2020
6,432 formed
3,899 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Somerset during 2024
1.0% more companies in Somerset compared to 2023
Bath and North East Somerset 1,245 formed
Mendip 728 formed
North Somerset 1,544 formed
Sedgemoor 814 formed
South Somerset 755 formed
Taunton Deane 952 formed
West Somerset 103 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Somerset compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2023: 1st
|
London |
280,423 |
2nd
2023: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
41,700 |
3rd
2023: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
40,892 |
4th
2023: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
23,972 |
5th
2023: 5th
|
Essex |
19,024 |
32nd 2023: 32nd
|
Somerset |
6,153 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
24th
2023: 23rd
|
Dorset |
7,890 |
29th
2023: 28th
|
Devon |
6,646 |
30th
2023: 30th
|
Gloucestershire |
6,522 |
32nd
2023: 32nd
|
Somerset |
6,153 |
38th
2023: 38th
|
Wiltshire |
4,609 |
39th
2023: 37th
|
Bristol |
4,467 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2023: 1st
|
London |
280,423 |
2nd 2023: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
41,700 |
3rd 2023: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
40,892 |
4th 2023: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
23,972 |
5th 2023: 5th
|
Essex |
19,024 |
6th 2023: 6th
|
Kent |
16,490 |
7th 2023: 7th
|
Hampshire |
14,534 |
8th 2023: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
14,111 |
9th 2023: 10th
|
Lancashire |
13,620 |
10th 2023: 9th
|
Merseyside |
13,029 |
11th 2023: 12th
|
South Yorkshire |
11,673 |
12th 2023: 11th
|
Surrey |
11,351 |
13th 2023: 13th
|
Leicestershire |
11,209 |
14th 2023: 14th
|
Berkshire |
10,454 |
15th 2023: 15th
|
Cheshire |
9,854 |
16th 2023: 17th
|
Nottinghamshire |
9,248 |
17th 2023: 16th
|
Buckinghamshire |
9,185 |
18th 2023: 20th
|
Suffolk |
9,091 |
19th 2023: 18th
|
North Yorkshire |
8,830 |
20th 2023: 22nd
|
Cambridgeshire |
8,588 |
21st 2023: 24th
|
Tyne and Wear |
8,269 |
22nd 2023: 19th
|
Bedfordshire |
8,251 |
23rd 2023: 21st
|
Staffordshire |
8,181 |
24th 2023: 23rd
|
Dorset |
7,890 |
25th 2023: 26th
|
Derbyshire |
7,553 |
26th 2023: 27th
|
East Sussex |
7,231 |
27th 2023: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
7,132 |
28th 2023: 25th
|
Northamptonshire |
6,894 |
29th 2023: 28th
|
Devon |
6,646 |
30th 2023: 30th
|
Gloucestershire |
6,522 |
31st 2023: 31st
|
West Sussex |
6,467 |
32nd 2023: 32nd
|
Somerset |
6,153 |
33rd 2023: 34th
|
Durham |
5,616 |
34th 2023: 33rd
|
Norfolk |
5,434 |
35th 2023: 35th
|
Oxfordshire |
5,301 |
36th 2023: 36th
|
Warwickshire |
5,070 |
37th 2023: 39th
|
Worcestershire |
5,059 |
38th 2023: 38th
|
Wiltshire |
4,609 |
39th 2023: 37th
|
Bristol |
4,467 |
40th 2023: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
4,234 |
41st 2023: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
4,025 |
42nd 2023: 41st
|
Shropshire |
3,031 |
43rd 2023: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
2,854 |
44th 2023: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,453 |
45th 2023: 45th
|
Northumberland |
1,577 |
46th 2023: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
718 |
47th 2023: 47th
|
Rutland |
242 |
people
6.2
12.5
96% Private Limited Companies (5,898 companies)
4% Other company types (255 companies)
Other company types breakdown (255 companies)
????
Businesses formed in Somerset during 2024
????
Businesses dissolved in Somerset during 2024
60,769
businesses registered in Somerset at the end of 2024.
