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Company Formations in 2015: Surrey

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???? Businesses formed in Surrey during 2015

4.6% more companies in Surrey compared to 2014

New businesses in Surrey mapped

Boroughs

  • AElmbridge: 1,707
  • BEpsom and Ewell: 668
  • CGuildford: 1,257
  • DMole Valley: 754
  • EReigate and Banstead: 1,437
  • FRunnymede: 804
  • GSpelthorne: 1,175
  • HSurrey Heath: 915
  • ITandridge: 938
  • JWaverley: 1,286
  • KWoking: 1,073
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Companies formed in 2015 league table

The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Surrey 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
9th 2014: 9th
Surrey
12,014
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
1st 2014: 1st
London
198,282
7th 2014: 8th
Kent
14,246
8th 2014: 6th
Hampshire
13,779
9th 2014: 9th
Surrey
12,014
14th 2014: 13th
Berkshire
9,135
15th 2014: 14th
East Sussex
8,786
26th 2014: 21st
West Sussex
6,136
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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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In Surrey

10.6

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Type of companies formed in Surrey breakdown

97% Private Limited Companies (11,672 companies)

3% Other company types (342 companies)

Other company types breakdown (342 companies)

Total companies in Surrey by the end of 2015

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Businesses formed in Surrey during 2015

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Businesses dissolved in Surrey during 2015

meaning there is a total of

93,699

businesses registered in Surrey at the end of 2015.

