2016
17,837 formed
13,098 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in West Yorkshire during 2020
9.4% more companies in West Yorkshire compared to 2019
Bradford 5,170 formed
Calderdale 1,687 formed
Kirklees 4,299 formed
Leeds 9,311 formed
Wakefield 2,101 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how West Yorkshire compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2019: 1st
|
London |
270,114 |
2nd
2019: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
37,202 |
3rd
2019: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
36,288 |
4th
2019: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
22,615 |
5th
2019: 5th
|
Essex |
19,277 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
3rd
2019: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
36,288 |
4th
2019: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
22,615 |
10th
2019: 11th
|
Lancashire |
12,655 |
14th
2019: 15th
|
South Yorkshire |
10,450 |
19th
2019: 22nd
|
North Yorkshire |
8,200 |
25th
2019: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
7,413 |
40th
2019: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
3,667 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2019: 1st
|
London |
270,114 |
2nd 2019: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
37,202 |
3rd 2019: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
36,288 |
4th 2019: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
22,615 |
5th 2019: 5th
|
Essex |
19,277 |
6th 2019: 6th
|
Kent |
18,501 |
7th 2019: 8th
|
Hampshire |
15,534 |
8th 2019: 7th
|
Hertfordshire |
14,464 |
9th 2019: 10th
|
Merseyside |
13,410 |
10th 2019: 11th
|
Lancashire |
12,655 |
11th 2019: 13th
|
Leicestershire |
12,543 |
12th 2019: 12th
|
Surrey |
11,997 |
13th 2019: 9th
|
Cheshire |
11,017 |
14th 2019: 15th
|
South Yorkshire |
10,450 |
15th 2019: 16th
|
Berkshire |
9,920 |
16th 2019: 17th
|
Buckinghamshire |
9,394 |
17th 2019: 21st
|
Nottinghamshire |
8,760 |
18th 2019: 26th
|
Bedfordshire |
8,238 |
19th 2019: 22nd
|
North Yorkshire |
8,200 |
20th 2019: 20th
|
East Sussex |
8,149 |
21st 2019: 23rd
|
Tyne and Wear |
7,867 |
22nd 2019: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
7,720 |
23rd 2019: 18th
|
Northamptonshire |
7,534 |
24th 2019: 25th
|
Cambridgeshire |
7,516 |
25th 2019: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
7,413 |
26th 2019: 19th
|
Dorset |
7,253 |
27th 2019: 28th
|
Devon |
7,174 |
28th 2019: 14th
|
Worcestershire |
6,955 |
29th 2019: 29th
|
West Sussex |
6,880 |
30th 2019: 30th
|
Lincolnshire |
6,475 |
31st 2019: 31st
|
Somerset |
6,432 |
32nd 2019: 32nd
|
Gloucestershire |
6,419 |
33rd 2019: 35th
|
Bristol |
5,559 |
34th 2019: 34th
|
Oxfordshire |
5,363 |
35th 2019: 38th
|
Suffolk |
5,105 |
36th 2019: 37th
|
Durham |
5,083 |
37th 2019: 36th
|
Norfolk |
5,006 |
38th 2019: 33rd
|
Warwickshire |
4,920 |
39th 2019: 39th
|
Wiltshire |
4,645 |
40th 2019: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
3,667 |
41st 2019: 41st
|
Shropshire |
3,386 |
42nd 2019: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
2,951 |
43rd 2019: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,333 |
44th 2019: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
2,327 |
45th 2019: 44th
|
Northumberland |
1,560 |
46th 2019: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
765 |
47th 2019: 47th
|
Rutland |
410 |
people
10.2
12.3
98% Private Limited Companies (22,076 companies)
2% Other company types (539 companies)
Other company types breakdown (539 companies)
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Businesses formed in West Yorkshire during 2020
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Businesses dissolved in West Yorkshire during 2020
135,276
businesses registered in West Yorkshire at the end of 2020.