1.0% more companies in Somerset compared to 2023
Dorset
63,675 total businesses
7,890 formed in 2024
7,119 dissolved in 2024
Devon
64,346 total businesses
6,646 formed in 2024
5,864 dissolved in 2024
Gloucestershire
61,133 total businesses
6,522 formed in 2024
5,495 dissolved in 2024
Bristol
36,561 total businesses
4,467 formed in 2024
3,885 dissolved in 2024
Wiltshire
42,535 total businesses
4,609 formed in 2024
4,357 dissolved in 2024
Somerset
60,769 total businesses
6,153 formed in 2024
5,785 dissolved in 2024
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
45 |
||
Bathavon North |
6 |
||
Bathavon South |
2 |
||
Bathavon West |
-2 |
||
Bathwick |
-1 |
||
Chew Valley North |
13 |
||
Chew Valley South |
2 |
||
Clutton |
6 |
||
Combe Down |
-1 |
||
Farmborough |
10 |
||
High Littleton |
0 |
||
Keynsham East |
5 |
||
Keynsham North |
-20 |
||
Keynsham South |
6 |
||
Kingsmead |
-53 |
||
Lambridge |
-11 |
||
Lansdown |
4 |
||
Lyncombe |
15 |
||
Mendip |
1 |
||
Midsomer Norton North |
-4 |
||
Midsomer Norton Redfield |
-2 |
||
Newbridge |
-2 |
||
Odd Down |
25 |
||
Oldfield |
1 |
||
Paulton |
15 |
||
Peasedown |
-2 |
||
Publow and Whitchurch |
2 |
||
Radstock |
7 |
||
Saltford |
-1 |
||
Southdown |
3 |
||
Timsbury |
2 |
||
Twerton |
4 |
||
Walcot |
13 |
||
Westfield |
12 |
||
Westmoreland |
-7 |
||
Weston |
-1 |
||
Widcombe |
1 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ammerdown |
-6 |
||
Ashwick Chilcompton and Stratton |
26 |
||
Bathwick |
-1 |
||
Beckington and Selwood |
2 |
||
Butleigh and Baltonsborough |
9 |
||
Chewton Mendip and Ston Easton |
3 |
||
Coleford and Holcombe |
7 |
||
Cranmore Doulting and Nunney |
3 |
||
Creech |
6 |
||
Croscombe and Pilton |
-4 |
||
Frome Berkley Down |
3 |
||
Frome College |
4 |
||
Frome Keyford |
10 |
||
Frome Market |
-2 |
||
Frome Oakfield |
3 |
||
Frome Park |
-3 |
||
Glastonbury St Benedict's |
-6 |
||
Glastonbury St Edmund's |
3 |
||
Glastonbury St John's |
1 |
||
Glastonbury St Mary's |
0 |
||
Moor |
-5 |
||
Postlebury |
-1 |
||
Rode and Norton St Philip |
-3 |
||
Rodney and Westbury |
-3 |
||
Shepton East |
15 |
||
Shepton West |
6 |
||
St Cuthbert Out North |
-7 |
||
Street North |
-1 |
||
Street South |
7 |
||
Street West |
-3 |
||
The Pennards and Ditcheat |
11 |
||
Wells Central |
-8 |
||
Wells St Cuthbert's |
-1 |
||
Wells St Thomas' |
10 |
||
Wookey and St Cuthbert Out West |
2 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Backwell |
-62 |
||
Banwell & Winscombe |
-4 |
||
Blagdon & Churchill |
-5 |
||
Clevedon East |
20 |
||
Clevedon South |
1 |
||
Clevedon Walton |
-17 |
||
Clevedon West |
-8 |
||
Clevedon Yeo |
4 |
||
Congresbury & Puxton |
-7 |
||
Gordano Valley |
-2 |
||
Hutton & Locking |
0 |
||
Long Ashton |
9 |
||
Nailsea Golden Valley |
6 |
||
Nailsea West End |
4 |
||
Nailsea Yeo |
16 |
||
Nailsea Youngwood |
-2 |
||
Pill |
11 |
||
Portishead East |
5 |
||
Portishead North |
5 |
||
Portishead South |
-11 |
||
Portishead West |
28 |
||
Weston-super-Mare Bournville |
4 |
||
Weston-super-Mare Central |
59 |
||
Weston-super-Mare Hillside |
-10 |
||
Weston-super-Mare Kewstoke |
8 |
||
Weston-super-Mare Mid Worle |
7 |
||
Weston-super-Mare Milton |
-2 |
