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Company Formations in 2022: Warwickshire

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???? Businesses formed in Warwickshire during 2022

4.5% more companies in Warwickshire compared to 2021

New businesses in Warwickshire mapped

North Warwickshire 651 formed

Nuneaton and Bedworth 940 formed

Rugby 991 formed

Stratford-on-Avon 1,438 formed

Warwick 1,513 formed

Companies formed in 2022 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 2021: 1st
London
274,838
2nd 2021: 2nd
West Midlands
39,355
3rd 2021: 3rd
Greater Manchester
38,756
4th 2021: 4th
West Yorkshire
25,517
5th 2021: 5th
Essex
18,955
33rd 2021: 36th
Warwickshire
5,540
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
2nd 2021: 2nd
West Midlands
39,355
13th 2021: 14th
Leicestershire
10,408
21st 2021: 18th
Staffordshire
8,072
23rd 2021: 27th
Northamptonshire
7,831
24th 2021: 26th
Derbyshire
7,764
31st 2021: 32nd
Gloucestershire
6,373
33rd 2021: 36th
Warwickshire
5,540
37th 2021: 25th
Worcestershire
4,941
38th 2021: 38th
Oxfordshire
4,842
Rank
County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
1st 2021: 1st
London
274,838
2nd 2021: 2nd
West Midlands
39,355
3rd 2021: 3rd
Greater Manchester
38,756
4th 2021: 4th
West Yorkshire
25,517
5th 2021: 5th
Essex
18,955
6th 2021: 6th
Kent
16,109
7th 2021: 7th
Hampshire
14,533
8th 2021: 8th
Hertfordshire
13,643
9th 2021: 9th
Merseyside
13,358
10th 2021: 10th
Lancashire
13,312
11th 2021: 12th
South Yorkshire
11,901
12th 2021: 11th
Surrey
10,902
13th 2021: 14th
Leicestershire
10,408
14th 2021: 15th
Berkshire
9,571
15th 2021: 13th
Cheshire
9,335
16th 2021: 17th
Nottinghamshire
9,235
17th 2021: 16th
Buckinghamshire
8,683
18th 2021: 24th
Bedfordshire
8,495
19th 2021: 22nd
Dorset
8,427
20th 2021: 21st
North Yorkshire
8,424
21st 2021: 18th
Staffordshire
8,072
22nd 2021: 20th
Tyne and Wear
7,838
23rd 2021: 27th
Northamptonshire
7,831
24th 2021: 26th
Derbyshire
7,764
25th 2021: 23rd
Cambridgeshire
7,739
26th 2021: 19th
East Sussex
7,193
27th 2021: 28th
Somerset
7,121
28th 2021: 29th
Lincolnshire
7,100
29th 2021: 30th
Devon
6,814
30th 2021: 33rd
Suffolk
6,749
31st 2021: 32nd
Gloucestershire
6,373
32nd 2021: 31st
West Sussex
6,136
33rd 2021: 36th
Warwickshire
5,540
34th 2021: 34th
Norfolk
5,384
35th 2021: 37th
Durham
5,109
36th 2021: 35th
Bristol
4,951
37th 2021: 25th
Worcestershire
4,941
38th 2021: 38th
Oxfordshire
4,842
39th 2021: 39th
Wiltshire
4,536
40th 2021: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
4,233
41st 2021: 42nd
Shropshire
3,132
42nd 2021: 43rd
Herefordshire
2,928
43rd 2021: 41st
Cornwall
2,912
44th 2021: 44th
Cumbria
2,418
45th 2021: 45th
Northumberland
1,527
46th 2021: 46th
Isle of Wight
652
47th 2021: 47th
Rutland
193

New incorporations in 2022 per 1000 Man standing people

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In Warwickshire

10.1

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12.7

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Type of companies formed in Warwickshire breakdown

98% Private Limited Companies (5,417 companies)

2% Other company types (123 companies)

Other company types breakdown (123 companies)

Total companies in Warwickshire by the end of 2022

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Businesses formed in Warwickshire during 2022

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Businesses dissolved in Warwickshire during 2022

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

42,564

businesses registered in Warwickshire at the end of 2022.

