2015
4,506 formed
2,718 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Wiltshire during 2019
1.3% more companies in Wiltshire compared to 2018
Swindon 1,589 formed
Wiltshire 2,826 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Wiltshire compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2018: 1st
|
London |
222,468 |
2nd
2018: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
31,440 |
3rd
2018: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
29,676 |
4th
2018: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
18,752 |
5th
2018: 5th
|
Essex |
17,816 |
39th 2018: 38th
|
Wiltshire |
4,428 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
8th
2018: 8th
|
Hampshire |
15,174 |
16th
2018: 13th
|
Berkshire |
9,009 |
19th
2018: 17th
|
Dorset |
8,020 |
31st
2018: 32nd
|
Somerset |
6,041 |
32nd
2018: 31st
|
Gloucestershire |
5,971 |
34th
2018: 36th
|
Oxfordshire |
5,087 |
35th
2018: 35th
|
Bristol |
5,040 |
39th
2018: 38th
|
Wiltshire |
4,428 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2018: 1st
|
London |
222,468 |
2nd 2018: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
31,440 |
3rd 2018: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
29,676 |
4th 2018: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
18,752 |
5th 2018: 5th
|
Essex |
17,816 |
6th 2018: 7th
|
Kent |
15,963 |
7th 2018: 6th
|
Hertfordshire |
15,231 |
8th 2018: 8th
|
Hampshire |
15,174 |
9th 2018: 9th
|
Cheshire |
12,221 |
10th 2018: 10th
|
Merseyside |
11,866 |
11th 2018: 11th
|
Lancashire |
11,229 |
12th 2018: 12th
|
Surrey |
11,032 |
13th 2018: 15th
|
Leicestershire |
10,825 |
14th 2018: 22nd
|
Worcestershire |
9,971 |
15th 2018: 16th
|
South Yorkshire |
9,325 |
16th 2018: 13th
|
Berkshire |
9,009 |
17th 2018: 14th
|
Buckinghamshire |
8,835 |
18th 2018: 18th
|
Northamptonshire |
8,393 |
19th 2018: 17th
|
Dorset |
8,020 |
20th 2018: 19th
|
East Sussex |
7,706 |
21st 2018: 20th
|
Nottinghamshire |
7,348 |
22nd 2018: 23rd
|
North Yorkshire |
7,260 |
23rd 2018: 25th
|
Tyne and Wear |
7,132 |
24th 2018: 26th
|
Staffordshire |
6,927 |
25th 2018: 24th
|
Cambridgeshire |
6,779 |
26th 2018: 21st
|
Bedfordshire |
6,766 |
27th 2018: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
6,522 |
28th 2018: 30th
|
Devon |
6,196 |
29th 2018: 28th
|
West Sussex |
6,154 |
30th 2018: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
6,042 |
31st 2018: 32nd
|
Somerset |
6,041 |
32nd 2018: 31st
|
Gloucestershire |
5,971 |
33rd 2018: 34th
|
Warwickshire |
5,256 |
34th 2018: 36th
|
Oxfordshire |
5,087 |
35th 2018: 35th
|
Bristol |
5,040 |
36th 2018: 37th
|
Norfolk |
4,731 |
37th 2018: 33rd
|
Durham |
4,623 |
38th 2018: 39th
|
Suffolk |
4,518 |
39th 2018: 38th
|
Wiltshire |
4,428 |
40th 2018: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
3,258 |
41st 2018: 42nd
|
Shropshire |
3,231 |
42nd 2018: 41st
|
Cornwall |
2,948 |
43rd 2018: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,171 |
44th 2018: 44th
|
Northumberland |
1,531 |
45th 2018: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
1,499 |
46th 2018: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
675 |
47th 2018: 47th
|
Rutland |
230 |
people
6.5
10.9
96% Private Limited Companies (4,247 companies)
4% Other company types (181 companies)
Other company types breakdown (181 companies)
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Businesses formed in Wiltshire during 2019
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Businesses dissolved in Wiltshire during 2019
37,182
businesses registered in Wiltshire at the end of 2019.
