2018
4,348 formed
4,933 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Wiltshire during 2022
3.0% more companies in Wiltshire compared to 2021
Swindon 1,685 formed
Wiltshire 2,840 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Wiltshire compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2021: 1st
|
London |
274,838 |
2nd
2021: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
39,355 |
3rd
2021: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
38,756 |
4th
2021: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
25,517 |
5th
2021: 5th
|
Essex |
18,955 |
39th 2021: 39th
|
Wiltshire |
4,536 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
7th
2021: 7th
|
Hampshire |
14,533 |
14th
2021: 15th
|
Berkshire |
9,571 |
19th
2021: 22nd
|
Dorset |
8,427 |
27th
2021: 28th
|
Somerset |
7,121 |
31st
2021: 32nd
|
Gloucestershire |
6,373 |
36th
2021: 35th
|
Bristol |
4,951 |
38th
2021: 38th
|
Oxfordshire |
4,842 |
39th
2021: 39th
|
Wiltshire |
4,536 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2021: 1st
|
London |
274,838 |
2nd 2021: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
39,355 |
3rd 2021: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
38,756 |
4th 2021: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
25,517 |
5th 2021: 5th
|
Essex |
18,955 |
6th 2021: 6th
|
Kent |
16,109 |
7th 2021: 7th
|
Hampshire |
14,533 |
8th 2021: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
13,643 |
9th 2021: 9th
|
Merseyside |
13,358 |
10th 2021: 10th
|
Lancashire |
13,312 |
11th 2021: 12th
|
South Yorkshire |
11,901 |
12th 2021: 11th
|
Surrey |
10,902 |
13th 2021: 14th
|
Leicestershire |
10,408 |
14th 2021: 15th
|
Berkshire |
9,571 |
15th 2021: 13th
|
Cheshire |
9,335 |
16th 2021: 17th
|
Nottinghamshire |
9,235 |
17th 2021: 16th
|
Buckinghamshire |
8,683 |
18th 2021: 24th
|
Bedfordshire |
8,495 |
19th 2021: 22nd
|
Dorset |
8,427 |
20th 2021: 21st
|
North Yorkshire |
8,424 |
21st 2021: 18th
|
Staffordshire |
8,072 |
22nd 2021: 20th
|
Tyne and Wear |
7,838 |
23rd 2021: 27th
|
Northamptonshire |
7,831 |
24th 2021: 26th
|
Derbyshire |
7,764 |
25th 2021: 23rd
|
Cambridgeshire |
7,739 |
26th 2021: 19th
|
East Sussex |
7,193 |
27th 2021: 28th
|
Somerset |
7,121 |
28th 2021: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
7,100 |
29th 2021: 30th
|
Devon |
6,814 |
30th 2021: 33rd
|
Suffolk |
6,749 |
31st 2021: 32nd
|
Gloucestershire |
6,373 |
32nd 2021: 31st
|
West Sussex |
6,136 |
33rd 2021: 36th
|
Warwickshire |
5,540 |
34th 2021: 34th
|
Norfolk |
5,384 |
35th 2021: 37th
|
Durham |
5,109 |
36th 2021: 35th
|
Bristol |
4,951 |
37th 2021: 25th
|
Worcestershire |
4,941 |
38th 2021: 38th
|
Oxfordshire |
4,842 |
39th 2021: 39th
|
Wiltshire |
4,536 |
40th 2021: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
4,233 |
41st 2021: 42nd
|
Shropshire |
3,132 |
42nd 2021: 43rd
|
Herefordshire |
2,928 |
43rd 2021: 41st
|
Cornwall |
2,912 |
44th 2021: 44th
|
Cumbria |
2,418 |
45th 2021: 45th
|
Northumberland |
1,527 |
46th 2021: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
652 |
47th 2021: 47th
|
Rutland |
193 |
people
6.6
12.7
96% Private Limited Companies (4,352 companies)
4% Other company types (184 companies)
Other company types breakdown (184 companies)
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Businesses formed in Wiltshire during 2022
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Businesses dissolved in Wiltshire during 2022
40,505
businesses registered in Wiltshire at the end of 2022.
