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Company Formations in 2023: Warwickshire

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???? Businesses formed in Warwickshire during 2023

2.4% more companies in Warwickshire compared to 2022

New businesses in Warwickshire mapped

North Warwickshire 493 formed

Nuneaton and Bedworth 948 formed

Rugby 1,129 formed

Stratford-on-Avon 1,131 formed

Warwick 1,439 formed

Companies formed in 2023 league table

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

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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
1st 2022: 1st
London
313,446
2nd 2022: 2nd
West Midlands
44,594
3rd 2022: 3rd
Greater Manchester
41,222
4th 2022: 4th
West Yorkshire
24,534
5th 2022: 5th
Essex
20,333
36th 2022: 33rd
Warwickshire
5,157
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
2nd 2022: 2nd
West Midlands
44,594
13th 2022: 13th
Leicestershire
11,417
21st 2022: 21st
Staffordshire
8,878
25th 2022: 23rd
Northamptonshire
8,191
26th 2022: 24th
Derbyshire
7,528
30th 2022: 31st
Gloucestershire
6,902
35th 2022: 38th
Oxfordshire
5,446
36th 2022: 33rd
Warwickshire
5,157
39th 2022: 37th
Worcestershire
4,808
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
1st 2022: 1st
London
313,446
2nd 2022: 2nd
West Midlands
44,594
3rd 2022: 3rd
Greater Manchester
41,222
4th 2022: 4th
West Yorkshire
24,534
5th 2022: 5th
Essex
20,333
6th 2022: 6th
Kent
17,620
7th 2022: 7th
Hampshire
15,385
8th 2022: 8th
Hertfordshire
14,512
9th 2022: 9th
Merseyside
14,307
10th 2022: 10th
Lancashire
14,223
11th 2022: 12th
Surrey
12,018
12th 2022: 11th
South Yorkshire
11,638
13th 2022: 13th
Leicestershire
11,417
14th 2022: 14th
Berkshire
10,571
15th 2022: 15th
Cheshire
9,952
16th 2022: 17th
Buckinghamshire
9,591
17th 2022: 16th
Nottinghamshire
9,559
18th 2022: 20th
North Yorkshire
9,266
19th 2022: 18th
Bedfordshire
9,025
20th 2022: 30th
Suffolk
8,934
21st 2022: 21st
Staffordshire
8,878
22nd 2022: 25th
Cambridgeshire
8,677
23rd 2022: 19th
Dorset
8,565
24th 2022: 22nd
Tyne and Wear
8,274
25th 2022: 23rd
Northamptonshire
8,191
26th 2022: 24th
Derbyshire
7,528
27th 2022: 26th
East Sussex
7,311
28th 2022: 29th
Devon
7,183
29th 2022: 28th
Lincolnshire
7,141
30th 2022: 31st
Gloucestershire
6,902
31st 2022: 32nd
West Sussex
6,678
32nd 2022: 27th
Somerset
6,531
33rd 2022: 34th
Norfolk
5,723
34th 2022: 35th
Durham
5,696
35th 2022: 38th
Oxfordshire
5,446
36th 2022: 33rd
Warwickshire
5,157
37th 2022: 36th
Bristol
5,050
38th 2022: 39th
Wiltshire
4,965
39th 2022: 37th
Worcestershire
4,808
40th 2022: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
4,211
41st 2022: 41st
Shropshire
3,480
42nd 2022: 43rd
Cornwall
3,074
43rd 2022: 44th
Cumbria
2,686
44th 2022: 42nd
Herefordshire
2,540
45th 2022: 45th
Northumberland
1,554
46th 2022: 46th
Isle of Wight
757
47th 2022: 47th
Rutland
232

New incorporations in 2023 per 1000 Man standing people

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In Warwickshire

9.4

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14.2

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Type of companies formed in Warwickshire breakdown

97% Private Limited Companies (4,992 companies)

3% Other company types (165 companies)

Other company types breakdown (165 companies)

Total companies in Warwickshire by the end of 2023

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Businesses formed in Warwickshire during 2023

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Businesses dissolved in Warwickshire during 2023

meaning there is a total of

43,587

businesses registered in Warwickshire at the end of 2023.

