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Company Formations in 2015: Suffolk

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???? Businesses formed in Suffolk during 2015

5.7% more companies in Suffolk compared to 2014

New businesses in Suffolk mapped

Babergh 471 formed

Forest Heath 307 formed

Ipswich 955 formed

Mid Suffolk 539 formed

St Edmundsbury 593 formed

Suffolk Coastal 698 formed

Waveney 468 formed

Companies formed in 2015 league table

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

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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
1st 2014: 1st
London
198,282
2nd 2014: 2nd
Greater Manchester
28,265
3rd 2014: 3rd
West Midlands
26,952
4th 2014: 4th
West Yorkshire
17,066
5th 2014: 5th
Essex
16,147
37th 2014: 38th
Suffolk
4,031
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
5th 2014: 5th
Essex
16,147
25th 2014: 27th
Cambridgeshire
6,235
36th 2014: 36th
Norfolk
4,296
37th 2014: 38th
Suffolk
4,031
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
1st 2014: 1st
London
198,282
2nd 2014: 2nd
Greater Manchester
28,265
3rd 2014: 3rd
West Midlands
26,952
4th 2014: 4th
West Yorkshire
17,066
5th 2014: 5th
Essex
16,147
6th 2014: 7th
Hertfordshire
14,575
7th 2014: 8th
Kent
14,246
8th 2014: 6th
Hampshire
13,779
9th 2014: 9th
Surrey
12,014
10th 2014: 10th
Cheshire
11,974
11th 2014: 11th
Lancashire
10,080
12th 2014: 12th
Merseyside
9,857
13th 2014: 15th
South Yorkshire
9,290
14th 2014: 13th
Berkshire
9,135
15th 2014: 14th
East Sussex
8,786
16th 2014: 16th
Buckinghamshire
8,249
17th 2014: 20th
Dorset
7,791
18th 2014: 18th
Leicestershire
7,712
19th 2014: 25th
Derbyshire
7,414
20th 2014: 17th
Nottinghamshire
6,908
21st 2014: 19th
North Yorkshire
6,437
22nd 2014: 24th
Staffordshire
6,375
23rd 2014: 23rd
Northamptonshire
6,347
24th 2014: 26th
Bedfordshire
6,245
25th 2014: 27th
Cambridgeshire
6,235
26th 2014: 21st
West Sussex
6,136
27th 2014: 28th
Tyne and Wear
6,042
28th 2014: 22nd
Lincolnshire
5,879
29th 2014: 29th
Gloucestershire
5,741
30th 2014: 30th
Devon
5,394
31st 2014: 31st
Somerset
5,383
32nd 2014: 32nd
Bristol
4,942
33rd 2014: 33rd
Oxfordshire
4,611
34th 2014: 35th
Wiltshire
4,506
35th 2014: 34th
Warwickshire
4,424
36th 2014: 36th
Norfolk
4,296
37th 2014: 38th
Suffolk
4,031
38th 2014: 37th
Durham
3,834
39th 2014: 39th
Worcestershire
3,572
40th 2014: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
2,967
41st 2014: 42nd
Shropshire
2,416
42nd 2014: 41st
Cornwall
2,392
43rd 2014: 43rd
Cumbria
2,166
44th 2014: 44th
Northumberland
1,289
45th 2014: 45th
Herefordshire
950
46th 2014: 46th
Isle of Wight
560
47th 2014: 47th
Rutland
194

New incorporations in 2015 per 1000 Man standing people

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5.5

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Type of companies formed in Suffolk breakdown

97% Private Limited Companies (3,923 companies)

3% Other company types (108 companies)

Other company types breakdown (108 companies)

Total companies in Suffolk by the end of 2015

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Businesses formed in Suffolk during 2015

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Businesses dissolved in Suffolk during 2015

meaning there is a total of

30,944

businesses registered in Suffolk at the end of 2015.

