2015
4,031 formed
2,423 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Suffolk during 2019
3.9% more companies in Suffolk compared to 2018
Babergh 505 formed
Forest Heath 543 formed
Ipswich 1,060 formed
Mid Suffolk 603 formed
St Edmundsbury 610 formed
Suffolk Coastal 671 formed
Waveney 521 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Suffolk compares.
Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
---|---|---|
1st
2018: 1st
|
London |
222,468 |
2nd
2018: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
31,440 |
3rd
2018: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
29,676 |
4th
2018: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
18,752 |
5th
2018: 5th
|
Essex |
17,816 |
38th 2018: 39th
|
Suffolk |
4,518 |
Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
---|---|---|
5th
2018: 5th
|
Essex |
17,816 |
25th
2018: 24th
|
Cambridgeshire |
6,779 |
36th
2018: 37th
|
Norfolk |
4,731 |
38th
2018: 39th
|
Suffolk |
4,518 |
Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
---|---|---|
1st 2018: 1st
|
London |
222,468 |
2nd 2018: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
31,440 |
3rd 2018: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
29,676 |
4th 2018: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
18,752 |
5th 2018: 5th
|
Essex |
17,816 |
6th 2018: 7th
|
Kent |
15,963 |
7th 2018: 6th
|
Hertfordshire |
15,231 |
8th 2018: 8th
|
Hampshire |
15,174 |
9th 2018: 9th
|
Cheshire |
12,221 |
10th 2018: 10th
|
Merseyside |
11,866 |
11th 2018: 11th
|
Lancashire |
11,229 |
12th 2018: 12th
|
Surrey |
11,032 |
13th 2018: 15th
|
Leicestershire |
10,825 |
14th 2018: 22nd
|
Worcestershire |
9,971 |
15th 2018: 16th
|
South Yorkshire |
9,325 |
16th 2018: 13th
|
Berkshire |
9,009 |
17th 2018: 14th
|
Buckinghamshire |
8,835 |
18th 2018: 18th
|
Northamptonshire |
8,393 |
19th 2018: 17th
|
Dorset |
8,020 |
20th 2018: 19th
|
East Sussex |
7,706 |
21st 2018: 20th
|
Nottinghamshire |
7,348 |
22nd 2018: 23rd
|
North Yorkshire |
7,260 |
23rd 2018: 25th
|
Tyne and Wear |
7,132 |
24th 2018: 26th
|
Staffordshire |
6,927 |
25th 2018: 24th
|
Cambridgeshire |
6,779 |
26th 2018: 21st
|
Bedfordshire |
6,766 |
27th 2018: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
6,522 |
28th 2018: 30th
|
Devon |
6,196 |
29th 2018: 28th
|
West Sussex |
6,154 |
30th 2018: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
6,042 |
31st 2018: 32nd
|
Somerset |
6,041 |
32nd 2018: 31st
|
Gloucestershire |
5,971 |
33rd 2018: 34th
|
Warwickshire |
5,256 |
34th 2018: 36th
|
Oxfordshire |
5,087 |
35th 2018: 35th
|
Bristol |
5,040 |
36th 2018: 37th
|
Norfolk |
4,731 |
37th 2018: 33rd
|
Durham |
4,623 |
38th 2018: 39th
|
Suffolk |
4,518 |
39th 2018: 38th
|
Wiltshire |
4,428 |
40th 2018: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
3,258 |
41st 2018: 42nd
|
Shropshire |
3,231 |
42nd 2018: 41st
|
Cornwall |
2,948 |
43rd 2018: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,171 |
44th 2018: 44th
|
Northumberland |
1,531 |
45th 2018: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
1,499 |
46th 2018: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
675 |
47th 2018: 47th
|
Rutland |
230 |
6.2
10.9
97% Private Limited Companies (4,363 companies)
3% Other company types (155 companies)
Other company types breakdown (155 companies)
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Businesses formed in Suffolk during 2019
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Businesses dissolved in Suffolk during 2019
36,907
businesses registered in Suffolk at the end of 2019.
