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Company Formations in 2016: South Yorkshire

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???? Businesses formed in South Yorkshire during 2016

6.2% more companies in South Yorkshire compared to 2015

New businesses in South Yorkshire mapped

Barnsley 1,202 formed

Doncaster 2,850 formed

Rotherham 1,490 formed

Sheffield 3,714 formed

Companies formed in 2016 league table

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

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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
1st 2015: 1st
London
209,869
2nd 2015: 2nd
Greater Manchester
32,999
3rd 2015: 3rd
West Midlands
31,162
4th 2015: 4th
West Yorkshire
17,837
5th 2015: 6th
Hertfordshire
17,671
15th 2015: 13th
South Yorkshire
9,265
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
2nd 2015: 2nd
Greater Manchester
32,999
4th 2015: 4th
West Yorkshire
17,837
15th 2015: 13th
South Yorkshire
9,265
23rd 2015: 20th
Nottinghamshire
6,642
25th 2015: 21st
North Yorkshire
6,525
27th 2015: 19th
Derbyshire
6,271
31st 2015: 28th
Lincolnshire
5,698
39th 2015: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
4,080
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
1st 2015: 1st
London
209,869
2nd 2015: 2nd
Greater Manchester
32,999
3rd 2015: 3rd
West Midlands
31,162
4th 2015: 4th
West Yorkshire
17,837
5th 2015: 6th
Hertfordshire
17,671
6th 2015: 5th
Essex
15,887
7th 2015: 10th
Cheshire
15,328
8th 2015: 7th
Kent
14,577
9th 2015: 8th
Hampshire
14,249
10th 2015: 24th
Bedfordshire
13,677
11th 2015: 34th
Wiltshire
11,837
12th 2015: 9th
Surrey
11,070
13th 2015: 12th
Merseyside
10,617
14th 2015: 11th
Lancashire
10,600
15th 2015: 13th
South Yorkshire
9,265
16th 2015: 14th
Berkshire
9,081
17th 2015: 16th
Buckinghamshire
8,523
18th 2015: 18th
Leicestershire
8,307
19th 2015: 17th
Dorset
8,113
20th 2015: 15th
East Sussex
7,939
21st 2015: 22nd
Staffordshire
7,618
22nd 2015: 23rd
Northamptonshire
7,050
23rd 2015: 20th
Nottinghamshire
6,642
24th 2015: 39th
Worcestershire
6,602
25th 2015: 21st
North Yorkshire
6,525
26th 2015: 27th
Tyne and Wear
6,380
27th 2015: 19th
Derbyshire
6,271
28th 2015: 25th
Cambridgeshire
6,208
29th 2015: 26th
West Sussex
5,996
30th 2015: 30th
Devon
5,703
31st 2015: 28th
Lincolnshire
5,698
32nd 2015: 29th
Gloucestershire
5,639
33rd 2015: 31st
Somerset
5,328
34th 2015: 32nd
Bristol
5,196
35th 2015: 35th
Warwickshire
4,709
36th 2015: 33rd
Oxfordshire
4,517
37th 2015: 36th
Norfolk
4,480
38th 2015: 37th
Suffolk
4,291
39th 2015: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
4,080
40th 2015: 38th
Durham
4,017
41st 2015: 41st
Shropshire
2,496
42nd 2015: 42nd
Cornwall
2,468
43rd 2015: 43rd
Cumbria
1,979
44th 2015: 44th
Northumberland
1,302
45th 2015: 45th
Herefordshire
853
46th 2015: 46th
Isle of Wight
545
47th 2015: 47th
Rutland
217

New incorporations in 2016 per 1000 Man standing people

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In South Yorkshire

6.9

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10.5

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Type of companies formed in South Yorkshire breakdown

97% Private Limited Companies (8,960 companies)

3% Other company types (305 companies)

Other company types breakdown (305 companies)

Total companies in South Yorkshire by the end of 2016

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Businesses formed in South Yorkshire during 2016

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Businesses dissolved in South Yorkshire during 2016

meaning there is a total of

55,438

businesses registered in South Yorkshire at the end of 2016.