4.5% more companies in Warwickshire compared to 2021

Surrounding counties 2022 breakdown & comparison

Leicestershire

73,507 total businesses
10,408 formed in 2022
9,741 dissolved in 2022

Staffordshire

60,009 total businesses
8,072 formed in 2022
6,527 dissolved in 2022

Worcestershire

43,964 total businesses
4,941 formed in 2022
4,899 dissolved in 2022

Derbyshire

55,697 total businesses
7,764 formed in 2022
5,565 dissolved in 2022

Gloucestershire

57,852 total businesses
6,373 formed in 2022
5,441 dissolved in 2022

Northamptonshire

51,966 total businesses
7,831 formed in 2022
6,606 dissolved in 2022

Oxfordshire

46,748 total businesses
4,842 formed in 2022
4,009 dissolved in 2022

West Midlands

211,766 total businesses
39,355 formed in 2022
27,101 dissolved in 2022

Warwickshire

42,564 total businesses
5,540 formed in 2022
4,367 dissolved in 2022

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Ward breakdown data for

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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Arley and Whitacre
31
39
8
Atherstone Central
11
28
17
Atherstone North
18
24
6
Atherstone South and Mancetter
12
13
1
Baddesley and Grendon
15
14
-1
Coleshill North
25
60
35
Coleshill South
31
50
19
Curdworth
34
52
18
Dordon
7
19
12
Fillongley
19
24
5
Hartshill
13
199
186
Hurley and Wood End
18
25
7
Kingsbury
13
13
0
Newton Regis and Warton
17
48
31
Polesworth East
10
16
6
Polesworth West
20
14
-6
Water Orton
17
13
-4
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Abbey
188
245
57
Arbury
59
72
13
Attleborough
41
59
18
Bar Pool
26
39
13
Bede
69
30
-39
Bulkington
26
30
4
Camp Hill
51
59
8
Exhall
49
70
21
Galley Common
27
51
24
Hartshill
13
199
186
Heath
25
36
11
Kingswood
19
44
25
Poplar
45
80
35
Slough
26
39
13
St Nicolas
32
39
7
Weddington
24
35
11
Wem Brook
51
57
6
Whitestone
52
75
23
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Admirals and Cawston
32
46
14
Benn
118
151
33
Bilton
47
41
-6
Clifton Newton and Churchover
6
19
13
Coton and Boughton
61
62
1
Dunsmore
42
88
46
Eastlands
87
62
-25
Hillmorton
57
34
-23
Leam Valley
18
19
1
New Bilton
55
82
27
Newbold and Brownsover
133
166
33
Paddox
38
38
0
Revel and Binley Woods
55
71
16
Rokeby and Overslade
26
38
12
Wolston and the Lawfords
52
52
0
Wolvey and Shilton
21
22
1
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Alcester & Rural
23
30
7
Alcester Town
45
49
4
Avenue
20
17
-3
Bidford East
24
29
5
Bidford West & Salford
24
14
-10
Bishop's Itchington
22
24
2
Bishopton
11
10
-1
Brailes & Compton
12
19
7
Bridgetown
26
27
1
Clopton
38
39
1
Ettington
17
31
14
Guildhall
74
48
-26
Harbury
19
23
4
Hathaway
58
70
12
Henley-in-Arden
197
434
237
Kineton
11
20
9
Kinwarton
197
74
-123
Leam Valley
18
19
1
Long Itchington & Stockton
22
13
-9
Napton & Fenny Compton
14
9
-5
Quinton
24
24
0
Red Horse
17
25
8
Shipston North
21
53
32
Shipston South
8
20
12
Shottery
25
13
-12
Snitterfield
15
21
6
Southam North
4
7
3
Southam South
43
39
-4
Studley with Mappleborough Green
25
32
7
Studley with Sambourne
18
16
-2
Tanworth-in-Arden
40
29
-11
Tiddington
18
19
1
Welcombe
60
62
2
Welford-on-Avon
28
40
12
Wellesbourne East
11
27
16
Wellesbourne West
21
8
-13
Wotton Wawen
21
23
2
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Abbey
188
245
57
Arden
51
43
-8
Aylesford
43
151
108
Bishop's Tachbrook
15
10
-5
Brunswick
61
46
-15
Budbrooke
47
53
6
Clarendon
230
328
98
Crown
24
26
2
Emscote
44
41
-3
Leam
81
89
8
Manor
22
40
18
Meriden
0
0
Milverton
34
26
-8
Myton & Heathcote
90
127
37
Newbold
27
43
16
Park Hill
29
33
4
Radford Semele
13
26
13
Saltisford
82
89
7
St John's
38
51
13
Stoneleigh & Cubbington
51
51
0
Sydenham
32
35
3
Whitnash
34
49
15
Woodloes
44
36
-8

