2013
3,982 formed
2,390 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Wiltshire during 2017
11.1% fewer companies in Wiltshire compared to 2016
Swindon 1,493 formed
Wiltshire 3,727 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Wiltshire 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 |
33rd 2016: 11th
|
Wiltshire |
5,227 |
Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
---|---|---|
8th
2016: 9th
|
Hampshire |
13,642 |
15th
2016: 16th
|
Berkshire |
8,679 |
20th
2016: 19th
|
Dorset |
7,242 |
30th
2016: 32nd
|
Gloucestershire |
5,447 |
32nd
2016: 33rd
|
Somerset |
5,329 |
33rd
2016: 11th
|
Wiltshire |
5,227 |
34th
2016: 34th
|
Bristol |
4,744 |
37th
2016: 36th
|
Oxfordshire |
4,612 |
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 |
7.6
10.0
97% Private Limited Companies (5,067 companies)
3% Other company types (160 companies)
Other company types breakdown (160 companies)
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Businesses formed in Wiltshire during 2017
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Businesses dissolved in Wiltshire during 2017
36,977
businesses registered in Wiltshire at the end of 2017.
11.1% fewer companies in Wiltshire compared to 2016
Dorset
52,411 total businesses
7,242 formed in 2017
5,040 dissolved in 2017
Hampshire
106,588 total businesses
13,642 formed in 2017
11,069 dissolved in 2017
Somerset
47,912 total businesses
5,329 formed in 2017
3,971 dissolved in 2017
Gloucestershire
49,129 total businesses
5,447 formed in 2017
4,358 dissolved in 2017
Oxfordshire
39,736 total businesses
4,612 formed in 2017
3,390 dissolved in 2017
Berkshire
66,738 total businesses
8,679 formed in 2017
7,336 dissolved in 2017
Bristol
32,106 total businesses
4,744 formed in 2017
3,771 dissolved in 2017
Wiltshire
36,977 total businesses
5,227 formed in 2017
9,759 dissolved in 2017
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Blunsdon and Highworth |
1 |
||
Central |
29 |
||
Chiseldon and Lawn |
26 |
||
Covingham and Dorcan |
8 |
||
Eastcott |
42 |
||
Gorse Hill and Pinehurst |
28 |
||
Haydon Wick |
6 |
||
Liden Eldene and Park South |
12 |
||
Lydiard and Freshbrook |
37 |
||
Mannington and Western |
25 |
||
Old Town |
8 |
||
Penhill and Upper Stratton |
8 |
||
Priory Vale |
20 |
||
Ridgeway |
44 |
||
Rodbourne Cheney |
-2 |
||
Shaw |
22 |
||
St Andrews |
40 |
||
St Margaret and South Marston |
22 |
||
Walcot and Park North |
11 |
||
Wroughton and Wichelstowe |
-2 |
Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
---|---|---|---|
Aldbourne and Ramsbury |
15 |
||
Alderbury and Whiteparish |
2 |
||
Amesbury East |
12 |
||
Amesbury West |
5 |
||
Bourne and Woodford Valley |
-27 |
||
Box and Colerne |
11 |
||
Bradford-on-Avon North |
7 |
||
Bradford-on-Avon South |
9 |
||
Brinkworth |
-6 |
||
Bromham Rowde and Potterne |
10 |
||
Bulford Allington and Figheldean |
2 |
||
Burbage and the Bedwyns |
1 |
||
By Brook |
21 |
||
Calne Central |
156 |
||
Calne Chilvester and Abberd |
9 |
||
Calne North |
-1 |
||
Calne Rural |
8 |
||
Calne South and Cherhill |
6 |
||
Chippenham Cepen Park and Derriads |
11 |
||
Chippenham Cepen Park and Redlands |
7 |
