2016
11,070 formed
10,540 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Surrey during 2020
5.0% more companies in Surrey compared to 2019
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Surrey compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2019: 1st
|
London |
270,114 |
2nd
2019: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
37,202 |
3rd
2019: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
36,288 |
4th
2019: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
22,615 |
5th
2019: 5th
|
Essex |
19,277 |
12th 2019: 12th
|
Surrey |
11,997 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2019: 1st
|
London |
270,114 |
6th
2019: 6th
|
Kent |
18,501 |
7th
2019: 8th
|
Hampshire |
15,534 |
12th
2019: 12th
|
Surrey |
11,997 |
15th
2019: 16th
|
Berkshire |
9,920 |
20th
2019: 20th
|
East Sussex |
8,149 |
29th
2019: 29th
|
West Sussex |
6,880 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2019: 1st
|
London |
270,114 |
2nd 2019: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
37,202 |
3rd 2019: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
36,288 |
4th 2019: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
22,615 |
5th 2019: 5th
|
Essex |
19,277 |
6th 2019: 6th
|
Kent |
18,501 |
7th 2019: 8th
|
Hampshire |
15,534 |
8th 2019: 7th
|
Hertfordshire |
14,464 |
9th 2019: 10th
|
Merseyside |
13,410 |
10th 2019: 11th
|
Lancashire |
12,655 |
11th 2019: 13th
|
Leicestershire |
12,543 |
12th 2019: 12th
|
Surrey |
11,997 |
13th 2019: 9th
|
Cheshire |
11,017 |
14th 2019: 15th
|
South Yorkshire |
10,450 |
15th 2019: 16th
|
Berkshire |
9,920 |
16th 2019: 17th
|
Buckinghamshire |
9,394 |
17th 2019: 21st
|
Nottinghamshire |
8,760 |
18th 2019: 26th
|
Bedfordshire |
8,238 |
19th 2019: 22nd
|
North Yorkshire |
8,200 |
20th 2019: 20th
|
East Sussex |
8,149 |
21st 2019: 23rd
|
Tyne and Wear |
7,867 |
22nd 2019: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
7,720 |
23rd 2019: 18th
|
Northamptonshire |
7,534 |
24th 2019: 25th
|
Cambridgeshire |
7,516 |
25th 2019: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
7,413 |
26th 2019: 19th
|
Dorset |
7,253 |
27th 2019: 28th
|
Devon |
7,174 |
28th 2019: 14th
|
Worcestershire |
6,955 |
29th 2019: 29th
|
West Sussex |
6,880 |
30th 2019: 30th
|
Lincolnshire |
6,475 |
31st 2019: 31st
|
Somerset |
6,432 |
32nd 2019: 32nd
|
Gloucestershire |
6,419 |
33rd 2019: 35th
|
Bristol |
5,559 |
34th 2019: 34th
|
Oxfordshire |
5,363 |
35th 2019: 38th
|
Suffolk |
5,105 |
36th 2019: 37th
|
Durham |
5,083 |
37th 2019: 36th
|
Norfolk |
5,006 |
38th 2019: 33rd
|
Warwickshire |
4,920 |
39th 2019: 39th
|
Wiltshire |
4,645 |
40th 2019: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
3,667 |
41st 2019: 41st
|
Shropshire |
3,386 |
42nd 2019: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
2,951 |
43rd 2019: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,333 |
44th 2019: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
2,327 |
45th 2019: 44th
|
Northumberland |
1,560 |
46th 2019: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
765 |
47th 2019: 47th
|
Rutland |
410 |
people
10.6
12.3
97% Private Limited Companies (11,603 companies)
3% Other company types (394 companies)
Other company types breakdown (394 companies)
????
Businesses formed in Surrey during 2020
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Businesses dissolved in Surrey during 2020
105,715
businesses registered in Surrey at the end of 2020.
