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Company Formations in 2016: Warwickshire

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???? Businesses formed in Warwickshire during 2016

4.2% more companies in Warwickshire compared to 2015

New businesses in Warwickshire mapped

North Warwickshire 472 formed

Nuneaton and Bedworth 761 formed

Rugby 995 formed

Stratford-on-Avon 1,069 formed

Warwick 1,407 formed

Companies formed in 2016 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 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
35th 2015: 35th
Warwickshire
4,709
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
3rd 2015: 3rd
West Midlands
31,162
18th 2015: 18th
Leicestershire
8,307
21st 2015: 22nd
Staffordshire
7,618
22nd 2015: 23rd
Northamptonshire
7,050
24th 2015: 39th
Worcestershire
6,602
27th 2015: 19th
Derbyshire
6,271
32nd 2015: 29th
Gloucestershire
5,639
35th 2015: 35th
Warwickshire
4,709
36th 2015: 33rd
Oxfordshire
4,517
Rank
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 Warwickshire

8.6

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10.5

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Type of companies formed in Warwickshire breakdown

98% Private Limited Companies (4,597 companies)

2% Other company types (112 companies)

Other company types breakdown (112 companies)

Total companies in Warwickshire by the end of 2016

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Businesses formed in Warwickshire during 2016

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Businesses dissolved in Warwickshire during 2016

meaning there is a total of

34,180

businesses registered in Warwickshire at the end of 2016.

4.2% more companies in Warwickshire compared to 2015

Surrounding counties 2016 breakdown & comparison

Leicestershire

52,138 total businesses
8,307 formed in 2016
5,713 dissolved in 2016

Staffordshire

47,000 total businesses
7,618 formed in 2016
4,763 dissolved in 2016

Worcestershire

33,436 total businesses
6,602 formed in 2016
2,820 dissolved in 2016

Derbyshire

43,529 total businesses
6,271 formed in 2016
4,531 dissolved in 2016

Gloucestershire

47,665 total businesses
5,639 formed in 2016
4,437 dissolved in 2016

Northamptonshire

40,600 total businesses
7,050 formed in 2016
4,393 dissolved in 2016

Oxfordshire

38,413 total businesses
4,517 formed in 2016
3,529 dissolved in 2016

West Midlands

156,118 total businesses
31,162 formed in 2016
21,521 dissolved in 2016

Warwickshire

34,180 total businesses
4,709 formed in 2016
3,473 dissolved in 2016

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Ward breakdown data for

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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Arley and Whitacre
15
32
17
Atherstone Central
21
43
22
Atherstone North
14
22
8
Atherstone South and Mancetter
11
15
4
Baddesley and Grendon
9
22
13
Coleshill North
27
97
70
Coleshill South
25
33
8
Curdworth
24
37
13
Dordon
11
15
4
Fillongley
23
31
8
Hartshill
26
22
-4
Hurley and Wood End
11
19
8
Kingsbury
11
19
8
Newton Regis and Warton
20
22
2
Polesworth East
9
6
-3
Polesworth West
18
16
-2
Water Orton
15
21
6
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Abbey
223
246
23
Arbury
63
62
-1
Attleborough
29
42
13
Bar Pool
18
26
8
Bede
35
36
1
Bulkington
36
36
0
Camp Hill
15
38
23
Exhall
26
32
6
Galley Common
28
38
10
Hartshill
26
22
-4
Heath
19
27
8
Kingswood
21
26
5
Poplar
34
74
40
Slough
18
28
10
St Nicolas
31
39
8
Weddington
27
41
14
Wem Brook
38
38
0
Whitestone
58
89
31
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Admirals and Cawston
43
52
9
Benn
133
208
75
Bilton
68
72
4
Clifton Newton and Churchover
12
13
1
Coton and Boughton
46
71
25
Dunsmore
59
60
1
Eastlands
39
42
3
Hillmorton
16
28
12
Leam Valley
14
18
4
New Bilton
46
72
26
Newbold and Brownsover
100
197
97
Paddox
31
36
5
Revel and Binley Woods
34
37
3
Rokeby and Overslade
21
33
12
Wolston and the Lawfords
31
41
10
Wolvey and Shilton
8
15
7
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Alcester & Rural
45
38
-7
Alcester Town
13
25
12
Avenue
26
18
-8
Bidford East
17
54
37
Bidford West & Salford
10
18
8
Bishop's Itchington
19
22
3
Bishopton
6
14
8
Brailes & Compton
12
20
8
Bridgetown
16
27
11
Clopton
24
42
18
Ettington
19
17
-2
Guildhall
34
27
-7
Harbury
9
20
11
Hathaway
58
68
10
Henley-in-Arden
31
65
34
Kineton
19
21
2
Kinwarton
19
16
-3
Leam Valley
14
18
4
Long Itchington & Stockton
8
17
9
Napton & Fenny Compton
18
26
8
Quinton
10
20
10
Red Horse
31
25
-6
Shipston North
30
27
-3
Shipston South
6
9
3
Shottery
9
18
9
Snitterfield
22
77
55
Southam North
10
6
-4
Southam South
59
55
-4
Studley with Mappleborough Green
19
29
10
Studley with Sambourne
7
17
10
Tanworth-in-Arden
81
44
-37
Tiddington
11
18
7
Welcombe
54
108
54
Welford-on-Avon
19
23
4
Wellesbourne East
13
14
1
Wellesbourne West
9
9
0
Wotton Wawen
20
15
-5
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Abbey
223
246
23
Arden
43
48
5
Aylesford
24
51
27
Bishop's Tachbrook
7
16
9
Brunswick
24
46
22
Budbrooke
47
37
-10
Clarendon
211
331
120
Crown
15
21
6
Emscote
21
29
8
Leam
80
91
11
Manor
18
36
18
Meriden
0
0
Milverton
22
32
10
Myton & Heathcote
87
146
59
Newbold
30
41
11
Park Hill
33
27
-6
Radford Semele
11
12
1
Saltisford
69
103
34
St John's
44
31
-13
Stoneleigh & Cubbington
51
37
-14
Sydenham
27
27
0
Whitnash
29
46
17
Woodloes
54
42
-12

Total companies 2016 league table

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

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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
35th 2015: 34th
Warwickshire
34,180
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
3rd 2015: 3rd
West Midlands
156,118
17th 2015: 17th
Leicestershire
52,138
21st 2015: 21st
Gloucestershire
47,665
23rd 2015: 24th
Staffordshire
47,000
27th 2015: 25th
Derbyshire
43,529
31st 2015: 29th
Northamptonshire
40,600
33rd 2015: 30th
Oxfordshire
38,413
35th 2015: 34th
Warwickshire
34,180
36th 2015: 38th
Worcestershire
33,436
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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In Warwickshire

62.5

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62.6

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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.

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

2016

4,709 formed

3,473 dissolved

Overall growth compared to previous year

5.3% vs 2012

6.3% vs 2013

6.3% vs 2014

4.2% vs 2015