9.4% more companies in West Yorkshire compared to 2019
Lancashire
83,690 total businesses
12,655 formed in 2020
7,557 dissolved in 2020
North Yorkshire
58,526 total businesses
8,200 formed in 2020
4,289 dissolved in 2020
Derbyshire
51,742 total businesses
7,413 formed in 2020
3,918 dissolved in 2020
South Yorkshire
65,398 total businesses
10,450 formed in 2020
5,761 dissolved in 2020
Greater Manchester
207,946 total businesses
36,288 formed in 2020
20,649 dissolved in 2020
East Riding of Yorkshire
26,864 total businesses
3,667 formed in 2020
2,234 dissolved in 2020
West Yorkshire
135,276 total businesses
22,615 formed in 2020
12,141 dissolved in 2020
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Baildon |
23 |
||
Bingley |
7 |
||
Bingley Rural |
51 |
||
Bolton and Undercliffe |
94 |
||
Bowling and Barkerend |
173 |
||
Bradford Moor |
173 |
||
City |
448 |
||
Clayton and Fairweather Green |
70 |
||
Craven |
20 |
||
Eccleshill |
72 |
||
Great Horton |
107 |
||
Heaton |
115 |
||
Idle and Thackley |
50 |
||
Ilkley |
52 |
||
Keighley Central |
133 |
||
Keighley East |
80 |
||
Keighley West |
37 |
||
Little Horton |
147 |
||
Manningham |
233 |
||
Queensbury |
29 |
||
Royds |
74 |
||
Shipley |
74 |
||
Thornton and Allerton |
73 |
||
Toller |
133 |
||
Tong |
117 |
||
Wharfedale |
20 |
||
Wibsey |
50 |
||
Windhill and Wrose |
73 |
||
Worth Valley |
23 |
||
Wyke |
35 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Brighouse |
57 |
||
Calder |
42 |
||
Elland |
42 |
||
Greetland and Stainland |
7 |
||
Hipperholme and Lightcliffe |
26 |
||
Illingworth and Mixenden |
40 |
||
Luddendenfoot |
30 |
||
Northowram and Shelf |
84 |
||
Ovenden |
30 |
||
Park |
133 |
||
Rastrick |
22 |
||
Ryburn |
26 |
||
Skircoat |
46 |
||
Sowerby Bridge |
14 |
||
Todmorden |
-192 |
||
Town |
84 |
||
Warley |
43 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Almondbury |
50 |
||
Ashbrow |
283 |
||
Batley East |
243 |
||
Batley West |
92 |
||
Birstall and Birkenshaw |
32 |
||
Cleckheaton |
-52 |
||
Colne Valley |
40 |
||
Crosland Moor and Netherton |
108 |
||
Dalton |
170 |
||
Denby Dale |
68 |
||
Dewsbury East |
128 |
||
Dewsbury South |
125 |
||
Dewsbury West |
152 |
||
Golcar |
163 |
||
Greenhead |
164 |
||
Heckmondwike |
78 |
||
Holme Valley North |
26 |
||
Holme Valley South |
-9 |
||
Kirkburton |
73 |
||
Lindley |
108 |
||
Liversedge and Gomersal |
58 |
||
Mirfield |
49 |
||
Newsome |
165 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Adel and Wharfedale |
64 |
||
Alwoodley |
97 |
||
Ardsley and Robin Hood |
92 |
||
Armley |
154 |
||
Beeston and Holbeck |
185 |
||
Bramley and Stanningley |
108 |
||
Burmantofts and Richmond Hill |
176 |
||
Calverley and Farsley |
90 |
||
Chapel Allerton |
211 |
||
City and Hunslet |
1302 |
||
Cross Gates and Whinmoor |
29 |
||
Farnley and Wortley |
114 |
||
Garforth and Swillington |
92 |
||
Gipton and Harehills |
305 |
||
Guiseley and Rawdon |
-115 |
||
Harewood |
84 |
||
Headingley |
57 |
||
Horsforth |
22 |
||
Hyde Park and Woodhouse |
189 |
||
Killingbeck and Seacroft |
-431 |
||
Kippax and Methley |
34 |
||
Kirkstall |
115 |
||
Middleton Park |
123 |
||
Moortown |
81 |
||
Morley North |
105 |
||
Morley South |
105 |
||
Otley and Yeadon |
134 |
||
Pudsey |
64 |
||
Rothwell |
26 |
||
Roundhay |
126 |
||
Temple Newsam |
147 |
||
Weetwood |
126 |
||
Wetherby |
133 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Ackworth North Elmsall and Upton |
57 |
||
Airedale and Ferry Fryston |
18 |
||
Altofts and Whitwood |
31 |
||
Castleford Central and Glasshoughton |
52 |
||
Crofton Ryhill and Walton |
22 |
||
Featherstone |
44 |
||
Hemsworth |
30 |
||
Horbury and South Ossett |
52 |
||
Knottingley |
26 |
||
Normanton |
40 |
||
