2014
4,208 formed
2,707 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Wiltshire during 2018
0.7% fewer companies in Wiltshire compared to 2017
Swindon 1,562 formed
Wiltshire 2,779 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Wiltshire compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2017: 1st
|
London |
217,617 |
2nd
2017: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
32,571 |
3rd
2017: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
31,875 |
4th
2017: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
18,204 |
5th
2017: 5th
|
Essex |
17,063 |
38th 2017: 33rd
|
Wiltshire |
4,348 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
8th
2017: 8th
|
Hampshire |
14,244 |
13th
2017: 15th
|
Berkshire |
9,166 |
17th
2017: 20th
|
Dorset |
8,314 |
31st
2017: 30th
|
Gloucestershire |
5,719 |
32nd
2017: 32nd
|
Somerset |
5,537 |
35th
2017: 34th
|
Bristol |
4,635 |
36th
2017: 37th
|
Oxfordshire |
4,631 |
38th
2017: 33rd
|
Wiltshire |
4,348 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2017: 1st
|
London |
217,617 |
2nd 2017: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
32,571 |
3rd 2017: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
31,875 |
4th 2017: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
18,204 |
5th 2017: 5th
|
Essex |
17,063 |
6th 2017: 7th
|
Hertfordshire |
15,554 |
7th 2017: 6th
|
Kent |
15,057 |
8th 2017: 8th
|
Hampshire |
14,244 |
9th 2017: 9th
|
Cheshire |
13,259 |
10th 2017: 10th
|
Merseyside |
11,451 |
11th 2017: 12th
|
Lancashire |
11,291 |
12th 2017: 11th
|
Surrey |
11,179 |
13th 2017: 15th
|
Berkshire |
9,166 |
14th 2017: 17th
|
Buckinghamshire |
8,915 |
15th 2017: 13th
|
Leicestershire |
8,896 |
16th 2017: 16th
|
South Yorkshire |
8,542 |
17th 2017: 20th
|
Dorset |
8,314 |
18th 2017: 14th
|
Northamptonshire |
7,630 |
19th 2017: 19th
|
East Sussex |
7,462 |
20th 2017: 21st
|
Nottinghamshire |
7,429 |
21st 2017: 23rd
|
Bedfordshire |
7,013 |
22nd 2017: 18th
|
Worcestershire |
6,889 |
23rd 2017: 22nd
|
North Yorkshire |
6,822 |
24th 2017: 25th
|
Cambridgeshire |
6,786 |
25th 2017: 26th
|
Tyne and Wear |
6,669 |
26th 2017: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
6,474 |
27th 2017: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
6,167 |
28th 2017: 29th
|
West Sussex |
6,048 |
29th 2017: 31st
|
Lincolnshire |
5,910 |
30th 2017: 28th
|
Devon |
5,908 |
31st 2017: 30th
|
Gloucestershire |
5,719 |
32nd 2017: 32nd
|
Somerset |
5,537 |
33rd 2017: 40th
|
Durham |
5,223 |
34th 2017: 36th
|
Warwickshire |
4,755 |
35th 2017: 34th
|
Bristol |
4,635 |
36th 2017: 37th
|
Oxfordshire |
4,631 |
37th 2017: 38th
|
Norfolk |
4,542 |
38th 2017: 33rd
|
Wiltshire |
4,348 |
39th 2017: 39th
|
Suffolk |
4,292 |
40th 2017: 35th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
3,195 |
41st 2017: 41st
|
Cornwall |
2,829 |
42nd 2017: 42nd
|
Shropshire |
2,634 |
43rd 2017: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,259 |
44th 2017: 44th
|
Northumberland |
1,422 |
45th 2017: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
1,054 |
46th 2017: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
645 |
47th 2017: 47th
|
Rutland |
198 |
people
6.4
10.6
97% Private Limited Companies (4,216 companies)
3% Other company types (132 companies)
Other company types breakdown (132 companies)
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Businesses formed in Wiltshire during 2018
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Businesses dissolved in Wiltshire during 2018
36,714
businesses registered in Wiltshire at the end of 2018.
