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Company Formations in 2016: West Sussex

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???? Businesses formed in West Sussex during 2016

2.6% more companies in West Sussex compared to 2015

New businesses in West Sussex mapped

Adur 390 formed

Arun 794 formed

Chichester 874 formed

Crawley 758 formed

Horsham 1,110 formed

Mid Sussex 1,261 formed

Worthing 805 formed

Companies formed in 2016 league table

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

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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
29th 2015: 26th
West Sussex
5,996
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
8th 2015: 7th
Kent
14,577
9th 2015: 8th
Hampshire
14,249
12th 2015: 9th
Surrey
11,070
20th 2015: 15th
East Sussex
7,939
29th 2015: 26th
West Sussex
5,996
46th 2015: 46th
Isle of Wight
545
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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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7.4

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Type of companies formed in West Sussex breakdown

97% Private Limited Companies (5,841 companies)

3% Other company types (155 companies)

Other company types breakdown (155 companies)

Total companies in West Sussex by the end of 2016

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Businesses formed in West Sussex during 2016

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Businesses dissolved in West Sussex during 2016

meaning there is a total of

48,518

businesses registered in West Sussex at the end of 2016.

2.6% more companies in West Sussex compared to 2015

Surrounding counties 2016 breakdown & comparison

East Sussex

63,012 total businesses
7,939 formed in 2016
6,377 dissolved in 2016

Hampshire

103,043 total businesses
14,249 formed in 2016
10,922 dissolved in 2016

Kent

98,931 total businesses
14,577 formed in 2016
10,985 dissolved in 2016

Surrey

95,997 total businesses
11,070 formed in 2016
10,540 dissolved in 2016

Isle of Wight

4,973 total businesses
545 formed in 2016
439 dissolved in 2016

West Sussex

48,518 total businesses
5,996 formed in 2016
4,857 dissolved in 2016

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Ward breakdown data for

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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Buckingham
16
26
10
Churchill
16
23
7
Cokeham
7
22
15
Eastbrook
28
44
16
Hillside
6
14
8
Manor
21
25
4
Marine
167
160
-7
Mash Barn
11
10
-1
Peverel
13
11
-2
South Portslade
0
0
Southlands
7
14
7
Southwick Green
45
61
16
St Mary's
48
61
13
St Nicolas
5
19
14
Widewater
21
19
-2
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Aldwick East
23
17
-6
Aldwick West
14
13
-1
Angmering & Findon
29
44
15
Arundel & Walberton
63
71
8
Barnham
27
49
22
Beach
17
9
-8
Bersted
36
46
10
Brookfield
12
16
4
Courtwick with Toddington
26
34
8
East Preston
23
18
-5
Felpham East
13
23
10
Felpham West
16
15
-1
Ferring
11
16
5
Hotham
45
34
-11
Marine
167
160
-7
Middleton-on-Sea
16
27
11
Orchard
21
25
4
Pagham
15
14
-1
Pevensey
9
12
3
River
43
138
95
Rustington East
38
46
8
Rustington West
19
32
13
Yapton
21
24
3
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Bosham
21
26
5
Boxgrove
8
11
3
Bury
10
13
3
Chichester East
43
66
23
Chichester North
25
31
6
Chichester South
98
137
39
Chichester West
8
15
7
Donnington
40
52
12
Easebourne
11
11
0
East Wittering
18
29
11
Fernhurst
27
21
-6
Fishbourne
4
9
5
Funtington
30
35
5
Harting
10
15
5
Lavant
29
63
34
Midhurst
30
22
-8
North Mundham
36
33
-3
Petworth
25
22
-3
Plaistow
30
24
-6
Rogate
8
13
5
Selsey North
22
20
-2
Selsey South
18
31
13
Sidlesham
15
17
2
Southbourne
34
44
10
Stedham
7
12
5
Tangmere
15
8
-7
West Wittering
27
66
39
Westbourne
8
8
0
Wisborough Green
12
20
8
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Bewbush
29
39
10
Broadfield North
19
24
5
Broadfield South
18
31
13
Furnace Green
18
20
2
Gossops Green
22
17
-5
Ifield
26
26
0
Langley Green
77
64
-13
Maidenbower
33
59
26
Northgate
253
171
-82
Pound Hill North
25
34
9
Pound Hill South and Worth
34
69
35
Southgate
89
75
-14
Three Bridges
50
69
19
Tilgate
21
19
-2
West Green
32
41
9
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Billingshurst and Shipley
76
97
21
Bramber Upper Beeding and Woodmancote
43
47
4
Broadbridge Heath
32
62
30
Chanctonbury
49
40
-9
Chantry
27
59
32
Cowfold Shermanbury and West Grinstead
36
43
7
Denne
169
93
-76
Forest
11
24
13
Henfield
62
74
12
Holbrook East
17
18
1
Holbrook West
22
30
8
Horsham Park
98
122
24
Itchingfield Slinfold and Warnham
21
32
11
Nuthurst
20
25
5
Pulborough and Coldwatham
30
36
6
Roffey North
40
91
51
Roffey South
32
30
-2
Rudgwick
23
35
12
Rusper and Colgate
32
27
-5
Southwater
33
61
28
Steyning
18
35
17
Trafalgar
20
29
9
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ardingly and Balcombe
28
39
11
Ashurst Wood
9
7
-2
Bolney
29
31
2
Burgess Hill Dunstall
15
26
11
Burgess Hill Franklands
28
22
-6
Burgess Hill Leylands
21
17
-4
Burgess Hill Meeds
37
53
16
Burgess Hill St Andrews
9
15
6
Burgess Hill Victoria
61
79
18
Copthorne and Worth
19
40
21
Crawley Down and Turners Hill
21
46
25
Cuckfield
42
44
2
Ditchling and Westmeston
0
0
East Grinstead Ashplats
21
21
0
East Grinstead Baldwins
13
18
5
East Grinstead Herontye
77
128
51
East Grinstead Imberhorne
14
19
5
East Grinstead Town
86
145
59
Felbridge
0
0
Hassocks
31
39
8
Haywards Heath Ashenground
37
46
9
Haywards Heath Bentswood
24
29
5
Haywards Heath Franklands
53
72
19
Haywards Heath Heath
46
80
34
Haywards Heath Lucastes
20
53
33
High Weald
26
41
15
Hurstpierpoint and Downs
115
119
4
Lindfield
27
32
5
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Broadwater
30
27
-3
Castle
19
26
7
Central
344
286
-58
Durrington
14
9
-5
Gaisford
31
46
15
Goring
24
52
28
Heene
42
64
22
Marine
167
160
-7
Northbrook
57
85
28
Offington
43
58
15
Salvington
18
39
21
Selden
25
37
12
Tarring
25
28
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Total companies 2016 league table

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

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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
19th 2015: 19th
West Sussex
48,518
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County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
7th 2015: 6th
Hampshire
103,043
8th 2015: 8th
Kent
98,931
9th 2015: 9th
Surrey
95,997
13th 2015: 13th
East Sussex
63,012
19th 2015: 19th
West Sussex
48,518
46th 2015: 46th
Isle of Wight
4,973
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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60.0

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62.6

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The last 5 years

How the total number of companies in West Sussex has changed over the last 5 years as new companies have been formed and some existing companies dissolved.

2012

5,583 formed

3,185 dissolved

2013

5,791 formed

3,704 dissolved

2014

6,279 formed

4,172 dissolved

2015

6,136 formed

4,025 dissolved

2016

5,996 formed

4,857 dissolved

Overall growth compared to previous year

5.1% vs 2012

4.9% vs 2013

5.7% vs 2014

2.6% vs 2015