2017
5,227 formed
9,759 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Wiltshire during 2021
0.8% more companies in Wiltshire compared to 2020
Swindon 1,562 formed
Wiltshire 2,852 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Wiltshire compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2020: 1st
|
London |
269,246 |
2nd
2020: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
36,485 |
3rd
2020: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
36,442 |
4th
2020: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
22,140 |
5th
2020: 5th
|
Essex |
18,584 |
39th 2020: 39th
|
Wiltshire |
4,432 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
7th
2020: 7th
|
Hampshire |
14,512 |
15th
2020: 15th
|
Berkshire |
9,605 |
22nd
2020: 26th
|
Dorset |
7,584 |
28th
2020: 31st
|
Somerset |
7,057 |
32nd
2020: 32nd
|
Gloucestershire |
6,357 |
35th
2020: 33rd
|
Bristol |
5,125 |
38th
2020: 34th
|
Oxfordshire |
5,053 |
39th
2020: 39th
|
Wiltshire |
4,432 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2020: 1st
|
London |
269,246 |
2nd 2020: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
36,485 |
3rd 2020: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
36,442 |
4th 2020: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
22,140 |
5th 2020: 5th
|
Essex |
18,584 |
6th 2020: 6th
|
Kent |
16,625 |
7th 2020: 7th
|
Hampshire |
14,512 |
8th 2020: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
13,899 |
9th 2020: 9th
|
Merseyside |
13,108 |
10th 2020: 10th
|
Lancashire |
12,800 |
11th 2020: 12th
|
Surrey |
11,021 |
12th 2020: 14th
|
South Yorkshire |
10,815 |
13th 2020: 13th
|
Cheshire |
9,800 |
14th 2020: 11th
|
Leicestershire |
9,685 |
15th 2020: 15th
|
Berkshire |
9,605 |
16th 2020: 16th
|
Buckinghamshire |
8,910 |
17th 2020: 17th
|
Nottinghamshire |
8,810 |
18th 2020: 22nd
|
Staffordshire |
8,541 |
19th 2020: 20th
|
East Sussex |
7,675 |
20th 2020: 21st
|
Tyne and Wear |
7,623 |
21st 2020: 19th
|
North Yorkshire |
7,614 |
22nd 2020: 26th
|
Dorset |
7,584 |
23rd 2020: 24th
|
Cambridgeshire |
7,476 |
24th 2020: 18th
|
Bedfordshire |
7,413 |
25th 2020: 28th
|
Worcestershire |
7,361 |
26th 2020: 25th
|
Derbyshire |
7,261 |
27th 2020: 23rd
|
Northamptonshire |
7,131 |
28th 2020: 31st
|
Somerset |
7,057 |
29th 2020: 30th
|
Lincolnshire |
6,903 |
30th 2020: 27th
|
Devon |
6,825 |
31st 2020: 29th
|
West Sussex |
6,463 |
32nd 2020: 32nd
|
Gloucestershire |
6,357 |
33rd 2020: 35th
|
Suffolk |
5,445 |
34th 2020: 37th
|
Norfolk |
5,214 |
35th 2020: 33rd
|
Bristol |
5,125 |
36th 2020: 38th
|
Warwickshire |
5,117 |
37th 2020: 36th
|
Durham |
5,065 |
38th 2020: 34th
|
Oxfordshire |
5,053 |
39th 2020: 39th
|
Wiltshire |
4,432 |
40th 2020: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
3,749 |
41st 2020: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
2,993 |
42nd 2020: 41st
|
Shropshire |
2,914 |
43rd 2020: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
2,858 |
44th 2020: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,286 |
45th 2020: 45th
|
Northumberland |
1,421 |
46th 2020: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
697 |
47th 2020: 47th
|
Rutland |
195 |
people
6.5
12.2
96% Private Limited Companies (4,257 companies)
4% Other company types (175 companies)
Other company types breakdown (175 companies)
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Businesses formed in Wiltshire during 2021
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Businesses dissolved in Wiltshire during 2021
39,338
businesses registered in Wiltshire at the end of 2021.
