Mare South Worle |
14 |
||
Weston-super-Mare Uphill |
4 |
||
Weston-super-Mare Winterstoke |
13 |
||
Wick St Lawrence & St Georges |
5 |
||
Winford |
3 |
||
Wrington |
-31 |
||
Yatton |
28 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Axevale |
-1 |
||
Berrow |
5 |
||
Bridgwater Dunwear |
6 |
||
Bridgwater Eastover |
24 |
||
Bridgwater Fairfax |
3 |
||
Bridgwater Hamp |
3 |
||
Bridgwater Victoria |
9 |
||
Bridgwater Westover |
40 |
||
Bridgwater Wyndham |
26 |
||
Burnham Central |
3 |
||
Burnham North |
0 |
||
Cannington and Wembdon |
7 |
||
Cheddar and Shipham |
-4 |
||
East Polden |
8 |
||
Highbridge and Burnham Marine |
-8 |
||
Huntspill and Pawlett |
3 |
||
King's Isle |
6 |
||
Knoll |
1 |
||
North Petherton |
7 |
||
Puriton and Woolavington |
5 |
||
Quantocks |
1 |
||
Wedmore and Mark |
-7 |
||
West Polden |
9 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Blackdown |
6 |
||
Blackmoor Vale |
9 |
||
Bruton |
12 |
||
Brympton |
2 |
||
Burrow Hill |
-2 |
||
Camelot |
6 |
||
Cary |
9 |
||
Chard Avishayes |
6 |
||
Chard Combe |
-3 |
||
Chard Crimchard |
9 |
||
Chard Holyrood |
5 |
||
Chard Jocelyn |
5 |
||
Coker |
3 |
||
Crewkerne |
16 |
||
Curry Rivel |
-1 |
||
Eggwood |
-1 |
||
Hamdon |
1 |
||
Ilminster |
8 |
||
Islemoor |
4 |
||
Ivelchester |
14 |
||
Langport and Huish |
2 |
||
Martock |
-30 |
||
Milborne Port |
2 |
||
Neroche |
11 |
||
Northstone |
8 |
||
Parrett |
-6 |
||
South Petherton |
0 |
||
St Michael's |
3 |
||
Tatworth and Forton |
0 |
||
Tower |
-5 |
||
Turn Hill |
0 |
||
Wessex |
0 |
||
Wincanton |
10 |
||
Windwhistle |
4 |
||
Yeovil Central |
18 |
||
Yeovil East |
13 |
||
Yeovil South |
10 |
||
Yeovil West |
7 |
||
Yeovil Without |
6 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Bishop's Hull |
-8 |
||
Bishop's Lydeard |
15 |
||
Blackdown |
6 |
||
Bradford-on-Tone |
3 |
||
Comeytrowe |
2 |
||
Milverton and North Deane |
177 |
||
Monument |
-2 |
||
Neroche |
11 |
||
North Curry and Stoke St Gregory |
1 |
||
Norton Fitzwarren |
1 |
||
Ruishton and Creech |
7 |
||
Staplegrove |
53 |
||
Taunton Blackbrook and Holway |
34 |
||
Taunton Eastgate |
32 |
||
Taunton Fairwater |
20 |
||
Taunton Halcon |
-5 |
||
Taunton Killams and Mountfield |
45 |
||
Taunton Lyngford |
20 |
||
Taunton Manor and Wilton |
-19 |
||
Taunton Pyrland and Rowbarton |
2 |
||
Trull |
8 |
||
Upper Culm |
0 |
||
Wellington East |
8 |
||
Wellington North |
38 |
||
Wellington Rockwell Green and West |
11 |
||
West Monkton |
-4 |
||
Wiveliscombe and West Deane |
3 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Alcombe |
-3 |
||
Brendon Hills |
-2 |
||
Carhampton and Withycombe |
2 |
||
Crowcombe and Stogumber |
2 |
||
Dulverton and District |
-2 |
||
Dunster and Timberscombe |
4 |
||
Greater Exmoor |
3 |
||
Minehead Central |
0 |
||
Minehead North |
3 |
||
Minehead South |
-1 |
||
Old Cleeve |
1 |
||
Porlock and District |
4 |
||
Quantock Vale |
0 |
||
Watchet |
1 |
||
West Quantock |
1 |
||
Williton |
-1 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2019 and how Somerset compares to them.
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 |
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 |
---|---|---|
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 |
57.1
70.7
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