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Company Formations in 2016: Surrey

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???? Businesses formed in Surrey during 2016

2.5% more companies in Surrey compared to 2015

New businesses in Surrey mapped

Boroughs

  • AElmbridge: 1,584
  • BEpsom and Ewell: 683
  • CGuildford: 1,145
  • DMole Valley: 764
  • EReigate and Banstead: 1,371
  • FRunnymede: 740
  • GSpelthorne: 829
  • HSurrey Heath: 740
  • ITandridge: 887
  • JWaverley: 1,239
  • KWoking: 1,078
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Companies formed in 2016 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 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
12th 2015: 9th
Surrey
11,070
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
1st 2015: 1st
London
209,869
8th 2015: 7th
Kent
14,577
9th 2015: 8th
Hampshire
14,249
12th 2015: 9th
Surrey
11,070
16th 2015: 14th
Berkshire
9,081
20th 2015: 15th
East Sussex
7,939
29th 2015: 26th
West Sussex
5,996
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County
No. Companies formed
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

New incorporations in 2016 per 1000 Man standing people

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In Surrey

9.7

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Type of companies formed in Surrey breakdown

97% Private Limited Companies (10,698 companies)

3% Other company types (372 companies)

Other company types breakdown (372 companies)

Total companies in Surrey by the end of 2016

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Businesses formed in Surrey during 2016

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Businesses dissolved in Surrey during 2016

meaning there is a total of

95,997

businesses registered in Surrey at the end of 2016.

