2012
3,408 formed
1,810 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Suffolk during 2016
5.1% more companies in Suffolk compared to 2015
Babergh 438 formed
Forest Heath 329 formed
Ipswich 1,047 formed
Mid Suffolk 574 formed
St Edmundsbury 728 formed
Suffolk Coastal 651 formed
Waveney 519 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Suffolk compares.
| 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 |
38th 2015: 37th
|
Suffolk |
4,291 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
6th
2015: 5th
|
Essex |
15,887 |
28th
2015: 25th
|
Cambridgeshire |
6,208 |
37th
2015: 36th
|
Norfolk |
4,480 |
38th
2015: 37th
|
Suffolk |
4,291 |
| 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 |
people
5.9
10.5
97% Private Limited Companies (4,141 companies)
3% Other company types (150 companies)
Other company types breakdown (150 companies)
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Businesses formed in Suffolk during 2016
????
Businesses dissolved in Suffolk during 2016
32,526
businesses registered in Suffolk at the end of 2016.
5.1% more companies in Suffolk compared to 2015
Cambridgeshire
43,412 total businesses
6,208 formed in 2016
4,498 dissolved in 2016
Essex
112,065 total businesses
15,887 formed in 2016
12,823 dissolved in 2016
Norfolk
34,374 total businesses
4,480 formed in 2016
3,217 dissolved in 2016
Suffolk
32,526 total businesses
4,291 formed in 2016
2,931 dissolved in 2016
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Alton |
4 |
||
Berners |
5 |
||
Boxford |
9 |
||
Brett Vale |
0 |
||
Brook |
-15 |
||
Bures St Mary |
-1 |
||
Chadacre |
4 |
||
Dodnash |
-6 |
||
Glemsford and Stanstead |
3 |
||
Great Cornard North |
-1 |
||
Great Cornard South |
2 |
||
Hadleigh North |
6 |
||
Hadleigh South |
-1 |
||
Holbrook |
2 |
||
Lavenham |
3 |
||
Leavenheath |
1 |
||
Long Melford |
2 |
||
Lower Brett |
7 |
||
Mid Samford |
5 |
||
Nayland |
12 |
||
North Cosford |
-2 |
||
Pinewood |
10 |
||
South Cosford |
11 |
||
Sudbury East |
4 |
||
Sudbury North |
0 |
||
Sudbury South |
12 |
||
Waldingfield |
-9 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
All Saints |
28 |
||
Bottisham |
0 |
||
Brandon East |
6 |
||
Brandon West |
9 |
||
Eriswell and The Rows |
6 |
||
Exning |
5 |
||
Great Heath |
-4 |
||
Iceni |
0 |
||
Lakenheath |
0 |
||
Manor |
7 |
||
Market |
15 |
||
Red Lodge |
17 |
||
Severals |
29 |
||
South |
-1 |
||
St Mary's |
8 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Alexandra |
41 |
||
Bixley |
30 |
||
Bridge |
18 |
||
Castle Hill |
20 |
||
Gainsborough |
11 |
||
Gipping |
17 |
||
Holywells |
19 |
||
Priory Heath |
92 |
||
Rushmere |
17 |
||
Sprites |
1 |
||
St John's |
36 |
||
St Margaret's |
41 |
||
Stoke Park |
21 |
||
Westgate |
49 |
||
Whitehouse |
9 |
||
Whitton |
8 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bacton and Old Newton |
6 |
||
Badwell Ash |
6 |
||
Barking and Somersham |
10 |
||
Bramford and Blakenham |
8 |
||
Claydon and Barham |
-10 |
||
Debenham |
0 |
||
Elmswell and Norton |
12 |
||
Eye |
-6 |
||
Fressingfield |
0 |
||
Gislingham |