3.0% more companies in Wiltshire compared to 2021
Dorset
61,217 total businesses
8,427 formed in 2022
5,845 dissolved in 2022
Hampshire
124,249 total businesses
14,533 formed in 2022
12,517 dissolved in 2022
Somerset
59,531 total businesses
7,121 formed in 2022
5,386 dissolved in 2022
Gloucestershire
57,852 total businesses
6,373 formed in 2022
5,441 dissolved in 2022
Oxfordshire
46,748 total businesses
4,842 formed in 2022
4,009 dissolved in 2022
Berkshire
76,700 total businesses
9,571 formed in 2022
7,937 dissolved in 2022
Bristol
37,039 total businesses
4,951 formed in 2022
3,839 dissolved in 2022
Wiltshire
40,505 total businesses
4,536 formed in 2022
3,838 dissolved in 2022
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Blunsdon and Highworth |
13 |
||
Central |
21 |
||
Chiseldon and Lawn |
14 |
||
Covingham and Dorcan |
28 |
||
Eastcott |
7 |
||
Gorse Hill and Pinehurst |
25 |
||
Haydon Wick |
-6 |
||
Liden Eldene and Park South |
36 |
||
Lydiard and Freshbrook |
5 |
||
Mannington and Western |
54 |
||
Old Town |
13 |
||
Penhill and Upper Stratton |
17 |
||
Priory Vale |
5 |
||
Ridgeway |
8 |
||
Rodbourne Cheney |
28 |
||
Shaw |
1 |
||
St Andrews |
33 |
||
St Margaret and South Marston |
29 |
||
Walcot and Park North |
14 |
||
Wroughton and Wichelstowe |
1 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Aldbourne and Ramsbury |
11 |
||
Alderbury and Whiteparish |
2 |
||
Amesbury East |
-10 |
||
Amesbury West |
4 |
||
Bourne and Woodford Valley |
-164 |
||
Box and Colerne |
10 |
||
Bradford-on-Avon North |
2 |
||
Bradford-on-Avon South |
-8 |
||
Brinkworth |
6 |
||
Bromham Rowde and Potterne |
7 |
||
Bulford Allington and Figheldean |
5 |
||
Burbage and the Bedwyns |
-5 |
||
By Brook |
7 |
||
Calne Central |
75 |
||
Calne Chilvester and Abberd |
3 |
||
Calne North |
7 |
||
Calne Rural |
10 |
||
Calne South and Cherhill |
11 |
||
Chippenham Cepen Park and Derriads |
2 |
||
Chippenham Cepen Park and Redlands |
-3 |
||
Chippenham Hardenhuish |
4 |
||
Chippenham Hardens and England |
12 |
||
Chippenham Lowden and Rowden |
5 |
||
Chippenham Monkton |
8 |
||
Chippenham Pewsham |
-2 |
||
Chippenham Queens and Sheldon |
3 |
||
Corsham Pickwick |
15 |
||
Corsham Town |
-8 |
||
Corsham Without and Box Hill |
19 |
||
Cricklade and Latton |
19 |
||
Devizes and Roundway South |
-2 |
||
Devizes East |
8 |
||
Devizes North |
8 |
||
Downton and Ebble Valley |
8 |
||
Durrington and Larkhill |
4 |
||
Ethandune |
8 |
||
Fovant and Chalke Valley |
7 |
||
Hilperton |
5 |
||
Holt and Staverton |
-15 |
||
Kington |
0 |
||
Laverstock Ford and Old Sarum |
23 |
||
Ludgershall and Perham Down |
5 |
||
Lyneham |
7 |
||
Malmesbury |
20 |
||
Marlborough East |
0 |
||
Marlborough West |
-3 |
||
Melksham Central |
27 |
||
Melksham North |
8 |
||
Melksham South |
9 |
||
Melksham Without North |
1 |
||
Melksham Without South |
4 |
||
Mere |
6 |
||
Minety |
-3 |
||
Nadder and East Knoyle |
-4 |
||
Pewsey |
-3 |
||
Pewsey Vale |
5 |
||
Purton |
-3 |
||
Redlynch and Landford |
6 |
||
Roundway |
-12 |
||
Royal Wootton Bassett East |
-4 |
||
Royal Wootton Bassett North |
11 |
||
Royal Wootton Bassett South |
3 |
||
