2015
17,066 formed
10,272 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in West Yorkshire during 2019
4.2% more companies in West Yorkshire compared to 2018
Bradford 4,183 formed
Calderdale 1,629 formed
Kirklees 3,495 formed
Leeds 7,494 formed
Wakefield 1,920 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how West Yorkshire compares.
| 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 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
2nd
2018: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
31,440 |
4th
2018: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
18,752 |
11th
2018: 11th
|
Lancashire |
11,229 |
15th
2018: 16th
|
South Yorkshire |
9,325 |
22nd
2018: 23rd
|
North Yorkshire |
7,260 |
27th
2018: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
6,522 |
40th
2018: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
3,258 |
| 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 |
people
8.4
10.9
97% Private Limited Companies (18,182 companies)
3% Other company types (570 companies)
Other company types breakdown (570 companies)
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Businesses formed in West Yorkshire during 2019
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Businesses dissolved in West Yorkshire during 2019
123,678
businesses registered in West Yorkshire at the end of 2019.
4.2% more companies in West Yorkshire compared to 2018
Lancashire
77,937 total businesses
11,229 formed in 2019
9,084 dissolved in 2019
North Yorkshire
54,481 total businesses
7,260 formed in 2019
5,315 dissolved in 2019
Derbyshire
48,355 total businesses
6,522 formed in 2019
5,119 dissolved in 2019
South Yorkshire
60,360 total businesses
9,325 formed in 2019
7,937 dissolved in 2019
Greater Manchester
189,867 total businesses
31,440 formed in 2019
27,478 dissolved in 2019
East Riding of Yorkshire
25,383 total businesses
3,258 formed in 2019
2,692 dissolved in 2019
West Yorkshire
123,678 total businesses
18,752 formed in 2019
14,731 dissolved in 2019
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Baildon |
4 |
||
Bingley |
-2 |
||
Bingley Rural |
29 |
||
Bolton and Undercliffe |
20 |
||
Bowling and Barkerend |
93 |
||
Bradford Moor |
51 |
||
City |
123 |
||
Clayton and Fairweather Green |
16 |
||
Craven |
30 |
||
Eccleshill |
13 |
||
Great Horton |
53 |
||
Heaton |
20 |
||
Idle and Thackley |
25 |
||
Ilkley |
8 |
||
Keighley Central |
58 |
||
Keighley East |
42 |
||
Keighley West |
26 |
||
Little Horton |
60 |
||
Manningham |
-47 |
||
Queensbury |
15 |
||
Royds |
17 |
||
Shipley |
10 |
||
Thornton and Allerton |
13 |
||
Toller |
103 |
||
Tong |
15 |
||
Wharfedale |
7 |
||
Wibsey |
10 |
||
Windhill and Wrose |
30 |
||
Worth Valley |
31 |
||
Wyke |
25 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Brighouse |
19 |
||
Calder |
33 |
||
Elland |
105 |
||
Greetland and Stainland |
6 |
||
Hipperholme and Lightcliffe |
22 |
||
Illingworth and Mixenden |
-3 |
||
Luddendenfoot |
4 |
||
Northowram and Shelf |
19 |
||
Ovenden |
22 |
||
Park |
86 |
||
Rastrick |
19 |
||
Ryburn |
18 |
||
Skircoat |
33 |
||
Sowerby Bridge |
6 |
||
Todmorden |
33 |
||
Town |
53 |
||
Warley |
29 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Almondbury |
18 |
||
Ashbrow |
53 |
||
Batley East |
107 |
||
Batley West |
23 |
||
Birstall and Birkenshaw |
-23 |
||
Cleckheaton |
-185 |
||
Colne Valley |
43 |
||
Crosland Moor and Netherton |
17 |
||
Dalton |
122 |
||
Denby Dale |
43 |
||
Dewsbury East |
60 |
||
Dewsbury South |
63 |
||
Dewsbury West |
71 |
||
Golcar |
-23 |
||
Greenhead |
95 |
||
Heckmondwike |
27 |
||
Holme Valley North |
27 |
||
Holme Valley South |
32 |
||
Kirkburton |
28 |
||
Lindley |
210 |
||
Liversedge and Gomersal |
66 |
||
Mirfield |
27 |
||
Newsome |
57 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Adel and Wharfedale |
28 |
||
Alwoodley |
82 |
||
Ardsley and Robin Hood |
34 |
||
Armley |
79 |
||
Beeston and Holbeck |
45 |
||
Bramley and Stanningley |
4 |
||
Burmantofts and Richmond Hill |
93 |
||
Calverley and Farsley |
36 |
||
Chapel Allerton |
122 |
||
City and Hunslet |
-43 |
||
Cross Gates and Whinmoor |
13 |
||
Farnley and Wortley |
43 |
||
Garforth and Swillington |
231 |
||
Gipton and Harehills |
107 |
||
Guiseley and Rawdon |
-143 |
||
Harewood |
34 |
||
Headingley |
43 |
||
Horsforth |
14 |
||
Hyde Park and Woodhouse |
104 |
||
Killingbeck and Seacroft |
15 |
||
Kippax and Methley |
17 |
||
Kirkstall |
28 |
||
Middleton Park |
35 |
||
Moortown |
51 |
||
Morley North |
102 |
||
Morley South |
12 |
||
Otley and Yeadon |
47 |
||
Pudsey |
31 |
||
Rothwell |
83 |
||
Roundhay |
60 |
||
Temple Newsam |
97 |
||
Weetwood |
82 |
||
Wetherby |
20 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ackworth North Elmsall and Upton |
29 |
||
Airedale and Ferry Fryston |
11 |
||
Altofts and Whitwood |
3 |
||
Castleford Central and Glasshoughton |
39 |
||
Crofton Ryhill and Walton |
-1 |
||
Featherstone |
8 |
||
Hemsworth |
17 |
||
Horbury and South Ossett |
11 |
||
Knottingley |
-5 |
||
Normanton |
21 |
||
Ossett |
-86 |
||
Pontefract North |
43 |
||
Pontefract South |
16 |
||
South Elmsall and South Kirkby |
9 |
||
Stanley and Outwood East |
15 |
||
Wakefield East |
43 |
||
Wakefield North |
-196 |
||
Wakefield Rural |
16 |
||
Wakefield South |
38 |
||
Wakefield West |
33 |
||
Wrenthorpe and Outwood West |
41 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2019 and how West Yorkshire compares to them.
| 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 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
2nd
2018: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
189,867 |
5th
2018: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
123,678 |
11th
2018: 11th
|
Lancashire |
77,937 |
17th
2018: 17th
|
South Yorkshire |
60,360 |
19th
2018: 19th
|
North Yorkshire |
54,481 |
28th
2018: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
48,355 |
40th
2018: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
25,383 |
| 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 |
people
55.5
70.7
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.
2015
17,066 formed
10,272 dissolved
2016
17,837 formed
13,098 dissolved
2017
16,604 formed
12,646 dissolved
2018
18,204 formed
15,022 dissolved
2019
18,752 formed
14,731 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
5.2% vs 2015
5.3% vs 2016
4.61% vs 2017
4.2% vs 2018