0.7% fewer companies in Wiltshire compared to 2017
Dorset
56,307 total businesses
8,314 formed in 2018
5,575 dissolved in 2018
Hampshire
110,793 total businesses
14,244 formed in 2018
10,933 dissolved in 2018
Somerset
49,396 total businesses
5,537 formed in 2018
4,146 dissolved in 2018
Gloucestershire
50,643 total businesses
5,719 formed in 2018
4,536 dissolved in 2018
Oxfordshire
40,930 total businesses
4,631 formed in 2018
3,420 dissolved in 2018
Berkshire
68,855 total businesses
9,166 formed in 2018
7,333 dissolved in 2018
Bristol
32,794 total businesses
4,635 formed in 2018
3,805 dissolved in 2018
Wiltshire
36,714 total businesses
4,348 formed in 2018
4,933 dissolved in 2018
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Blunsdon and Highworth |
4 |
||
Central |
24 |
||
Chiseldon and Lawn |
7 |
||
Covingham and Dorcan |
21 |
||
Eastcott |
32 |
||
Gorse Hill and Pinehurst |
16 |
||
Haydon Wick |
5 |
||
Liden Eldene and Park South |
8 |
||
Lydiard and Freshbrook |
10 |
||
Mannington and Western |
17 |
||
Old Town |
17 |
||
Penhill and Upper Stratton |
6 |
||
Priory Vale |
21 |
||
Ridgeway |
20 |
||
Rodbourne Cheney |
27 |
||
Shaw |
29 |
||
St Andrews |
11 |
||
St Margaret and South Marston |
21 |
||
Walcot and Park North |
13 |
||
Wroughton and Wichelstowe |
26 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Aldbourne and Ramsbury |
1 |
||
Alderbury and Whiteparish |
-4 |
||
Amesbury East |
8 |
||
Amesbury West |
9 |
||
Bourne and Woodford Valley |
-96 |
||
Box and Colerne |
7 |
||
Bradford-on-Avon North |
7 |
||
Bradford-on-Avon South |
31 |
||
Brinkworth |
-2 |
||
Bromham Rowde and Potterne |
1 |
||
Bulford Allington and Figheldean |
10 |
||
Burbage and the Bedwyns |
0 |
||
By Brook |
12 |
||
Calne Central |
66 |
||
Calne Chilvester and Abberd |
4 |
||
Calne North |
2 |
||
Calne Rural |
7 |
||
Calne South and Cherhill |
2 |
||
Chippenham Cepen Park and Derriads |
7 |
||
Chippenham Cepen Park and Redlands |
15 |
||
Chippenham Hardenhuish |
3 |
||
Chippenham Hardens and England |
35 |
||
Chippenham Lowden and Rowden |
14 |
||
Chippenham Monkton |
16 |
||
Chippenham Pewsham |
0 |
||
Chippenham Queens and Sheldon |
2 |
||
Corsham Pickwick |
6 |
||
Corsham Town |
4 |
||
Corsham Without and Box Hill |
13 |
||
Cricklade and Latton |
14 |
||
Devizes and Roundway South |
-7 |
||
Devizes East |
3 |
||
Devizes North |
5 |
||
Downton and Ebble Valley |
13 |
||
Durrington and Larkhill |
10 |
||
Ethandune |
7 |
||
Fovant and Chalke Valley |
2 |
||
Hilperton |
3 |
||
Holt and Staverton |
2 |
||
Kington |
25 |
||
Laverstock Ford and Old Sarum |
-2 |
||
Ludgershall and Perham Down |
9 |
||
Lyneham |
7 |
||
Malmesbury |
6 |
||
Marlborough East |
10 |
||
Marlborough West |
4 |
||
Melksham Central |
7 |
||
Melksham North |
9 |
||
Melksham South |
-2 |
||
Melksham Without North |
7 |
||
Melksham Without South |
15 |
||
Mere |
7 |
||
Minety |
-3 |
||
Nadder and East Knoyle |
1 |
||
Pewsey |
-9 |
||
Pewsey Vale |
-7 |
||
Purton |
3 |
||
Redlynch and Landford |
2 |
||
Roundway |
17 |
||
Royal Wootton Bassett East |
2 |
||
Royal Wootton Bassett North |
0 |
||
Royal Wootton Bassett South |
-2 |
||
Salisbury Bemerton |
0 |
||
Salisbury Fisherton and Bemerton Village |
21 |
||
Salisbury Harnham |
1 |
||
Salisbury St Edmund and Milford |
25 |
||
Salisbury St Francis and Stratford |
6 |
||
Salisbury St Mark's and Bishopdown |
-8 |
||
Salisbury St Martin's and Cathedral |
-22 |
||
Salisbury St Paul's |
-1 |
||
Sherston |
0 |
||
Southwick |
2 |
||
Summerham and Seend |
9 |
||
The Collingbournes and Netheravon |
2 |
||
The Lavingtons and Erlestoke |
1 |
||
Tidworth |
21 |
||
Till and Wylye Valley |
2 |
||
Tisbury |
6 |
||
Trowbridge Adcroft |
14 |
||
Trowbridge Central |
26 |
||
Trowbridge Drynham |
-3 |
||
Trowbridge Grove |
0 |
||