5.0% more companies in Surrey compared to 2019
East Sussex
70,311 total businesses
8,149 formed in 2020
5,499 dissolved in 2020
Hampshire
121,331 total businesses
15,534 formed in 2020
9,709 dissolved in 2020
Kent
122,694 total businesses
18,501 formed in 2020
10,634 dissolved in 2020
West Sussex
56,212 total businesses
6,880 formed in 2020
4,250 dissolved in 2020
London
1,338,261 total businesses
270,114 formed in 2020
118,911 dissolved in 2020
Berkshire
73,492 total businesses
9,920 formed in 2020
6,284 dissolved in 2020
Surrey
105,715 total businesses
11,997 formed in 2020
7,657 dissolved in 2020
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Claygate |
29 |
||
Cobham and Downside |
18 |
||
Cobham Fairmile |
21 |
||
Esher |
56 |
||
Hersham North |
28 |
||
Hersham South |
24 |
||
Hinchley Wood |
16 |
||
Long Ditton |
27 |
||
Molesey East |
41 |
||
Molesey North |
33 |
||
Molesey South |
40 |
||
Oatlands Park |
20 |
||
Oxshott and Stoke D'Abernon |
36 |
||
St George's Hill |
52 |
||
Thames Ditton |
29 |
||
Walton Ambleside |
31 |
||
Walton Central |
44 |
||
Walton North |
26 |
||
Walton South |
24 |
||
Weston Green |
11 |
||
Weybridge North |
31 |
||
Weybridge South |
120 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Alexandra |
0 |
||
Ashtead Park |
21 |
||
Auriol |
-28 |
||
College |
41 |
||
Court |
40 |
||
Cuddington |
24 |
||
Ewell |
4 |
||
Ewell Court |
14 |
||
Nonsuch |
12 |
||
Ruxley |
21 |
||
Stamford |
-4 |
||
Stoneleigh |
19 |
||
Town |
99 |
||
West Ewell |
25 |
||
Woodcote |
6 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ash South and Tongham |
5 |
||
Ash Vale |
5 |
||
Ash Wharf |
28 |
||
Burpham |
15 |
||
Christchurch |
1 |
||
Clandon and Horsley |
43 |
||
Effingham |
12 |
||
Friary and St Nicolas |
52 |
||
Holy Trinity |
9 |
||
Lovelace |
25 |
||
Merrow |
20 |
||
Normandy |
11 |
||
Onslow |
0 |
||
Pilgrims |
-1 |
||
Pirbright |
2 |
||
Send |
19 |
||
Shalford |
40 |
||
Stoke |
29 |
||
Stoughton |
55 |
||
Tillingbourne |
44 |
||
Westborough |
26 |
||
Worplesdon |
28 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ashtead Common |
7 |
||
Ashtead Park |
21 |
||
Ashtead Village |
2 |
||
Beare Green |
-3 |
||
Bookham North |
31 |
||
Bookham South |
10 |
||
Box Hill and Headley |
5 |
||
Brockham Betchworth and Buckland |
10 |
||
Capel Leigh and Newdigate |
13 |
||
Charlwood |
16 |
||
Dorking North |
14 |
||
Dorking South |
39 |
||
Fetcham East |
5 |
||
Fetcham West |
4 |
||
Holmwoods |
10 |
||
Leatherhead North |
35 |
||
Leatherhead South |
24 |
||
Leith Hill |
6 |
||
Mickleham Westhumble and Pixham |
3 |
||
Okewood |
16 |
||
Westcott |
6 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Banstead Village |
15 |
||
Capel Leigh and Newdigate |
13 |
||
Chipstead Hooley and Woodmansterne |
15 |
||
Earlswood and Whitebushes |
35 |
||
Horley Central |
65 |
||
Horley East |
22 |
||
Horley West |
9 |
||
Kingswood with Burgh Heath |
38 |
||
Meadvale and St John's |
39 |
||
Merstham |
21 |
||
Nork |
27 |
||
Preston |
10 |
||
Redhill East |
60 |
||
Redhill West |
54 |
||
Reigate Central |
27 |
||
Reigate Hill |
30 |
||
Salfords and Sidlow |
18 |
||
South Park and Woodhatch |
11 |
||
Tadworth and Walton |
3 |
||
Tattenhams |
-2 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Addlestone Bourneside |
186 |
