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Company Formations in 2019: West Sussex

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???? Businesses formed in West Sussex during 2019

2.5% more companies in West Sussex compared to 2018

New businesses in West Sussex mapped

Adur 422 formed

Arun 887 formed

Chichester 889 formed

Crawley 785 formed

Horsham 1,032 formed

Mid Sussex 1,188 formed

Worthing 939 formed

Companies formed in 2019 league table

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

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Rank
County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
1st 2018: 1st
London
222,468
2nd 2018: 3rd
Greater Manchester
31,440
3rd 2018: 2nd
West Midlands
29,676
4th 2018: 4th
West Yorkshire
18,752
5th 2018: 5th
Essex
17,816
29th 2018: 28th
West Sussex
6,154
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
6th 2018: 7th
Kent
15,963
8th 2018: 8th
Hampshire
15,174
12th 2018: 12th
Surrey
11,032
20th 2018: 19th
East Sussex
7,706
29th 2018: 28th
West Sussex
6,154
46th 2018: 46th
Isle of Wight
675
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
1st 2018: 1st
London
222,468
2nd 2018: 3rd
Greater Manchester
31,440
3rd 2018: 2nd
West Midlands
29,676
4th 2018: 4th
West Yorkshire
18,752
5th 2018: 5th
Essex
17,816
6th 2018: 7th
Kent
15,963
7th 2018: 6th
Hertfordshire
15,231
8th 2018: 8th
Hampshire
15,174
9th 2018: 9th
Cheshire
12,221
10th 2018: 10th
Merseyside
11,866
11th 2018: 11th
Lancashire
11,229
12th 2018: 12th
Surrey
11,032
13th 2018: 15th
Leicestershire
10,825
14th 2018: 22nd
Worcestershire
9,971
15th 2018: 16th
South Yorkshire
9,325
16th 2018: 13th
Berkshire
9,009
17th 2018: 14th
Buckinghamshire
8,835
18th 2018: 18th
Northamptonshire
8,393
19th 2018: 17th
Dorset
8,020
20th 2018: 19th
East Sussex
7,706
21st 2018: 20th
Nottinghamshire
7,348
22nd 2018: 23rd
North Yorkshire
7,260
23rd 2018: 25th
Tyne and Wear
7,132
24th 2018: 26th
Staffordshire
6,927
25th 2018: 24th
Cambridgeshire
6,779
26th 2018: 21st
Bedfordshire
6,766
27th 2018: 27th
Derbyshire
6,522
28th 2018: 30th
Devon
6,196
29th 2018: 28th
West Sussex
6,154
30th 2018: 29th
Lincolnshire
6,042
31st 2018: 32nd
Somerset
6,041
32nd 2018: 31st
Gloucestershire
5,971
33rd 2018: 34th
Warwickshire
5,256
34th 2018: 36th
Oxfordshire
5,087
35th 2018: 35th
Bristol
5,040
36th 2018: 37th
Norfolk
4,731
37th 2018: 33rd
Durham
4,623
38th 2018: 39th
Suffolk
4,518
39th 2018: 38th
Wiltshire
4,428
40th 2018: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
3,258
41st 2018: 42nd
Shropshire
3,231
42nd 2018: 41st
Cornwall
2,948
43rd 2018: 43rd
Cumbria
2,171
44th 2018: 44th
Northumberland
1,531
45th 2018: 45th
Herefordshire
1,499
46th 2018: 46th
Isle of Wight
675
47th 2018: 47th
Rutland
230

New incorporations in 2019 per 1000 Man standing people

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7.6

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10.9

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Type of companies formed in West Sussex breakdown

97% Private Limited Companies (5,970 companies)

3% Other company types (184 companies)

Other company types breakdown (184 companies)

Total companies in West Sussex by the end of 2019

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Businesses formed in West Sussex during 2019

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Businesses dissolved in West Sussex during 2019

meaning there is a total of

52,825

businesses registered in West Sussex at the end of 2019.