6.2% more companies in South Yorkshire compared to 2015

Surrounding counties 2016 breakdown & comparison

North Yorkshire

48,164 total businesses
6,525 formed in 2016
5,093 dissolved in 2016

Derbyshire

43,529 total businesses
6,271 formed in 2016
4,531 dissolved in 2016

Lincolnshire

40,701 total businesses
5,698 formed in 2016
4,729 dissolved in 2016

Nottinghamshire

45,573 total businesses
6,642 formed in 2016
4,851 dissolved in 2016

Greater Manchester

167,797 total businesses
32,999 formed in 2016
23,445 dissolved in 2016

West Yorkshire

107,764 total businesses
17,837 formed in 2016
13,098 dissolved in 2016

East Riding of Yorkshire

23,848 total businesses
4,080 formed in 2016
2,401 dissolved in 2016

South Yorkshire

55,438 total businesses
9,265 formed in 2016
6,970 dissolved in 2016

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Ward breakdown data for

Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Central
971
943
-28
Cudworth
32
54
22
Darfield
23
24
1
Darton East
29
35
6
Darton West
54
66
12
Dearne North
37
67
30
Dearne South
21
46
25
Dodworth
60
61
1
Hoyland Milton
30
42
12
Kingstone
33
69
36
Monk Bretton
34
45
11
North East
29
55
26
Old Town
31
45
14
Penistone East
42
55
13
Penistone West
28
55
27
Rockingham
28
53
25
Royston
32
29
-3
St Helens
27
50
23
Stairfoot
21
42
21
Wombwell
50
58
8
Worsbrough
20
17
-3
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Adwick le Street & Carcroft
430
314
-116
Armthorpe
47
79
32
Balby South
84
118
34
Bentley
60
94
34
Bessacarr
53
85
32
Conisbrough
38
60
22
Edenthorpe & Kirk Sandall
27
35
8
Edlington & Warmsworth
21
50
29
Finningley
84
137
53
Hatfield
31
74
43
Hexthorpe & Balby North
361
386
25
Mexborough
44
57
13
Norton & Askern
43
76
33
Roman Ridge
24
54
30
Rossington & Bawtry
104
120
16
Sprotbrough
42
40
-2
Stainforth & Barnby Dun
17
36
19
Thorne & Moorends
38
56
18
Tickhill & Wadsworth
189
448
259
Town
255
443
188
Wheatley Hills & Intake
48
88
40
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Anston and Woodsetts
23
27
4
Boston Castle
127
164
37
Brinsworth and Catcliffe
32
62
30
Dinnington
57
100
43
Hellaby
43
67
24
Holderness
32
45
13
Hoober
32
23
-9
Keppel
18
29
11
Maltby
30
52
22
Rawmarsh
45
75
30
Rother Vale
32
63
31
Rotherham East
39
72
33
Rotherham West
42
59
17
Silverwood
31
50
19
Sitwell
21
36
15
Swinton
56
85
29
Tickhill & Wadsworth
189
448
259
Valley
30
39
9
Wales
43
49
6
Wath
180
244
64
Wickersley
48
104
56
Wingfield
24
45
21
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Arbourthorne
62
65
3
Beauchief and Greenhill
45
56
11
Beighton
41
90
49
Birley
46
49
3
Broomhill
257
390
133
Burngreave
147
184
37
Central
971
943
-28
Crookes
62
65
3
Darnall
281
314
33
Dore and Totley
76
85
9
East Ecclesfield
63
75
12
Ecclesall
340
145
-195
Firth Park
54
71
17
Fulwood
55
87
32
Gleadless Valley
66
81
15
Graves Park
76
102
26
Hillsborough
53
67
14
Manor Castle
64
99
35
Mosborough
29
66
37
Nether Edge
132
161
29
Richmond
26
58
32
Shiregreen and Brightside
68
260
192
Southey
35
54
19
Stannington
30
79
49
Stocksbridge and Upper Don
44
47
3
Walkley
75
114
39
West Ecclesfield
46
80
34
Woodhouse
39
61
22

Total companies 2016 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2016 and how South Yorkshire compares to them.