Trowbridge Lambrok |
6 |
||
Trowbridge Park |
2 |
||
Trowbridge Paxcroft |
25 |
||
Urchfont and The Cannings |
-1 |
||
Warminster Broadway |
6 |
||
Warminster Copheap and Wylye |
9 |
||
Warminster East |
-1446 |
||
Warminster West |
13 |
||
Warminster Without |
-7 |
||
West Selkley |
-4 |
||
Westbury East |
4 |
||
Westbury North |
32 |
||
Westbury West |
3 |
||
Wilton and Lower Wylye Valley |
2 |
||
Winsley and Westwood |
-4 |
||
Winterslow |
10 |
||
Wroughton and Wichelstowe |
26 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2018 and how Wiltshire compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2017: 1st
|
London |
1,163,777 |
2nd
2017: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
184,396 |
3rd
2017: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
167,807 |
4th
2017: 4th
|
Essex |
122,421 |
5th
2017: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
118,705 |
36th 2017: 34th
|
Wiltshire |
36,714 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
7th
2017: 6th
|
Hampshire |
110,793 |
13th
2017: 12th
|
Berkshire |
68,855 |
18th
2017: 18th
|
Dorset |
56,307 |
22nd
2017: 21st
|
Gloucestershire |
50,643 |
24th
2017: 24th
|
Somerset |
49,396 |
32nd
2017: 31st
|
Oxfordshire |
40,930 |
36th
2017: 34th
|
Wiltshire |
36,714 |
38th
2017: 38th
|
Bristol |
32,794 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2017: 1st
|
London |
1,163,777 |
2nd 2017: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
184,396 |
3rd 2017: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
167,807 |
4th 2017: 4th
|
Essex |
122,421 |
5th 2017: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
118,705 |
6th 2017: 7th
|
Hertfordshire |
111,063 |
7th 2017: 6th
|
Hampshire |
110,793 |
8th 2017: 8th
|
Kent |
108,910 |
9th 2017: 9th
|
Surrey |
98,968 |
10th 2017: 10th
|
Cheshire |
78,274 |
11th 2017: 11th
|
Lancashire |
75,763 |
12th 2017: 14th
|
Buckinghamshire |
69,301 |
13th 2017: 12th
|
Berkshire |
68,855 |
14th 2017: 13th
|
East Sussex |
66,405 |
15th 2017: 15th
|
Merseyside |
65,551 |
16th 2017: 16th
|
Leicestershire |
60,027 |
17th 2017: 17th
|
South Yorkshire |
58,193 |
18th 2017: 18th
|
Dorset |
56,307 |
19th 2017: 19th
|
North Yorkshire |
52,860 |
20th 2017: 20th
|
West Sussex |
51,556 |
21st 2017: 22nd
|
Devon |
51,129 |
22nd 2017: 21st
|
Gloucestershire |
50,643 |
23rd 2017: 25th
|
Nottinghamshire |
50,491 |
24th 2017: 24th
|
Somerset |
49,396 |
25th 2017: 23rd
|
Staffordshire |
48,752 |
26th 2017: 27th
|
Cambridgeshire |
48,390 |
27th 2017: 28th
|
Derbyshire |
46,632 |
28th 2017: 26th
|
Northamptonshire |
44,212 |
29th 2017: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
43,713 |
30th 2017: 30th
|
Tyne and Wear |
42,534 |
31st 2017: 32nd
|
Bedfordshire |
42,015 |
32nd 2017: 31st
|
Oxfordshire |
40,930 |
33rd 2017: 33rd
|
Worcestershire |
37,800 |
34th 2017: 35th
|
Norfolk |
37,466 |
35th 2017: 36th
|
Warwickshire |
37,025 |
36th 2017: 34th
|
Wiltshire |
36,714 |
37th 2017: 37th
|
Suffolk |
35,510 |
38th 2017: 38th
|
Bristol |
32,794 |
39th 2017: 39th
|
Durham |
28,771 |
40th 2017: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
24,661 |
41st 2017: 41st
|
Shropshire |
22,421 |
42nd 2017: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
21,904 |
43rd 2017: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
20,916 |
44th 2017: 44th
|
Northumberland |
10,423 |
45th 2017: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
9,243 |
46th 2017: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
5,417 |
47th 2017: 47th
|
Rutland |
1,840 |
people
53.7
68.1
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.
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
2018
4,348 formed
4,933 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
6.4% vs 2014
26% vs 2015
-11.09% vs 2016
-0.7% vs 2017