2.5% more companies in West Sussex compared to 2018

Surrounding counties 2019 breakdown & comparison

East Sussex

67,545 total businesses
7,706 formed in 2019
6,634 dissolved in 2019

Hampshire

114,831 total businesses
15,174 formed in 2019
11,723 dissolved in 2019

Kent

113,551 total businesses
15,963 formed in 2019
12,199 dissolved in 2019

Surrey

100,643 total businesses
11,032 formed in 2019
9,568 dissolved in 2019

Isle of Wight

5,705 total businesses
675 formed in 2019
449 dissolved in 2019

West Sussex

52,825 total businesses
6,154 formed in 2019
5,078 dissolved in 2019

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Ward breakdown data for

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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Buckingham
46
35
-11
Churchill
29
49
20
Cokeham
20
13
-7
Eastbrook
34
40
6
Hillside
10
10
0
Manor
21
11
-10
Marine
144
182
38
Mash Barn
7
20
13
Peverel
13
25
12
South Portslade
1
1
Southlands
8
10
2
Southwick Green
58
44
-14
St Mary's
47
42
-5
St Nicolas
14
24
10
Widewater
26
40
14
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Aldwick East
15
18
3
Aldwick West
17
22
5
Angmering & Findon
34
40
6
Arundel & Walberton
55
71
16
Barnham
30
49
19
Beach
14
16
2
Bersted
32
55
23
Brookfield
17
19
2
Courtwick with Toddington
24
50
26
East Preston
31
32
1
Felpham East
20
27
7
Felpham West
16
28
12
Ferring
22
10
-12
Hotham
38
45
7
Marine
144
182
38
Middleton-on-Sea
12
19
7
Orchard
24
29
5
Pagham
16
23
7
Pevensey
13
19
6
River
104
140
36
Rustington East
42
58
16
Rustington West
27
20
-7
Yapton
20
29
9
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Bosham
22
25
3
Boxgrove
6
13
7
Bury
10
6
-4
Chichester East
69
62
-7
Chichester North
30
37
7
Chichester South
98
114
16
Chichester West
13
12
-1
Donnington
47
42
-5
Easebourne
12
25
13
East Wittering
27
21
-6
Fernhurst
22
29
7
Fishbourne
8
16
8
Funtington
22
30
8
Harting
8
12
4
Lavant
28
46
18
Midhurst
29
28
-1
North Mundham
23
40
17
Petworth
15
26
11
Plaistow
25
47
22
Rogate
9
20
11
Selsey North
7
19
12
Selsey South
18
17
-1
Sidlesham
12
19
7
Southbourne
24
35
11
Stedham
10
12
2
Tangmere
10
12
2
West Wittering
55
83
28
Westbourne
8
21
13
Wisborough Green
16
20
4
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Bewbush
53
45
-8
Broadfield North
23
46
23
Broadfield South
23
35
12
Furnace Green
22
26
4
Gossops Green
19
19
0
Ifield
26
38
12
Langley Green
78
66
-12
Maidenbower
33
48
15
Northgate
163
171
8
Pound Hill North
38
43
5
Pound Hill South and Worth
59
59
0
Southgate
67
51
-16
Three Bridges
72
75
3
Tilgate
20
28
8
West Green
32
35
3
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Billingshurst and Shipley
41
58
17
Bramber Upper Beeding and Woodmancote
36
41
5
Broadbridge Heath
31
36
5
Chanctonbury
34
35
1
Chantry
42
46
4
Cowfold Shermanbury and West Grinstead
44
66
22
Denne
95
97
2
Forest
17
25
8
Henfield
48
51
3
Holbrook East
20
25
5
Holbrook West
9
35
26
Horsham Park
94
125
31
Itchingfield Slinfold and Warnham
33
38
5
Nuthurst
19
28
9
Pulborough and Coldwatham
23
39
16
Roffey North
78
58
-20
Roffey South
28
34
6
Rudgwick
24
26
2
Rusper and Colgate
28
38
10
Southwater
35
65
30
Steyning
25
37
12
Trafalgar
18
29
11
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ardingly and Balcombe
24
39
15
Ashurst Wood
15
21
6
Bolney
40
51
11
Burgess Hill Dunstall
20
20
0
Burgess Hill Franklands
20
23
3
Burgess Hill Leylands
10
11
1
Burgess Hill Meeds
53
36
-17
Burgess Hill St Andrews
14
26
12
Burgess Hill Victoria
70
68
-2
Copthorne and Worth
39
36
-3
Crawley Down and Turners Hill
40
48
8
Cuckfield
34
48
14
Ditchling and Westmeston
0
0
East Grinstead Ashplats
11
29
18
East Grinstead Baldwins
16
30
14
East Grinstead Herontye
116
76
-40
East Grinstead Imberhorne
20
23
3
East Grinstead Town
84
98
14
Felbridge
0
0
Hassocks
62
93
31
Haywards Heath Ashenground
23
39
16
Haywards Heath Bentswood
30
32
2
Haywards Heath Franklands
58
67
9
Haywards Heath Heath
82
87
5
Haywards Heath Lucastes
34
40
6
High Weald
38
40
2
Hurstpierpoint and Downs
64
74
10
Lindfield
32
33
1
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Broadwater
29
37
8
Castle
22
27
5
Central
283
384
101
Durrington
9
21
12
Gaisford
43
57
14
Goring
53
88
35
Heene
55
71
16
Marine
144
182
38
Northbrook
46
60
14
Offington
36
32
-4
Salvington
36
33
-3
Selden
29
42
13
Tarring
32
31
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Total companies 2019 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2019 and how West Sussex compares to them.