2.4% more companies in Warwickshire compared to 2022

Surrounding counties 2023 breakdown & comparison

Leicestershire

75,930 total businesses
11,417 formed in 2023
9,607 dissolved in 2023

Staffordshire

61,360 total businesses
8,878 formed in 2023
7,179 dissolved in 2023

Worcestershire

45,794 total businesses
4,808 formed in 2023
4,858 dissolved in 2023

Derbyshire

57,297 total businesses
7,528 formed in 2023
6,299 dissolved in 2023

Gloucestershire

59,830 total businesses
6,902 formed in 2023
5,515 dissolved in 2023

Northamptonshire

53,911 total businesses
8,191 formed in 2023
6,747 dissolved in 2023

Oxfordshire

48,030 total businesses
5,446 formed in 2023
4,452 dissolved in 2023

West Midlands

227,431 total businesses
44,594 formed in 2023
32,819 dissolved in 2023

Warwickshire

43,587 total businesses
5,157 formed in 2023
4,554 dissolved in 2023

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Ward breakdown data for

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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Arley and Whitacre
28
32
4
Atherstone Central
26
22
-4
Atherstone North
24
28
4
Atherstone South and Mancetter
13
11
-2
Baddesley and Grendon
10
21
11
Coleshill North
33
58
25
Coleshill South
31
31
0
Curdworth
35
47
12
Dordon
14
17
3
Fillongley
26
42
16
Hartshill
111
47
-64
Hurley and Wood End
17
26
9
Kingsbury
12
20
8
Newton Regis and Warton
53
33
-20
Polesworth East
20
21
1
Polesworth West
10
15
5
Water Orton
21
22
1
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Abbey
260
274
14
Arbury
58
70
12
Attleborough
51
57
6
Bar Pool
34
40
6
Bede
62
33
-29
Bulkington
36
38
2
Camp Hill
40
49
9
Exhall
54
57
3
Galley Common
42
38
-4
Hartshill
111
47
-64
Heath
24
38
14
Kingswood
36
51
15
Poplar
56
74
18
Slough
30
44
14
St Nicolas
41
35
-6
Weddington
26
30
4
Wem Brook
45
53
8
Whitestone
54
74
20
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Admirals and Cawston
39
47
8
Benn
148
170
22
Bilton
47
60
13
Clifton Newton and Churchover
12
14
2
Coton and Boughton
46
70
24
Dunsmore
78
90
12
Eastlands
62
73
11
Hillmorton
54
31
-23
Leam Valley
15
18
3
New Bilton
72
87
15
Newbold and Brownsover
114
114
0
Paddox
41
59
18
Revel and Binley Woods
46
186
140
Rokeby and Overslade
38
37
-1
Wolston and the Lawfords
29
54
25
Wolvey and Shilton
18
19
1
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Alcester & Rural
24
30
6
Alcester Town
69
56
-13
Avenue
21
18
-3
Bidford East
21
38
17
Bidford West & Salford
15
19
4
Bishop's Itchington
18
28
10
Bishopton
19
23
4
Brailes & Compton
14
20
6
Bridgetown
38
43
5
Clopton
46
46
0
Ettington
13
32
19
Guildhall
117
78
-39
Harbury
30
27
-3
Hathaway
59
61
2
Henley-in-Arden
86
57
-29
Kineton
20
23
3
Kinwarton
83
50
-33
Leam Valley
15
18
3
Long Itchington & Stockton
21
32
11
Napton & Fenny Compton
21
21
0
Quinton
14
26
12
Red Horse
21
27
6
Shipston North
21
33
12
Shipston South
11
16
5
Shottery
13
29
16
Snitterfield
25
29
4
Southam North
11
17
6
Southam South
45
37
-8
Studley with Mappleborough Green
27
29
2
Studley with Sambourne
19
15
-4
Tanworth-in-Arden
36
32
-4
Tiddington
15
19
4
Welcombe
65
48
-17
Welford-on-Avon
38
29
-9
Wellesbourne East
16
12
-4
Wellesbourne West
10
9
-1
Wotton Wawen
23
22
-1
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Abbey
260
274
14
Arden
31
35
4
Aylesford
51
56
5
Bishop's Tachbrook
11
28
17
Brunswick
48
79
31
Budbrooke
52
37
-15
Clarendon
229
281
52
Crown
15
23
8
Emscote
48
48
0
Leam
82
81
-1
Manor
24
43
19
Meriden
0
0
Milverton
36
59
23
Myton & Heathcote
81
120
39
Newbold
32
36
4
Park Hill
33
46
13
Radford Semele
16
21
5
Saltisford
103
109
6
St John's
34
31
-3
Stoneleigh & Cubbington
47
54
7
Sydenham
24
45
21
Whitnash
31
48
17
Woodloes
47
52
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Total companies 2023 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2023 and how Warwickshire compares to them.

