2017
6,449 formed
5,953 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Staffordshire during 2021
4.9% more companies in Staffordshire compared to 2020
Cannock Chase 1,111 formed
East Staffordshire 929 formed
Lichfield 945 formed
Newcastle-under-Lyme 741 formed
South Staffordshire 708 formed
Stafford 844 formed
Staffordshire Moorlands 403 formed
Stoke-on-Trent 2,280 formed
Tamworth 567 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Staffordshire compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2020: 1st
|
London |
269,246 |
2nd
2020: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
36,485 |
3rd
2020: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
36,442 |
4th
2020: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
22,140 |
5th
2020: 5th
|
Essex |
18,584 |
18th 2020: 22nd
|
Staffordshire |
8,541 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
2nd
2020: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
36,485 |
13th
2020: 13th
|
Cheshire |
9,800 |
14th
2020: 11th
|
Leicestershire |
9,685 |
18th
2020: 22nd
|
Staffordshire |
8,541 |
25th
2020: 28th
|
Worcestershire |
7,361 |
26th
2020: 25th
|
Derbyshire |
7,261 |
36th
2020: 38th
|
Warwickshire |
5,117 |
42nd
2020: 41st
|
Shropshire |
2,914 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2020: 1st
|
London |
269,246 |
2nd 2020: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
36,485 |
3rd 2020: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
36,442 |
4th 2020: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
22,140 |
5th 2020: 5th
|
Essex |
18,584 |
6th 2020: 6th
|
Kent |
16,625 |
7th 2020: 7th
|
Hampshire |
14,512 |
8th 2020: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
13,899 |
9th 2020: 9th
|
Merseyside |
13,108 |
10th 2020: 10th
|
Lancashire |
12,800 |
11th 2020: 12th
|
Surrey |
11,021 |
12th 2020: 14th
|
South Yorkshire |
10,815 |
13th 2020: 13th
|
Cheshire |
9,800 |
14th 2020: 11th
|
Leicestershire |
9,685 |
15th 2020: 15th
|
Berkshire |
9,605 |
16th 2020: 16th
|
Buckinghamshire |
8,910 |
17th 2020: 17th
|
Nottinghamshire |
8,810 |
18th 2020: 22nd
|
Staffordshire |
8,541 |
19th 2020: 20th
|
East Sussex |
7,675 |
20th 2020: 21st
|
Tyne and Wear |
7,623 |
21st 2020: 19th
|
North Yorkshire |
7,614 |
22nd 2020: 26th
|
Dorset |
7,584 |
23rd 2020: 24th
|
Cambridgeshire |
7,476 |
24th 2020: 18th
|
Bedfordshire |
7,413 |
25th 2020: 28th
|
Worcestershire |
7,361 |
26th 2020: 25th
|
Derbyshire |
7,261 |
27th 2020: 23rd
|
Northamptonshire |
7,131 |
28th 2020: 31st
|
Somerset |
7,057 |
29th 2020: 30th
|
Lincolnshire |
6,903 |
30th 2020: 27th
|
Devon |
6,825 |
31st 2020: 29th
|
West Sussex |
6,463 |
32nd 2020: 32nd
|
Gloucestershire |
6,357 |
33rd 2020: 35th
|
Suffolk |
5,445 |
34th 2020: 37th
|
Norfolk |
5,214 |
35th 2020: 33rd
|
Bristol |
5,125 |
36th 2020: 38th
|
Warwickshire |
5,117 |
37th 2020: 36th
|
Durham |
5,065 |
38th 2020: 34th
|
Oxfordshire |
5,053 |
39th 2020: 39th
|
Wiltshire |
4,432 |
40th 2020: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
3,749 |
41st 2020: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
2,993 |
42nd 2020: 41st
|
Shropshire |
2,914 |
43rd 2020: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
2,858 |
44th 2020: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,286 |
45th 2020: 45th
|
Northumberland |
1,421 |
46th 2020: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
697 |
47th 2020: 47th
|
Rutland |
195 |
people
7.8
12.2
98% Private Limited Companies (8,380 companies)
2% Other company types (161 companies)
Other company types breakdown (161 companies)
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Businesses formed in Staffordshire during 2021
????
