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Company Formations in 2015: Warwickshire

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???? Businesses formed in Warwickshire during 2015

6.3% more companies in Warwickshire compared to 2014

New businesses in Warwickshire mapped

North Warwickshire 377 formed

Nuneaton and Bedworth 724 formed

Rugby 916 formed

Stratford-on-Avon 1,000 formed

Warwick 1,407 formed

Companies formed in 2015 league table

The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Warwickshire compares.

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Rank
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
35th 2014: 34th
Warwickshire
4,424
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
3rd 2014: 3rd
West Midlands
26,952
18th 2014: 18th
Leicestershire
7,712
19th 2014: 25th
Derbyshire
7,414
22nd 2014: 24th
Staffordshire
6,375
23rd 2014: 23rd
Northamptonshire
6,347
29th 2014: 29th
Gloucestershire
5,741
33rd 2014: 33rd
Oxfordshire
4,611
35th 2014: 34th
Warwickshire
4,424
39th 2014: 39th
Worcestershire
3,572
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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 Warwickshire

8.1

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9.7

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Type of companies formed in Warwickshire breakdown

97% Private Limited Companies (4,306 companies)

3% Other company types (118 companies)

Other company types breakdown (118 companies)

Total companies in Warwickshire by the end of 2015

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Businesses formed in Warwickshire during 2015

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Businesses dissolved in Warwickshire during 2015

meaning there is a total of

32,797

businesses registered in Warwickshire at the end of 2015.

6.3% more companies in Warwickshire compared to 2014

Surrounding counties 2015 breakdown & comparison

Leicestershire

48,126 total businesses
7,712 formed in 2015
4,538 dissolved in 2015

Staffordshire

44,125 total businesses
6,375 formed in 2015
3,827 dissolved in 2015

Worcestershire

29,303 total businesses
3,572 formed in 2015
2,593 dissolved in 2015

Derbyshire

43,692 total businesses
7,414 formed in 2015
3,457 dissolved in 2015

Gloucestershire

46,009 total businesses
5,741 formed in 2015
3,809 dissolved in 2015

Northamptonshire

39,638 total businesses
6,347 formed in 2015
3,341 dissolved in 2015

Oxfordshire

37,534 total businesses
4,611 formed in 2015
2,781 dissolved in 2015

West Midlands

147,044 total businesses
26,952 formed in 2015
17,109 dissolved in 2015

Warwickshire

32,797 total businesses
4,424 formed in 2015
2,675 dissolved in 2015

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Ward breakdown data for

Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Arley and Whitacre
21
30
9
Atherstone Central
19
28
9
Atherstone North
17
17
0
Atherstone South and Mancetter
4
11
7
Baddesley and Grendon
7
19
12
Coleshill North
21
49
28
Coleshill South
24
35
11
Curdworth
20
32
12
Dordon
16
20
4
Fillongley
13
27
14
Hartshill
5
21
16
Hurley and Wood End
7
15
8
Kingsbury
13
12
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Newton Regis and Warton
16
19
3
Polesworth East
7
15
8
Polesworth West
6
15
9
Water Orton
7
12
5
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Abbey
229
257
28
Arbury
41
91
50
Attleborough
19
31
12
Bar Pool
10
20
10
Bede
41
29
-12
Bulkington
16
30
14
Camp Hill
9
38
29
Exhall
23
34
11
Galley Common
16
39
23
Hartshill
5
21
16
Heath
18
35
17
Kingswood
8
31
23
Poplar
38
53
15
Slough
12
29
17
St Nicolas
48
19
-29
Weddington
23
30
7
Wem Brook
30
40
10
Whitestone
37
104
67
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Admirals and Cawston
31
40
9
Benn
135
165
30
Bilton
50
57
7
Clifton Newton and Churchover
8
17
9
Coton and Boughton
22
69
47
Dunsmore
30
50
20
Eastlands
34
52
18
Hillmorton
7
22
15
Leam Valley
6
10
4
New Bilton
38
50
12
Newbold and Brownsover
72
209
137
Paddox
16
35
19
Revel and Binley Woods
23
46
23
Rokeby and Overslade
11
30
19
Wolston and the Lawfords
18
45
27
Wolvey and Shilton
13
19
6
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Alcester & Rural
33
36
3
Alcester Town
18
22
4
Avenue
10
19
9
Bidford East
19
33
14
Bidford West & Salford
14
21
7
Bishop's Itchington
12
22
10
Bishopton
5
12
7
Brailes & Compton
14
21
7
Bridgetown
11
31
20
Clopton
38
82
44
Ettington
22
24
2
Guildhall
35
30
-5
Harbury
13
22
9
Hathaway
39
68
29
Henley-in-Arden
23
54
31
Kineton
12
16
4
Kinwarton
13
20
7
Leam Valley
6
10
4
Long Itchington & Stockton
15
25
10
Napton & Fenny Compton
13
23
10
Quinton
11
15
4
Red Horse
15
24
9
Shipston North
14
15
1
Shipston South
22
16
-6
Shottery
6
14
8
Snitterfield
17
28
11
Southam North
6
10
4
Southam South
28
59
31
Studley with Mappleborough Green
16
31
15
Studley with Sambourne
8
13
5
Tanworth-in-Arden
17
22
5
Tiddington
8
10
2
Welcombe
51
76
25
Welford-on-Avon
11
26
15
Wellesbourne East
11
13
2
Wellesbourne West
9
8
-1
Wotton Wawen
6
39
33
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Abbey
229
257
28
Arden
27
48
21
Aylesford
32
63
31
Bishop's Tachbrook
2
10
8
Brunswick
25
39
14
Budbrooke
26
53
27
Clarendon
178
277
99
Crown
10
14
4
Emscote
22
37
15
Leam
34
121
87
Manor
19
29
10
Meriden
0
0
Milverton
26
35
9
Myton & Heathcote
62
121
59
Newbold
15
47
32
Park Hill
27
23
-4
Radford Semele
7
15
8
Saltisford
65
97
32
St John's
32
50
18
Stoneleigh & Cubbington
23
43
20
Sydenham
18
35
17
Whitnash
16
31
15
Woodloes
39
33
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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 Warwickshire compares to them.

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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
34th 2014: 34th
Warwickshire
32,797
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
3rd 2014: 3rd
West Midlands
147,044
17th 2014: 18th
Leicestershire
48,126
21st 2014: 20th
Gloucestershire
46,009
24th 2014: 25th
Staffordshire
44,125
25th 2014: 26th
Derbyshire
43,692
29th 2014: 29th
Northamptonshire
39,638
30th 2014: 30th
Oxfordshire
37,534
34th 2014: 34th
Warwickshire
32,797
38th 2014: 38th
Worcestershire
29,303
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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In Warwickshire

60.0

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59.4

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The last 5 years

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

2011

3,743 formed

2,740 dissolved

2012

3,944 formed

2,536 dissolved

2013

4,053 formed

2,585 dissolved

2014

4,650 formed

2,809 dissolved

2015

4,424 formed

2,675 dissolved

Overall growth compared to previous year

5.4% vs 2011

5.3% vs 2012

6.3% vs 2013

6.3% vs 2014