2012
13,131 formed
8,119 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in West Yorkshire during 2016
5.2% more companies in West Yorkshire compared to 2015
Bradford 3,876 formed
Calderdale 1,383 formed
Kirklees 2,796 formed
Leeds 7,736 formed
Wakefield 2,032 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how West Yorkshire compares.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
people
8.0
10.5
97% Private Limited Companies (17,318 companies)
3% Other company types (519 companies)
Other company types breakdown (519 companies)
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Businesses formed in West Yorkshire during 2016
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Businesses dissolved in West Yorkshire during 2016
107,764
businesses registered in West Yorkshire at the end of 2016.
5.2% more companies in West Yorkshire compared to 2015
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
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Baildon |
51 |
||
Bingley |
18 |
||
Bingley Rural |
27 |
||
Bolton and Undercliffe |
28 |
||
Bowling and Barkerend |
66 |
||
Bradford Moor |
50 |
||
City |
161 |
||
Clayton and Fairweather Green |
42 |
||
Craven |
15 |
||
Eccleshill |
-5 |
||
Great Horton |
44 |
||
Heaton |
45 |
||
Idle and Thackley |
43 |
||
Ilkley |
13 |
||
Keighley Central |
36 |
||
Keighley East |
6 |
||
Keighley West |
-2 |
||
Little Horton |
18 |
||
Manningham |
65 |
||
Queensbury |
10 |
||
Royds |
34 |
||
Shipley |
10 |
||
Thornton and Allerton |
40 |
||
Toller |
49 |
||
Tong |
21 |
||
Wharfedale |
11 |
||
Wibsey |
33 |
||
Windhill and Wrose |
16 |
||
Worth Valley |
2 |
||
Wyke |
20 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Brighouse |
36 |
||
Calder |
12 |
||
Elland |
24 |
||
Greetland and Stainland |
24 |
||
Hipperholme and Lightcliffe |
3 |
||
Illingworth and Mixenden |
22 |
||
Luddendenfoot |
18 |
||
Northowram and Shelf |
28 |
||
Ovenden |
9 |
||
Park |
28 |
||
Rastrick |
11 |
||
Ryburn |
7 |
||
Skircoat |
26 |
||
Sowerby Bridge |
-13 |
||
Todmorden |
12 |
||
Town |
70 |
||
Warley |
10 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Almondbury |
24 |
||
Ashbrow |
59 |
||
Batley East |
19 |
||
Batley West |
33 |
||
Birstall and Birkenshaw |
-2 |
||
Cleckheaton |
-150 |
||
Colne Valley |
14 |
||
Crosland Moor and Netherton |
37 |
||
Dalton |
52 |
||
Denby Dale |
32 |
||
Dewsbury East |
26 |
||
Dewsbury South |
27 |
||
Dewsbury West |
30 |
||
Golcar |
-12 |
||
Greenhead |
45 |
||
Heckmondwike |
30 |
||
Holme Valley North |
18 |
||
Holme Valley South |
-17 |
||
Kirkburton |
61 |
||
Lindley |
28 |
||
Liversedge and Gomersal |
26 |
||
Mirfield |
18 |
||
Newsome |
40 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Adel and Wharfedale |
53 |
||
Alwoodley |
85 |
||
Ardsley and Robin Hood |
38 |
||
Armley |
78 |
||
Beeston and Holbeck |
73 |
||
Bramley and Stanningley |
85 |
||
Burmantofts and Richmond Hill |
230 |
||
Calverley and Farsley |
50 |
||
Chapel Allerton |
169 |
||
City and Hunslet |
255 |
||
Cross Gates and Whinmoor |
-6 |
||
Farnley and Wortley |
28 |
||
Garforth and Swillington |
146 |
||
Gipton and Harehills |
103 |
||
Guiseley and Rawdon |
-15 |
||
Harewood |
33 |
||
Headingley |
17 |
||
Horsforth |
93 |
||
Hyde Park and Woodhouse |
-7 |
||
Killingbeck and Seacroft |
77 |
||
Kippax and Methley |
32 |
||
Kirkstall |
63 |
||
Middleton Park |
40 |
||
Moortown |
34 |
||
Morley North |
26 |
||
Morley South |
50 |
||
Otley and Yeadon |
67 |
||
Pudsey |
40 |
||
Rothwell |
41 |
||
Roundhay |
51 |
||
Temple Newsam |
32 |
||
Weetwood |
20 |
||
Wetherby |
527 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ackworth North Elmsall and Upton |
79 |
||
Airedale and Ferry Fryston |
13 |
||
Altofts and Whitwood |
32 |
||
Castleford Central and Glasshoughton |
26 |
||
Crofton Ryhill and Walton |
8 |
||
Featherstone |
9 |
||
Hemsworth |
16 |
||
Horbury and South Ossett |
23 |
||
Knottingley |
22 |
||
Normanton |
48 |
||
Ossett |
-18 |
||
Pontefract North |
28 |
||
Pontefract South |
-1 |
||
South Elmsall and South Kirkby |
14 |
||
Stanley and Outwood East |
28 |
||
Wakefield East |
30 |
||
Wakefield North |
22 |
||
Wakefield Rural |
13 |
||
Wakefield South |
16 |
||
Wakefield West |
-43 |
||
Wrenthorpe and Outwood West |
21 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2016 and how West Yorkshire compares to them.
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
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 |
|---|---|---|
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 |
people
48.4
62.6
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