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Company Formations in 2017: Wiltshire

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???? Businesses formed in Wiltshire during 2017

11.1% fewer companies in Wiltshire compared to 2016

New businesses in Wiltshire mapped

Swindon 1,493 formed

Wiltshire 3,727 formed

Companies formed in 2017 league table

The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Wiltshire compares.

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Rank
County
No. Companies formed
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
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County
No. Companies formed
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
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

New incorporations in 2017 per 1000 Man standing people

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7.6

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10.0

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Type of companies formed in Wiltshire breakdown

97% Private Limited Companies (5,067 companies)

3% Other company types (160 companies)

Other company types breakdown (160 companies)

Total companies in Wiltshire by the end of 2017

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Businesses formed in Wiltshire during 2017

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Businesses dissolved in Wiltshire during 2017

meaning there is a total of

36,977

businesses registered in Wiltshire at the end of 2017.

11.1% fewer companies in Wiltshire compared to 2016

Surrounding counties 2017 breakdown & comparison

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

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Ward breakdown data for

Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Blunsdon and Highworth
35
36
1
Central
109
138
29
Chiseldon and Lawn
20
46
26
Covingham and Dorcan
28
36
8
Eastcott
195
237
42
Gorse Hill and Pinehurst
63
91
28
Haydon Wick
31
37
6
Liden Eldene and Park South
25
37
12
Lydiard and Freshbrook
41
78
37
Mannington and Western
126
151
25
Old Town
87
95
8
Penhill and Upper Stratton
17
25
8
Priory Vale
39
59
20
Ridgeway
45
89
44
Rodbourne Cheney
63
61
-2
Shaw
63
85
22
St Andrews
34
74
40
St Margaret and South Marston
43
65
22
Walcot and Park North
26
37
11
Wroughton and Wichelstowe
18
16
-2
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Aldbourne and Ramsbury
18
33
15
Alderbury and Whiteparish
20
22
2
Amesbury East
16
28
12
Amesbury West
10
15
5
Bourne and Woodford Valley
51
24
-27
Box and Colerne
16
27
11
Bradford-on-Avon North
18
25
7
Bradford-on-Avon South
30
39
9
Brinkworth
30
24
-6
Bromham Rowde and Potterne
10
20
10
Bulford Allington and Figheldean
22
24
2
Burbage and the Bedwyns
22
23
1
By Brook
22
43
21
Calne Central
43
199
156
Calne Chilvester and Abberd
12
21
9
Calne North
18
17
-1
Calne Rural
21
29
8
Calne South and Cherhill
15
21
6
Chippenham Cepen Park and Derriads
5
16
11
Chippenham Cepen Park and Redlands
22
29
7
Chippenham Hardenhuish
15
20
5
Chippenham Hardens and England
77
101
24
Chippenham Lowden and Rowden
15
9
-6
Chippenham Monkton
27
47
20
Chippenham Pewsham
4
14
10
Chippenham Queens and Sheldon
9
7
-2
Corsham Pickwick
22
36
14
Corsham Town
17
16
-1
Corsham Without and Box Hill
21
33
12
Cricklade and Latton
28
36
8
Devizes and Roundway South
8
12
4
Devizes East
7
7
0
Devizes North
47
64
17
Downton and Ebble Valley
14
20
6
Durrington and Larkhill
22
25
3
Ethandune
14
37
23
Fovant and Chalke Valley
51
56
5
Hilperton
16
16
0
Holt and Staverton
18
35
17
Kington
35
28
-7
Laverstock Ford and Old Sarum
19
31
12
Ludgershall and Perham Down
15
23
8
Lyneham
13
25
12
Malmesbury
32
43
11
Marlborough East
12
30
18
Marlborough West
43
38
-5
Melksham Central
19
27
8
Melksham North
17
39
22
Melksham South
14
9
-5
Melksham Without North
21
24
3
Melksham Without South
16
21
5
Mere
5
8
3
Minety
30
27
-3
Nadder and East Knoyle
33
22
-11
Pewsey
27
20
-7
Pewsey Vale
22
30
8
Purton
18
35
17
Redlynch and Landford
22
27
5
Roundway
11
13
2
Royal Wootton Bassett East
24
30
6
Royal Wootton Bassett North
13
20
7
Royal Wootton Bassett South
31
49
18
Salisbury Bemerton
7
14
7
Salisbury Fisherton and Bemerton Village
20
30
10
Salisbury Harnham
6
14
8
Salisbury St Edmund and Milford
93
125
32
Salisbury St Francis and Stratford
6
17
11
Salisbury St Mark's and Bishopdown
9
21
12
Salisbury St Martin's and Cathedral
95
97
2
Salisbury St Paul's
23
31
8
Sherston
22
32
10
Southwick
16
18
2
Summerham and Seend
13
18
5
The Collingbournes and Netheravon
20
12
-8
The Lavingtons and Erlestoke
29
14
-15
Tidworth
10
18
8
Till and Wylye Valley
27
10
-17
Tisbury
13
13
0
Trowbridge Adcroft
9
12
3
Trowbridge Central
53
85
32
Trowbridge Drynham
3
8
5
Trowbridge Grove
10
14
4
Trowbridge Lambrok
4
8
4
Trowbridge Park
15
13
-2
Trowbridge Paxcroft
14
9
-5
Urchfont and The Cannings
16
34
18
Warminster Broadway
6
10
4
Warminster Copheap and Wylye
17
15
-2
Warminster East
6567
935
-5632
Warminster West
13
14
1
Warminster Without
15
20
5
West Selkley
31
45
14
Westbury East
22
24
2
Westbury North
11
30
19
Westbury West
18
15
-3
Wilton and Lower Wylye Valley
22
24
2
Winsley and Westwood
22
25
3
Winterslow
18
14
-4
Wroughton and Wichelstowe
18
16
-2

Total companies 2017 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2017 and how Wiltshire compares to them.

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County
Total companies
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
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
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

Total companies at the end of 2017 per 1000 Person people

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In Wiltshire

54.1

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65.1

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The last 5 years

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