2012
3,819 formed
2,021 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Wiltshire during 2016
26.0% more companies in Wiltshire compared to 2015
Swindon 1,631 formed
Wiltshire 10,199 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Wiltshire 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 |
11th 2015: 34th
|
Wiltshire |
11,837 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
9th
2015: 8th
|
Hampshire |
14,249 |
11th
2015: 34th
|
Wiltshire |
11,837 |
16th
2015: 14th
|
Berkshire |
9,081 |
19th
2015: 17th
|
Dorset |
8,113 |
32nd
2015: 29th
|
Gloucestershire |
5,639 |
33rd
2015: 31st
|
Somerset |
5,328 |
34th
2015: 32nd
|
Bristol |
5,196 |
36th
2015: 33rd
|
Oxfordshire |
4,517 |
| 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
17.3
10.5
98% Private Limited Companies (11,655 companies)
2% Other company types (182 companies)
Other company types breakdown (182 companies)
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Businesses formed in Wiltshire during 2016
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Businesses dissolved in Wiltshire during 2016
41,591
businesses registered in Wiltshire at the end of 2016.
26.0% more companies in Wiltshire compared to 2015
Dorset
50,419 total businesses
8,113 formed in 2016
4,726 dissolved in 2016
Hampshire
103,043 total businesses
14,249 formed in 2016
10,922 dissolved in 2016
Somerset
46,011 total businesses
5,328 formed in 2016
3,994 dissolved in 2016
Gloucestershire
47,665 total businesses
5,639 formed in 2016
4,437 dissolved in 2016
Oxfordshire
38,413 total businesses
4,517 formed in 2016
3,529 dissolved in 2016
Berkshire
64,828 total businesses
9,081 formed in 2016
7,364 dissolved in 2016
Bristol
31,308 total businesses
5,196 formed in 2016
3,846 dissolved in 2016
Wiltshire
41,591 total businesses
11,837 formed in 2016
3,316 dissolved in 2016
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Blunsdon and Highworth |
-3 |
||
Central |
-12 |
||
Chiseldon and Lawn |
14 |
||
Covingham and Dorcan |
14 |
||
Eastcott |
30 |
||
Gorse Hill and Pinehurst |
9 |
||
Haydon Wick |
6 |
||
Liden Eldene and Park South |
14 |
||
Lydiard and Freshbrook |
-10 |
||
Mannington and Western |
80 |
||
Old Town |
39 |
||
Penhill and Upper Stratton |
13 |
||
Priory Vale |
21 |
||
Ridgeway |
54 |
||
Rodbourne Cheney |
57 |
||
Shaw |
111 |
||
St Andrews |
20 |
||
St Margaret and South Marston |
-16 |
||
Walcot and Park North |
7 |
||
Wroughton and Wichelstowe |
9 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Aldbourne and Ramsbury |
-17 |
||
Alderbury and Whiteparish |
9 |
||
Amesbury East |
11 |
||
Amesbury West |
12 |
||
Bourne and Woodford Valley |
-6 |
||
Box and Colerne |
1 |
||
Bradford-on-Avon North |
9 |
||
Bradford-on-Avon South |
4 |
||
Brinkworth |
-10 |
||
Bromham Rowde and Potterne |
10 |
||
Bulford Allington and Figheldean |
5 |
||
Burbage and the Bedwyns |
-6 |
||
By Brook |
10 |
||
Calne Central |
54 |
||
Calne Chilvester and Abberd |
11 |
||
Calne North |
6 |
||
Calne Rural |
22 |
||
Calne South and Cherhill |
6 |
||
Chippenham Cepen Park and Derriads |
-1 |
||
Chippenham Cepen Park and Redlands |
11 |
||