Ossett |
-88 |
||
Pontefract North |
72 |
||
Pontefract South |
16 |
||
South Elmsall and South Kirkby |
38 |
||
Stanley and Outwood East |
35 |
||
Wakefield East |
67 |
||
Wakefield North |
-32 |
||
Wakefield Rural |
56 |
||
Wakefield South |
51 |
||
Wakefield West |
81 |
||
Wrenthorpe and Outwood West |
54 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2020 and how West Yorkshire compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2019: 1st
|
London |
1,338,261 |
2nd
2019: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
207,946 |
3rd
2019: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
191,692 |
4th
2019: 4th
|
Essex |
137,310 |
5th
2019: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
135,276 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
2nd
2019: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
207,946 |
5th
2019: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
135,276 |
11th
2019: 11th
|
Lancashire |
83,690 |
17th
2019: 17th
|
South Yorkshire |
65,398 |
18th
2019: 19th
|
North Yorkshire |
58,526 |
28th
2019: 28th
|
Derbyshire |
51,742 |
40th
2019: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
26,864 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2019: 1st
|
London |
1,338,261 |
2nd 2019: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
207,946 |
3rd 2019: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
191,692 |
4th 2019: 4th
|
Essex |
137,310 |
5th 2019: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
135,276 |
6th 2019: 7th
|
Kent |
122,694 |
7th 2019: 6th
|
Hampshire |
121,331 |
8th 2019: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
117,796 |
9th 2019: 9th
|
Surrey |
105,715 |
10th 2019: 10th
|
Cheshire |
86,796 |
11th 2019: 11th
|
Lancashire |
83,690 |
12th 2019: 14th
|
Merseyside |
74,780 |
13th 2019: 13th
|
Buckinghamshire |
73,748 |
14th 2019: 12th
|
Berkshire |
73,492 |
15th 2019: 16th
|
Leicestershire |
71,425 |
16th 2019: 15th
|
East Sussex |
70,311 |
17th 2019: 17th
|
South Yorkshire |
65,398 |
18th 2019: 19th
|
North Yorkshire |
58,526 |
19th 2019: 20th
|
Devon |
57,278 |
20th 2019: 21st
|
West Sussex |
56,212 |
21st 2019: 25th
|
Nottinghamshire |
56,199 |
22nd 2019: 22nd
|
Gloucestershire |
55,106 |
23rd 2019: 23rd
|
Somerset |
55,092 |
24th 2019: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
54,862 |
25th 2019: 18th
|
Dorset |
54,841 |
26th 2019: 26th
|
Cambridgeshire |
54,497 |
27th 2019: 27th
|
Northamptonshire |
52,017 |
28th 2019: 28th
|
Derbyshire |
51,742 |
29th 2019: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
48,061 |
30th 2019: 30th
|
Tyne and Wear |
47,790 |
31st 2019: 33rd
|
Bedfordshire |
46,207 |
32nd 2019: 32nd
|
Oxfordshire |
45,071 |
33rd 2019: 31st
|
Worcestershire |
44,570 |
34th 2019: 35th
|
Norfolk |
41,185 |
35th 2019: 34th
|
Warwickshire |
40,304 |
36th 2019: 37th
|
Suffolk |
39,507 |
37th 2019: 36th
|
Wiltshire |
39,022 |
38th 2019: 38th
|
Bristol |
36,208 |
39th 2019: 39th
|
Durham |
31,943 |
40th 2019: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
26,864 |
41st 2019: 41st
|
Shropshire |
25,603 |
42nd 2019: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
23,804 |
43rd 2019: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
22,186 |
44th 2019: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
12,800 |
45th 2019: 44th
|
Northumberland |
11,575 |
46th 2019: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
6,118 |
47th 2019: 47th
|
Rutland |
2,257 |
people
60.7
76.4
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.
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
2020
22,615 formed
12,141 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
5.3% vs 2016
4.61% vs 2017
4.19% vs 2018
9.4% vs 2019