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Company Formations in 2016: West Yorkshire

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???? Businesses formed in West Yorkshire during 2016

5.2% more companies in West Yorkshire compared to 2015

New businesses in West Yorkshire mapped

Bradford 3,876 formed

Calderdale 1,383 formed

Kirklees 2,796 formed

Leeds 7,736 formed

Wakefield 2,032 formed

Companies formed in 2016 league table

The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how West Yorkshire 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
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County
No. Companies formed
Rank County No. Companies formed
2nd 2015: 2nd
Greater Manchester
32,999
4th 2015: 4th
West Yorkshire
17,837
14th 2015: 11th
Lancashire
10,600
15th 2015: 13th
South Yorkshire
9,265
25th 2015: 21st
North Yorkshire
6,525
27th 2015: 19th
Derbyshire
6,271
39th 2015: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
4,080
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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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8.0

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10.5

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Type of companies formed in West Yorkshire breakdown

97% Private Limited Companies (17,318 companies)

3% Other company types (519 companies)

Other company types breakdown (519 companies)

Total companies in West Yorkshire by the end of 2016

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Businesses formed in West Yorkshire during 2016

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Businesses dissolved in West Yorkshire during 2016

meaning there is a total of

107,764

businesses registered in West Yorkshire at the end of 2016.

5.2% more companies in West Yorkshire compared to 2015

Surrounding counties 2016 breakdown & comparison

Lancashire

68,241 total businesses
10,600 formed in 2016
7,908 dissolved in 2016

North Yorkshire

48,164 total businesses
6,525 formed in 2016
5,093 dissolved in 2016

Derbyshire

43,529 total businesses
6,271 formed in 2016
4,531 dissolved in 2016

South Yorkshire

55,438 total businesses
9,265 formed in 2016
6,970 dissolved in 2016

Greater Manchester

167,797 total businesses
32,999 formed in 2016
23,445 dissolved in 2016

East Riding of Yorkshire

23,848 total businesses
4,080 formed in 2016
2,401 dissolved in 2016

West Yorkshire

107,764 total businesses
17,837 formed in 2016
13,098 dissolved in 2016

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Ward breakdown data for

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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Baildon
99
150
51
Bingley
61
79
18
Bingley Rural
90
117
27
Bolton and Undercliffe
44
72
28
Bowling and Barkerend
128
194
66
Bradford Moor
94
144
50
City
547
708
161
Clayton and Fairweather Green
60
102
42
Craven
47
62
15
Eccleshill
62
57
-5
Great Horton
60
104
44
Heaton
79
124
45
Idle and Thackley
78
121
43
Ilkley
89
102
13
Keighley Central
159
195
36
Keighley East
61
67
6
Keighley West
29
27
-2
Little Horton
97
115
18
Manningham
267
332
65
Queensbury
44
54
10
Royds
32
66
34
Shipley
198
208
10
Thornton and Allerton
48
88
40
Toller
93
142
49
Tong
104
125
21
Wharfedale
36
47
11
Wibsey
66
99
33
Windhill and Wrose
41
57
16
Worth Valley
51
53
2
Wyke
45
65
20
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Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Brighouse
55
91
36
Calder
94
106
12
Elland
57
81
24
Greetland and Stainland
37
61
24
Hipperholme and Lightcliffe
57
60
3
Illingworth and Mixenden
29
51
22
Luddendenfoot
43
61
18
Northowram and Shelf
119
147
28
Ovenden
23
32
9
Park
132
160
28
Rastrick
21
32
11
Ryburn
48
55
7
Skircoat
47
73
26
Sowerby Bridge
64
51
-13
Todmorden
42
54
12
Town
147
217
70
Warley
41
51
10
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Almondbury
61
85
24
Ashbrow
81
140
59
Batley East
118
137
19
Batley West
73
106
33
Birstall and Birkenshaw
107
105
-2
Cleckheaton
386
236
-150
Colne Valley
60
74
14
Crosland Moor and Netherton
84
121
37
Dalton
72
124
52
Denby Dale
59
91
32
Dewsbury East
90
116
26
Dewsbury South
86
113
27
Dewsbury West
86
116
30
Golcar
85
73
-12
Greenhead
125
170
45
Heckmondwike
70
100
30
Holme Valley North
68
86
18
Holme Valley South
123
106
-17
Kirkburton
77
138
61
Lindley
76
104
28
Liversedge and Gomersal
63
89
26
Mirfield
75
93
18
Newsome
233
273
40
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Adel and Wharfedale
76
129
53
Alwoodley
103
188
85
Ardsley and Robin Hood
65
103
38
Armley
109
187
78
Beeston and Holbeck
133
206
73
Bramley and Stanningley
103
188
85
Burmantofts and Richmond Hill
133
363
230
Calverley and Farsley
113
163
50
Chapel Allerton
177
346
169
City and Hunslet
1417
1672
255
Cross Gates and Whinmoor
123
117
-6
Farnley and Wortley
68
96
28
Garforth and Swillington
229
375
146
Gipton and Harehills
164
267
103
Guiseley and Rawdon
129
114
-15
Harewood
103
136
33
Headingley
101
118
17
Horsforth
166
259
93
Hyde Park and Woodhouse
237
230
-7
Killingbeck and Seacroft
74
151
77
Kippax and Methley
38
70
32
Kirkstall
54
117
63
Middleton Park
60
100
40
Moortown
105
139
34
Morley North
140
166
26
Morley South
136
186
50
Otley and Yeadon
140
207
67
Pudsey
86
126
40
Rothwell
78
119
41
Roundhay
120
171
51
Temple Newsam
75
107
32
Weetwood
109
129
20
Wetherby
164
691
527
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Ackworth North Elmsall and Upton
25
104
79
Airedale and Ferry Fryston
17
30
13
Altofts and Whitwood
23
55
32
Castleford Central and Glasshoughton
56
82
26
Crofton Ryhill and Walton
37
45
8
Featherstone
46
55
9
Hemsworth
36
52
16
Horbury and South Ossett
50
73
23
Knottingley
20
42
22
Normanton
44
92
48
Ossett
116
98
-18
Pontefract North
82
110
28
Pontefract South
34
33
-1
South Elmsall and South Kirkby
49
63
14
Stanley and Outwood East
44
72
28
Wakefield East
48
78
30
Wakefield North
557
579
22
Wakefield Rural
82
95
13
Wakefield South
64
80
16
Wakefield West
164
121
-43
Wrenthorpe and Outwood West
52
73
21

Total companies 2016 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2016 and how West Yorkshire 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
Rank
County
Total companies
Rank County Total companies
2nd 2015: 2nd
Greater Manchester
167,797
5th 2015: 5th
West Yorkshire
107,764
11th 2015: 11th
Lancashire
68,241
16th 2015: 16th
South Yorkshire
55,438
20th 2015: 20th
North Yorkshire
48,164
27th 2015: 25th
Derbyshire
43,529
40th 2015: 40th
East Riding of Yorkshire
23,848
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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48.4

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62.6

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The last 5 years

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

2012

13,131 formed

8,119 dissolved

2013

14,169 formed

8,917 dissolved

2014

15,924 formed

10,046 dissolved

2015

17,066 formed

10,272 dissolved

2016

17,837 formed

13,098 dissolved

Overall growth compared to previous year

6.3% vs 2012

6.6% vs 2013

8% vs 2014

5.2% vs 2015