2013
14,169 formed
8,917 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in West Yorkshire during 2017
5.3% more companies in West Yorkshire compared to 2016
Bradford 4,044 formed
Calderdale 1,290 formed
Kirklees 2,817 formed
Leeds 6,594 formed
Wakefield 1,837 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how West Yorkshire compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2016: 1st
|
London |
205,527 |
2nd
2016: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
31,124 |
3rd
2016: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
26,802 |
4th
2016: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
16,604 |
5th
2016: 6th
|
Essex |
15,922 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
2nd
2016: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
31,124 |
4th
2016: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
16,604 |
12th
2016: 14th
|
Lancashire |
10,646 |
16th
2016: 15th
|
South Yorkshire |
8,325 |
22nd
2016: 25th
|
North Yorkshire |
6,766 |
27th
2016: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
5,803 |
35th
2016: 39th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
4,646 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2016: 1st
|
London |
205,527 |
2nd 2016: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
31,124 |
3rd 2016: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
26,802 |
4th 2016: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
16,604 |
5th 2016: 6th
|
Essex |
15,922 |
6th 2016: 8th
|
Kent |
14,860 |
7th 2016: 5th
|
Hertfordshire |
13,752 |
8th 2016: 9th
|
Hampshire |
13,642 |
9th 2016: 7th
|
Cheshire |
11,619 |
10th 2016: 13th
|
Merseyside |
11,016 |
11th 2016: 12th
|
Surrey |
11,009 |
12th 2016: 14th
|
Lancashire |
10,646 |
13th 2016: 18th
|
Leicestershire |
10,566 |
14th 2016: 22nd
|
Northamptonshire |
9,958 |
15th 2016: 16th
|
Berkshire |
8,679 |
16th 2016: 15th
|
South Yorkshire |
8,325 |
17th 2016: 17th
|
Buckinghamshire |
7,992 |
18th 2016: 24th
|
Worcestershire |
7,804 |
19th 2016: 20th
|
East Sussex |
7,318 |
20th 2016: 19th
|
Dorset |
7,242 |
21st 2016: 23rd
|
Nottinghamshire |
6,937 |
22nd 2016: 25th
|
North Yorkshire |
6,766 |
23rd 2016: 10th
|
Bedfordshire |
6,469 |
24th 2016: 21st
|
Staffordshire |
6,449 |
25th 2016: 28th
|
Cambridgeshire |
6,384 |
26th 2016: 26th
|
Tyne and Wear |
6,166 |
27th 2016: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
5,803 |
28th 2016: 30th
|
Devon |
5,615 |
29th 2016: 29th
|
West Sussex |
5,598 |
30th 2016: 32nd
|
Gloucestershire |
5,447 |
31st 2016: 31st
|
Lincolnshire |
5,414 |
32nd 2016: 33rd
|
Somerset |
5,329 |
33rd 2016: 11th
|
Wiltshire |
5,227 |
34th 2016: 34th
|
Bristol |
4,744 |
35th 2016: 39th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
4,646 |
36th 2016: 35th
|
Warwickshire |
4,617 |
37th 2016: 36th
|
Oxfordshire |
4,612 |
38th 2016: 37th
|
Norfolk |
4,399 |
39th 2016: 38th
|
Suffolk |
4,145 |
40th 2016: 40th
|
Durham |
4,077 |
41st 2016: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
2,665 |
42nd 2016: 41st
|
Shropshire |
2,474 |
43rd 2016: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,215 |
44th 2016: 44th
|
Northumberland |
1,360 |
45th 2016: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
906 |
46th 2016: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
528 |
47th 2016: 47th
|
Rutland |
186 |
people
7.5
10.0
97% Private Limited Companies (16,085 companies)
3% Other company types (519 companies)
Other company types breakdown (519 companies)
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Businesses formed in West Yorkshire during 2017
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Businesses dissolved in West Yorkshire during 2017
113,471
businesses registered in West Yorkshire at the end of 2017.
