Company Formations in 2022: Suffolk

???? Businesses formed in Suffolk during 2022

9.6% more companies in Suffolk compared to 2021

New businesses in Suffolk mapped

Babergh 534 formed

Forest Heath 1,886 formed

Ipswich 1,836 formed

Mid Suffolk 566 formed

St Edmundsbury 621 formed

Suffolk Coastal 695 formed

Waveney 603 formed

Companies formed in 2022 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 2021: 1st	London	274,838
2nd 2021: 2nd	West Midlands	39,355
3rd 2021: 3rd	Greater Manchester	38,756
4th 2021: 4th	West Yorkshire	25,517
5th 2021: 5th	Essex	18,955
30th 2021: 33rd	Suffolk	6,749

Rank

County

No. Companies formed

Rank	County	No. Companies formed
5th 2021: 5th	Essex	18,955
25th 2021: 23rd	Cambridgeshire	7,739
30th 2021: 33rd	Suffolk	6,749
34th 2021: 34th	Norfolk	5,384

Rank

County

No. Companies formed

Rank	County	No. Companies formed
1st 2021: 1st	London	274,838
2nd 2021: 2nd	West Midlands	39,355
3rd 2021: 3rd	Greater Manchester	38,756
4th 2021: 4th	West Yorkshire	25,517
5th 2021: 5th	Essex	18,955
6th 2021: 6th	Kent	16,109
7th 2021: 7th	Hampshire	14,533
8th 2021: 8th	Hertfordshire	13,643
9th 2021: 9th	Merseyside	13,358
10th 2021: 10th	Lancashire	13,312
11th 2021: 12th	South Yorkshire	11,901
12th 2021: 11th	Surrey	10,902
13th 2021: 14th	Leicestershire	10,408
14th 2021: 15th	Berkshire	9,571
15th 2021: 13th	Cheshire	9,335
16th 2021: 17th	Nottinghamshire	9,235
17th 2021: 16th	Buckinghamshire	8,683
18th 2021: 24th	Bedfordshire	8,495
19th 2021: 22nd	Dorset	8,427
20th 2021: 21st	North Yorkshire	8,424
21st 2021: 18th	Staffordshire	8,072
22nd 2021: 20th	Tyne and Wear	7,838
23rd 2021: 27th	Northamptonshire	7,831
24th 2021: 26th	Derbyshire	7,764
25th 2021: 23rd	Cambridgeshire	7,739
26th 2021: 19th	East Sussex	7,193
27th 2021: 28th	Somerset	7,121
28th 2021: 29th	Lincolnshire	7,100
29th 2021: 30th	Devon	6,814
30th 2021: 33rd	Suffolk	6,749
31st 2021: 32nd	Gloucestershire	6,373
32nd 2021: 31st	West Sussex	6,136
33rd 2021: 36th	Warwickshire	5,540
34th 2021: 34th	Norfolk	5,384
35th 2021: 37th	Durham	5,109
36th 2021: 35th	Bristol	4,951
37th 2021: 25th	Worcestershire	4,941
38th 2021: 38th	Oxfordshire	4,842
39th 2021: 39th	Wiltshire	4,536
40th 2021: 40th	East Riding of Yorkshire	4,233
41st 2021: 42nd	Shropshire	3,132
42nd 2021: 43rd	Herefordshire	2,928
43rd 2021: 41st	Cornwall	2,912
44th 2021: 44th	Cumbria	2,418
45th 2021: 45th	Northumberland	1,527
46th 2021: 46th	Isle of Wight	652
47th 2021: 47th	Rutland	193

New incorporations in 2022 per 1000 people

In Suffolk

9.2

National Average

12.7

Type of companies formed in Suffolk breakdown

97% Private Limited Companies (6,540 companies)

3% Other company types (209 companies)

Public Limited Company 1.4% (3 companies)
Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) 10.5% (22 companies)
Company Limited by Guarantee 61.2% (128 companies)
Community Interest Company 25.4% (53 companies)
Other 1.4% (3 companies)

Other company types breakdown (209 companies)

Total companies in Suffolk by the end of 2022

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Businesses formed in Suffolk during 2022

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Businesses dissolved in Suffolk during 2022

Companies House did not always process company dissolutions as soon as the standard conditions for dissolution were first met.

meaning there is a total of

45,867

businesses registered in Suffolk at the end of 2022.