Businesses dissolved in Staffordshire during 2021
57,556
businesses registered in Staffordshire at the end of 2021.
4.9% more companies in Staffordshire compared to 2020
Leicestershire
71,867 total businesses
9,685 formed in 2021
10,352 dissolved in 2021
Warwickshire
40,740 total businesses
5,117 formed in 2021
4,641 dissolved in 2021
Worcestershire
42,443 total businesses
7,361 formed in 2021
10,248 dissolved in 2021
Derbyshire
53,394 total businesses
7,261 formed in 2021
5,840 dissolved in 2021
West Midlands
198,781 total businesses
36,485 formed in 2021
30,607 dissolved in 2021
Cheshire
83,426 total businesses
9,800 formed in 2021
11,442 dissolved in 2021
Shropshire
25,765 total businesses
2,914 formed in 2021
2,811 dissolved in 2021
Staffordshire
57,556 total businesses
8,541 formed in 2021
6,245 dissolved in 2021
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Armitage with Handsacre |
-2 |
||
Brereton and Ravenhill |
7 |
||
Cannock East |
441 |
||
Cannock North |
10 |
||
Cannock South |
33 |
||
Cannock West |
6 |
||
Etching Hill and The Heath |
13 |
||
Hagley |
0 |
||
Hawks Green |
26 |
||
Heath Hayes East and Wimblebury |
-3 |
||
Hednesford Green Heath |
6 |
||
Hednesford North |
56 |
||
Hednesford South |
1 |
||
Norton Canes |
-3 |
||
Rawnsley |
7 |
||
Western Springs |
10 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abbey |
4 |
||
Anglesey |
20 |
||
Bagots |
1 |
||
Branston |
-10 |
||
Brizlincote |
-2 |
||
Burton |
32 |
||
Churnet |
0 |
||
Crown |
6 |
||
Eton Park |
27 |
||
Heath |
-4 |
||
Horninglow |
3 |
||
Needwood |
12 |
||
Rolleston on Dove |
32 |
||
Shobnall |
5 |
||
Stapenhill |
6 |
||
Stretton |
-3 |
||
Town |
124 |
||
Tutbury and Outwoods |
1 |
||
Weaver |
3 |
||
Winshill |
5 |
||
Yoxall |
-13 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Aldridge Central and South |
0 |
||
Alrewas & Fradley |
-13 |
||
Armitage with Handsacre |
-2 |
||
Boley Park |
2 |
||
Boney Hay & Central |
1 |
||
Bourne Vale |
2 |
||
Chadsmead |
3 |
||
Chase Terrace |
3 |
||
Chasetown |
3 |
||
Colton & the Ridwares |
10 |
||
Curborough |
0 |
||
Fazeley |
3 |
||
Hammerwich with Wall |
1 |
||
Highfield |
9 |
||
Leomansley |
16 |
||
Little Aston & Stonnall |
30 |
||
Longdon |
-7 |
||
Mease Valley |
3 |
||
Shenstone |
7 |
||
St John's |
10 |
||
Stowe |
203 |
||
Summerfield & All Saints |
4 |
||
Whittington & Streethay |
-8 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Audley and Bignall End |
0 |
||
Bradwell |
-3 |
||
Butt Lane |
4 |
||
Chesterton |
20 |
||
Clayton |
1 |
||
Cross Heath |
14 |
||
Halmerend |
4 |
||
Holditch |
-2 |
||
Keele |
1 |
||
Kidsgrove |
0 |
||
Knutton and Silverdale |
-1 |
||
Loggerheads and Whitmore |
16 |
||
Madeley |
-1 |
||
May Bank |
-31 |
||
Newchapel |
3 |
||
Porthill |
11 |
||
Ravenscliffe |
-5 |
||
Seabridge |
-2 |
||
Silverdale and Parksite |
1 |
||
Talke |
-2 |
||
Thistleberry |
-8 |
||
Town |
124 |
||
Westlands |
7 |
||
Wolstanton |
13 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bilbrook |
15 |
||
Brewood and Coven |
1 |
||
Cheslyn Hay North and Saredon |
8 |
||
Cheslyn Hay South |
-2 |
||
Codsall North |
-5 |
||
Codsall South |
7 |
||
Essington |
33 |
||
Featherstone and Shareshill |
11 |
||
Great Wyrley Landywood |
0 |
||
Great Wyrley Town |
12 |
||
Himley and Swindon |
20 |
||
Huntington and Hatherton |
-5 |
||
Kinver |
