2011
3,660 formed
2,136 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Wiltshire during 2015
6.4% more companies in Wiltshire compared to 2014
Swindon 1,614 formed
Wiltshire 2,892 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Wiltshire compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2014: 1st
|
London |
198,282 |
2nd
2014: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
28,265 |
3rd
2014: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
26,952 |
4th
2014: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
17,066 |
5th
2014: 5th
|
Essex |
16,147 |
34th 2014: 35th
|
Wiltshire |
4,506 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
8th
2014: 6th
|
Hampshire |
13,779 |
14th
2014: 13th
|
Berkshire |
9,135 |
17th
2014: 20th
|
Dorset |
7,791 |
29th
2014: 29th
|
Gloucestershire |
5,741 |
31st
2014: 31st
|
Somerset |
5,383 |
32nd
2014: 32nd
|
Bristol |
4,942 |
33rd
2014: 33rd
|
Oxfordshire |
4,611 |
34th
2014: 35th
|
Wiltshire |
4,506 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2014: 1st
|
London |
198,282 |
2nd 2014: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
28,265 |
3rd 2014: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
26,952 |
4th 2014: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
17,066 |
5th 2014: 5th
|
Essex |
16,147 |
6th 2014: 7th
|
Hertfordshire |
14,575 |
7th 2014: 8th
|
Kent |
14,246 |
8th 2014: 6th
|
Hampshire |
13,779 |
9th 2014: 9th
|
Surrey |
12,014 |
10th 2014: 10th
|
Cheshire |
11,974 |
11th 2014: 11th
|
Lancashire |
10,080 |
12th 2014: 12th
|
Merseyside |
9,857 |
13th 2014: 15th
|
South Yorkshire |
9,290 |
14th 2014: 13th
|
Berkshire |
9,135 |
15th 2014: 14th
|
East Sussex |
8,786 |
16th 2014: 16th
|
Buckinghamshire |
8,249 |
17th 2014: 20th
|
Dorset |
7,791 |
18th 2014: 18th
|
Leicestershire |
7,712 |
19th 2014: 25th
|
Derbyshire |
7,414 |
20th 2014: 17th
|
Nottinghamshire |
6,908 |
21st 2014: 19th
|
North Yorkshire |
6,437 |
22nd 2014: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
6,375 |
23rd 2014: 23rd
|
Northamptonshire |
6,347 |
24th 2014: 26th
|
Bedfordshire |
6,245 |
25th 2014: 27th
|
Cambridgeshire |
6,235 |
26th 2014: 21st
|
West Sussex |
6,136 |
27th 2014: 28th
|
Tyne and Wear |
6,042 |
28th 2014: 22nd
|
Lincolnshire |
5,879 |
29th 2014: 29th
|
Gloucestershire |
5,741 |
30th 2014: 30th
|
Devon |
5,394 |
31st 2014: 31st
|
Somerset |
5,383 |
32nd 2014: 32nd
|
Bristol |
4,942 |
33rd 2014: 33rd
|
Oxfordshire |
4,611 |
34th 2014: 35th
|
Wiltshire |
4,506 |
35th 2014: 34th
|
Warwickshire |
4,424 |
36th 2014: 36th
|
Norfolk |
4,296 |
37th 2014: 38th
|
Suffolk |
4,031 |
38th 2014: 37th
|
Durham |
3,834 |
39th 2014: 39th
|
Worcestershire |
3,572 |
40th 2014: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
2,967 |
41st 2014: 42nd
|
Shropshire |
2,416 |
42nd 2014: 41st
|
Cornwall |
2,392 |
43rd 2014: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,166 |
44th 2014: 44th
|
Northumberland |
1,289 |
45th 2014: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
950 |
46th 2014: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
560 |
47th 2014: 47th
|
Rutland |
194 |
people
6.6
9.7
96% Private Limited Companies (4,329 companies)
4% Other company types (177 companies)
Other company types breakdown (177 companies)
????
Businesses formed in Wiltshire during 2015
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Businesses dissolved in Wiltshire during 2015
33,003
businesses registered in Wiltshire at the end of 2015.