1.3% more companies in Wiltshire compared to 2018
Dorset
57,606 total businesses
8,020 formed in 2019
6,434 dissolved in 2019
Hampshire
114,831 total businesses
15,174 formed in 2019
11,723 dissolved in 2019
Somerset
51,957 total businesses
6,041 formed in 2019
4,527 dissolved in 2019
Gloucestershire
52,494 total businesses
5,971 formed in 2019
4,752 dissolved in 2019
Oxfordshire
42,461 total businesses
5,087 formed in 2019
3,723 dissolved in 2019
Berkshire
70,177 total businesses
9,009 formed in 2019
7,831 dissolved in 2019
Bristol
33,594 total businesses
5,040 formed in 2019
3,780 dissolved in 2019
Wiltshire
37,182 total businesses
4,428 formed in 2019
4,156 dissolved in 2019
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Blunsdon and Highworth |
16 |
||
Central |
10 |
||
Chiseldon and Lawn |
17 |
||
Covingham and Dorcan |
13 |
||
Eastcott |
42 |
||
Gorse Hill and Pinehurst |
28 |
||
Haydon Wick |
3 |
||
Liden Eldene and Park South |
7 |
||
Lydiard and Freshbrook |
13 |
||
Mannington and Western |
12 |
||
Old Town |
0 |
||
Penhill and Upper Stratton |
-2 |
||
Priory Vale |
29 |
||
Ridgeway |
18 |
||
Rodbourne Cheney |
22 |
||
Shaw |
3 |
||
St Andrews |
10 |
||
St Margaret and South Marston |
41 |
||
Walcot and Park North |
11 |
||
Wroughton and Wichelstowe |
1 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Aldbourne and Ramsbury |
3 |
||
Alderbury and Whiteparish |
5 |
||
Amesbury East |
7 |
||
Amesbury West |
-5 |
||
Bourne and Woodford Valley |
-157 |
||
Box and Colerne |
5 |
||
Bradford-on-Avon North |
17 |
||
Bradford-on-Avon South |
1 |
||
Brinkworth |
-3 |
||
Bromham Rowde and Potterne |
7 |
||
Bulford Allington and Figheldean |
0 |
||
Burbage and the Bedwyns |
1 |
||
By Brook |
-5 |
||
Calne Central |
65 |
||
Calne Chilvester and Abberd |
-5 |
||
Calne North |
-11 |
||
Calne Rural |
-7 |
||
Calne South and Cherhill |
-4 |
||
Chippenham Cepen Park and Derriads |
2 |
||
Chippenham Cepen Park and Redlands |
5 |
||
Chippenham Hardenhuish |
-8 |
||
Chippenham Hardens and England |
26 |
||
Chippenham Lowden and Rowden |
10 |
||
Chippenham Monkton |
-17 |
||
Chippenham Pewsham |
0 |
||
Chippenham Queens and Sheldon |
-3 |
||
Corsham Pickwick |
28 |
||
Corsham Town |
-3 |
||
Corsham Without and Box Hill |
13 |
||
Cricklade and Latton |
-3 |
||
Devizes and Roundway South |
10 |
||
Devizes East |
-1 |
||
Devizes North |
4 |
||
Downton and Ebble Valley |
-1 |
||
Durrington and Larkhill |
11 |
||
Ethandune |
6 |
||
Fovant and Chalke Valley |
23 |
||
Hilperton |
2 |
||
Holt and Staverton |
-3 |
||
Kington |
2 |
||
Laverstock Ford and Old Sarum |
16 |
||
Ludgershall and Perham Down |
2 |
||
Lyneham |
17 |
||
Malmesbury |
10 |
||
Marlborough East |
11 |
||
Marlborough West |
2 |
||
Melksham Central |
17 |
||
Melksham North |
15 |
||
Melksham South |
8 |
||
Melksham Without North |
6 |
||
Melksham Without South |
-6 |
||
Mere |
0 |
||
Minety |
3 |
||
Nadder and East Knoyle |
8 |
||
Pewsey |
-2 |
||
Pewsey Vale |
12 |
||
Purton |
-5 |
||
Redlynch and Landford |
6 |
||
Roundway |
8 |
||
Royal Wootton Bassett East |
12 |
||
Royal Wootton Bassett North |
5 |
||
Royal Wootton Bassett South |
-1 |
||
Salisbury Bemerton |
-1 |
||
Salisbury Fisherton and Bemerton Village |
12 |
||
Salisbury Harnham |
-2 |
||
Salisbury St Edmund and Milford |
26 |
||
Salisbury St Francis and Stratford |
6 |
||
Salisbury St Mark's and Bishopdown |
12 |
||
Salisbury St Martin's and Cathedral |
-16 |
||
Salisbury St Paul's |
-5 |
||
Sherston |
11 |
||
Southwick |
-3 |
||
Summerham and Seend |
6 |
||
The Collingbournes and Netheravon |
1 |
||
The Lavingtons and Erlestoke |
-10 |
||
Tidworth |
21 |
||
Till and Wylye Valley |
2 |
||
Tisbury |
-5 |
||
Trowbridge Adcroft |
4 |
||
Trowbridge Central |
-6 |
||
Trowbridge Drynham |
2 |
||
Trowbridge Grove |
6 |
