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Company Formations in 2021: Warwickshire

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???? Businesses formed in Warwickshire during 2021

1.1% more companies in Warwickshire compared to 2020

New businesses in Warwickshire mapped

North Warwickshire 420 formed

Nuneaton and Bedworth 834 formed

Rugby 928 formed

Stratford-on-Avon 1,428 formed

Warwick 1,496 formed

Companies formed in 2021 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 2020: 1st
London
269,246
2nd 2020: 2nd
West Midlands
36,485
3rd 2020: 3rd
Greater Manchester
36,442
4th 2020: 4th
West Yorkshire
22,140
5th 2020: 5th
Essex
18,584
36th 2020: 38th
Warwickshire
5,117
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
2nd 2020: 2nd
West Midlands
36,485
14th 2020: 11th
Leicestershire
9,685
18th 2020: 22nd
Staffordshire
8,541
25th 2020: 28th
Worcestershire
7,361
26th 2020: 25th
Derbyshire
7,261
27th 2020: 23rd
Northamptonshire
7,131
32nd 2020: 32nd
Gloucestershire
6,357
36th 2020: 38th
Warwickshire
5,117
38th 2020: 34th
Oxfordshire
5,053
Rank
County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
1st 2020: 1st
London
269,246
2nd 2020: 2nd
West Midlands
36,485
3rd 2020: 3rd
Greater Manchester
36,442
4th 2020: 4th
West Yorkshire
22,140
5th 2020: 5th
Essex
18,584
6th 2020: 6th
Kent
16,625
7th 2020: 7th
Hampshire
14,512
8th 2020: 8th
Hertfordshire
13,899
9th 2020: 9th
Merseyside
13,108
10th 2020: 10th
Lancashire
12,800
11th 2020: 12th
Surrey
11,021
12th 2020: 14th
South Yorkshire
10,815
13th 2020: 13th
Cheshire
9,800
14th 2020: 11th
Leicestershire
9,685
15th 2020: 15th
Berkshire
9,605
16th 2020: 16th
Buckinghamshire
8,910
17th 2020: 17th
Nottinghamshire
8,810
18th 2020: 22nd
Staffordshire
8,541
19th 2020: 20th
East Sussex
7,675
20th 2020: 21st
Tyne and Wear
7,623
21st 2020: 19th
North Yorkshire
7,614
22nd 2020: 26th
Dorset
7,584
23rd 2020: 24th
Cambridgeshire
7,476
24th 2020: 18th
Bedfordshire
7,413
25th 2020: 28th
Worcestershire
7,361
26th 2020: 25th
Derbyshire
7,261
27th 2020: 23rd
Northamptonshire
7,131
28th 2020: 31st
Somerset
7,057
29th 2020: 30th
Lincolnshire
6,903
30th 2020: 27th
Devon
6,825
31st 2020: 29th
West Sussex
6,463
32nd 2020: 32nd
Gloucestershire
6,357
33rd 2020: 35th
Suffolk
5,445
34th 2020: 37th
Norfolk
5,214
35th 2020: 33rd
Bristol
5,125
36th 2020: 38th
Warwickshire
5,117
37th 2020: 36th
Durham
5,065
38th 2020: 34th
Oxfordshire
5,053
39th 2020: 39th
Wiltshire
4,432
40th 2020: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
3,749
41st 2020: 42nd
Cornwall
2,993
42nd 2020: 41st
Shropshire
2,914
43rd 2020: 44th
Herefordshire
2,858
44th 2020: 43rd
Cumbria
2,286
45th 2020: 45th
Northumberland
1,421
46th 2020: 46th
Isle of Wight
697
47th 2020: 47th
Rutland
195

New incorporations in 2021 per 1000 Man standing people

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In Warwickshire

9.4

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12.2

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Type of companies formed in Warwickshire breakdown

97% Private Limited Companies (4,984 companies)

3% Other company types (133 companies)

Other company types breakdown (133 companies)

Total companies in Warwickshire by the end of 2021

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Businesses formed in Warwickshire during 2021

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Businesses dissolved in Warwickshire during 2021

Due to restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, Companies House did not always process company dissolutions as soon as the standard conditions for dissolution were first met.

meaning there is a total of

40,740

businesses registered in Warwickshire at the end of 2021.