6.4% more companies in Wiltshire compared to 2014
Dorset
47,433 total businesses
7,791 formed in 2015
3,732 dissolved in 2015
Hampshire
98,825 total businesses
13,779 formed in 2015
8,825 dissolved in 2015
Somerset
44,277 total businesses
5,383 formed in 2015
3,379 dissolved in 2015
Gloucestershire
46,009 total businesses
5,741 formed in 2015
3,809 dissolved in 2015
Oxfordshire
37,534 total businesses
4,611 formed in 2015
2,781 dissolved in 2015
Berkshire
63,186 total businesses
9,135 formed in 2015
6,380 dissolved in 2015
Bristol
30,301 total businesses
4,942 formed in 2015
3,170 dissolved in 2015
Wiltshire
33,003 total businesses
4,506 formed in 2015
2,718 dissolved in 2015
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Blunsdon and Highworth |
9 |
||
Central |
158 |
||
Chiseldon and Lawn |
13 |
||
Covingham and Dorcan |
22 |
||
Eastcott |
84 |
||
Gorse Hill and Pinehurst |
10 |
||
Haydon Wick |
2 |
||
Liden Eldene and Park South |
19 |
||
Lydiard and Freshbrook |
26 |
||
Mannington and Western |
60 |
||
Old Town |
29 |
||
Penhill and Upper Stratton |
15 |
||
Priory Vale |
36 |
||
Ridgeway |
66 |
||
Rodbourne Cheney |
47 |
||
Shaw |
41 |
||
St Andrews |
37 |
||
St Margaret and South Marston |
-30 |
||
Walcot and Park North |
34 |
||
Wroughton and Wichelstowe |
14 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Aldbourne and Ramsbury |
31 |
||
Alderbury and Whiteparish |
14 |
||
Amesbury East |
6 |
||
Amesbury West |
3 |
||
Bourne and Woodford Valley |
21 |
||
Box and Colerne |
16 |
||
Bradford-on-Avon North |
-1 |
||
Bradford-on-Avon South |
23 |
||
Brinkworth |
2 |
||
Bromham Rowde and Potterne |
5 |
||
Bulford Allington and Figheldean |
15 |
||
Burbage and the Bedwyns |
2 |
||
By Brook |
23 |
||
Calne Central |
49 |
||
Calne Chilvester and Abberd |
9 |
||
Calne North |
8 |
||
Calne Rural |
5 |
||
Calne South and Cherhill |
7 |
||
Chippenham Cepen Park and Derriads |
-4 |
||
Chippenham Cepen Park and Redlands |
18 |
||
Chippenham Hardenhuish |
11 |
||
Chippenham Hardens and England |
38 |
||
Chippenham Lowden and Rowden |
2 |
||
Chippenham Monkton |
30 |
||
Chippenham Pewsham |
-8 |
||
Chippenham Queens and Sheldon |
7 |
||
Corsham Pickwick |
10 |
||
Corsham Town |
3 |
||
Corsham Without and Box Hill |
1 |
||
Cricklade and Latton |
12 |
||
Devizes and Roundway South |
5 |
||
Devizes East |
10 |
||
Devizes North |
34 |
||
Downton and Ebble Valley |
11 |
||
Durrington and Larkhill |
4 |
||
Ethandune |
-15 |
||
Fovant and Chalke Valley |
24 |
||
Hilperton |
7 |
||
Holt and Staverton |
12 |
||
Kington |
15 |
||
Laverstock Ford and Old Sarum |
14 |
||
Ludgershall and Perham Down |
5 |
||
Lyneham |
11 |
||
Malmesbury |
8 |
||
Marlborough East |
9 |
||
Marlborough West |
21 |
||
Melksham Central |
23 |
||
Melksham North |
22 |
||
Melksham South |
6 |
||
Melksham Without North |
13 |
||
Melksham Without South |
5 |
||
Mere |
3 |
||
Minety |
14 |
||
Nadder and East Knoyle |
5 |
||
Pewsey |
15 |
||
Pewsey Vale |
10 |
||
Purton |
8 |
||
Redlynch and Landford |
6 |
||
Roundway |
-4 |
||
Royal Wootton Bassett East |
24 |
||
Royal Wootton Bassett North |
3 |
||
Royal Wootton Bassett South |
22 |
||
Salisbury Bemerton |
11 |
||
Salisbury Fisherton and Bemerton Village |
19 |
||
Salisbury Harnham |
2 |
||
Salisbury St Edmund and Milford |
15 |
||
Salisbury St Francis and Stratford |
5 |
||
Salisbury St Mark's and Bishopdown |
16 |
||
Salisbury St Martin's and Cathedral |
-18 |
||
Salisbury St Paul's |
39 |
||
Sherston |
8 |
||
Southwick |
0 |
||
Summerham and Seend |
10 |
||
The Collingbournes and Netheravon |
6 |
||
The Lavingtons and Erlestoke |
0 |
||
Tidworth |
5 |
||
Till and Wylye Valley |
14 |
||
Tisbury |
4 |
||
Trowbridge Adcroft |
-1 |
||
Trowbridge Central |
19 |
||
Trowbridge Drynham |
2 |
||
Trowbridge Grove |
8 |
||
Trowbridge Lambrok |
2 |
||
Trowbridge Park |
-1 |