5.7% more companies in Suffolk compared to 2014

Surrounding counties 2015 breakdown & comparison

Cambridgeshire

41,403 total businesses
6,235 formed in 2015
3,619 dissolved in 2015

Essex

107,891 total businesses
16,147 formed in 2015
10,382 dissolved in 2015

Norfolk

32,493 total businesses
4,296 formed in 2015
2,441 dissolved in 2015

Suffolk

30,944 total businesses
4,031 formed in 2015
2,423 dissolved in 2015

Ward breakdown data for

Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Alton
8
11
3
Berners
16
15
-1
Boxford
9
14
5
Brett Vale
3
15
12
Brook
27
29
2
Bures St Mary
7
13
6
Chadacre
4
10
6
Dodnash
9
21
12
Glemsford and Stanstead
11
14
3
Great Cornard North
6
12
6
Great Cornard South
2
8
6
Hadleigh North
28
45
17
Hadleigh South
5
9
4
Holbrook
7
5
-2
Lavenham
4
8
4
Leavenheath
5
2
-3
Long Melford
6
8
2
Lower Brett
8
9
1
Mid Samford
10
15
5
Nayland
8
8
North Cosford
10
6
-4
Pinewood
5
16
11
South Cosford
14
40
26
Sudbury East
13
20
7
Sudbury North
3
5
2
Sudbury South
53
98
45
Waldingfield
18
15
-3
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
All Saints
41
51
10
Bottisham
0
0
Brandon East
10
15
5
Brandon West
9
23
14
Eriswell and The Rows
12
17
5
Exning
8
16
8
Great Heath
5
14
9
Iceni
4
12
8
Lakenheath
5
17
12
Manor
5
5
0
Market
15
17
2
Red Lodge
9
26
17
Severals
33
53
20
South
6
13
7
St Mary's
17
28
11
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Alexandra
132
219
87
Bixley
21
48
27
Bridge
17
39
22
Castle Hill
64
93
29
Gainsborough
4
32
28
Gipping
47
62
15
Holywells
22
57
35
Priory Heath
43
103
60
Rushmere
16
30
14
Sprites
11
12
1
St John's
35
75
40
St Margaret's
37
70
33
Stoke Park
9
18
9
Westgate
39
76
37
Whitehouse
16
35
19
Whitton
18
53
35
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Bacton and Old Newton
4
4
0
Badwell Ash
20
12
-8
Barking and Somersham
16
20
4
Bramford and Blakenham
75
86
11
Claydon and Barham
21
46
25
Debenham
1
16
15
Elmswell and Norton
11
11
0
Eye
3
12
9
Fressingfield
10
5
-5
Gislingham
3
3
0
Haughley and Wetherden
7
8
1
Helmingham and Coddenham
5
7
2
Hoxne
8
9
1
Mendlesham
6
9
3
Needham Market
21
29
8
Onehouse
7
9
2
Palgrave
4
7
3
Rattlesden
5
7
2
Rickinghall and Walsham
15
27
12
Ringshall
5
11
6
Stowmarket Central
14
9
-5
Stowmarket North
53
106
53
Stowmarket South
8
7
-1
Stowupland
6
3
-3
Stradbroke and Laxfield
8
9
1
The Stonhams
8
14
6
Thurston and Hessett
12
16
4
Wetheringsett
5
13
8
Woolpit
11
14
3
Worlingworth
7
10
3
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Abbeygate
47
73
26
Bardwell
4
8
4
Barningham
4
12
8
Barrow
6
11
5
Cavendish
11
8
-3
Chedburgh
3
6
3
Clare
11
9
-2
Eastgate
53
39
-14
Fornham
18
17
-1
Great Barton
14
65
51
Haverhill East
11
25
14
Haverhill North
11
28
17
Haverhill South
31
49
18
Haverhill West
12
10
-2
Horringer and Whelnetham
6
16
10
Hundon
8
7
-1
Iceni
4
12
8
Ixworth
5
18
13
Kedington
4
2
-2
Minden
11
10
-1
Moreton Hall
41
74
33
Northgate
2
3
1
Pakenham
10
5
-5
Risby
16
13
-3
Risbygate
22
23
1
Rougham
5
8
3
Southgate
5
14
9
St Olaves
4
3
-1
Stanton
5
3
-2
Westgate
39
76
37
Wickhambrook
7
12
5
Withersfield
8
9
1
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Aldeburgh
9
20
11
Deben
5
20
15
Felixstowe East
15
23
8
Felixstowe North
4
22
18
Felixstowe South
28
60
32
Felixstowe West
13
41
28
Framlingham
13
31
18
Fynn Valley
11
17
6
Grundisburgh
17
7
-10
Hacheston
9
26
17
Kesgrave East
21
49
28
Kesgrave West
11
13
2
Kirton
10
12
2
Leiston
17
41
24
Martlesham
16
38
22
Melton
21
40
19
Nacton & Purdis Farm
15
21
6
Orford & Eyke
11
12
1
Peasenhall & Yoxford
6
12
6
Rendlesham
16
19
3
Rushmere
16
30
14
Saxmundham
18
30
12
The Trimleys
8
23
15
Tower
7
16
9
Wenhaston & Westleton
5
11
6
Wickham Market
5
13
8
Woodbridge
41
81
40
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Beccles North
28
33
5
Beccles South
6
12
6
Blything
6
7
1
Bungay
10
11
1
Carlton
9
12
3
Carlton Colville
11
23
12
Gunton and Corton
12
16
4
Halesworth
17
37
20
Harbour
39
56
17
Kessingland
15
29
14
Kirkley
22
30
8
Lothingland
1
11
10
Normanston
60
49
-11
Oulton
9
11
2
Oulton Broad
18
26
8
Pakefield
5
9
4
Southwold and Reydon
8
6
-2
St Margaret's
37
70
33
The Saints
4
7
3
Wainford
5
1
-4
Whitton
18
53
35
Worlingham
9
21
12
Wrentham
2
7
5