||
Trowbridge Lambrok |
4 |
||
Trowbridge Park |
8 |
||
Trowbridge Paxcroft |
15 |
||
Urchfont and The Cannings |
-11 |
||
Warminster Broadway |
4 |
||
Warminster Copheap and Wylye |
5 |
||
Warminster East |
-289 |
||
Warminster West |
6 |
||
Warminster Without |
5 |
||
West Selkley |
2 |
||
Westbury East |
-16 |
||
Westbury North |
11 |
||
Westbury West |
4 |
||
Wilton and Lower Wylye Valley |
5 |
||
Winsley and Westwood |
8 |
||
Winterslow |
2 |
||
Wroughton and Wichelstowe |
1 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2019 and how Wiltshire compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2018: 1st
|
London |
1,204,778 |
2nd
2018: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
189,867 |
3rd
2018: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
173,134 |
4th
2018: 4th
|
Essex |
128,433 |
5th
2018: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
123,678 |
36th 2018: 36th
|
Wiltshire |
37,182 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
6th
2018: 7th
|
Hampshire |
114,831 |
12th
2018: 13th
|
Berkshire |
70,177 |
18th
2018: 18th
|
Dorset |
57,606 |
22nd
2018: 22nd
|
Gloucestershire |
52,494 |
23rd
2018: 24th
|
Somerset |
51,957 |
32nd
2018: 32nd
|
Oxfordshire |
42,461 |
36th
2018: 36th
|
Wiltshire |
37,182 |
38th
2018: 38th
|
Bristol |
33,594 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2018: 1st
|
London |
1,204,778 |
2nd 2018: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
189,867 |
3rd 2018: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
173,134 |
4th 2018: 4th
|
Essex |
128,433 |
5th 2018: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
123,678 |
6th 2018: 7th
|
Hampshire |
114,831 |
7th 2018: 8th
|
Kent |
113,551 |
8th 2018: 6th
|
Hertfordshire |
113,106 |
9th 2018: 9th
|
Surrey |
100,643 |
10th 2018: 10th
|
Cheshire |
80,108 |
11th 2018: 11th
|
Lancashire |
77,937 |
12th 2018: 13th
|
Berkshire |
70,177 |
13th 2018: 12th
|
Buckinghamshire |
69,470 |
14th 2018: 15th
|
Merseyside |
68,401 |
15th 2018: 14th
|
East Sussex |
67,545 |
16th 2018: 16th
|
Leicestershire |
63,315 |
17th 2018: 17th
|
South Yorkshire |
60,360 |
18th 2018: 18th
|
Dorset |
57,606 |
19th 2018: 19th
|
North Yorkshire |
54,481 |
20th 2018: 21st
|
Devon |
53,264 |
21st 2018: 20th
|
West Sussex |
52,825 |
22nd 2018: 22nd
|
Gloucestershire |
52,494 |
23rd 2018: 24th
|
Somerset |
51,957 |
24th 2018: 25th
|
Staffordshire |
51,758 |
25th 2018: 23rd
|
Nottinghamshire |
51,677 |
26th 2018: 26th
|
Cambridgeshire |
50,160 |
27th 2018: 28th
|
Northamptonshire |
49,144 |
28th 2018: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
48,355 |
29th 2018: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
45,109 |
30th 2018: 30th
|
Tyne and Wear |
44,237 |
31st 2018: 33rd
|
Worcestershire |
43,247 |
32nd 2018: 32nd
|
Oxfordshire |
42,461 |
33rd 2018: 31st
|
Bedfordshire |
42,145 |
34th 2018: 35th
|
Warwickshire |
38,998 |
35th 2018: 34th
|
Norfolk |
38,911 |
36th 2018: 36th
|
Wiltshire |
37,182 |
37th 2018: 37th
|
Suffolk |
36,907 |
38th 2018: 38th
|
Bristol |
33,594 |
39th 2018: 39th
|
Durham |
29,218 |
40th 2018: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
25,383 |
41st 2018: 41st
|
Shropshire |
23,741 |
42nd 2018: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
23,037 |
43rd 2018: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
21,286 |
44th 2018: 44th
|
Northumberland |
10,879 |
45th 2018: 45th
|
Herefordshire |
10,498 |
46th 2018: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
5,705 |
47th 2018: 47th
|
Rutland |
1,904 |
people
54.4
70.7
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.
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
2019
4,428 formed
4,156 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
26% vs 2015
-11.09% vs 2016
-0.71% vs 2017
1.3% vs 2018