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County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2018: 1st
London
1,204,778
2nd 2018: 2nd
Greater Manchester
189,867
3rd 2018: 3rd
West Midlands
173,134
4th 2018: 4th
Essex
128,433
5th 2018: 5th
West Yorkshire
123,678
21st 2018: 20th
West Sussex
52,825
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
6th 2018: 7th
Hampshire
114,831
7th 2018: 8th
Kent
113,551
9th 2018: 9th
Surrey
100,643
15th 2018: 14th
East Sussex
67,545
21st 2018: 20th
West Sussex
52,825
46th 2018: 46th
Isle of Wight
5,705
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
1st 2018: 1st
London
1,204,778
2nd 2018: 2nd
Greater Manchester
189,867
3rd 2018: 3rd
West Midlands
173,134
4th 2018: 4th
Essex
128,433
5th 2018: 5th
West Yorkshire
123,678
6th 2018: 7th
Hampshire
114,831
7th 2018: 8th
Kent
113,551
8th 2018: 6th
Hertfordshire
113,106
9th 2018: 9th
Surrey
100,643
10th 2018: 10th
Cheshire
80,108
11th 2018: 11th
Lancashire
77,937
12th 2018: 13th
Berkshire
70,177
13th 2018: 12th
Buckinghamshire
69,470
14th 2018: 15th
Merseyside
68,401
15th 2018: 14th
East Sussex
67,545
16th 2018: 16th
Leicestershire
63,315
17th 2018: 17th
South Yorkshire
60,360
18th 2018: 18th
Dorset
57,606
19th 2018: 19th
North Yorkshire
54,481
20th 2018: 21st
Devon
53,264
21st 2018: 20th
West Sussex
52,825
22nd 2018: 22nd
Gloucestershire
52,494
23rd 2018: 24th
Somerset
51,957
24th 2018: 25th
Staffordshire
51,758
25th 2018: 23rd
Nottinghamshire
51,677
26th 2018: 26th
Cambridgeshire
50,160
27th 2018: 28th
Northamptonshire
49,144
28th 2018: 27th
Derbyshire
48,355
29th 2018: 29th
Lincolnshire
45,109
30th 2018: 30th
Tyne and Wear
44,237
31st 2018: 33rd
Worcestershire
43,247
32nd 2018: 32nd
Oxfordshire
42,461
33rd 2018: 31st
Bedfordshire
42,145
34th 2018: 35th
Warwickshire
38,998
35th 2018: 34th
Norfolk
38,911
36th 2018: 36th
Wiltshire
37,182
37th 2018: 37th
Suffolk
36,907
38th 2018: 38th
Bristol
33,594
39th 2018: 39th
Durham
29,218
40th 2018: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
25,383
41st 2018: 41st
Shropshire
23,741
42nd 2018: 42nd
Cornwall
23,037
43rd 2018: 43rd
Cumbria
21,286
44th 2018: 44th
Northumberland
10,879
45th 2018: 45th
Herefordshire
10,498
46th 2018: 46th
Isle of Wight
5,705
47th 2018: 47th
Rutland
1,904

Total companies at the end of 2019 per 1000 Person people

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65.3

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70.7

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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.

2015

6,136 formed

4,025 dissolved

2016

5,996 formed

4,857 dissolved

2017

5,598 formed

4,690 dissolved

2018

6,048 formed

4,694 dissolved

2019

6,154 formed

5,078 dissolved

Overall growth compared to previous year

2.6% vs 2015

2.74% vs 2016

3.43% vs 2017

2.5% vs 2018