-169 |
||
Pattingham and Patshull |
5 |
||
Penkridge North East and Acton Trussell |
10 |
||
Penkridge South East |
8 |
||
Penkridge West |
-18 |
||
Perton Dippons |
91 |
||
Perton East |
-3 |
||
Perton Lakeside |
1 |
||
Trysull and Seisdon |
-6 |
||
Wheaton Aston Bishopswood and Lapley |
6 |
||
Wombourne North and Lower Penn |
15 |
||
Wombourne South East |
12 |
||
Wombourne South West |
5 |
||
Worfield |
0 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Barlaston |
12 |
||
Baswich |
4 |
||
Common |
-7 |
||
Coton |
16 |
||
Doxey & Castletown |
9 |
||
Eccleshall |
5 |
||
Forebridge |
-2 |
||
Fulford |
-10 |
||
Gnosall & Woodseaves |
4 |
||
Haywood & Hixon |
-1 |
||
Highfields & Western Downs |
-1 |
||
Holmcroft |
5 |
||
Littleworth |
13 |
||
Manor |
13 |
||
Milford |
2 |
||
Milwich |
35 |
||
Penkside |
4 |
||
Rowley |
13 |
||
Seighford & Church Eaton |
17 |
||
St Michael's & Stonefield |
22 |
||
Swynnerton & Oulton |
-13 |
||
Walton |
-2 |
||
Weeping Cross & Wildwood |
4 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Alton |
-2 |
||
Bagnall and Stanley |
5 |
||
Biddulph East |
6 |
||
Biddulph Moor |
1 |
||
Biddulph North |
-5 |
||
Biddulph South |
1 |
||
Biddulph West |
3 |
||
Brown Edge and Endon |
7 |
||
Caverswall |
-4 |
||
Cellarhead |
-4 |
||
Cheadle North East |
10 |
||
Cheadle South East |
3 |
||
Cheadle West |
4 |
||
Checkley |
-8 |
||
Cheddleton |
-1 |
||
Churnet |
0 |
||
Dane |
6 |
||
Forsbrook |
7 |
||
Hamps Valley |
1 |
||
Horton |
8 |
||
Ipstones |
2 |
||
Leek East |
-7 |
||
Leek North |
8 |
||
Leek South |
3 |
||
Leek West |
11 |
||
Manifold |
8 |
||
Werrington |
0 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abbey Hulton and Townsend |
-2 |
||
Baddeley Milton and Norton |
12 |
||
Bentilee and Ubberley |
6 |
||
Birches Head and Central Forest Park |
39 |
||
Blurton East |
10 |
||
Blurton West and Newstead |
22 |
||
Boothen and Oak Hill |
28 |
||
Bradeley and Chell Heath |
2 |
||
Broadway and Longton East |
34 |
||
Burslem Central |
48 |
||
Burslem Park |
1 |
||
Dresden and Florence |
18 |
||
Eaton Park |
178 |
||
Etruria and Hanley |
80 |
||
Fenton East |
24 |
||
Fenton West and Mount Pleasant |
29 |
||
Ford Green and Smallthorne |
8 |
||
Goldenhill and Sandyford |
-1 |
||
Great Chell and Packmoor |
-3 |
||
Hanford and Trentham |
15 |
||
Hanley Park and Shelton |
107 |
||
Hartshill and Basford |
57 |
||
Hollybush and Longton West |
4 |
||
Joiner's Square |
31 |
||
Lightwood North and Normacot |
26 |
||
Little Chell and Stanfield |
17 |
||
Meir Hay |
1 |
||
Meir North |
-2 |
||
Meir Park |
4 |
||
Meir South |
0 |
||
Moorcroft |
58 |
||
Penkhull and Stoke |
17 |
||
Sandford Hill |
24 |
||
Sneyd Green |
7 |
||
Springfields and Trent Vale |
15 |
||
Tunstall |
34 |
||
Weston Coyney |
-8 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Amington |
-55 |
||
Belgrave |
6 |
||
Bolehall |
17 |
||
Castle |
-13 |
||
Glascote |
1 |
||
Mercian |
-9 |
||
Spital |
16 |
||
Stonydelph |
-33 |
||
Trinity |
-8 |
||
Wilnecote |
19 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2021 and how Staffordshire compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2020: 1st
|
London |
1,397,474 |
2nd
2020: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
217,557 |
3rd
2020: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
198,781 |
4th
2020: 4th
|
