Inform Direct Logo

Company Formations in 2020: Warwickshire

Man holding pagper

???? Businesses formed in Warwickshire during 2020

3.3% more companies in Warwickshire compared to 2019

New businesses in Warwickshire mapped

North Warwickshire 399 formed

Nuneaton and Bedworth 902 formed

Rugby 941 formed

Stratford-on-Avon 1,122 formed

Warwick 1,545 formed

Companies formed in 2020 league table

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

Man holding trophy
Rank
County
No. Companies formed
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
38th 2019: 33rd
Warwickshire
4,920
Rank
County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
2nd 2019: 3rd
West Midlands
37,202
11th 2019: 13th
Leicestershire
12,543
22nd 2019: 24th
Staffordshire
7,720
23rd 2019: 18th
Northamptonshire
7,534
25th 2019: 27th
Derbyshire
7,413
28th 2019: 14th
Worcestershire
6,955
32nd 2019: 32nd
Gloucestershire
6,419
34th 2019: 34th
Oxfordshire
5,363
38th 2019: 33rd
Warwickshire
4,920
Rank
County
No. Companies formed
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

New incorporations in 2020 per 1000 Man standing people

Briefcase with a sticker stating New

In Warwickshire

9.0

Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase

National Average

12.3

Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase

Type of companies formed in Warwickshire breakdown

98% Private Limited Companies (4,802 companies)

2% Other company types (118 companies)

Other company types breakdown (118 companies)

Total companies in Warwickshire by the end of 2020

Man shaking hands

????

Businesses formed in Warwickshire during 2020

Man looking at a graph

????

Businesses dissolved in Warwickshire during 2020

meaning there is a total of

40,304

businesses registered in Warwickshire at the end of 2020.

3.3% more companies in Warwickshire compared to 2019

Surrounding counties 2020 breakdown & comparison

Leicestershire

71,425 total businesses
12,543 formed in 2020
5,797 dissolved in 2020

Staffordshire

54,862 total businesses
7,720 formed in 2020
4,885 dissolved in 2020

Worcestershire

44,570 total businesses
6,955 formed in 2020
5,992 dissolved in 2020

Derbyshire

51,742 total businesses
7,413 formed in 2020
3,918 dissolved in 2020

Gloucestershire

55,106 total businesses
6,419 formed in 2020
4,233 dissolved in 2020

Northamptonshire

52,017 total businesses
7,534 formed in 2020
5,208 dissolved in 2020

Oxfordshire

45,071 total businesses
5,363 formed in 2020
3,171 dissolved in 2020

West Midlands

191,692 total businesses
37,202 formed in 2020
20,310 dissolved in 2020

Warwickshire

40,304 total businesses
4,920 formed in 2020
3,587 dissolved in 2020

WarwickshireGloucestershireOxfordshireNorthamptonshireLeicestershireDerbyshireStaordshireWestMidlandsWorcestershire