0.8% more companies in Wiltshire compared to 2020
Dorset
56,465 total businesses
7,584 formed in 2021
6,001 dissolved in 2021
Hampshire
123,584 total businesses
14,512 formed in 2021
13,410 dissolved in 2021
Somerset
57,300 total businesses
7,057 formed in 2021
5,667 dissolved in 2021
Gloucestershire
56,711 total businesses
6,357 formed in 2021
5,435 dissolved in 2021
Oxfordshire
45,883 total businesses
5,053 formed in 2021
4,163 dissolved in 2021
Berkshire
75,011 total businesses
9,605 formed in 2021
8,449 dissolved in 2021
Bristol
36,239 total businesses
5,125 formed in 2021
4,158 dissolved in 2021
Wiltshire
39,338 total businesses
4,432 formed in 2021
4,387 dissolved in 2021
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Blunsdon and Highworth |
-5 |
||
Central |
9 |
||
Chiseldon and Lawn |
-6 |
||
Covingham and Dorcan |
32 |
||
Eastcott |
-20 |
||
Gorse Hill and Pinehurst |
-6 |
||
Haydon Wick |
-1 |
||
Liden Eldene and Park South |
6 |
||
Lydiard and Freshbrook |
-15 |
||
Mannington and Western |
-42 |
||
Old Town |
-17 |
||
Penhill and Upper Stratton |
12 |
||
Priory Vale |
8 |
||
Ridgeway |
2 |
||
Rodbourne Cheney |
29 |
||
Shaw |
28 |
||
St Andrews |
4 |
||
St Margaret and South Marston |
21 |
||
Walcot and Park North |
-4 |
||
Wroughton and Wichelstowe |
-11 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Aldbourne and Ramsbury |
6 |
||
Alderbury and Whiteparish |
-2 |
||
Amesbury East |
0 |
||
Amesbury West |
4 |
||
Bourne and Woodford Valley |
-198 |
||
Box and Colerne |
3 |
||
Bradford-on-Avon North |
12 |
||
Bradford-on-Avon South |
-1 |
||
Brinkworth |
-9 |
||
Bromham Rowde and Potterne |
4 |
||
Bulford Allington and Figheldean |
3 |
||
Burbage and the Bedwyns |
-5 |
||
By Brook |
34 |
||
Calne Central |
100 |
||
Calne Chilvester and Abberd |
10 |
||
Calne North |
7 |
||
Calne Rural |
15 |
||
Calne South and Cherhill |
1 |
||
Chippenham Cepen Park and Derriads |
-1 |
||
Chippenham Cepen Park and Redlands |
3 |
||
Chippenham Hardenhuish |
6 |
||
Chippenham Hardens and England |
0 |
||
Chippenham Lowden and Rowden |
-1 |
||
Chippenham Monkton |
-1 |
||
Chippenham Pewsham |
1 |
||
Chippenham Queens and Sheldon |
6 |
||
Corsham Pickwick |
-6 |
||
Corsham Town |
6 |
||
Corsham Without and Box Hill |
2 |
||
Cricklade and Latton |
22 |
||
Devizes and Roundway South |
-10 |
||
Devizes East |
5 |
||
Devizes North |
-24 |
||
Downton and Ebble Valley |
-10 |
||
Durrington and Larkhill |
-10 |
||
Ethandune |
-3 |
||
Fovant and Chalke Valley |
0 |
||
Hilperton |
6 |
||
Holt and Staverton |
1 |
||
Kington |
2 |
||
Laverstock Ford and Old Sarum |
1 |
||
Ludgershall and Perham Down |
16 |
||
Lyneham |
0 |
||
Malmesbury |
-8 |
||
Marlborough East |
4 |
||
Marlborough West |
1 |
||
Melksham Central |
3 |
||
Melksham North |
6 |
||
Melksham South |
5 |
||
Melksham Without North |
13 |
||
Melksham Without South |
20 |
||
Mere |
-9 |
||
Minety |
2 |
||
Nadder and East Knoyle |
14 |
||
Pewsey |
-1 |
||
Pewsey Vale |
1 |
||
Purton |
3 |
||
Redlynch and Landford |
-8 |
||
Roundway |
-9 |
||
Royal Wootton Bassett East |
-3 |
||
Royal Wootton Bassett North |
-5 |
||
Royal Wootton Bassett South |
-7 |
||
Salisbury Bemerton |
1 |
||
Salisbury Fisherton and Bemerton Village |
6 |
||
Salisbury Harnham |
-7 |
||
Salisbury St Edmund and Milford |
62 |
||
Salisbury St Francis and Stratford |
-5 |
||
Salisbury St Mark's and Bishopdown |
-9 |
||
Salisbury St Martin's and Cathedral |
-13 |
||
Salisbury St Paul's |
-5 |
||
Sherston |
-12 |
||
Southwick |
0 |
||
Summerham and Seend |
-1 |
||
The Collingbournes and Netheravon |
-9 |
||
The Lavingtons and Erlestoke |
-4 |
||
Tidworth |
-1 |
||
Till and Wylye Valley |
-1 |
||
Tisbury |
-1 |
||
Trowbridge Adcroft |
9 |
||
Trowbridge Central |
18 |
||
Trowbridge Drynham |
11 |
||
Trowbridge Grove |
5 |
||
Trowbridge Lambrok |
1 |
||
Trowbridge Park |
4 |