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Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2022: 1st
London
1,534,936
2nd 2022: 2nd
Greater Manchester
244,408
3rd 2022: 3rd
West Midlands
227,431
4th 2022: 5th
Essex
153,732
5th 2022: 4th
West Yorkshire
153,003
36th 2022: 36th
Warwickshire
43,587
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
3rd 2022: 3rd
West Midlands
227,431
15th 2022: 15th
Leicestershire
75,930
22nd 2022: 22nd
Staffordshire
61,360
26th 2022: 25th
Gloucestershire
59,830
27th 2022: 27th
Derbyshire
57,297
29th 2022: 29th
Northamptonshire
53,911
34th 2022: 32nd
Oxfordshire
48,030
35th 2022: 35th
Worcestershire
45,794
36th 2022: 36th
Warwickshire
43,587
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2022: 1st
London
1,534,936
2nd 2022: 2nd
Greater Manchester
244,408
3rd 2022: 3rd
West Midlands
227,431
4th 2022: 5th
Essex
153,732
5th 2022: 4th
West Yorkshire
153,003
6th 2022: 6th
Kent
133,898
7th 2022: 7th
Hampshire
126,128
8th 2022: 8th
Hertfordshire
122,871
9th 2022: 9th
Surrey
109,469
10th 2022: 10th
Lancashire
95,511
11th 2022: 12th
Merseyside
83,450
12th 2022: 11th
Cheshire
82,175
13th 2022: 13th
Buckinghamshire
78,961
14th 2022: 14th
Berkshire
78,581
15th 2022: 15th
Leicestershire
75,930
16th 2022: 16th
South Yorkshire
73,897
17th 2022: 17th
East Sussex
71,059
18th 2022: 18th
North Yorkshire
65,895
19th 2022: 19th
Nottinghamshire
64,763
20th 2022: 20th
Devon
63,364
21st 2022: 21st
Dorset
63,266
22nd 2022: 22nd
Staffordshire
61,360
23rd 2022: 23rd
Somerset
60,186
24th 2022: 26th
Cambridgeshire
60,023
25th 2022: 24th
West Sussex
59,896
26th 2022: 25th
Gloucestershire
59,830
27th 2022: 27th
Derbyshire
57,297
28th 2022: 28th
Lincolnshire
54,523
29th 2022: 29th
Northamptonshire
53,911
30th 2022: 30th
Tyne and Wear
53,391
31st 2022: 31st
Bedfordshire
52,721
32nd 2022: 34th
Suffolk
51,083
33rd 2022: 33rd
Norfolk
48,437
34th 2022: 32nd
Oxfordshire
48,030
35th 2022: 35th
Worcestershire
45,794
36th 2022: 36th
Warwickshire
43,587
37th 2022: 37th
Wiltshire
42,004
38th 2022: 39th
Durham
37,332
39th 2022: 38th
Bristol
37,161
40th 2022: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
30,108
41st 2022: 41st
Shropshire
28,037
42nd 2022: 42nd
Cornwall
26,998
43rd 2022: 43rd
Cumbria
23,719
44th 2022: 44th
Herefordshire
16,164
45th 2022: 45th
Northumberland
12,830
46th 2022: 46th
Isle of Wight
6,580
47th 2022: 47th
Rutland
2,133

Total companies at the end of 2023 per 1000 Person people

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In Warwickshire

79.8

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National Average

86.6

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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.

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

2023

5,157 formed

4,554 dissolved

Overall growth compared to previous year

3.35% vs 2019

1.08% vs 2020

4.48% vs 2021

2.4% vs 2022