2.5% more companies in Surrey compared to 2015

Surrounding counties 2016 breakdown & comparison

East Sussex

63,012 total businesses
7,939 formed in 2016
6,377 dissolved in 2016

Hampshire

103,043 total businesses
14,249 formed in 2016
10,922 dissolved in 2016

Kent

98,931 total businesses
14,577 formed in 2016
10,985 dissolved in 2016

West Sussex

48,518 total businesses
5,996 formed in 2016
4,857 dissolved in 2016

London

1,070,255 total businesses
209,869 formed in 2016
152,312 dissolved in 2016

Berkshire

64,828 total businesses
9,081 formed in 2016
7,364 dissolved in 2016

Surrey

95,997 total businesses
11,070 formed in 2016
10,540 dissolved in 2016

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Ward breakdown data for

Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Claygate
70
50
-20
Cobham and Downside
74
103
29
Cobham Fairmile
65
122
57
Esher
115
142
27
Hersham North
31
41
10
Hersham South
35
64
29
Hinchley Wood
24
38
14
Long Ditton
39
50
11
Molesey East
80
83
3
Molesey North
23
34
11
Molesey South
42
52
10
Oatlands Park
49
52
3
Oxshott and Stoke D'Abernon
49
48
-1
St George's Hill
55
71
16
Thames Ditton
75
100
25
Walton Ambleside
29
27
-2
Walton Central
66
86
20
Walton North
38
38
0
Walton South
67
77
10
Weston Green
23
37
14
Weybridge North
34
59
25
Weybridge South
217
210
-7
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Alexandra
0
0
Ashtead Park
36
48
12
Auriol
26
32
6
College
15
31
16
Court
32
44
12
Cuddington
32
46
14
Ewell
42
47
5
Ewell Court
24
40
16
Nonsuch
30
44
14
Ruxley
24
36
12
Stamford
41
40
-1
Stoneleigh
32
44
12
Town
238
277
39
West Ewell
33
37
4
Woodcote
25
33
8
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ash South and Tongham
37
42
5
Ash Vale
23
29
6
Ash Wharf
22
20
-2
Burpham
17
33
16
Christchurch
79
45
-34
Clandon and Horsley
50
98
48
Effingham
21
14
-7
Friary and St Nicolas
123
151
28
Holy Trinity
152
159
7
Lovelace
44
55
11
Merrow
35
55
20
Normandy
13
20
7
Onslow
39
72
33
Pilgrims
12
16
4
Pirbright
11
11
0
Send
31
24
-7
Shalford
30
37
7
Stoke
26
53
27
Stoughton
40
53
13
Tillingbourne
82
80
-2
Westborough
29
39
10
Worplesdon
40
39
-1
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ashtead Common
22
24
2
Ashtead Park
36
48
12
Ashtead Village
28
38
10
Beare Green
9
12
3
Bookham North
135
98
-37
Bookham South
28
25
-3
Box Hill and Headley
8
11
3
Brockham Betchworth and Buckland
30
30
0
Capel Leigh and Newdigate
33
34
1
Charlwood
13
29
16
Dorking North
56
56
0
Dorking South
63
84
21
Fetcham East
21
21
0
Fetcham West
16
25
9
Holmwoods
22
23
1
Leatherhead North
60
83
23
Leatherhead South
51
66
15
Leith Hill
17
13
-4
Mickleham Westhumble and Pixham
18
9
-9
Okewood
18
23
5
Westcott
11
15
4
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Banstead Village
52
69
17
Capel Leigh and Newdigate
33
34
1
Chipstead Hooley and Woodmansterne
41
61
20
Earlswood and Whitebushes
26
56
30
Horley Central
73
106
33
Horley East
32
55
23
Horley West
10
31
21
Kingswood with Burgh Heath
102
76
-26
Meadvale and St John's
56
89
33
Merstham
43
63
20
Nork
39
72
33
Preston
12
7
-5
Redhill East
82
99
17
Redhill West
58
76
18
Reigate Central
203
227
24
Reigate Hill
44
75
31
Salfords and Sidlow
65
61
-4
South Park and Woodhatch
17
22
5
Tadworth and Walton
56
62
6
Tattenhams
71
61
-10
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Addlestone Bourneside
77
74
-3
Addlestone North
53
46
-7
Chertsey Meads
60
73
13
Chertsey South and Row Town
26
21
-5
Chertsey St Ann's
47
61
14
Egham Hythe
55
68
13
Egham Town
100
89
-11
Englefield Green East
18
27
9
Englefield Green West
52
95
43
Foxhills
41
49
8
New Haw
23
23
0
Thorpe
36
41
5
Virginia Water
49
54
5
Woodham
24
19
-5
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ashford Common
38
51
13
Ashford East
28
44
16
Ashford North and Stanwell South
53
64
11
Ashford Town
124
138
14
Halliford and Sunbury West
28
33
5
Laleham and Shepperton Green
38
57
19
Riverside and Laleham
34
38
4
Shepperton Town
1410
83
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Staines
96
108
12
Staines South
30
40
10
Stanwell North
44
74
30
Sunbury Common
28
40
12
Sunbury East
40
59
19
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Bagshot
96
81
-15
Bisley
18
20
2
Chobham
116
65
-51
Frimley
42
40
-2
Frimley Green
26
38
12
Heatherside
29
28
-1
Lightwater
64
40
-24
Mytchett and Deepcut
38
41
3
Old Dean
15
18
3
Parkside
45
32
-13
St Michaels
116
150
34
St Pauls
39
31
-8
Town
238
277
39
Watchetts
34
25
-9
West End
18
28
10
Windlesham
17
35
18
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Bletchingley and Nutfield
53
73
20
Burstow Horne and Outwood
42
80
38
Chaldon
8
17
9
Dormansland and Felcourt
34
35
1
Felbridge
13
12
-1
Godstone
31
28
-3
Harestone
42
71
29
Limpsfield
41
42
1
Lingfield and Crowhurst
32
33
1
Oxted North and Tandridge
55
84
29
Oxted South
28
28
0
Portley
17
14
-3
Queens Park
51
47
-4
Tatsfield and Titsey
10
14
4
Valley
51
92
41
Warlingham East and Chelsham and Farleigh
26
33
7
Warlingham West
66
76
10
Westway
52
53
1
Whyteleafe
33
39
6
Woldingham
17
16
-1
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Alfold Cranleigh Rural and Ellens Green
14
15
1
Blackheath and Wonersh
9
18
9
Bramley Busbridge and Hascombe
56
70
14
Chiddingfold and Dunsfold
23
33
10
Cranleigh East
22
30
8
Cranleigh West
30
36
6
Elstead and Thursley
38
46
8
Ewhurst
9
12
3
Farnham Bourne
28
32
4
Farnham Castle
136
181
45
Farnham Firgrove
36
47
11
Farnham Hale and Heath End
22
23
1
Farnham Moor Park
44
50
6
Farnham Shortheath and Boundstone
44
27
-17
Farnham Upper Hale
10
19
9
Farnham Weybourne and Badshot Lea
19
23
4
Farnham Wrecclesham and Rowledge
15
31
16
Frensham Dockenfield and Tilford
21
21
0
Godalming Binscombe
11
11
0
Godalming Central and Ockford
73
105
32
Godalming Charterhouse
12
32
20
Godalming Farncombe and Catteshall
30
66
36
Godalming Holloway
16
33
17
Haslemere Critchmere and Shottermill
59
52
-7
Haslemere East and Grayswood
146
122
-24
Hindhead
31
35
4
Milford
14
19
5
Shamley Green and Cranleigh North
16
18
2
Witley and Hambledon
15
32
17
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Brookwood
40
46
6
Byfleet
66
50
-16
Goldsworth East
117
127
10
Goldsworth West
16
27
11
Hermitage and Knaphill South
31
49
18
Horsell East and Woodham
31
37
6
Horsell West
46
101
55
Kingfield and Westfield
21
41
20
Knaphill
48
55
7
Maybury and Sheerwater
85
120
35
Mayford and Sutton Green
17
21
4
Mount Hermon East
46
65
19
Mount Hermon West
64
81
17
Old Woking
17
23
6
Pyrford
33
30
-3
St John's and Hook Heath
82
71
-11
West Byfleet
84
134
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Total companies 2016 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2016 and how Surrey compares to them.

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County
Total companies
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
9th 2015: 9th
Surrey
95,997
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County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2015: 1st
London
1,070,255
7th 2015: 6th
Hampshire
103,043
8th 2015: 8th
Kent
98,931
9th 2015: 9th
Surrey
95,997
12th 2015: 12th
Berkshire
64,828
13th 2015: 13th
East Sussex
63,012
19th 2015: 19th
West Sussex
48,518
Rank
County
Total companies
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

Total companies at the end of 2016 per 1000 Person people

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84.5

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62.6

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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.

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

2016

11,070 formed

10,540 dissolved

Overall growth compared to previous year

4.7% vs 2012

4.9% vs 2013

4.6% vs 2014

2.5% vs 2015