1.1% more companies in Warwickshire compared to 2020

Surrounding counties 2021 breakdown & comparison

Leicestershire

71,867 total businesses
9,685 formed in 2021
10,352 dissolved in 2021

Staffordshire

57,556 total businesses
8,541 formed in 2021
6,245 dissolved in 2021

Worcestershire

42,443 total businesses
7,361 formed in 2021
10,248 dissolved in 2021

Derbyshire

53,394 total businesses
7,261 formed in 2021
5,840 dissolved in 2021

Gloucestershire

56,711 total businesses
6,357 formed in 2021
5,435 dissolved in 2021

Northamptonshire

53,149 total businesses
7,131 formed in 2021
6,724 dissolved in 2021

Oxfordshire

45,883 total businesses
5,053 formed in 2021
4,163 dissolved in 2021

West Midlands

198,781 total businesses
36,485 formed in 2021
30,607 dissolved in 2021

Warwickshire

40,740 total businesses
5,117 formed in 2021
4,641 dissolved in 2021

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Ward breakdown data for

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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Arley and Whitacre
26
33
7
Atherstone Central
26
21
-5
Atherstone North
24
33
9
Atherstone South and Mancetter
17
18
1
Baddesley and Grendon
15
15
0
Coleshill North
18
39
21
Coleshill South
38
18
-20
Curdworth
34
44
10
Dordon
19
21
2
Fillongley
28
31
3
Hartshill
15
12
-3
Hurley and Wood End
20
22
2
Kingsbury
23
22
-1
Newton Regis and Warton
16
33
17
Polesworth East
24
25
1
Polesworth West
16
14
-2
Water Orton
14
19
5
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Abbey
222
210
-12
Arbury
56
64
8
Attleborough
38
53
15
Bar Pool
30
30
0
Bede
52
32
-20
Bulkington
47
36
-11
Camp Hill
35
47
12
Exhall
49
58
9
Galley Common
26
32
6
Hartshill
15
12
-3
Heath
27
38
11
Kingswood
39
30
-9
Poplar
67
56
-11
Slough
37
33
-4
St Nicolas
49
44
-5
Weddington
26
26
0
Wem Brook
55
67
12
Whitestone
71
76
5
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Admirals and Cawston
36
47
11
Benn
152
154
2
Bilton
52
33
-19
Clifton Newton and Churchover
23
10
-13
Coton and Boughton
68
52
-16
Dunsmore
37
51
14
Eastlands
71
56
-15
Hillmorton
59
33
-26
Leam Valley
12
9
-3
New Bilton
35
66
31
Newbold and Brownsover
210
99
-111
Paddox
43
48
5
Revel and Binley Woods
49
164
115
Rokeby and Overslade
36
34
-2
Wolston and the Lawfords
40
51
11
Wolvey and Shilton
18
21
3
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Alcester & Rural
26
19
-7
Alcester Town
18
54
36
Avenue
26
17
-9
Bidford East
36
29
-7
Bidford West & Salford
18
16
-2
Bishop's Itchington
25
17
-8
Bishopton
15
8
-7
Brailes & Compton
21
23
2
Bridgetown
20
26
6
Clopton
47
55
8
Ettington
31
20
-11
Guildhall
32
143
111
Harbury
21
21
0
Hathaway
51
95
44
Henley-in-Arden
39
272
233
Kineton
18
22
4
Kinwarton
148
117
-31
Leam Valley
12
9
-3
Long Itchington & Stockton
20
19
-1
Napton & Fenny Compton
27
20
-7
Quinton
30
25
-5
Red Horse
19
33
14
Shipston North
25
26
1
Shipston South
15
24
9
Shottery
9
14
5
Snitterfield
22
18
-4
Southam North
8
8
0
Southam South
52
41
-11
Studley with Mappleborough Green
21
23
2
Studley with Sambourne
16
20
4
Tanworth-in-Arden
57
45
-12
Tiddington
21
17
-4
Welcombe
61
65
4
Welford-on-Avon
51
24
-27
Wellesbourne East
15
17
2
Wellesbourne West
11
13
2
Wotton Wawen
23
22
-1
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Abbey
222
210
-12
Arden
36
56
20
Aylesford
31
169
138
Bishop's Tachbrook
21
21
0
Brunswick
63
68
5
Budbrooke
56
47
-9
Clarendon
263
304
41
Crown
25
20
-5
Emscote
30
60
30
Leam
124
97
-27
Manor
46
51
5
Meriden
0
0
Milverton
39
42
3
Myton & Heathcote
83
124
41
Newbold
51
30
-21
Park Hill
42
39
-3
Radford Semele
21
11
-10
Saltisford
99
81
-18
St John's
37
34
-3
Stoneleigh & Cubbington
71
44
-27
Sydenham
43
28
-15
Whitnash
35
29
-6
Woodloes
52
43
-9