||
Trowbridge Paxcroft |
11 |
||
Urchfont and The Cannings |
15 |
||
Warminster Broadway |
8 |
||
Warminster Copheap and Wylye |
15 |
||
Warminster East |
70 |
||
Warminster West |
1 |
||
Warminster Without |
5 |
||
West Selkley |
5 |
||
Westbury East |
13 |
||
Westbury North |
11 |
||
Westbury West |
14 |
||
Wilton and Lower Wylye Valley |
21 |
||
Winsley and Westwood |
10 |
||
Winterslow |
24 |
||
Wroughton and Wichelstowe |
14 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2015 and how Wiltshire compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2014: 1st
|
London |
1,017,154 |
2nd
2014: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
156,025 |
3rd
2014: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
147,044 |
4th
2014: 4th
|
Essex |
107,891 |
5th
2014: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
102,450 |
33rd 2014: 33rd
|
Wiltshire |
33,003 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
6th
2014: 6th
|
Hampshire |
98,825 |
12th
2014: 12th
|
Berkshire |
63,186 |
18th
2014: 19th
|
Dorset |
47,433 |
21st
2014: 20th
|
Gloucestershire |
46,009 |
23rd
2014: 23rd
|
Somerset |
44,277 |
30th
2014: 30th
|
Oxfordshire |
37,534 |
33rd
2014: 33rd
|
Wiltshire |
33,003 |
37th
2014: 37th
|
Bristol |
30,301 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2014: 1st
|
London |
1,017,154 |
2nd 2014: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
156,025 |
3rd 2014: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
147,044 |
4th 2014: 4th
|
Essex |
107,891 |
5th 2014: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
102,450 |
6th 2014: 6th
|
Hampshire |
98,825 |
7th 2014: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
96,909 |
8th 2014: 9th
|
Kent |
94,176 |
9th 2014: 7th
|
Surrey |
93,699 |
10th 2014: 10th
|
Cheshire |
67,995 |
11th 2014: 11th
|
Lancashire |
65,240 |
12th 2014: 12th
|
Berkshire |
63,186 |
13th 2014: 13th
|
East Sussex |
61,290 |
14th 2014: 14th
|
Buckinghamshire |
59,305 |
15th 2014: 15th
|
Merseyside |
56,875 |
16th 2014: 16th
|
South Yorkshire |
52,205 |
17th 2014: 18th
|
Leicestershire |
48,126 |
18th 2014: 19th
|
Dorset |
47,433 |
19th 2014: 17th
|
West Sussex |
47,267 |
20th 2014: 21st
|
North Yorkshire |
46,660 |
21st 2014: 20th
|
Gloucestershire |
46,009 |
22nd 2014: 22nd
|
Devon |
44,917 |
23rd 2014: 23rd
|
Somerset |
44,277 |
24th 2014: 25th
|
Staffordshire |
44,125 |
25th 2014: 26th
|
Derbyshire |
43,692 |
26th 2014: 24th
|
Nottinghamshire |
43,336 |
27th 2014: 27th
|
Cambridgeshire |
41,403 |
28th 2014: 28th
|
Lincolnshire |
39,944 |
29th 2014: 29th
|
Northamptonshire |
39,638 |
30th 2014: 30th
|
Oxfordshire |
37,534 |
31st 2014: 31st
|
Tyne and Wear |
36,643 |
32nd 2014: 32nd
|
Bedfordshire |
34,911 |
33rd 2014: 33rd
|
Wiltshire |
33,003 |
34th 2014: 34th
|
Warwickshire |
32,797 |
35th 2014: 35th
|
Norfolk |
32,493 |
36th 2014: 36th
|
Suffolk |
30,944 |
37th 2014: 37th
|
Bristol |
30,301 |
38th 2014: 38th
|
Worcestershire |
29,303 |
39th 2014: 39th
|
Durham |
24,091 |
40th 2014: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
22,144 |
41st 2014: 41st
|
Shropshire |
19,451 |
42nd 2014: 42nd
|
Cumbria |
19,348 |
43rd 2014: 43rd
|
Cornwall |
18,859 |
44th 2014: 44th
|
Northumberland |
9,370 |
45th 2014: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
8,115 |
46th 2014: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
4,853 |
47th 2014: 47th
|
Rutland |
1,677 |
people
48.2
59.4
How the total number of companies in Wiltshire has changed over the last 5 years as new companies have been formed and some existing companies dissolved.
2011
3,660 formed
2,136 dissolved
2012
3,819 formed
2,021 dissolved
2013
3,982 formed
2,390 dissolved
2014
4,208 formed
2,707 dissolved
2015
4,506 formed
2,718 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
6.9% vs 2011
5.7% vs 2012
5.1% vs 2013
6.4% vs 2014