Company Formations in 2018: Suffolk

???? Businesses formed in Suffolk during 2018

4.5% more companies in Suffolk compared to 2017

New businesses in Suffolk mapped

Babergh 492 formed

Forest Heath 376 formed

Ipswich 963 formed

Mid Suffolk 616 formed

St Edmundsbury 640 formed

Suffolk Coastal 649 formed

Waveney 553 formed

Companies formed in 2018 league table

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

Rank

County

No. Companies formed

Rank	County	No. Companies formed
1st 2017: 1st	London	217,617
2nd 2017: 3rd	West Midlands	32,571
3rd 2017: 2nd	Greater Manchester	31,875
4th 2017: 4th	West Yorkshire	18,204
5th 2017: 5th	Essex	17,063
39th 2017: 39th	Suffolk	4,292

Rank

County

No. Companies formed

Rank	County	No. Companies formed
5th 2017: 5th	Essex	17,063
24th 2017: 25th	Cambridgeshire	6,786
37th 2017: 38th	Norfolk	4,542
39th 2017: 39th	Suffolk	4,292

Rank

County

No. Companies formed

Rank	County	No. Companies formed
1st 2017: 1st	London	217,617
2nd 2017: 3rd	West Midlands	32,571
3rd 2017: 2nd	Greater Manchester	31,875
4th 2017: 4th	West Yorkshire	18,204
5th 2017: 5th	Essex	17,063
6th 2017: 7th	Hertfordshire	15,554
7th 2017: 6th	Kent	15,057
8th 2017: 8th	Hampshire	14,244
9th 2017: 9th	Cheshire	13,259
10th 2017: 10th	Merseyside	11,451
11th 2017: 12th	Lancashire	11,291
12th 2017: 11th	Surrey	11,179
13th 2017: 15th	Berkshire	9,166
14th 2017: 17th	Buckinghamshire	8,915
15th 2017: 13th	Leicestershire	8,896
16th 2017: 16th	South Yorkshire	8,542
17th 2017: 20th	Dorset	8,314
18th 2017: 14th	Northamptonshire	7,630
19th 2017: 19th	East Sussex	7,462
20th 2017: 21st	Nottinghamshire	7,429
21st 2017: 23rd	Bedfordshire	7,013
22nd 2017: 18th	Worcestershire	6,889
23rd 2017: 22nd	North Yorkshire	6,822
24th 2017: 25th	Cambridgeshire	6,786
25th 2017: 26th	Tyne and Wear	6,669
26th 2017: 24th	Staffordshire	6,474
27th 2017: 27th	Derbyshire	6,167
28th 2017: 29th	West Sussex	6,048
29th 2017: 31st	Lincolnshire	5,910
30th 2017: 28th	Devon	5,908
31st 2017: 30th	Gloucestershire	5,719
32nd 2017: 32nd	Somerset	5,537
33rd 2017: 40th	Durham	5,223
34th 2017: 36th	Warwickshire	4,755
35th 2017: 34th	Bristol	4,635
36th 2017: 37th	Oxfordshire	4,631
37th 2017: 38th	Norfolk	4,542
38th 2017: 33rd	Wiltshire	4,348
39th 2017: 39th	Suffolk	4,292
40th 2017: 35th	East Riding of Yorkshire	3,195
41st 2017: 41st	Cornwall	2,829
42nd 2017: 42nd	Shropshire	2,634
43rd 2017: 43rd	Cumbria	2,259
44th 2017: 44th	Northumberland	1,422
45th 2017: 45th	Herefordshire	1,054
46th 2017: 46th	Isle of Wight	645
47th 2017: 47th	Rutland	198

New incorporations in 2018 per 1000 people

In Suffolk

5.9

National Average

10.6

Type of companies formed in Suffolk breakdown

97% Private Limited Companies (4,158 companies)

3% Other company types (134 companies)

Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) 22.4% (30 companies)
Company Limited by Guarantee 52.2% (70 companies)
Community Interest Company 22.4% (30 companies)
Other 3.0% (4 companies)

Other company types breakdown (134 companies)

Total companies in Suffolk by the end of 2018

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Businesses formed in Suffolk during 2018

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Businesses dissolved in Suffolk during 2018

meaning there is a total of

35,510

businesses registered in Suffolk at the end of 2018.

