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Company Formations in 2021: West Sussex

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???? Businesses formed in West Sussex during 2021

2.5% more companies in West Sussex compared to 2020

New businesses in West Sussex mapped

Adur 485 formed

Arun 901 formed

Chichester 987 formed

Crawley 881 formed

Horsham 1,131 formed

Mid Sussex 1,148 formed

Worthing 916 formed

Companies formed in 2021 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 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
31st 2020: 29th
West Sussex
6,463
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
6th 2020: 6th
Kent
16,625
7th 2020: 7th
Hampshire
14,512
11th 2020: 12th
Surrey
11,021
19th 2020: 20th
East Sussex
7,675
31st 2020: 29th
West Sussex
6,463
46th 2020: 46th
Isle of Wight
697
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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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8.0

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12.2

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Type of companies formed in West Sussex breakdown

96% Private Limited Companies (6,230 companies)

4% Other company types (233 companies)

Other company types breakdown (233 companies)

Total companies in West Sussex by the end of 2021

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Businesses formed in West Sussex during 2021

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Businesses dissolved in West Sussex 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

57,619

businesses registered in West Sussex at the end of 2021.

2.5% more companies in West Sussex compared to 2020

Surrounding counties 2021 breakdown & comparison

East Sussex

70,862 total businesses
7,675 formed in 2021
7,160 dissolved in 2021

Hampshire

123,584 total businesses
14,512 formed in 2021
13,410 dissolved in 2021

Kent

126,550 total businesses
16,625 formed in 2021
14,027 dissolved in 2021

Surrey

106,792 total businesses
11,021 formed in 2021
10,487 dissolved in 2021

Isle of Wight

6,319 total businesses
697 formed in 2021
563 dissolved in 2021

West Sussex

57,619 total businesses
6,463 formed in 2021
5,538 dissolved in 2021

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Ward breakdown data for

Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Buckingham
26
35
9
Churchill
49
57
8
Cokeham
17
18
1
Eastbrook
26
41
15
Hillside
12
22
10
Manor
12
10
-2
Marine
172
150
-22
Mash Barn
13
27
14
Peverel
20
16
-4
South Portslade
3
1
-2
Southlands
11
13
2
Southwick Green
51
59
8
St Mary's
57
99
42
St Nicolas
19
5
-14
Widewater
29
42
13
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Aldwick East
14
15
1
Aldwick West
20
30
10
Angmering & Findon
38
46
8
Arundel & Walberton
54
63
9
Barnham
37
34
-3
Beach
23
25
2
Bersted
39
59
20
Brookfield
28
21
-7
Courtwick with Toddington
35
36
1
East Preston
38
36
-2
Felpham East
12
16
4
Felpham West
24
36
12
Ferring
19
20
1
Hotham
47
43
-4
Marine
172
150
-22
Middleton-on-Sea
22
24
2
Orchard
30
39
9
Pagham
20
28
8
Pevensey
18
25
7
River
156
135
-21
Rustington East
35
54
19
Rustington West
20
27
7
Yapton
20
33
13
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Bosham
28
34
6
Boxgrove
13
27
14
Bury
6
21
15
Chichester East
61
58
-3
Chichester North
39
52
13
Chichester South
90
116
26
Chichester West
13
22
9
Donnington
39
46
7
Easebourne
23
24
1
East Wittering
16
39
23
Fernhurst
37
39
2
Fishbourne
10
17
7
Funtington
17
24
7
Harting
4
9
5
Lavant
31
54
23
Midhurst
18
32
14
North Mundham
28
36
8
Petworth
32
57
25
Plaistow
38
37
-1
Rogate
19
9
-10
Selsey North
21
33
12
Selsey South
21
22
1
Sidlesham
10
13
3
Southbourne
29
28
-1
Stedham
8
14
6
Tangmere
7
18
11
West Wittering
36
78
42
Westbourne
10
8
-2
Wisborough Green
20
20
0
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Bewbush
41
49
8
Broadfield North
33
31
-2
Broadfield South
22
37
15
Furnace Green
27
37
10
Gossops Green
24
32
8
Ifield
37
48
11
Langley Green
100
78
-22
Maidenbower
52
62
10
Northgate
161
198
37
Pound Hill North
41
43
2
Pound Hill South and Worth
68
56
-12
Southgate
56
58
2
Three Bridges
57
82
25
Tilgate
29
29
0
West Green
30
41
11
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Billingshurst and Shipley
57
76
19
Bramber Upper Beeding and Woodmancote
46
54
8
Broadbridge Heath
24
26
2
Chanctonbury
43
57
14
Chantry
41
56
15
Cowfold Shermanbury and West Grinstead
40
41
1
Denne
81
119
38
Forest
23
26
3
Henfield
50
95
45
Holbrook East
24
25
1
Holbrook West
24
24
0
Horsham Park
104
85
-19
Itchingfield Slinfold and Warnham
38
54
16
Nuthurst
29
28
-1
Pulborough and Coldwatham
24
33
9
Roffey North
65
64
-1
Roffey South
32
42
10
Rudgwick
19
31
12
Rusper and Colgate
41
60
19
Southwater
55
77
22
Steyning
34
26
-8
Trafalgar
30
32
2
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ardingly and Balcombe
36
30
-6
Ashurst Wood
14
12
-2
Bolney
32
39
7
Burgess Hill Dunstall
18
17
-1
Burgess Hill Franklands
20
19
-1
Burgess Hill Leylands
16
10
-6
Burgess Hill Meeds
37
36
-1
Burgess Hill St Andrews
12
25
13
Burgess Hill Victoria
65
60
-5
Copthorne and Worth
35
45
10
Crawley Down and Turners Hill
47
51
4
Cuckfield
34
38
4
Ditchling and Westmeston
0
0
East Grinstead Ashplats
25
29
4
East Grinstead Baldwins
53
51
-2
East Grinstead Herontye
52
42
-10
East Grinstead Imberhorne
24
29
5
East Grinstead Town
101
92
-9
Felbridge
0
0
Hassocks
69
97
28
Haywards Heath Ashenground
29
37
8
Haywards Heath Bentswood
32
58
26
Haywards Heath Franklands
53
50
-3
Haywards Heath Heath
94
97
3
Haywards Heath Lucastes
37
40
3
High Weald
32
29
-3
Hurstpierpoint and Downs
66
61
-5
Lindfield
31
54
23
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Broadwater
35
54
19
Castle
33
25
-8
Central
287
355
68
Durrington
23
15
-8
Gaisford
52
47
-5
Goring
55
79
24
Heene
42
63
21
Marine
172
150
-22
Northbrook
61
65
4
Offington
38
40
2
Salvington
32
37
5
Selden
42
38
-4
Tarring
35
44
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Total companies 2021 league table

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

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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
21st 2020: 20th
West Sussex
57,619
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
6th 2020: 6th
Kent
126,550
7th 2020: 7th
Hampshire
123,584
9th 2020: 9th
Surrey
106,792
16th 2020: 16th
East Sussex
70,862
21st 2020: 20th
West Sussex
57,619
46th 2020: 46th
Isle of Wight
6,319
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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71.2

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National Average

79.1

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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.

2017

5,598 formed

4,690 dissolved

2018

6,048 formed

4,694 dissolved

2019

6,154 formed

5,078 dissolved

2020

6,880 formed

4,250 dissolved

2021

6,463 formed

5,538 dissolved

Overall growth compared to previous year

3.43% vs 2017

2.46% vs 2018

6.41% vs 2019

2.5% vs 2020