9.6% more companies in Suffolk compared to 2021

Surrounding counties 2022 breakdown & comparison

Cambridgeshire

57,788 total businesses
7,739 formed in 2022
6,068 dissolved in 2022

Essex

148,387 total businesses
18,955 formed in 2022
14,636 dissolved in 2022

Norfolk

45,968 total businesses
5,384 formed in 2022
4,082 dissolved in 2022

Suffolk

45,867 total businesses
6,749 formed in 2022
3,887 dissolved in 2022

Ward breakdown data for

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Alton	27	36	9
Berners	15	20	5
Boxford	8	12	4
Brett Vale	6	10	4
Brook	31	36	5
Bures St Mary	6	9	3
Chadacre	8	11	3
Dodnash	10	25	15
Glemsford and Stanstead	18	21	3
Great Cornard North	9	16	7
Great Cornard South	12	11	-1
Hadleigh North	76	89	13
Hadleigh South	7	8	1
Holbrook	13	7	-6
Lavenham	6	11	5
Leavenheath	8	7	-1
Long Melford	8	15	7
Lower Brett	10	16	6
Mid Samford	17	14	-3
Nayland	15	9	-6
North Cosford	11	8	-3
Pinewood	15	18	3
South Cosford	9	9	0
Sudbury East	12	11	-1
Sudbury North	7	12	5
Sudbury South	60	66	6
Waldingfield	11	27	16

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
All Saints	43	57	14
Bottisham		0	0
Brandon East	20	12	-8
Brandon West	13	15	2
Eriswell and The Rows	16	31	15
Exning	3	14	11
Great Heath	236	1533	1297
Iceni	6	13	7
Lakenheath	15	14	-1
Manor	13	6	-7
Market	19	28	9
Red Lodge	20	28	8
Severals	50	96	46
South	14	15	1
St Mary's	26	24	-2

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Alexandra	247	687	440
Bixley	17	43	26
Bridge	60	96	36
Castle Hill	65	58	-7
Gainsborough	32	48	16
Gipping	97	220	123
Holywells	53	98	45
Priory Heath	73	92	19
Rushmere	27	31	4
Sprites	13	25	12
St John's	34	47	13
St Margaret's	77	93	16
Stoke Park	16	17	1
Westgate	76	231	155
Whitehouse	35	60	25
Whitton	53	50	-3

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Bacton and Old Newton	8	6	-2
Badwell Ash	6	13	7
Barking and Somersham	10	14	4
Bramford and Blakenham	74	58	-16
Claydon and Barham	19	21	2
Debenham	12	12	0
Elmswell and Norton	20	22	2
Eye	7	18	11
Fressingfield	4	5	1
Gislingham	4	5	1
Haughley and Wetherden	6	4	-2
Helmingham and Coddenham	10	6	-4
Hoxne	7	9	2
Mendlesham	4	7	3
Needham Market	15	27	12
Onehouse	9	16	7
Palgrave	12	17	5
Rattlesden	6	5	-1
Rickinghall and Walsham	19	33	14
Ringshall	9	21	12
Stowmarket Central	13	30	17
Stowmarket North	72	94	22
Stowmarket South	9	16	7
Stowupland	2	10	8
Stradbroke and Laxfield	9	16	7
The Stonhams	12	16	4
Thurston and Hessett	17	28	11
Wetheringsett	7	11	4
Woolpit	7	13	6
Worlingworth	6	13	7

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Abbeygate	43	50	7
Bardwell	8	10	2
Barningham	8	8	0
Barrow	21	20	-1
Cavendish	8	11	3
Chedburgh	8	10	2
Clare	10	7	-3
Eastgate	37	34	-3
Fornham	18	41	23
Great Barton	32	22	-10
Haverhill East	34	34	0
Haverhill North	29	36	7
Haverhill South	60	68	8
Haverhill West	13	17	4
Horringer and Whelnetham	13	6	-7
Hundon	10	7	-3
Iceni	6	13	7
Ixworth	10	7	-3
Kedington	3	4	1
Minden	24	21	-3
Moreton Hall	85	93	8
Northgate	9	9	0
Pakenham	13	8	-5
Risby	3	6	3
Risbygate	31	32	1
Rougham	12	8	-4
Southgate	10	7	-3
St Olaves	12	13	1
Stanton	5	6	1
Westgate	76	231	155
Wickhambrook	5	8	3
Withersfield	10	6	-4

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Aldeburgh	13	19	6
Deben	5	8	3
Felixstowe East	11	15	4
Felixstowe North	19	37	18
Felixstowe South	109	75	-34
Felixstowe West	21	32	11
Framlingham	30	27	-3
Fynn Valley	14	24	10
Grundisburgh	9	10	1
Hacheston	20	20	0
Kesgrave East	31	37	6
Kesgrave West	19	16	-3
Kirton	19	11	-8
Leiston	21	19	-2
Martlesham	12	30	18
Melton	25	28	3
Nacton & Purdis Farm	37	62	25
Orford & Eyke	10	20	10
Peasenhall & Yoxford	14	15	1
Rendlesham	13	12	-1
Rushmere	27	31	4
Saxmundham	32	50	18
The Trimleys	18	22	4
Tower	21	21	0
Wenhaston & Westleton	15	10	-5
Wickham Market	11	18	7
Woodbridge	46	56	10