||
Weston-super-Mare North Worle |
11 |
||
Weston-super-Mare South Worle |
4 |
||
Weston-super-Mare Uphill |
-11 |
||
Weston-super-Mare Winterstoke |
-1 |
||
Wick St Lawrence & St Georges |
-9 |
||
Winford |
9 |
||
Wrington |
-33 |
||
Yatton |
10 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Axevale |
-66 |
||
Berrow |
-2 |
||
Bridgwater Dunwear |
1 |
||
Bridgwater Eastover |
29 |
||
Bridgwater Fairfax |
7 |
||
Bridgwater Hamp |
3 |
||
Bridgwater Victoria |
-6 |
||
Bridgwater Westover |
-7 |
||
Bridgwater Wyndham |
8 |
||
Burnham Central |
1 |
||
Burnham North |
1 |
||
Cannington and Wembdon |
3 |
||
Cheddar and Shipham |
7 |
||
East Polden |
6 |
||
Highbridge and Burnham Marine |
-14 |
||
Huntspill and Pawlett |
-5 |
||
King's Isle |
25 |
||
Knoll |
8 |
||
North Petherton |
11 |
||
Puriton and Woolavington |
-5 |
||
Quantocks |
-2 |
||
Wedmore and Mark |
-87 |
||
West Polden |
27 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Blackdown |
-5 |
||
Blackmoor Vale |
15 |
||
Bruton |
-4 |
||
Brympton |
19 |
||
Burrow Hill |
8 |
||
Camelot |
4 |
||
Cary |
6 |
||
Chard Avishayes |
4 |
||
Chard Combe |
3 |
||
Chard Crimchard |
7 |
||
Chard Holyrood |
1 |
||
Chard Jocelyn |
1 |
||
Coker |
3 |
||
Crewkerne |
0 |
||
Curry Rivel |
-1 |
||
Eggwood |
1 |
||
Hamdon |
0 |
||
Ilminster |
12 |
||
Islemoor |
6 |
||
Ivelchester |
8 |
||
Langport and Huish |
1 |
||
Martock |
3 |
||
Milborne Port |
-6 |
||
Neroche |
-7 |
||
Northstone |
1 |
||
Parrett |
-1 |
||
South Petherton |
9 |
||
St Michael's |
5 |
||
Tatworth and Forton |
2 |
||
Tower |
-5 |
||
Turn Hill |
3 |
||
Wessex |
9 |
||
Wincanton |
0 |
||
Windwhistle |
2 |
||
Yeovil Central |
16 |
||
Yeovil East |
2 |
||
Yeovil South |
13 |
||
Yeovil West |
-1 |
||
Yeovil Without |
3 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bishop's Hull |
-8 |
||
Bishop's Lydeard |
-4 |
||
Blackdown |
-5 |
||
Bradford-on-Tone |
2 |
||
Comeytrowe |
3 |
||
Milverton and North Deane |
-4 |
||
Monument |
-1 |
||
Neroche |
-7 |
||
North Curry and Stoke St Gregory |
-6 |
||
Norton Fitzwarren |
5 |
||
Ruishton and Creech |
12 |
||
Staplegrove |
32 |
||
Taunton Blackbrook and Holway |
-56 |
||
Taunton Eastgate |
42 |
||
Taunton Fairwater |
6 |
||
Taunton Halcon |
2 |
||
Taunton Killams and Mountfield |
64 |
||
Taunton Lyngford |
9 |
||
Taunton Manor and Wilton |
8 |
||
Taunton Pyrland and Rowbarton |
-7 |
||
Trull |
11 |
||
Upper Culm |
0 |
||
Wellington East |
5 |
||
Wellington North |
9 |
||
Wellington Rockwell Green and West |
-4 |
||
West Monkton |
36 |
||
Wiveliscombe and West Deane |
-10 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Alcombe |
5 |
||
Brendon Hills |
1 |
||
Carhampton and Withycombe |
-2 |
||
Crowcombe and Stogumber |
-13 |
||
Dulverton and District |
0 |
||
Dunster and Timberscombe |
1 |
||
Greater Exmoor |
3 |
||
Minehead Central |
-2 |
||
Minehead North |
1 |
||
Minehead South |
2 |
||
Old Cleeve |
-6 |
||
Porlock and District |
-4 |
||
Quantock Vale |
1 |
||
Watchet |
-5 |
||
West Quantock |
-2 |
||
Williton |
1 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2024 and how Somerset compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2023: 1st
|
London |