Chippenham Hardenhuish |
6 |
||
Chippenham Hardens and England |
0 |
||
Chippenham Lowden and Rowden |
4 |
||
Chippenham Monkton |
28 |
||
Chippenham Pewsham |
3 |
||
Chippenham Queens and Sheldon |
6 |
||
Corsham Pickwick |
1 |
||
Corsham Town |
5 |
||
Corsham Without and Box Hill |
17 |
||
Cricklade and Latton |
-10 |
||
Devizes and Roundway South |
-6 |
||
Devizes East |
-4 |
||
Devizes North |
28 |
||
Downton and Ebble Valley |
2 |
||
Durrington and Larkhill |
9 |
||
Ethandune |
2 |
||
Fovant and Chalke Valley |
10 |
||
Hilperton |
8 |
||
Holt and Staverton |
-4 |
||
Kington |
5 |
||
Laverstock Ford and Old Sarum |
-1 |
||
Ludgershall and Perham Down |
10 |
||
Lyneham |
11 |
||
Malmesbury |
8 |
||
Marlborough East |
6 |
||
Marlborough West |
1 |
||
Melksham Central |
15 |
||
Melksham North |
4 |
||
Melksham South |
2 |
||
Melksham Without North |
10 |
||
Melksham Without South |
14 |
||
Mere |
-7 |
||
Minety |
10 |
||
Nadder and East Knoyle |
17 |
||
Pewsey |
8 |
||
Pewsey Vale |
-2 |
||
Purton |
14 |
||
Redlynch and Landford |
4 |
||
Roundway |
6 |
||
Royal Wootton Bassett East |
12 |
||
Royal Wootton Bassett North |
10 |
||
Royal Wootton Bassett South |
30 |
||
Salisbury Bemerton |
-2 |
||
Salisbury Fisherton and Bemerton Village |
27 |
||
Salisbury Harnham |
7 |
||
Salisbury St Edmund and Milford |
7 |
||
Salisbury St Francis and Stratford |
-2 |
||
Salisbury St Mark's and Bishopdown |
6 |
||
Salisbury St Martin's and Cathedral |
-44 |
||
Salisbury St Paul's |
4 |
||
Sherston |
0 |
||
Southwick |
2 |
||
Summerham and Seend |
-7 |
||
The Collingbournes and Netheravon |
4 |
||
The Lavingtons and Erlestoke |
-5 |
||
Tidworth |
4 |
||
Till and Wylye Valley |
15 |
||
Tisbury |
2 |
||
Trowbridge Adcroft |
8 |
||
Trowbridge Central |
7 |
||
Trowbridge Drynham |
5 |
||
Trowbridge Grove |
-1 |
||
Trowbridge Lambrok |
6 |
||
Trowbridge Park |
1 |
||
Trowbridge Paxcroft |
9 |
||
Urchfont and The Cannings |
8 |
||
Warminster Broadway |
9 |
||
Warminster Copheap and Wylye |
-5 |
||
Warminster East |
7515 |
||
Warminster West |
5 |
||
Warminster Without |
8 |
||
West Selkley |
5 |
||
Westbury East |
3 |
||
Westbury North |
8 |
||
Westbury West |
6 |
||
Wilton and Lower Wylye Valley |
6 |
||
Winsley and Westwood |
4 |
||
Winterslow |
0 |
||
Wroughton and Wichelstowe |
9 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2016 and how Wiltshire 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 |
29th 2015: 33rd
|
Wiltshire |
41,591 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
7th
2015: 6th
|
Hampshire |
103,043 |
12th
2015: 12th
|
Berkshire |
64,828 |
18th
2015: 18th
|
Dorset |
50,419 |
21st
2015: 21st
|
Gloucestershire |
47,665 |
24th
2015: 23rd
|
Somerset |
46,011 |
29th
2015: 33rd
|
Wiltshire |
41,591 |
33rd
2015: 30th
|
Oxfordshire |
38,413 |
38th
2015: 37th
|
Bristol |
31,308 |
| 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
60.8
62.6
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.
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
2016
11,837 formed
3,316 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
5.7% vs 2012
5.1% vs 2013
6.4% vs 2014
26.0% vs 2015