4.5% more companies in Suffolk compared to 2017

Surrounding counties 2018 breakdown & comparison

Cambridgeshire

48,390 total businesses
6,786 formed in 2018
4,809 dissolved in 2018

Essex

122,421 total businesses
17,063 formed in 2018
13,119 dissolved in 2018

Norfolk

37,466 total businesses
4,542 formed in 2018
3,991 dissolved in 2018

Suffolk

35,510 total businesses
4,292 formed in 2018
3,166 dissolved in 2018

Ward breakdown data for

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Alton	21	23	2
Berners	12	14	2
Boxford	8	8	0
Brett Vale	11	2	-9
Brook	20	39	19
Bures St Mary	7	11	4
Chadacre	6	11	5
Dodnash	13	14	1
Glemsford and Stanstead	13	6	-7
Great Cornard North	9	9	0
Great Cornard South	10	7	-3
Hadleigh North	37	85	48
Hadleigh South	6	8	2
Holbrook	4	13	9
Lavenham	7	12	5
Leavenheath	8	13	5
Long Melford	10	12	2
Lower Brett	18	8	-10
Mid Samford	7	20	13
Nayland	6	8	2
North Cosford	5	10	5
Pinewood	21	11	-10
South Cosford	21	21	0
Sudbury East	17	12	-5
Sudbury North	6	11	5
Sudbury South	65	73	8
Waldingfield	13	31	18

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
All Saints	31	45	14
Bottisham		0	0
Brandon East	16	14	-2
Brandon West	16	10	-6
Eriswell and The Rows	12	19	7
Exning	4	11	7
Great Heath	26	80	54
Iceni	10	8	-2
Lakenheath	12	11	-1
Manor	8	10	2
Market	20	26	6
Red Lodge	21	23	2
Severals	50	79	29
South	13	16	3
St Mary's	25	24	-1

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Alexandra	169	192	23
Bixley	27	58	31
Bridge	34	56	22
Castle Hill	103	84	-19
Gainsborough	23	23	0
Gipping	49	107	58
Holywells	35	52	17
Priory Heath	69	100	31
Rushmere	18	17	-1
Sprites	6	21	15
St John's	50	78	28
St Margaret's	55	49	-6
Stoke Park	12	23	11
Westgate	66	79	13
Whitehouse	28	20	-8
Whitton	31	41	10

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Bacton and Old Newton	8	12	4
Badwell Ash	10	9	-1
Barking and Somersham	12	6	-6
Bramford and Blakenham	71	100	29
Claydon and Barham	19	24	5
Debenham	5	4	-1
Elmswell and Norton	13	17	4
Eye	7	13	6
Fressingfield	5	7	2
Gislingham	6	12	6
Haughley and Wetherden	12	5	-7
Helmingham and Coddenham	9	11	2
Hoxne	11	15	4
Mendlesham	7	5	-2
Needham Market	20	103	83
Onehouse	3	19	16
Palgrave	7	12	5
Rattlesden	6	6	0
Rickinghall and Walsham	14	23	9
Ringshall	7	11	4
Stowmarket Central	9	18	9
Stowmarket North	66	98	32
Stowmarket South	9	9	0
Stowupland	3	3	0
Stradbroke and Laxfield	6	7	1
The Stonhams	15	16	1
Thurston and Hessett	8	18	10
Wetheringsett	7	19	12
Woolpit	7	7	0
Worlingworth	10	7	-3

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Abbeygate	52	70	18
Bardwell	5	7	2
Barningham	5	6	1
Barrow	16	28	12
Cavendish	11	10	-1
Chedburgh	5	14	9
Clare	7	12	5
Eastgate	58	23	-35
Fornham	15	22	7
Great Barton	26	33	7
Haverhill East	28	31	3
Haverhill North	21	35	14
Haverhill South	36	81	45
Haverhill West	18	18	0
Horringer and Whelnetham	12	16	4
Hundon	7	9	2
Iceni	10	8	-2
Ixworth	4	9	5
Kedington	3	3	0
Minden	9	14	5
Moreton Hall	65	77	12
Northgate	4	6	2
Pakenham	4	3	-1
Risby	7	12	5
Risbygate	21	25	4
Rougham	3	12	9
Southgate	9	13	4
St Olaves	2	9	7
Stanton	5	9	4
Westgate	66	79	13
Wickhambrook	12	14	2
Withersfield	13	15	2

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Aldeburgh	10	22	12
Deben	10	12	2
Felixstowe East	15	18	3
Felixstowe North	8	23	15
Felixstowe South	59	68	9
Felixstowe West	23	25	2
Framlingham	33	42	9
Fynn Valley	14	14	0
Grundisburgh	9	25	16
Hacheston	18	20	2
Kesgrave East	32	34	2
Kesgrave West	20	21	1
Kirton	7	9	2
Leiston	19	17	-2
Martlesham	24	27	3
Melton	30	42	12
Nacton & Purdis Farm	36	42	6
Orford & Eyke	12	7	-5
Peasenhall & Yoxford	11	8	-3
Rendlesham	15	12	-3
Rushmere	18	17	-1
Saxmundham	23	34	11
The Trimleys	16	20	4
Tower	12	19	7
Wenhaston & Westleton	7	10	3
Wickham Market	7	7	0
Woodbridge	35	71	36

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Beccles North	17	28	11
Beccles South	9	18	9
Blything	4	15	11
Bungay	19	16	-3
Carlton	16	18	2
Carlton Colville	20	30	10
Gunton and Corton	10	18	8
Halesworth	25	34	9
Harbour	63	80	17
Kessingland	24	24	0
Kirkley	13	37	24
Lothingland	3	12	9
Normanston	59	74	15
Oulton	13	19	6
Oulton Broad	13	20	7
Pakefield	13	16	3
Southwold and Reydon	4	16	12
St Margaret's	55	49	-6
The Saints		4	4
Wainford	11	12	1
Whitton	31	41	10
Worlingham	10	23	13
Wrentham	8	6	-2

Total companies 2018 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2018 and how Suffolk compares to them.