3.9% more companies in Suffolk compared to 2018
Cambridgeshire
50,160 total businesses
6,779 formed in 2019
5,435 dissolved in 2019
Essex
128,433 total businesses
17,816 formed in 2019
14,103 dissolved in 2019
Norfolk
38,911 total businesses
4,731 formed in 2019
3,854 dissolved in 2019
Suffolk
36,907 total businesses
4,518 formed in 2019
3,587 dissolved in 2019
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Alton |
-12 |
||
Berners |
2 |
||
Boxford |
-2 |
||
Brett Vale |
-3 |
||
Brook |
-7 |
||
Bures St Mary |
0 |
||
Chadacre |
-1 |
||
Dodnash |
23 |
||
Glemsford and Stanstead |
-3 |
||
Great Cornard North |
5 |
||
Great Cornard South |
9 |
||
Hadleigh North |
28 |
||
Hadleigh South |
12 |
||
Holbrook |
-4 |
||
Lavenham |
3 |
||
Leavenheath |
5 |
||
Long Melford |
5 |
||
Lower Brett |
0 |
||
Mid Samford |
9 |
||
Nayland |
1 |
||
North Cosford |
10 |
||
Pinewood |
0 |
||
South Cosford |
-8 |
||
Sudbury East |
2 |
||
Sudbury North |
5 |
||
Sudbury South |
0 |
||
Waldingfield |
-8 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
All Saints |
18 |
||
Bottisham |
0 |
||
Brandon East |
11 |
||
Brandon West |
-6 |
||
Eriswell and The Rows |
12 |
||
Exning |
-2 |
||
Great Heath |
149 |
||
Iceni |
1 |
||
Lakenheath |
7 |
||
Manor |
9 |
||
Market |
-6 |
||
Red Lodge |
3 |
||
Severals |
17 |
||
South |
3 |
||
St Mary's |
25 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Alexandra |
95 |
||
Bixley |
17 |
||
Bridge |
42 |
||
Castle Hill |
5 |
||
Gainsborough |
20 |
||
Gipping |
39 |
||
Holywells |
15 |
||
Priory Heath |
-10 |
||
Rushmere |
11 |
||
Sprites |
5 |
||
St John's |
-7 |
||
St Margaret's |
-5 |
||
Stoke Park |
9 |
||
Westgate |
28 |
||
Whitehouse |
7 |
||
Whitton |
16 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Bacton and Old Newton |
-4 |
||
Badwell Ash |
-4 |
||
Barking and Somersham |
6 |
||
Bramford and Blakenham |
7 |
||
Claydon and Barham |
-3 |
||
Debenham |
11 |
||
Elmswell and Norton |
12 |
||
Eye |
12 |
||
Fressingfield |
5 |
||
Gislingham |
1 |
||
Haughley and Wetherden |
-4 |
||
Helmingham and Coddenham |
7 |
||
Hoxne |
-7 |
||
Mendlesham |
-2 |
||
Needham Market |
-10 |
||
Onehouse |
31 |
||
Palgrave |
-5 |
||
Rattlesden |
1 |
||
Rickinghall and Walsham |
7 |
||
Ringshall |
-1 |
||
Stowmarket Central |
13 |
||
Stowmarket North |
31 |
||
Stowmarket South |
3 |
||
Stowupland |
-4 |
||
Stradbroke and Laxfield |
-1 |
||
The Stonhams |
-5 |
||
Thurston and Hessett |
-4 |
||
Wetheringsett |
-2 |
||
Woolpit |
-1 |
||
Worlingworth |
8 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Abbeygate |
5 |
||
Bardwell |
-2 |
||
Barningham |
-1 |
||
Barrow |
7 |
||
Cavendish |
1 |
||
Chedburgh |
0 |
||
Clare |
-2 |
||
Eastgate |
-1 |
||
Fornham |
0 |
||
Great Barton |
22 |
||
Haverhill East |
-5 |
||
Haverhill North |
-4 |
||
Haverhill South |
23 |
||
Haverhill West |
1 |
||
Horringer and Whelnetham |
5 |
||
Hundon |
-1 |
||
Iceni |
1 |
||
Ixworth |
-17 |
||
Kedington |
2 |
||
Minden |
1 |
||
Moreton Hall |
19 |
||
Northgate |
7 |
||
Pakenham |
-3 |
||
Risby |
1 |
||
Risbygate |
6 |
||
Rougham |
-3 |
||
Southgate |
-1 |
||
St Olaves |
4 |
||
Stanton |
1 |
||
Westgate |
28 |
||
Wickhambrook |
1 |
||
Withersfield |
-1 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Aldeburgh |
9 |
||
Deben |
-3 |
||
Felixstowe East |
-8 |
||
Felixstowe North |
-2 |
||
Felixstowe South |
26 |
||
Felixstowe West |
4 |
||
Framlingham |
2 |
||
Fynn Valley |
2 |
||
Grundisburgh |
3 |
||
Hacheston |
-9 |
||
Kesgrave East |
-5 |
||
Kesgrave West |
11 |
||
Kirton |
0 |
||
Leiston |
3 |
||
Martlesham |
8 |
||
Melton |
9 |
||
Nacton & Purdis Farm |
4 |
||
Orford & Eyke |
7 |
||
Peasenhall & Yoxford |
5 |
||
Rendlesham |
1 |
||
Rushmere |
11 |
||
Saxmundham |
24 |
||
The Trimleys |
11 |
||
Tower |
1 |
||
Wenhaston & Westleton |
-4 |
||
Wickham Market |
5 |
||
Woodbridge |
9 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Beccles North |
2 |
||
Beccles South |
7 |
||
Blything |
1 |
||
Bungay |
14 |
||
Carlton |
9 |
||
Carlton Colville |
2 |
||
Gunton and Corton |
-2 |
||
Halesworth |
15 |
||
Harbour |
30 |
||
Kessingland |
6 |
||
Kirkley |
-2 |
||
Lothingland |
2 |
||
Normanston |
-34 |
||
Oulton |
-3 |
||
Oulton Broad |
0 |
||
Pakefield |
-4 |
||
Southwold and Reydon |
5 |
||
St Margaret's |
-5 |
||
The Saints |
-1 |
||
Wainford |
7 |
||
Whitton |
16 |
||
Worlingham |
10 |
||
Wrentham |
1 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2019 and how Suffolk compares to them.