||
Trowbridge Paxcroft |
17 |
||
Urchfont and The Cannings |
-13 |
||
Warminster Broadway |
7 |
||
Warminster Copheap and Wylye |
6 |
||
Warminster East |
-27 |
||
Warminster West |
5 |
||
Warminster Without |
5 |
||
West Selkley |
-1 |
||
Westbury East |
10 |
||
Westbury North |
2 |
||
Westbury West |
-4 |
||
Wilton and Lower Wylye Valley |
-13 |
||
Winsley and Westwood |
13 |
||
Winterslow |
2 |
||
Wroughton and Wichelstowe |
-11 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2021 and how Wiltshire compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2020: 1st
|
London |
1,397,474 |
2nd
2020: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
217,557 |
3rd
2020: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
198,781 |
4th
2020: 4th
|
Essex |
141,948 |
5th
2020: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
141,120 |
37th 2020: 37th
|
Wiltshire |
39,338 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
7th
2020: 7th
|
Hampshire |
123,584 |
13th
2020: 14th
|
Berkshire |
75,011 |
23rd
2020: 23rd
|
Somerset |
57,300 |
24th
2020: 22nd
|
Gloucestershire |
56,711 |
25th
2020: 25th
|
Dorset |
56,465 |
32nd
2020: 32nd
|
Oxfordshire |
45,883 |
37th
2020: 37th
|
Wiltshire |
39,338 |
38th
2020: 38th
|
Bristol |
36,239 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2020: 1st
|
London |
1,397,474 |
2nd 2020: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
217,557 |
3rd 2020: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
198,781 |
4th 2020: 4th
|
Essex |
141,948 |
5th 2020: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
141,120 |
6th 2020: 6th
|
Kent |
126,550 |
7th 2020: 7th
|
Hampshire |
123,584 |
8th 2020: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
118,798 |
9th 2020: 9th
|
Surrey |
106,792 |
10th 2020: 11th
|
Lancashire |
87,562 |
11th 2020: 10th
|
Cheshire |
83,426 |
12th 2020: 12th
|
Merseyside |
78,022 |
13th 2020: 14th
|
Berkshire |
75,011 |
14th 2020: 13th
|
Buckinghamshire |
74,634 |
15th 2020: 15th
|
Leicestershire |
71,867 |
16th 2020: 16th
|
East Sussex |
70,862 |
17th 2020: 17th
|
South Yorkshire |
68,227 |
18th 2020: 19th
|
Devon |
60,022 |
19th 2020: 18th
|
North Yorkshire |
59,819 |
20th 2020: 21st
|
Nottinghamshire |
58,780 |
21st 2020: 20th
|
West Sussex |
57,619 |
22nd 2020: 24th
|
Staffordshire |
57,556 |
23rd 2020: 23rd
|
Somerset |
57,300 |
24th 2020: 22nd
|
Gloucestershire |
56,711 |
25th 2020: 25th
|
Dorset |
56,465 |
26th 2020: 26th
|
Cambridgeshire |
56,346 |
27th 2020: 28th
|
Derbyshire |
53,394 |
28th 2020: 27th
|
Northamptonshire |
53,149 |
29th 2020: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
50,076 |
30th 2020: 30th
|
Tyne and Wear |
49,266 |
31st 2020: 31st
|
Bedfordshire |
47,831 |
32nd 2020: 32nd
|
Oxfordshire |
45,883 |
33rd 2020: 34th
|
Norfolk |
43,452 |
34th 2020: 33rd
|
Worcestershire |
42,443 |
35th 2020: 36th
|
Suffolk |
41,836 |
36th 2020: 35th
|
Warwickshire |
40,740 |
37th 2020: 37th
|
Wiltshire |
39,338 |
38th 2020: 38th
|
Bristol |
36,239 |
39th 2020: 39th
|
Durham |
33,620 |
40th 2020: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
27,909 |
41st 2020: 41st
|
Shropshire |
25,765 |
42nd 2020: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
24,752 |
43rd 2020: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
22,499 |
44th 2020: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
14,830 |
45th 2020: 45th
|
Northumberland |
11,895 |
46th 2020: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
6,319 |
47th 2020: 47th
|
Rutland |
2,056 |
people
57.5
79.1
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.
2017
5,227 formed
9,759 dissolved
2018
4,348 formed
4,933 dissolved
2019
4,428 formed
4,156 dissolved
2020
4,645 formed
3,195 dissolved
2021
4,432 formed
4,387 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
-0.71% vs 2017
1.27% vs 2018
4.95% vs 2019
0.8% vs 2020