Essex |
141,948 |
5th
2020: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
141,120 |
22nd 2020: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
57,556 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
3rd
2020: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
198,781 |
11th
2020: 10th
|
Cheshire |
83,426 |
15th
2020: 15th
|
Leicestershire |
71,867 |
22nd
2020: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
57,556 |
27th
2020: 28th
|
Derbyshire |
53,394 |
34th
2020: 33rd
|
Worcestershire |
42,443 |
36th
2020: 35th
|
Warwickshire |
40,740 |
41st
2020: 41st
|
Shropshire |
25,765 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2020: 1st
|
London |
1,397,474 |
2nd 2020: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
217,557 |
3rd 2020: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
198,781 |
4th 2020: 4th
|
Essex |
141,948 |
5th 2020: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
141,120 |
6th 2020: 6th
|
Kent |
126,550 |
7th 2020: 7th
|
Hampshire |
123,584 |
8th 2020: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
118,798 |
9th 2020: 9th
|
Surrey |
106,792 |
10th 2020: 11th
|
Lancashire |
87,562 |
11th 2020: 10th
|
Cheshire |
83,426 |
12th 2020: 12th
|
Merseyside |
78,022 |
13th 2020: 14th
|
Berkshire |
75,011 |
14th 2020: 13th
|
Buckinghamshire |
74,634 |
15th 2020: 15th
|
Leicestershire |
71,867 |
16th 2020: 16th
|
East Sussex |
70,862 |
17th 2020: 17th
|
South Yorkshire |
68,227 |
18th 2020: 19th
|
Devon |
60,022 |
19th 2020: 18th
|
North Yorkshire |
59,819 |
20th 2020: 21st
|
Nottinghamshire |
58,780 |
21st 2020: 20th
|
West Sussex |
57,619 |
22nd 2020: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
57,556 |
23rd 2020: 23rd
|
Somerset |
57,300 |
24th 2020: 22nd
|
Gloucestershire |
56,711 |
25th 2020: 25th
|
Dorset |
56,465 |
26th 2020: 26th
|
Cambridgeshire |
56,346 |
27th 2020: 28th
|
Derbyshire |
53,394 |
28th 2020: 27th
|
Northamptonshire |
53,149 |
29th 2020: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
50,076 |
30th 2020: 30th
|
Tyne and Wear |
49,266 |
31st 2020: 31st
|
Bedfordshire |
47,831 |
32nd 2020: 32nd
|
Oxfordshire |
45,883 |
33rd 2020: 34th
|
Norfolk |
43,452 |
34th 2020: 33rd
|
Worcestershire |
42,443 |
35th 2020: 36th
|
Suffolk |
41,836 |
36th 2020: 35th
|
Warwickshire |
40,740 |
37th 2020: 37th
|
Wiltshire |
39,338 |
38th 2020: 38th
|
Bristol |
36,239 |
39th 2020: 39th
|
Durham |
33,620 |
40th 2020: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
27,909 |
41st 2020: 41st
|
Shropshire |
25,765 |
42nd 2020: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
24,752 |
43rd 2020: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
22,499 |
44th 2020: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
14,830 |
45th 2020: 45th
|
Northumberland |
11,895 |
46th 2020: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
6,319 |
47th 2020: 47th
|
Rutland |
2,056 |
people
52.4
79.1
How the total number of companies in Staffordshire has changed over the last 5 years as new companies have been formed and some existing companies dissolved.
2017
6,449 formed
5,953 dissolved
2018
6,474 formed
4,877 dissolved
2019
6,927 formed
5,118 dissolved
2020
7,720 formed
4,885 dissolved
2021
8,541 formed
6,245 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
1.72% vs 2017
6.17% vs 2018
6% vs 2019
4.9% vs 2020