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Company Formations in 2019: Wiltshire

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???? Businesses formed in Wiltshire during 2019

1.3% more companies in Wiltshire compared to 2018

New businesses in Wiltshire mapped

Swindon 1,589 formed

Wiltshire 2,826 formed

Companies formed in 2019 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 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
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County
No. Companies formed
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
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County
No. Companies formed
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

New incorporations in 2019 per 1000 Man standing people

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In Wiltshire

6.5

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10.9

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Type of companies formed in Wiltshire breakdown

96% Private Limited Companies (4,247 companies)

4% Other company types (181 companies)

Other company types breakdown (181 companies)

Total companies in Wiltshire by the end of 2019

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Businesses formed in Wiltshire during 2019

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Businesses dissolved in Wiltshire during 2019

meaning there is a total of

37,182

businesses registered in Wiltshire at the end of 2019.

1.3% more companies in Wiltshire compared to 2018

Surrounding counties 2019 breakdown & comparison

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

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Ward breakdown data for

Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Blunsdon and Highworth
28
44
16
Central
121
131
10
Chiseldon and Lawn
29
46
17
Covingham and Dorcan
27
40
13
Eastcott
225
267
42
Gorse Hill and Pinehurst
65
93
28
Haydon Wick
41
44
3
Liden Eldene and Park South
29
36
7
Lydiard and Freshbrook
66
79
13
Mannington and Western
140
152
12
Old Town
81
81
0
Penhill and Upper Stratton
40
38
-2
Priory Vale
53
82
29
Ridgeway
46
64
18
Rodbourne Cheney
59
81
22
Shaw
79
82
3
St Andrews
62
72
10
St Margaret and South Marston
50
91
41
Walcot and Park North
34
45
11
Wroughton and Wichelstowe
21
22
1
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Aldbourne and Ramsbury
25
28
3
Alderbury and Whiteparish
17
22
5
Amesbury East
25
32
7
Amesbury West
19
14
-5
Bourne and Woodford Valley
175
18
-157
Box and Colerne
28
33
5
Bradford-on-Avon North
11
28
17
Bradford-on-Avon South
33
34
1
Brinkworth
32
29
-3
Bromham Rowde and Potterne
17
24
7
Bulford Allington and Figheldean
22
22
0
Burbage and the Bedwyns
19
20
1
By Brook
39
34
-5
Calne Central
44
109
65
Calne Chilvester and Abberd
26
21
-5
Calne North
28
17
-11
Calne Rural
34
27
-7
Calne South and Cherhill
15
11
-4
Chippenham Cepen Park and Derriads
15
17
2
Chippenham Cepen Park and Redlands
26
31
5
Chippenham Hardenhuish
23
15
-8
Chippenham Hardens and England
86
112
26
Chippenham Lowden and Rowden
7
17
10
Chippenham Monkton
46
29
-17
Chippenham Pewsham
9
9
0
Chippenham Queens and Sheldon
10
7
-3
Corsham Pickwick
23
51
28
Corsham Town
25
22
-3
Corsham Without and Box Hill
22
35
13
Cricklade and Latton
33
30
-3
Devizes and Roundway South
7
17
10
Devizes East
9
8
-1
Devizes North
45
49
4
Downton and Ebble Valley
23
22
-1
Durrington and Larkhill
16
27
11
Ethandune
19
25
6
Fovant and Chalke Valley
56
79
23
Hilperton
15
17
2
Holt and Staverton
23
20
-3
Kington
42
44
2
Laverstock Ford and Old Sarum
20
36
16
Ludgershall and Perham Down
22
24
2
Lyneham
14
31
17
Malmesbury
35
45
10
Marlborough East
15
26
11
Marlborough West
45
47
2
Melksham Central
19
36
17
Melksham North
31
46
15
Melksham South
6
14
8
Melksham Without North
24
30
6
Melksham Without South
21
15
-6
Mere
12
12
0
Minety
29
32
3
Nadder and East Knoyle
21
29
8
Pewsey
18
16
-2
Pewsey Vale
17
29
12
Purton
32
27
-5
Redlynch and Landford
17
23
6
Roundway
9
17
8
Royal Wootton Bassett East
18
30
12
Royal Wootton Bassett North
17
22
5
Royal Wootton Bassett South
44
43
-1
Salisbury Bemerton
13
12
-1
Salisbury Fisherton and Bemerton Village
21
33
12
Salisbury Harnham
15
13
-2
Salisbury St Edmund and Milford
72
98
26
Salisbury St Francis and Stratford
15
21
6
Salisbury St Mark's and Bishopdown
9
21
12
Salisbury St Martin's and Cathedral
94
78
-16
Salisbury St Paul's
33
28
-5
Sherston
16
27
11
Southwick
23
20
-3
Summerham and Seend
19
25
6
The Collingbournes and Netheravon
20
21
1
The Lavingtons and Erlestoke
22
12
-10
Tidworth
20
41
21
Till and Wylye Valley
14
16
2
Tisbury
21
16
-5
Trowbridge Adcroft
18
22
4
Trowbridge Central
75
69
-6
Trowbridge Drynham
4
6
2
Trowbridge Grove
5
11
6
Trowbridge Lambrok
7
11
4
Trowbridge Park
10
18
8
Trowbridge Paxcroft
16
31
15
Urchfont and The Cannings
31
20
-11
Warminster Broadway
11
15
4
Warminster Copheap and Wylye
18
23
5
Warminster East
326
37
-289
Warminster West
18
24
6
Warminster Without
21
26
5
West Selkley
40
42
2
Westbury East
34
18
-16
Westbury North
25
36
11
Westbury West
14
18
4
Wilton and Lower Wylye Valley
28
33
5
Winsley and Westwood
24
32
8
Winterslow
13
15
2
Wroughton and Wichelstowe
21
22
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Total companies 2019 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2019 and how Wiltshire compares to them.

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Rank
County
Total companies
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
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
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

Total companies at the end of 2019 per 1000 Person people

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In Wiltshire

54.4

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70.7

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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.

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