5.3% more companies in West Yorkshire compared to 2016
Lancashire
71,294 total businesses
10,646 formed in 2017
8,024 dissolved in 2017
North Yorkshire
50,798 total businesses
6,766 formed in 2017
4,636 dissolved in 2017
Derbyshire
44,849 total businesses
5,803 formed in 2017
4,531 dissolved in 2017
South Yorkshire
56,932 total businesses
8,325 formed in 2017
7,447 dissolved in 2017
Greater Manchester
177,360 total businesses
31,124 formed in 2017
23,467 dissolved in 2017
East Riding of Yorkshire
25,585 total businesses
4,646 formed in 2017
2,631 dissolved in 2017
West Yorkshire
113,471 total businesses
16,604 formed in 2017
12,646 dissolved in 2017
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Baildon |
19 |
||
Bingley |
15 |
||
Bingley Rural |
39 |
||
Bolton and Undercliffe |
40 |
||
Bowling and Barkerend |
65 |
||
Bradford Moor |
60 |
||
City |
45 |
||
Clayton and Fairweather Green |
9 |
||
Craven |
-1 |
||
Eccleshill |
12 |
||
Great Horton |
18 |
||
Heaton |
48 |
||
Idle and Thackley |
43 |
||
Ilkley |
40 |
||
Keighley Central |
66 |
||
Keighley East |
27 |
||
Keighley West |
22 |
||
Little Horton |
19 |
||
Manningham |
354 |
||
Queensbury |
13 |
||
Royds |
-2 |
||
Shipley |
37 |
||
Thornton and Allerton |
13 |
||
Toller |
74 |
||
Tong |
20 |
||
Wharfedale |
14 |
||
Wibsey |
18 |
||
Windhill and Wrose |
21 |
||
Worth Valley |
16 |
||
Wyke |
1 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Brighouse |
22 |
||
Calder |
15 |
||
Elland |
65 |
||
Greetland and Stainland |
21 |
||
Hipperholme and Lightcliffe |
25 |
||
Illingworth and Mixenden |
8 |
||
Luddendenfoot |
10 |
||
Northowram and Shelf |
33 |
||
Ovenden |
1 |
||
Park |
34 |
||
Rastrick |
-9 |
||
Ryburn |
22 |
||
Skircoat |
32 |
||
Sowerby Bridge |
5 |
||
Todmorden |
8 |
||
Town |
34 |
||
Warley |
23 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Almondbury |
31 |
||
Ashbrow |
62 |
||
Batley East |
78 |
||
Batley West |
46 |
||
Birstall and Birkenshaw |
-22 |
||
Cleckheaton |
-157 |
||
Colne Valley |
23 |
||
Crosland Moor and Netherton |
35 |
||
Dalton |
40 |
||
Denby Dale |
26 |
||
Dewsbury East |
47 |
||
Dewsbury South |
-44 |
||
Dewsbury West |
59 |
||
Golcar |
1 |
||
Greenhead |
30 |
||
Heckmondwike |
41 |
||
Holme Valley North |
5 |
||
Holme Valley South |
32 |
||
Kirkburton |
29 |
||
Lindley |
42 |
||
Liversedge and Gomersal |
8 |
||
Mirfield |
8 |
||
Newsome |
91 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Adel and Wharfedale |
30 |
||
Alwoodley |
62 |
||
Ardsley and Robin Hood |
21 |
||
Armley |
101 |
||
Beeston and Holbeck |
34 |
||
Bramley and Stanningley |
60 |
||
Burmantofts and Richmond Hill |
65 |
||
Calverley and Farsley |
75 |
||
Chapel Allerton |
129 |
||
City and Hunslet |
99 |
||
Cross Gates and Whinmoor |
12 |
||
Farnley and Wortley |
42 |
||
Garforth and Swillington |
182 |
||
Gipton and Harehills |
126 |
||
Guiseley and Rawdon |
-88 |
||
Harewood |
40 |
||
Headingley |
9 |
||
Horsforth |
80 |
||
Hyde Park and Woodhouse |
41 |
||
Killingbeck and Seacroft |
33 |
||
Kippax and Methley |
18 |
||
Kirkstall |
35 |
||
Middleton Park |
36 |
||
Moortown |
26 |
||
Morley North |
40 |
||
Morley South |
67 |
||
Otley and Yeadon |
73 |
||
Pudsey |
36 |
||
Rothwell |
47 |
||
Roundhay |
48 |
||
Temple Newsam |
33 |
||
Weetwood |
55 |
||
Wetherby |
-3 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ackworth North Elmsall and Upton |
32 |
||
Airedale and Ferry Fryston |
19 |
||
Altofts and Whitwood |
15 |
||
Castleford Central and Glasshoughton |
34 |
||
Crofton Ryhill and Walton |
12 |
||
Featherstone |
13 |
||
Hemsworth |
15 |
||
Horbury and South Ossett |
25 |
||
Knottingley |
5 |