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Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2015: 1st
London
1,070,255
2nd 2015: 2nd
Greater Manchester
167,797
3rd 2015: 3rd
West Midlands
156,118
4th 2015: 4th
Essex
112,065
5th 2015: 5th
West Yorkshire
107,764
16th 2015: 16th
South Yorkshire
55,438
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
2nd 2015: 2nd
Greater Manchester
167,797
5th 2015: 5th
West Yorkshire
107,764
16th 2015: 16th
South Yorkshire
55,438
20th 2015: 20th
North Yorkshire
48,164
25th 2015: 26th
Nottinghamshire
45,573
27th 2015: 25th
Derbyshire
43,529
30th 2015: 28th
Lincolnshire
40,701
40th 2015: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
23,848
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2015: 1st
London
1,070,255
2nd 2015: 2nd
Greater Manchester
167,797
3rd 2015: 3rd
West Midlands
156,118
4th 2015: 4th
Essex
112,065
5th 2015: 5th
West Yorkshire
107,764
6th 2015: 7th
Hertfordshire
104,699
7th 2015: 6th
Hampshire
103,043
8th 2015: 8th
Kent
98,931
9th 2015: 9th
Surrey
95,997
10th 2015: 10th
Cheshire
74,912
11th 2015: 11th
Lancashire
68,241
12th 2015: 12th
Berkshire
64,828
13th 2015: 13th
East Sussex
63,012
14th 2015: 14th
Buckinghamshire
62,413
15th 2015: 15th
Merseyside
60,027
16th 2015: 16th
South Yorkshire
55,438
17th 2015: 17th
Leicestershire
52,138
18th 2015: 18th
Dorset
50,419
19th 2015: 19th
West Sussex
48,518
20th 2015: 20th
North Yorkshire
48,164
21st 2015: 21st
Gloucestershire
47,665
22nd 2015: 22nd
Devon
47,095
23rd 2015: 24th
Staffordshire
47,000
24th 2015: 23rd
Somerset
46,011
25th 2015: 26th
Nottinghamshire
45,573
26th 2015: 32nd
Bedfordshire
44,451
27th 2015: 25th
Derbyshire
43,529
28th 2015: 27th
Cambridgeshire
43,412
29th 2015: 33rd
Wiltshire
41,591
30th 2015: 28th
Lincolnshire
40,701
31st 2015: 29th
Northamptonshire
40,600
32nd 2015: 31st
Tyne and Wear
38,544
33rd 2015: 30th
Oxfordshire
38,413
34th 2015: 35th
Norfolk
34,374
35th 2015: 34th
Warwickshire
34,180
36th 2015: 38th
Worcestershire
33,436
37th 2015: 36th
Suffolk
32,526
38th 2015: 37th
Bristol
31,308
39th 2015: 39th
Durham
25,127
40th 2015: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
23,848
41st 2015: 41st
Shropshire
20,422
42nd 2015: 42nd
Cumbria
19,675
43rd 2015: 43rd
Cornwall
19,655
44th 2015: 44th
Northumberland
9,713
45th 2015: 45th
Herefordshire
8,293
46th 2015: 46th
Isle of Wight
4,973
47th 2015: 47th
Rutland
1,742

Total companies at the end of 2016 per 1000 Person people

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41.3

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62.6

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The last 5 years

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

2012

6,428 formed

4,493 dissolved

2013

7,256 formed

4,693 dissolved

2014

8,318 formed

5,130 dissolved

2015

9,290 formed

5,359 dissolved

2016

9,265 formed

6,970 dissolved

Overall growth compared to previous year

6.1% vs 2012

7.2% vs 2013

9.6% vs 2014

6.2% vs 2015