||
Addlestone North |
30 |
||
Chertsey Meads |
20 |
||
Chertsey South and Row Town |
9 |
||
Chertsey St Ann's |
3 |
||
Egham Hythe |
25 |
||
Egham Town |
7 |
||
Englefield Green East |
-3 |
||
Englefield Green West |
72 |
||
Foxhills |
38 |
||
New Haw |
9 |
||
Thorpe |
45 |
||
Virginia Water |
55 |
||
Woodham |
10 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ashford Common |
28 |
||
Ashford East |
29 |
||
Ashford North and Stanwell South |
69 |
||
Ashford Town |
52 |
||
Halliford and Sunbury West |
16 |
||
Laleham and Shepperton Green |
30 |
||
Riverside and Laleham |
2 |
||
Shepperton Town |
-23 |
||
Staines |
78 |
||
Staines South |
23 |
||
Stanwell North |
44 |
||
Sunbury Common |
19 |
||
Sunbury East |
32 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bagshot |
27 |
||
Bisley |
-8 |
||
Chobham |
2 |
||
Frimley |
-5 |
||
Frimley Green |
18 |
||
Heatherside |
5 |
||
Lightwater |
19 |
||
Mytchett and Deepcut |
40 |
||
Old Dean |
4 |
||
Parkside |
2 |
||
St Michaels |
28 |
||
St Pauls |
26 |
||
Town |
99 |
||
Watchetts |
18 |
||
West End |
5 |
||
Windlesham |
10 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Bletchingley and Nutfield |
-10 |
||
Burstow Horne and Outwood |
78 |
||
Chaldon |
0 |
||
Dormansland and Felcourt |
17 |
||
Felbridge |
21 |
||
Godstone |
15 |
||
Harestone |
20 |
||
Limpsfield |
-5 |
||
Lingfield and Crowhurst |
11 |
||
Oxted North and Tandridge |
16 |
||
Oxted South |
26 |
||
Portley |
19 |
||
Queens Park |
32 |
||
Tatsfield and Titsey |
3 |
||
Valley |
44 |
||
Warlingham East and Chelsham and Farleigh |
15 |
||
Warlingham West |
6 |
||
Westway |
13 |
||
Whyteleafe |
39 |
||
Woldingham |
-3 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Alfold Cranleigh Rural and Ellens Green |
6 |
||
Blackheath and Wonersh |
2 |
||
Bramley Busbridge and Hascombe |
29 |
||
Chiddingfold and Dunsfold |
17 |
||
Cranleigh East |
18 |
||
Cranleigh West |
14 |
||
Elstead and Thursley |
36 |
||
Ewhurst |
1 |
||
Farnham Bourne |
11 |
||
Farnham Castle |
15 |
||
Farnham Firgrove |
12 |
||
Farnham Hale and Heath End |
1 |
||
Farnham Moor Park |
31 |
||
Farnham Shortheath and Boundstone |
14 |
||
Farnham Upper Hale |
8 |
||
Farnham Weybourne and Badshot Lea |
11 |
||
Farnham Wrecclesham and Rowledge |
-4 |
||
Frensham Dockenfield and Tilford |
5 |
||
Godalming Binscombe |
8 |
||
Godalming Central and Ockford |
45 |
||
Godalming Charterhouse |
0 |
||
Godalming Farncombe and Catteshall |
4 |
||
Godalming Holloway |
9 |
||
Haslemere Critchmere and Shottermill |
27 |
||
Haslemere East and Grayswood |
-11 |
||
Hindhead |
2 |
||
Milford |
18 |
||
Shamley Green and Cranleigh North |
-1 |
||
Witley and Hambledon |
9 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Brookwood |
-4 |
||
Byfleet |
23 |
||
Goldsworth East |
39 |
||
Goldsworth West |
14 |
||
Hermitage and Knaphill South |
21 |
||
Horsell East and Woodham |
11 |
||
Horsell West |
47 |
||
Kingfield and Westfield |
14 |
||
Knaphill |
30 |
||
Maybury and Sheerwater |
15 |
||
Mayford and Sutton Green |
-7 |
||
Mount Hermon East |
35 |
||
Mount Hermon West |
10 |
||
Old Woking |
11 |
||
Pyrford |
-3 |
||
St John's and Hook Heath |
36 |
||
West Byfleet |
33 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2020 and how Surrey compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2019: 1st