Ward breakdown data for

Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Arley and Whitacre
13
33
20
Atherstone Central
13
17
4
Atherstone North
15
33
18
Atherstone South and Mancetter
6
15
9
Baddesley and Grendon
9
20
11
Coleshill North
33
29
-4
Coleshill South
29
31
2
Curdworth
28
34
6
Dordon
12
14
2
Fillongley
32
41
9
Hartshill
15
18
3
Hurley and Wood End
14
21
7
Kingsbury
10
17
7
Newton Regis and Warton
12
25
13
Polesworth East
11
14
3
Polesworth West
9
23
14
Water Orton
13
14
1
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Abbey
170
194
24
Arbury
46
76
30
Attleborough
18
44
26
Bar Pool
16
40
24
Bede
66
31
-35
Bulkington
27
34
7
Camp Hill
29
61
32
Exhall
44
71
27
Galley Common
25
39
14
Hartshill
15
18
3
Heath
22
29
7
Kingswood
18
40
22
Poplar
30
75
45
Slough
22
29
7
St Nicolas
31
60
29
Weddington
14
36
22
Wem Brook
27
67
40
Whitestone
47
80
33
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Admirals and Cawston
33
40
7
Benn
148
188
40
Bilton
27
27
0
Clifton Newton and Churchover
12
17
5
Coton and Boughton
43
72
29
Dunsmore
32
54
22
Eastlands
49
67
18
Hillmorton
31
25
-6
Leam Valley
8
28
20
New Bilton
37
62
25
Newbold and Brownsover
131
141
10
Paddox
27
46
19
Revel and Binley Woods
29
59
30
Rokeby and Overslade
29
27
-2
Wolston and the Lawfords
30
65
35
Wolvey and Shilton
12
23
11
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Alcester & Rural
16
33
17
Alcester Town
21
24
3
Avenue
12
33
21
Bidford East
18
28
10
Bidford West & Salford
10
23
13
Bishop's Itchington
15
31
16
Bishopton
9
22
13
Brailes & Compton
24
14
-10
Bridgetown
31
31
0
Clopton
42
46
4
Ettington
29
28
-1
Guildhall
21
47
26
Harbury
15
22
7
Hathaway
45
80
35
Henley-in-Arden
34
72
38
Kineton
13
28
15
Kinwarton
338
38
-300
Leam Valley
8
28
20
Long Itchington & Stockton
15
24
9
Napton & Fenny Compton
13
28
15
Quinton
12
35
23
Red Horse
16
22
6
Shipston North
12
30
18
Shipston South
13
13
0
Shottery
17
14
-3
Snitterfield
26
25
-1
Southam North
13
8
-5
Southam South
53
71
18
Studley with Mappleborough Green
22
30
8
Studley with Sambourne
14
30
16
Tanworth-in-Arden
52
31
-21
Tiddington
11
24
13
Welcombe
74
63
-11
Welford-on-Avon
12
23
11
Wellesbourne East
7
21
14
Wellesbourne West
10
7
-3
Wotton Wawen
9
23
14
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Abbey
170
194
24
Arden
28
54
26
Aylesford
34
75
41
Bishop's Tachbrook
11
14
3
Brunswick
39
92
53
Budbrooke
35
61
26
Clarendon
189
331
142
Crown
18
20
2
Emscote
21
44
23
Leam
64
80
16
Manor
25
47
22
Meriden
0
0
Milverton
29
43
14
Myton & Heathcote
85
144
59
Newbold
29
49
20
Park Hill
28
51
23
Radford Semele
12
17
5
Saltisford
50
81
31
St John's
32
51
19
Stoneleigh & Cubbington
44
60
16
Sydenham
27
39
12
Whitnash
30
39
9
Woodloes
32
49
17

Total companies 2020 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2020 and how Warwickshire compares to them.

Man holding trophy
Rank
County
Total companies
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
35th 2019: 34th
Warwickshire
40,304
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
3rd 2019: 3rd
West Midlands
191,692
15th 2019: 16th
Leicestershire
71,425
22nd 2019: 22nd
Gloucestershire
55,106
24th 2019: 24th
Staffordshire
54,862
27th 2019: 27th
Northamptonshire
52,017
28th 2019: 28th
Derbyshire
51,742
32nd 2019: 32nd
Oxfordshire
45,071
33rd 2019: 31st
Worcestershire
44,570
35th 2019: 34th
Warwickshire
40,304
Rank
County
Total companies
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

Total companies at the end of 2020 per 1000 Person people

Briefcase

In Warwickshire

73.7

Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase

National Average

76.4

Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase
Small Briefcase

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.

2016

4,709 formed

3,473 dissolved

2017

4,617 formed

3,309 dissolved

2018

4,755 formed

3,572 dissolved

2019

5,256 formed

4,003 dissolved

2020

4,920 formed

3,587 dissolved

Overall growth compared to previous year

4.87% vs 2016

3.29% vs 2017

5.33% vs 2018

3.3% vs 2019