5 |
||
Haughley and Wetherden |
-1 |
||
Helmingham and Coddenham |
3 |
||
Hoxne |
8 |
||
Mendlesham |
5 |
||
Needham Market |
14 |
||
Onehouse |
-8 |
||
Palgrave |
-1 |
||
Rattlesden |
5 |
||
Rickinghall and Walsham |
10 |
||
Ringshall |
4 |
||
Stowmarket Central |
-2 |
||
Stowmarket North |
28 |
||
Stowmarket South |
7 |
||
Stowupland |
2 |
||
Stradbroke and Laxfield |
9 |
||
The Stonhams |
16 |
||
Thurston and Hessett |
9 |
||
Wetheringsett |
0 |
||
Woolpit |
-6 |
||
Worlingworth |
12 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Abbeygate |
71 |
||
Bardwell |
-5 |
||
Barningham |
0 |
||
Barrow |
9 |
||
Cavendish |
2 |
||
Chedburgh |
2 |
||
Clare |
2 |
||
Eastgate |
-25 |
||
Fornham |
10 |
||
Great Barton |
19 |
||
Haverhill East |
18 |
||
Haverhill North |
19 |
||
Haverhill South |
26 |
||
Haverhill West |
21 |
||
Horringer and Whelnetham |
1 |
||
Hundon |
4 |
||
Iceni |
0 |
||
Ixworth |
14 |
||
Kedington |
1 |
||
Minden |
9 |
||
Moreton Hall |
52 |
||
Northgate |
2 |
||
Pakenham |
-2 |
||
Risby |
-9 |
||
Risbygate |
7 |
||
Rougham |
5 |
||
Southgate |
10 |
||
St Olaves |
5 |
||
Stanton |
-4 |
||
Westgate |
49 |
||
Wickhambrook |
1 |
||
Withersfield |
10 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Aldeburgh |
-1 |
||
Deben |
1 |
||
Felixstowe East |
-1 |
||
Felixstowe North |
12 |
||
Felixstowe South |
46 |
||
Felixstowe West |
15 |
||
Framlingham |
11 |
||
Fynn Valley |
-2 |
||
Grundisburgh |
3 |
||
Hacheston |
2 |
||
Kesgrave East |
5 |
||
Kesgrave West |
3 |
||
Kirton |
-1 |
||
Leiston |
20 |
||
Martlesham |
-5 |
||
Melton |
-6 |
||
Nacton & Purdis Farm |
17 |
||
Orford & Eyke |
13 |
||
Peasenhall & Yoxford |
-4 |
||
Rendlesham |
4 |
||
Rushmere |
17 |
||
Saxmundham |
13 |
||
The Trimleys |
3 |
||
Tower |
14 |
||
Wenhaston & Westleton |
-4 |
||
Wickham Market |
2 |
||
Woodbridge |
-13 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Beccles North |
19 |
||
Beccles South |
7 |
||
Blything |
-5 |
||
Bungay |
7 |
||
Carlton |
2 |
||
Carlton Colville |
20 |
||
Gunton and Corton |
5 |
||
Halesworth |
12 |
||
Harbour |
33 |
||
Kessingland |
1 |
||
Kirkley |
12 |
||
Lothingland |
3 |
||
Normanston |
37 |
||
Oulton |
-13 |
||
Oulton Broad |
-10 |
||
Pakefield |
17 |
||
Southwold and Reydon |
5 |
||
St Margaret's |
41 |
||
The Saints |
1 |
||
Wainford |
-3 |
||
Whitton |
8 |
||
Worlingham |
10 |
||
Wrentham |
6 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2016 and how Suffolk compares to them.
| 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 |
37th 2015: 36th
|
Suffolk |
32,526 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
4th
2015: 4th
|
Essex |
112,065 |
28th
2015: 27th
|
Cambridgeshire |
43,412 |
34th
2015: 35th
|
Norfolk |
34,374 |
37th
2015: 36th
|
Suffolk |
32,526 |
| 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 |
people
44.6
62.6
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.
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
2016
4,291 formed
2,931 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
5% vs 2012
4.6% vs 2013
5.7% vs 2014
5.1% vs 2015