Total companies 2022 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2022 and how Warwickshire compares to them.

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County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2021: 1st
London
1,462,539
2nd 2021: 2nd
Greater Manchester
233,019
3rd 2021: 3rd
West Midlands
211,766
4th 2021: 5th
West Yorkshire
151,175
5th 2021: 4th
Essex
148,387
36th 2021: 36th
Warwickshire
42,564
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
3rd 2021: 3rd
West Midlands
211,766
15th 2021: 15th
Leicestershire
73,507
22nd 2021: 22nd
Staffordshire
60,009
25th 2021: 24th
Gloucestershire
57,852
27th 2021: 27th
Derbyshire
55,697
29th 2021: 28th
Northamptonshire
51,966
32nd 2021: 32nd
Oxfordshire
46,748
35th 2021: 34th
Worcestershire
43,964
36th 2021: 36th
Warwickshire
42,564
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2021: 1st
London
1,462,539
2nd 2021: 2nd
Greater Manchester
233,019
3rd 2021: 3rd
West Midlands
211,766
4th 2021: 5th
West Yorkshire
151,175
5th 2021: 4th
Essex
148,387
6th 2021: 6th
Kent
130,283
7th 2021: 7th
Hampshire
124,249
8th 2021: 8th
Hertfordshire
122,123
9th 2021: 9th
Surrey
107,722
10th 2021: 10th
Lancashire
91,522
11th 2021: 11th
Cheshire
81,809
12th 2021: 12th
Merseyside
81,221
13th 2021: 14th
Buckinghamshire
78,850
14th 2021: 13th
Berkshire
76,700
15th 2021: 15th
Leicestershire
73,507
16th 2021: 17th
South Yorkshire
72,058
17th 2021: 16th
East Sussex
70,836
18th 2021: 19th
North Yorkshire
62,355
19th 2021: 20th
Nottinghamshire
62,142
20th 2021: 18th
Devon
61,854
21st 2021: 25th
Dorset
61,217
22nd 2021: 22nd
Staffordshire
60,009
23rd 2021: 23rd
Somerset
59,531
24th 2021: 21st
West Sussex
58,763
25th 2021: 24th
Gloucestershire
57,852
26th 2021: 26th
Cambridgeshire
57,788
27th 2021: 27th
Derbyshire
55,697
28th 2021: 29th
Lincolnshire
53,143
29th 2021: 28th
Northamptonshire
51,966
30th 2021: 30th
Tyne and Wear
51,640
31st 2021: 31st
Bedfordshire
50,545
32nd 2021: 32nd
Oxfordshire
46,748
33rd 2021: 33rd
Norfolk
45,968
34th 2021: 35th
Suffolk
45,867
35th 2021: 34th
Worcestershire
43,964
36th 2021: 36th
Warwickshire
42,564
37th 2021: 37th
Wiltshire
40,505
38th 2021: 38th
Bristol
37,039
39th 2021: 39th
Durham
35,455
40th 2021: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
29,451
41st 2021: 41st
Shropshire
26,781
42nd 2021: 42nd
Cornwall
25,857
43rd 2021: 43rd
Cumbria
23,003
44th 2021: 44th
Herefordshire
16,412
45th 2021: 45th
Northumberland
12,420
46th 2021: 46th
Isle of Wight
6,423
47th 2021: 47th
Rutland
2,076

Total companies at the end of 2022 per 1000 Person people

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77.9

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National Average

82.7

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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.

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

2022

5,540 formed

4,367 dissolved

Overall growth compared to previous year

5.33% vs 2018

3.35% vs 2019

1.08% vs 2020

4.5% vs 2021