Ward

Dissolutions

Incorporations

Net Change

Ward	Dissolutions	Incorporations	Net Change
Beccles North	16	42	26
Beccles South	6	11	5
Blything	6	10	4
Bungay	16	30	14
Carlton	8	15	7
Carlton Colville	27	25	-2
Gunton and Corton	12	11	-1
Halesworth	20	43	23
Harbour	65	84	19
Kessingland	21	30	9
Kirkley	33	36	3
Lothingland	6	12	6
Normanston	49	83	34
Oulton	19	27	8
Oulton Broad	16	17	1
Pakefield	10	20	10
Southwold and Reydon	12	16	4
St Margaret's	77	93	16
The Saints	5	2	-3
Wainford	6	13	7
Whitton	53	50	-3
Worlingham	15	18	3
Wrentham	6	11	5

Total companies 2022 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2022 and how Suffolk compares to them.

Rank

County

Total companies

Rank	County	Total companies
1st 2021: 1st	London	1,462,539
2nd 2021: 2nd	Greater Manchester	233,019
3rd 2021: 3rd	West Midlands	211,766
4th 2021: 5th	West Yorkshire	151,175
5th 2021: 4th	Essex	148,387
34th 2021: 35th	Suffolk	45,867

Rank

County

Total companies

Rank	County	Total companies
5th 2021: 4th	Essex	148,387
26th 2021: 26th	Cambridgeshire	57,788
33rd 2021: 33rd	Norfolk	45,968
34th 2021: 35th	Suffolk	45,867

Rank

County

Total companies

Rank	County	Total companies
1st 2021: 1st	London	1,462,539
2nd 2021: 2nd	Greater Manchester	233,019
3rd 2021: 3rd	West Midlands	211,766
4th 2021: 5th	West Yorkshire	151,175
5th 2021: 4th	Essex	148,387
6th 2021: 6th	Kent	130,283
7th 2021: 7th	Hampshire	124,249
8th 2021: 8th	Hertfordshire	122,123
9th 2021: 9th	Surrey	107,722
10th 2021: 10th	Lancashire	91,522
11th 2021: 11th	Cheshire	81,809
12th 2021: 12th	Merseyside	81,221
13th 2021: 14th	Buckinghamshire	78,850
14th 2021: 13th	Berkshire	76,700
15th 2021: 15th	Leicestershire	73,507
16th 2021: 17th	South Yorkshire	72,058
17th 2021: 16th	East Sussex	70,836
18th 2021: 19th	North Yorkshire	62,355
19th 2021: 20th	Nottinghamshire	62,142
20th 2021: 18th	Devon	61,854
21st 2021: 25th	Dorset	61,217
22nd 2021: 22nd	Staffordshire	60,009
23rd 2021: 23rd	Somerset	59,531
24th 2021: 21st	West Sussex	58,763
25th 2021: 24th	Gloucestershire	57,852
26th 2021: 26th	Cambridgeshire	57,788
27th 2021: 27th	Derbyshire	55,697
28th 2021: 29th	Lincolnshire	53,143
29th 2021: 28th	Northamptonshire	51,966
30th 2021: 30th	Tyne and Wear	51,640
31st 2021: 31st	Bedfordshire	50,545
32nd 2021: 32nd	Oxfordshire	46,748
33rd 2021: 33rd	Norfolk	45,968
34th 2021: 35th	Suffolk	45,867
35th 2021: 34th	Worcestershire	43,964
36th 2021: 36th	Warwickshire	42,564
37th 2021: 37th	Wiltshire	40,505
38th 2021: 38th	Bristol	37,039
39th 2021: 39th	Durham	35,455
40th 2021: 40th	East Riding of Yorkshire	29,451
41st 2021: 41st	Shropshire	26,781
42nd 2021: 42nd	Cornwall	25,857
43rd 2021: 43rd	Cumbria	23,003
44th 2021: 44th	Herefordshire	16,412
45th 2021: 45th	Northumberland	12,420
46th 2021: 46th	Isle of Wight	6,423
47th 2021: 47th	Rutland	2,076

Total companies at the end of 2022 per 1000 people

In Suffolk

62.8

National Average

82.7

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.

2018

4,292 formed

3,166 dissolved

2019

4,518 formed

3,587 dissolved

2020

5,105 formed

2,963 dissolved

2021

5,445 formed

3,854 dissolved

2022

6,749 formed

3,887 dissolved

Overall growth compared to previous year

3.93% vs 2018

7.04% vs 2019

5.9% vs 2020

9.6% vs 2021

Company Formations in 2022: Suffolk

New businesses in Suffolk mapped

Companies formed in 2022 league table

New incorporations in 2022 per 1000 people

In Suffolk

National Average

Type of companies formed in Suffolk breakdown

Total companies in Suffolk by the end of 2022

meaning there is a total of

Surrounding counties 2022 breakdown & comparison

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

Total companies 2022 league table

Total companies at the end of 2022 per 1000 people

In Suffolk

National Average

The last 5 years

Ward breakdown data for