Total companies 2021 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2021 and how Warwickshire compares to them.

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Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2020: 1st
London
1,397,474
2nd 2020: 2nd
Greater Manchester
217,557
3rd 2020: 3rd
West Midlands
198,781
4th 2020: 4th
Essex
141,948
5th 2020: 5th
West Yorkshire
141,120
36th 2020: 35th
Warwickshire
40,740
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
3rd 2020: 3rd
West Midlands
198,781
15th 2020: 15th
Leicestershire
71,867
22nd 2020: 24th
Staffordshire
57,556
24th 2020: 22nd
Gloucestershire
56,711
27th 2020: 28th
Derbyshire
53,394
28th 2020: 27th
Northamptonshire
53,149
32nd 2020: 32nd
Oxfordshire
45,883
34th 2020: 33rd
Worcestershire
42,443
36th 2020: 35th
Warwickshire
40,740
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2020: 1st
London
1,397,474
2nd 2020: 2nd
Greater Manchester
217,557
3rd 2020: 3rd
West Midlands
198,781
4th 2020: 4th
Essex
141,948
5th 2020: 5th
West Yorkshire
141,120
6th 2020: 6th
Kent
126,550
7th 2020: 7th
Hampshire
123,584
8th 2020: 8th
Hertfordshire
118,798
9th 2020: 9th
Surrey
106,792
10th 2020: 11th
Lancashire
87,562
11th 2020: 10th
Cheshire
83,426
12th 2020: 12th
Merseyside
78,022
13th 2020: 14th
Berkshire
75,011
14th 2020: 13th
Buckinghamshire
74,634
15th 2020: 15th
Leicestershire
71,867
16th 2020: 16th
East Sussex
70,862
17th 2020: 17th
South Yorkshire
68,227
18th 2020: 19th
Devon
60,022
19th 2020: 18th
North Yorkshire
59,819
20th 2020: 21st
Nottinghamshire
58,780
21st 2020: 20th
West Sussex
57,619
22nd 2020: 24th
Staffordshire
57,556
23rd 2020: 23rd
Somerset
57,300
24th 2020: 22nd
Gloucestershire
56,711
25th 2020: 25th
Dorset
56,465
26th 2020: 26th
Cambridgeshire
56,346
27th 2020: 28th
Derbyshire
53,394
28th 2020: 27th
Northamptonshire
53,149
29th 2020: 29th
Lincolnshire
50,076
30th 2020: 30th
Tyne and Wear
49,266
31st 2020: 31st
Bedfordshire
47,831
32nd 2020: 32nd
Oxfordshire
45,883
33rd 2020: 34th
Norfolk
43,452
34th 2020: 33rd
Worcestershire
42,443
35th 2020: 36th
Suffolk
41,836
36th 2020: 35th
Warwickshire
40,740
37th 2020: 37th
Wiltshire
39,338
38th 2020: 38th
Bristol
36,239
39th 2020: 39th
Durham
33,620
40th 2020: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
27,909
41st 2020: 41st
Shropshire
25,765
42nd 2020: 42nd
Cornwall
24,752
43rd 2020: 43rd
Cumbria
22,499
44th 2020: 44th
Herefordshire
14,830
45th 2020: 45th
Northumberland
11,895
46th 2020: 46th
Isle of Wight
6,319
47th 2020: 47th
Rutland
2,056

Total companies at the end of 2021 per 1000 Person people

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In Warwickshire

74.5

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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.

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

2021

5,117 formed

4,641 dissolved

Overall growth compared to previous year

3.29% vs 2017

5.33% vs 2018

3.35% vs 2019

1.1% vs 2020