1,560,328 |
2nd
2023: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
251,769 |
3rd
2023: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
234,944 |
4th
2023: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
157,321 |
5th
2023: 4th
|
Essex |
157,235 |
25th 2023: 23rd
|
Somerset |
60,769 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
20th
2023: 20th
|
Devon |
64,346 |
21st
2023: 21st
|
Dorset |
63,675 |
24th
2023: 26th
|
Gloucestershire |
61,133 |
25th
2023: 23rd
|
Somerset |
60,769 |
37th
2023: 37th
|
Wiltshire |
42,535 |
39th
2023: 39th
|
Bristol |
36,561 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2023: 1st
|
London |
1,560,328 |
2nd 2023: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
251,769 |
3rd 2023: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
234,944 |
4th 2023: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
157,321 |
5th 2023: 4th
|
Essex |
157,235 |
6th 2023: 6th
|
Kent |
136,504 |
7th 2023: 7th
|
Hampshire |
127,564 |
8th 2023: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
125,410 |
9th 2023: 9th
|
Surrey |
110,047 |
10th 2023: 10th
|
Lancashire |
97,537 |
11th 2023: 11th
|
Merseyside |
84,857 |
12th 2023: 12th
|
Cheshire |
83,478 |
13th 2023: 13th
|
Buckinghamshire |
80,842 |
14th 2023: 14th
|
Berkshire |
80,348 |
15th 2023: 15th
|
Leicestershire |
78,116 |
16th 2023: 16th
|
South Yorkshire |
75,130 |
17th 2023: 17th
|
East Sussex |
71,666 |
18th 2023: 18th
|
North Yorkshire |
67,293 |
19th 2023: 19th
|
Nottinghamshire |
65,784 |
20th 2023: 20th
|
Devon |
64,346 |
21st 2023: 21st
|
Dorset |
63,675 |
22nd 2023: 22nd
|
Staffordshire |
62,904 |
23rd 2023: 24th
|
Cambridgeshire |
61,973 |
24th 2023: 26th
|
Gloucestershire |
61,133 |
25th 2023: 23rd
|
Somerset |
60,769 |
26th 2023: 25th
|
West Sussex |
60,518 |
27th 2023: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
59,950 |
28th 2023: 28th
|
Lincolnshire |
57,099 |
29th 2023: 29th
|
Northamptonshire |
55,842 |
30th 2023: 32nd
|
Suffolk |
55,335 |
31st 2023: 30th
|
Tyne and Wear |
54,971 |
32nd 2023: 31st
|
Bedfordshire |
53,808 |
33rd 2023: 33rd
|
Norfolk |
49,863 |
34th 2023: 34th
|
Oxfordshire |
48,887 |
35th 2023: 35th
|
Worcestershire |
48,838 |
36th 2023: 36th
|
Warwickshire |
43,777 |
37th 2023: 37th
|
Wiltshire |
42,535 |
38th 2023: 38th
|
Durham |
38,779 |
39th 2023: 39th
|
Bristol |
36,561 |
40th 2023: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
31,014 |
41st 2023: 41st
|
Shropshire |
28,136 |
42nd 2023: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
27,621 |
43rd 2023: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
24,059 |
44th 2023: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
18,258 |
45th 2023: 45th
|
Northumberland |
13,228 |
46th 2023: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
6,739 |
47th 2023: 47th
|
Rutland |
2,179 |
people
61.3
83.4
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.
2020
6,432 formed
3,899 dissolved
2021
7,057 formed
5,667 dissolved
2022
7,121 formed
5,386 dissolved
2023
6,531 formed
6,028 dissolved
2024
6,153 formed
5,785 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
4.01% vs 2020
3.89% vs 2021
1.1% vs 2022
1.0% vs 2023