Total companies 2015 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2015 and how Suffolk compares to them.

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County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2014: 1st
London
1,017,154
2nd 2014: 2nd
Greater Manchester
156,025
3rd 2014: 3rd
West Midlands
147,044
4th 2014: 4th
Essex
107,891
5th 2014: 5th
West Yorkshire
102,450
36th 2014: 36th
Suffolk
30,944
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
4th 2014: 4th
Essex
107,891
27th 2014: 27th
Cambridgeshire
41,403
35th 2014: 35th
Norfolk
32,493
36th 2014: 36th
Suffolk
30,944
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2014: 1st
London
1,017,154
2nd 2014: 2nd
Greater Manchester
156,025
3rd 2014: 3rd
West Midlands
147,044
4th 2014: 4th
Essex
107,891
5th 2014: 5th
West Yorkshire
102,450
6th 2014: 6th
Hampshire
98,825
7th 2014: 8th
Hertfordshire
96,909
8th 2014: 9th
Kent
94,176
9th 2014: 7th
Surrey
93,699
10th 2014: 10th
Cheshire
67,995
11th 2014: 11th
Lancashire
65,240
12th 2014: 12th
Berkshire
63,186
13th 2014: 13th
East Sussex
61,290
14th 2014: 14th
Buckinghamshire
59,305
15th 2014: 15th
Merseyside
56,875
16th 2014: 16th
South Yorkshire
52,205
17th 2014: 18th
Leicestershire
48,126
18th 2014: 19th
Dorset
47,433
19th 2014: 17th
West Sussex
47,267
20th 2014: 21st
North Yorkshire
46,660
21st 2014: 20th
Gloucestershire
46,009
22nd 2014: 22nd
Devon
44,917
23rd 2014: 23rd
Somerset
44,277
24th 2014: 25th
Staffordshire
44,125
25th 2014: 26th
Derbyshire
43,692
26th 2014: 24th
Nottinghamshire
43,336
27th 2014: 27th
Cambridgeshire
41,403
28th 2014: 28th
Lincolnshire
39,944
29th 2014: 29th
Northamptonshire
39,638
30th 2014: 30th
Oxfordshire
37,534
31st 2014: 31st
Tyne and Wear
36,643
32nd 2014: 32nd
Bedfordshire
34,911
33rd 2014: 33rd
Wiltshire
33,003
34th 2014: 34th
Warwickshire
32,797
35th 2014: 35th
Norfolk
32,493
36th 2014: 36th
Suffolk
30,944
37th 2014: 37th
Bristol
30,301
38th 2014: 38th
Worcestershire
29,303
39th 2014: 39th
Durham
24,091
40th 2014: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
22,144
41st 2014: 41st
Shropshire
19,451
42nd 2014: 42nd
Cumbria
19,348
43rd 2014: 43rd
Cornwall
18,859
44th 2014: 44th
Northumberland
9,370
45th 2014: 45th
Herefordshire
8,115
46th 2014: 46th
Isle of Wight
4,853
47th 2014: 47th
Rutland
1,677

Total companies at the end of 2015 per 1000 Person people

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42.4

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59.4

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The last 5 years

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

2011

3,320 formed

1,974 dissolved

2012

3,408 formed

1,810 dissolved

2013

3,464 formed

2,134 dissolved

2014

3,701 formed

2,405 dissolved

2015

4,031 formed

2,423 dissolved

Overall growth compared to previous year

6.4% vs 2011

5% vs 2012

4.6% vs 2013

5.7% vs 2014