Rank | County | Total companies |
---|---|---|
1st
2018: 1st
|
London |
1,204,778 |
2nd
2018: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
189,867 |
3rd
2018: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
173,134 |
4th
2018: 4th
|
Essex |
128,433 |
5th
2018: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
123,678 |
37th 2018: 37th
|
Suffolk |
36,907 |
Rank | County | Total companies |
---|---|---|
4th
2018: 4th
|
Essex |
128,433 |
26th
2018: 26th
|
Cambridgeshire |
50,160 |
35th
2018: 34th
|
Norfolk |
38,911 |
37th
2018: 37th
|
Suffolk |
36,907 |
Rank | County | Total companies |
---|---|---|
1st 2018: 1st
|
London |
1,204,778 |
2nd 2018: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
189,867 |
3rd 2018: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
173,134 |
4th 2018: 4th
|
Essex |
128,433 |
5th 2018: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
123,678 |
6th 2018: 7th
|
Hampshire |
114,831 |
7th 2018: 8th
|
Kent |
113,551 |
8th 2018: 6th
|
Hertfordshire |
113,106 |
9th 2018: 9th
|
Surrey |
100,643 |
10th 2018: 10th
|
Cheshire |
80,108 |
11th 2018: 11th
|
Lancashire |
77,937 |
12th 2018: 13th
|
Berkshire |
70,177 |
13th 2018: 12th
|
Buckinghamshire |
69,470 |
14th 2018: 15th
|
Merseyside |
68,401 |
15th 2018: 14th
|
East Sussex |
67,545 |
16th 2018: 16th
|
Leicestershire |
63,315 |
17th 2018: 17th
|
South Yorkshire |
60,360 |
18th 2018: 18th
|
Dorset |
57,606 |
19th 2018: 19th
|
North Yorkshire |
54,481 |
20th 2018: 21st
|
Devon |
53,264 |
21st 2018: 20th
|
West Sussex |
52,825 |
22nd 2018: 22nd
|
Gloucestershire |
52,494 |
23rd 2018: 24th
|
Somerset |
51,957 |
24th 2018: 25th
|
Staffordshire |
51,758 |
25th 2018: 23rd
|
Nottinghamshire |
51,677 |
26th 2018: 26th
|
Cambridgeshire |
50,160 |
27th 2018: 28th
|
Northamptonshire |
49,144 |
28th 2018: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
48,355 |
29th 2018: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
45,109 |
30th 2018: 30th
|
Tyne and Wear |
44,237 |
31st 2018: 33rd
|
Worcestershire |
43,247 |
32nd 2018: 32nd
|
Oxfordshire |
42,461 |
33rd 2018: 31st
|
Bedfordshire |
42,145 |
34th 2018: 35th
|
Warwickshire |
38,998 |
35th 2018: 34th
|
Norfolk |
38,911 |
36th 2018: 36th
|
Wiltshire |
37,182 |
37th 2018: 37th
|
Suffolk |
36,907 |
38th 2018: 38th
|
Bristol |
33,594 |
39th 2018: 39th
|
Durham |
29,218 |
40th 2018: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
25,383 |
41st 2018: 41st
|
Shropshire |
23,741 |
42nd 2018: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
23,037 |
43rd 2018: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
21,286 |
44th 2018: 44th
|
Northumberland |
10,879 |
45th 2018: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
10,498 |
46th 2018: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
5,705 |
47th 2018: 47th
|
Rutland |
1,904 |
50.6
70.7
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.
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
2019
4,518 formed
3,587 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
5.1% vs 2015
4.51% vs 2016
4.46% vs 2017
3.9% vs 2018