4.6% more companies in Surrey compared to 2014

Surrounding counties 2015 breakdown & comparison

East Sussex

61,290 total businesses
8,786 formed in 2015
4,854 dissolved in 2015

Hampshire

98,825 total businesses
13,779 formed in 2015
8,825 dissolved in 2015

Kent

94,176 total businesses
14,246 formed in 2015
9,190 dissolved in 2015

West Sussex

47,267 total businesses
6,136 formed in 2015
4,025 dissolved in 2015

London

1,017,154 total businesses
198,282 formed in 2015
119,720 dissolved in 2015

Berkshire

63,186 total businesses
9,135 formed in 2015
6,380 dissolved in 2015

Surrey

93,699 total businesses
12,014 formed in 2015
7,623 dissolved in 2015

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Ward breakdown data for

Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Claygate
37
61
24
Cobham and Downside
61
98
37
Cobham Fairmile
45
74
29
Esher
105
161
56
Hersham North
30
36
6
Hersham South
34
50
16
Hinchley Wood
24
50
26
Long Ditton
30
63
33
Molesey East
65
110
45
Molesey North
22
35
13
Molesey South
43
79
36
Oatlands Park
35
67
32
Oxshott and Stoke D'Abernon
52
65
13
St George's Hill
66
70
4
Thames Ditton
48
111
63
Walton Ambleside
19
23
4
Walton Central
68
83
15
Walton North
23
39
16
Walton South
34
90
56
Weston Green
29
40
11
Weybridge North
37
60
23
Weybridge South
210
242
32
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Alexandra
0
0
Ashtead Park
30
43
13
Auriol
15
34
19
College
19
19
0
Court
25
61
36
Cuddington
25
39
14
Ewell
30
53
23
Ewell Court
21
29
8
Nonsuch
18
40
22
Ruxley
21
30
9
Stamford
21
47
26
Stoneleigh
21
47
26
Town
228
278
50
West Ewell
17
33
16
Woodcote
35
38
3
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ash South and Tongham
31
49
18
Ash Vale
23
39
16
Ash Wharf
17
29
12
Burpham
23
41
18
Christchurch
47
63
16
Clandon and Horsley
47
86
39
Effingham
11
18
7
Friary and St Nicolas
112
165
53
Holy Trinity
142
163
21
Lovelace
26
59
33
Merrow
25
64
39
Normandy
17
23
6
Onslow
43
77
34
Pilgrims
15
27
12
Pirbright
10
11
1
Send
10
32
22
Shalford
32
34
2
Stoke
19
34
15
Stoughton
38
59
21
Tillingbourne
45
82
37
Westborough
18
41
23
Worplesdon
32
61
29
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ashtead Common
17
29
12
Ashtead Park
30
43
13
Ashtead Village
21
36
15
Beare Green
6
8
2
Bookham North
120
74
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Bookham South
14
27
13
Box Hill and Headley
7
10
3
Brockham Betchworth and Buckland
19
47
28
Capel Leigh and Newdigate
31
31
0
Charlwood
10
19
9
Dorking North
46
87
41
Dorking South
86
82
-4
Fetcham East
26
17
-9
Fetcham West
12
17
5
Holmwoods
20
22
2
Leatherhead North
63
66
3
Leatherhead South
40
77
37
Leith Hill
12
16
4
Mickleham Westhumble and Pixham
6
12
6
Okewood
23
25
2
Westcott
12
11
-1
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Banstead Village
52
57
5
Capel Leigh and Newdigate
31
31
0
Chipstead Hooley and Woodmansterne
45
80
35
Earlswood and Whitebushes
28
56
28
Horley Central
56
115
59
Horley East
34
38
4
Horley West
23
41
18
Kingswood with Burgh Heath
57
73
16
Meadvale and St John's
43
83
40
Merstham
41
69
28
Nork
38
62
24
Preston
7
21
14
Redhill East
57
110
53
Redhill West
34
71
37
Reigate Central
226
226
0
Reigate Hill
23
77
54
Salfords and Sidlow
25
72
47
South Park and Woodhatch
20
29
9
Tadworth and Walton
63
75
12
Tattenhams
35
80
45
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Addlestone Bourneside
46
71
25
Addlestone North
39
52
13
Chertsey Meads
50
77
27
Chertsey South and Row Town
15
17
2
Chertsey St Ann's
40
83
43
Egham Hythe
34
54
20
Egham Town
120
88
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Englefield Green East
18
23
5
Englefield Green West
35
122
87
Foxhills
24
66
42
New Haw
13
34
21
Thorpe
30
34
4
Virginia Water
42
56
14
Woodham
11
27
16
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ashford Common
27
47
20
Ashford East
23
47
24
Ashford North and Stanwell South
35
80
45
Ashford Town
87
157
70
Halliford and Sunbury West
22
48
26
Laleham and Shepperton Green
36
45
9
Riverside and Laleham
19
50
31
Shepperton Town
139
410
271
Staines
77
112
35
Staines South
14
36
22
Stanwell North
19
55
36
Sunbury Common
19
43
24
Sunbury East
35
45
10
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Bagshot
44
106
62
Bisley
12
30
18
Chobham
113
83
-30
Frimley
29
58
29
Frimley Green
22
45
23
Heatherside
15
35
20
Lightwater
34
67
33
Mytchett and Deepcut
27
55
28
Old Dean
10
20
10
Parkside
27
48
21
St Michaels
87
135
48
St Pauls
29
47
18
Town
228
278
50
Watchetts
30
44
14
West End
26
29
3
Windlesham
15
33
18
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Bletchingley and Nutfield
56
79
23
Burstow Horne and Outwood
33
71
38
Chaldon
11
10
-1
Dormansland and Felcourt
33
31
-2
Felbridge
11
19
8
Godstone
21
32
11
Harestone
37
79
42
Limpsfield
37
36
-1
Lingfield and Crowhurst
28
40
12
Oxted North and Tandridge
64
86
22
Oxted South
17
25
8
Portley
24
25
1
Queens Park
21
60
39
Tatsfield and Titsey
6
14
8
Valley
51
78
27
Warlingham East and Chelsham and Farleigh
23
33
10
Warlingham West
26
77
51
Westway
33
73
40
Whyteleafe
25
55
30
Woldingham
5
15
10
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Alfold Cranleigh Rural and Ellens Green
9
12
3
Blackheath and Wonersh
12
13
1
Bramley Busbridge and Hascombe
43
63
20
Chiddingfold and Dunsfold
24
37
13
Cranleigh East
18
33
15
Cranleigh West
46
46
0
Elstead and Thursley
31
49
18
Ewhurst
12
16
4
Farnham Bourne
20
44
24
Farnham Castle
123
157
34
Farnham Firgrove
26
35
9
Farnham Hale and Heath End
12
15
3
Farnham Moor Park
36
50
14
Farnham Shortheath and Boundstone
28
38
10
Farnham Upper Hale
11
20
9
Farnham Weybourne and Badshot Lea
6
21
15
Farnham Wrecclesham and Rowledge
14
23
9
Frensham Dockenfield and Tilford
19
32
13
Godalming Binscombe
9
6
-3
Godalming Central and Ockford
56
111
55
Godalming Charterhouse
16
22
6
Godalming Farncombe and Catteshall
34
57
23
Godalming Holloway
18
34
16
Haslemere Critchmere and Shottermill
52
83
31
Haslemere East and Grayswood
119
163
44
Hindhead
28
38
10
Milford
14
18
4
Shamley Green and Cranleigh North
9
12
3
Witley and Hambledon
15
38
23
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Brookwood
17
48
31
Byfleet
37
57
20
Goldsworth East
92
133
41
Goldsworth West
15
22
7
Hermitage and Knaphill South
36
45
9
Horsell East and Woodham
26
46
20
Horsell West
56
106
50
Kingfield and Westfield
13
50
37
Knaphill
34
59
25
Maybury and Sheerwater
74
90
16
Mayford and Sutton Green
15
17
2
Mount Hermon East
41
61
20
Mount Hermon West
44
80
36
Old Woking
9
30
21
Pyrford
29
43
14
St John's and Hook Heath
56
78
22
West Byfleet
94
108
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Total companies 2015 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2015 and how Surrey 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
9th 2014: 7th
Surrey
93,699
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2014: 1st
London
1,017,154
6th 2014: 6th
Hampshire
98,825
8th 2014: 9th
Kent
94,176
9th 2014: 7th
Surrey
93,699
12th 2014: 12th
Berkshire
63,186
13th 2014: 13th
East Sussex
61,290
19th 2014: 17th
West Sussex
47,267
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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82.5

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59.4

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The last 5 years

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

2011

11,804 formed

7,513 dissolved

2012

11,125 formed

7,648 dissolved

2013

11,223 formed

7,391 dissolved

2014

11,843 formed

7,618 dissolved

2015

12,014 formed

7,623 dissolved

Overall growth compared to previous year

4.5% vs 2011

4.7% vs 2012

4.9% vs 2013

4.6% vs 2014