Rank

County

Total companies

Rank	County	Total companies
1st 2017: 1st	London	1,163,777
2nd 2017: 2nd	Greater Manchester	184,396
3rd 2017: 3rd	West Midlands	167,807
4th 2017: 4th	Essex	122,421
5th 2017: 5th	West Yorkshire	118,705
37th 2017: 37th	Suffolk	35,510

Rank

County

Total companies

Rank	County	Total companies
4th 2017: 4th	Essex	122,421
26th 2017: 27th	Cambridgeshire	48,390
34th 2017: 35th	Norfolk	37,466
37th 2017: 37th	Suffolk	35,510

Rank

County

Total companies

Rank	County	Total companies
1st 2017: 1st	London	1,163,777
2nd 2017: 2nd	Greater Manchester	184,396
3rd 2017: 3rd	West Midlands	167,807
4th 2017: 4th	Essex	122,421
5th 2017: 5th	West Yorkshire	118,705
6th 2017: 7th	Hertfordshire	111,063
7th 2017: 6th	Hampshire	110,793
8th 2017: 8th	Kent	108,910
9th 2017: 9th	Surrey	98,968
10th 2017: 10th	Cheshire	78,274
11th 2017: 11th	Lancashire	75,763
12th 2017: 14th	Buckinghamshire	69,301
13th 2017: 12th	Berkshire	68,855
14th 2017: 13th	East Sussex	66,405
15th 2017: 15th	Merseyside	65,551
16th 2017: 16th	Leicestershire	60,027
17th 2017: 17th	South Yorkshire	58,193
18th 2017: 18th	Dorset	56,307
19th 2017: 19th	North Yorkshire	52,860
20th 2017: 20th	West Sussex	51,556
21st 2017: 22nd	Devon	51,129
22nd 2017: 21st	Gloucestershire	50,643
23rd 2017: 25th	Nottinghamshire	50,491
24th 2017: 24th	Somerset	49,396
25th 2017: 23rd	Staffordshire	48,752
26th 2017: 27th	Cambridgeshire	48,390
27th 2017: 28th	Derbyshire	46,632
28th 2017: 26th	Northamptonshire	44,212
29th 2017: 29th	Lincolnshire	43,713
30th 2017: 30th	Tyne and Wear	42,534
31st 2017: 32nd	Bedfordshire	42,015
32nd 2017: 31st	Oxfordshire	40,930
33rd 2017: 33rd	Worcestershire	37,800
34th 2017: 35th	Norfolk	37,466
35th 2017: 36th	Warwickshire	37,025
36th 2017: 34th	Wiltshire	36,714
37th 2017: 37th	Suffolk	35,510
38th 2017: 38th	Bristol	32,794
39th 2017: 39th	Durham	28,771
40th 2017: 40th	East Riding of Yorkshire	24,661
41st 2017: 41st	Shropshire	22,421
42nd 2017: 42nd	Cornwall	21,904
43rd 2017: 43rd	Cumbria	20,916
44th 2017: 44th	Northumberland	10,423
45th 2017: 45th	Herefordshire	9,243
46th 2017: 46th	Isle of Wight	5,417
47th 2017: 47th	Rutland	1,840

Total companies at the end of 2018 per 1000 people

In Suffolk

48.6

National Average

68.1

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.

2014

3,701 formed

2,405 dissolved

2015

4,031 formed

2,423 dissolved

2016

4,291 formed

2,931 dissolved

2017

4,145 formed

2,936 dissolved

2018

4,292 formed

3,166 dissolved

Overall growth compared to previous year

5.7% vs 2014

5.1% vs 2015

4.51% vs 2016

4.5% vs 2017

Company Formations in 2018: Suffolk

New businesses in Suffolk mapped

Companies formed in 2018 league table

New incorporations in 2018 per 1000 people

In Suffolk

National Average

Type of companies formed in Suffolk breakdown

Total companies in Suffolk by the end of 2018

meaning there is a total of

Surrounding counties 2018 breakdown & comparison

Ward breakdown data for Babergh Forest Heath Ipswich Mid Suffolk St Edmundsbury Suffolk Coastal Waveney

Total companies 2018 league table

Total companies at the end of 2018 per 1000 people

In Suffolk

National Average

The last 5 years

Ward breakdown data for