||
Normanton |
40 |
||
Ossett |
-26 |
||
Pontefract North |
39 |
||
Pontefract South |
-1 |
||
South Elmsall and South Kirkby |
7 |
||
Stanley and Outwood East |
14 |
||
Wakefield East |
-2 |
||
Wakefield North |
-9 |
||
Wakefield Rural |
24 |
||
Wakefield South |
-2 |
||
Wakefield West |
-15 |
||
Wrenthorpe and Outwood West |
30 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2017 and how West Yorkshire compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2016: 1st
|
London |
1,114,699 |
2nd
2016: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
177,360 |
3rd
2016: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
159,647 |
4th
2016: 4th
|
Essex |
116,669 |
5th
2016: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
113,471 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
2nd
2016: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
177,360 |
5th
2016: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
113,471 |
11th
2016: 11th
|
Lancashire |
71,294 |
17th
2016: 16th
|
South Yorkshire |
56,932 |
19th
2016: 20th
|
North Yorkshire |
50,798 |
28th
2016: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
44,849 |
40th
2016: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
25,585 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2016: 1st
|
London |
1,114,699 |
2nd 2016: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
177,360 |
3rd 2016: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
159,647 |
4th 2016: 4th
|
Essex |
116,669 |
5th 2016: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
113,471 |
6th 2016: 7th
|
Hampshire |
106,588 |
7th 2016: 6th
|
Hertfordshire |
105,506 |
8th 2016: 8th
|
Kent |
105,182 |
9th 2016: 9th
|
Surrey |
96,847 |
10th 2016: 10th
|
Cheshire |
76,254 |
11th 2016: 11th
|
Lancashire |
71,294 |
12th 2016: 12th
|
Berkshire |
66,738 |
13th 2016: 13th
|
East Sussex |
64,805 |
14th 2016: 14th
|
Buckinghamshire |
64,538 |
15th 2016: 15th
|
Merseyside |
63,781 |
16th 2016: 17th
|
Leicestershire |
57,830 |
17th 2016: 16th
|
South Yorkshire |
56,932 |
18th 2016: 18th
|
Dorset |
52,411 |
19th 2016: 20th
|
North Yorkshire |
50,798 |
20th 2016: 19th
|
West Sussex |
49,845 |
21st 2016: 21st
|
Gloucestershire |
49,129 |
22nd 2016: 22nd
|
Devon |
48,848 |
23rd 2016: 23rd
|
Staffordshire |
47,930 |
24th 2016: 24th
|
Somerset |
47,912 |
25th 2016: 25th
|
Nottinghamshire |
47,771 |
26th 2016: 31st
|
Northamptonshire |
46,778 |
27th 2016: 28th
|
Cambridgeshire |
46,059 |
28th 2016: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
44,849 |
29th 2016: 30th
|
Lincolnshire |
41,976 |
30th 2016: 32nd
|
Tyne and Wear |
40,273 |
31st 2016: 33rd
|
Oxfordshire |
39,736 |
32nd 2016: 26th
|
Bedfordshire |
38,894 |
33rd 2016: 36th
|
Worcestershire |
38,764 |
34th 2016: 29th
|
Wiltshire |
36,977 |
35th 2016: 34th
|
Norfolk |
36,459 |
36th 2016: 35th
|
Warwickshire |
35,844 |
37th 2016: 37th
|
Suffolk |
33,994 |
38th 2016: 38th
|
Bristol |
32,106 |
39th 2016: 39th
|
Durham |
26,562 |
40th 2016: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
25,585 |
41st 2016: 41st
|
Shropshire |
21,473 |
42nd 2016: 43rd
|
Cornwall |
20,746 |
43rd 2016: 42nd
|
Cumbria |
20,316 |
44th 2016: 44th
|
Northumberland |
10,100 |
45th 2016: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
8,627 |
46th 2016: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
5,125 |
47th 2016: 47th
|
Rutland |
1,797 |
people
50.9
65.1
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.
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
2017
16,604 formed
12,646 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
6.6% vs 2013
8% vs 2014
5.2% vs 2015
5.3% vs 2016