||
Chippenham Hardenhuish |
5 |
||
Chippenham Hardens and England |
24 |
||
Chippenham Lowden and Rowden |
-6 |
||
Chippenham Monkton |
20 |
||
Chippenham Pewsham |
10 |
||
Chippenham Queens and Sheldon |
-2 |
||
Corsham Pickwick |
14 |
||
Corsham Town |
-1 |
||
Corsham Without and Box Hill |
12 |
||
Cricklade and Latton |
8 |
||
Devizes and Roundway South |
4 |
||
Devizes East |
0 |
||
Devizes North |
17 |
||
Downton and Ebble Valley |
6 |
||
Durrington and Larkhill |
3 |
||
Ethandune |
23 |
||
Fovant and Chalke Valley |
5 |
||
Hilperton |
0 |
||
Holt and Staverton |
17 |
||
Kington |
-7 |
||
Laverstock Ford and Old Sarum |
12 |
||
Ludgershall and Perham Down |
8 |
||
Lyneham |
12 |
||
Malmesbury |
11 |
||
Marlborough East |
18 |
||
Marlborough West |
-5 |
||
Melksham Central |
8 |
||
Melksham North |
22 |
||
Melksham South |
-5 |
||
Melksham Without North |
3 |
||
Melksham Without South |
5 |
||
Mere |
3 |
||
Minety |
-3 |
||
Nadder and East Knoyle |
-11 |
||
Pewsey |
-7 |
||
Pewsey Vale |
8 |
||
Purton |
17 |
||
Redlynch and Landford |
5 |
||
Roundway |
2 |
||
Royal Wootton Bassett East |
6 |
||
Royal Wootton Bassett North |
7 |
||
Royal Wootton Bassett South |
18 |
||
Salisbury Bemerton |
7 |
||
Salisbury Fisherton and Bemerton Village |
10 |
||
Salisbury Harnham |
8 |
||
Salisbury St Edmund and Milford |
32 |
||
Salisbury St Francis and Stratford |
11 |
||
Salisbury St Mark's and Bishopdown |
12 |
||
Salisbury St Martin's and Cathedral |
2 |
||
Salisbury St Paul's |
8 |
||
Sherston |
10 |
||
Southwick |
2 |
||
Summerham and Seend |
5 |
||
The Collingbournes and Netheravon |
-8 |
||
The Lavingtons and Erlestoke |
-15 |
||
Tidworth |
8 |
||
Till and Wylye Valley |
-17 |
||
Tisbury |
0 |
||
Trowbridge Adcroft |
3 |
||
Trowbridge Central |
32 |
||
Trowbridge Drynham |
5 |
||
Trowbridge Grove |
4 |
||
Trowbridge Lambrok |
4 |
||
Trowbridge Park |
-2 |
||
Trowbridge Paxcroft |
-5 |
||
Urchfont and The Cannings |
18 |
||
Warminster Broadway |
4 |
||
Warminster Copheap and Wylye |
-2 |
||
Warminster East |
-5632 |
||
Warminster West |
1 |
||
Warminster Without |
5 |
||
West Selkley |
14 |
||
Westbury East |
2 |
||
Westbury North |
19 |
||
Westbury West |
-3 |
||
Wilton and Lower Wylye Valley |
2 |
||
Winsley and Westwood |
3 |
||
Winterslow |
-4 |
||
Wroughton and Wichelstowe |
-2 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2017 and how Wiltshire 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 |
34th 2016: 29th
|
Wiltshire |
36,977 |
Rank | County | Total companies |
---|---|---|
6th
2016: 7th
|
Hampshire |
106,588 |
12th
2016: 12th
|
Berkshire |
66,738 |
18th
2016: 18th
|
Dorset |
52,411 |
21st
2016: 21st
|
Gloucestershire |
49,129 |
24th
2016: 24th
|
Somerset |
47,912 |
31st
2016: 33rd
|
Oxfordshire |
39,736 |
34th
2016: 29th
|
Wiltshire |
36,977 |
38th
2016: 38th
|
Bristol |
32,106 |
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 |
54.1
65.1
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.
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
2017
5,227 formed
9,759 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
5.1% vs 2013
6.4% vs 2014
26% vs 2015
-11.1% vs 2016