|
London |
1,338,261 |
2nd
2019: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
207,946 |
3rd
2019: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
191,692 |
4th
2019: 4th
|
Essex |
137,310 |
5th
2019: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
135,276 |
9th 2019: 9th
|
Surrey |
105,715 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2019: 1st
|
London |
1,338,261 |
6th
2019: 7th
|
Kent |
122,694 |
7th
2019: 6th
|
Hampshire |
121,331 |
9th
2019: 9th
|
Surrey |
105,715 |
14th
2019: 12th
|
Berkshire |
73,492 |
16th
2019: 15th
|
East Sussex |
70,311 |
20th
2019: 21st
|
West Sussex |
56,212 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2019: 1st
|
London |
1,338,261 |
2nd 2019: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
207,946 |
3rd 2019: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
191,692 |
4th 2019: 4th
|
Essex |
137,310 |
5th 2019: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
135,276 |
6th 2019: 7th
|
Kent |
122,694 |
7th 2019: 6th
|
Hampshire |
121,331 |
8th 2019: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
117,796 |
9th 2019: 9th
|
Surrey |
105,715 |
10th 2019: 10th
|
Cheshire |
86,796 |
11th 2019: 11th
|
Lancashire |
83,690 |
12th 2019: 14th
|
Merseyside |
74,780 |
13th 2019: 13th
|
Buckinghamshire |
73,748 |
14th 2019: 12th
|
Berkshire |
73,492 |
15th 2019: 16th
|
Leicestershire |
71,425 |
16th 2019: 15th
|
East Sussex |
70,311 |
17th 2019: 17th
|
South Yorkshire |
65,398 |
18th 2019: 19th
|
North Yorkshire |
58,526 |
19th 2019: 20th
|
Devon |
57,278 |
20th 2019: 21st
|
West Sussex |
56,212 |
21st 2019: 25th
|
Nottinghamshire |
56,199 |
22nd 2019: 22nd
|
Gloucestershire |
55,106 |
23rd 2019: 23rd
|
Somerset |
55,092 |
24th 2019: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
54,862 |
25th 2019: 18th
|
Dorset |
54,841 |
26th 2019: 26th
|
Cambridgeshire |
54,497 |
27th 2019: 27th
|
Northamptonshire |
52,017 |
28th 2019: 28th
|
Derbyshire |
51,742 |
29th 2019: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
48,061 |
30th 2019: 30th
|
Tyne and Wear |
47,790 |
31st 2019: 33rd
|
Bedfordshire |
46,207 |
32nd 2019: 32nd
|
Oxfordshire |
45,071 |
33rd 2019: 31st
|
Worcestershire |
44,570 |
34th 2019: 35th
|
Norfolk |
41,185 |
35th 2019: 34th
|
Warwickshire |
40,304 |
36th 2019: 37th
|
Suffolk |
39,507 |
37th 2019: 36th
|
Wiltshire |
39,022 |
38th 2019: 38th
|
Bristol |
36,208 |
39th 2019: 39th
|
Durham |
31,943 |
40th 2019: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
26,864 |
41st 2019: 41st
|
Shropshire |
25,603 |
42nd 2019: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
23,804 |
43rd 2019: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
22,186 |
44th 2019: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
12,800 |
45th 2019: 44th
|
Northumberland |
11,575 |
46th 2019: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
6,118 |
47th 2019: 47th
|
Rutland |
2,257 |
people
93.1
76.4
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.
2016
11,070 formed
10,540 dissolved
2017
11,009 formed
10,367 dissolved
2018
11,179 formed
8,979 dissolved
2019
11,032 formed
9,568 dissolved
2020
11,997 formed
7,657 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
0.89% vs 2016
2.19% vs 2017
1.69% vs 2018
5.0% vs 2019