Salisbury Bemerton |
0 |
||
Salisbury Fisherton and Bemerton Village |
5 |
||
Salisbury Harnham |
-1 |
||
Salisbury St Edmund and Milford |
38 |
||
Salisbury St Francis and Stratford |
-4 |
||
Salisbury St Mark's and Bishopdown |
6 |
||
Salisbury St Martin's and Cathedral |
13 |
||
Salisbury St Paul's |
16 |
||
Sherston |
6 |
||
Southwick |
4 |
||
Summerham and Seend |
-4 |
||
The Collingbournes and Netheravon |
-2 |
||
The Lavingtons and Erlestoke |
-1 |
||
Tidworth |
-2 |
||
Till and Wylye Valley |
5 |
||
Tisbury |
-15 |
||
Trowbridge Adcroft |
-3 |
||
Trowbridge Central |
-2 |
||
Trowbridge Drynham |
6 |
||
Trowbridge Grove |
3 |
||
Trowbridge Lambrok |
5 |
||
Trowbridge Park |
4 |
||
Trowbridge Paxcroft |
8 |
||
Urchfont and The Cannings |
11 |
||
Warminster Broadway |
-1 |
||
Warminster Copheap and Wylye |
5 |
||
Warminster East |
-5 |
||
Warminster West |
65 |
||
Warminster Without |
3 |
||
West Selkley |
-10 |
||
Westbury East |
-3 |
||
Westbury North |
13 |
||
Westbury West |
7 |
||
Wilton and Lower Wylye Valley |
11 |
||
Winsley and Westwood |
8 |
||
Winterslow |
12 |
||
Wroughton and Wichelstowe |
1 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2022 and how Wiltshire compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2021: 1st
|
London |
1,462,539 |
2nd
2021: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
233,019 |
3rd
2021: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
211,766 |
4th
2021: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
151,175 |
5th
2021: 4th
|
Essex |
148,387 |
37th 2021: 37th
|
Wiltshire |
40,505 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
7th
2021: 7th
|
Hampshire |
124,249 |
14th
2021: 13th
|
Berkshire |
76,700 |
21st
2021: 25th
|
Dorset |
61,217 |
23rd
2021: 23rd
|
Somerset |
59,531 |
25th
2021: 24th
|
Gloucestershire |
57,852 |
32nd
2021: 32nd
|
Oxfordshire |
46,748 |
37th
2021: 37th
|
Wiltshire |
40,505 |
38th
2021: 38th
|
Bristol |
37,039 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2021: 1st
|
London |
1,462,539 |
2nd 2021: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
233,019 |
3rd 2021: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
211,766 |
4th 2021: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
151,175 |
5th 2021: 4th
|
Essex |
148,387 |
6th 2021: 6th
|
Kent |
130,283 |
7th 2021: 7th
|
Hampshire |
124,249 |
8th 2021: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
122,123 |
9th 2021: 9th
|
Surrey |
107,722 |
10th 2021: 10th
|
Lancashire |
91,522 |
11th 2021: 11th
|
Cheshire |
81,809 |
12th 2021: 12th
|
Merseyside |
81,221 |
13th 2021: 14th
|
Buckinghamshire |
78,850 |
14th 2021: 13th
|
Berkshire |
76,700 |
15th 2021: 15th
|
Leicestershire |
73,507 |
16th 2021: 17th
|
South Yorkshire |
72,058 |
17th 2021: 16th
|
East Sussex |
70,836 |
18th 2021: 19th
|
North Yorkshire |
62,355 |
19th 2021: 20th
|
Nottinghamshire |
62,142 |
20th 2021: 18th
|
Devon |
61,854 |
21st 2021: 25th
|
Dorset |
61,217 |
22nd 2021: 22nd
|
Staffordshire |
60,009 |
23rd 2021: 23rd
|
Somerset |
59,531 |
24th 2021: 21st
|
West Sussex |
58,763 |
25th 2021: 24th
|
Gloucestershire |
57,852 |
26th 2021: 26th
|
Cambridgeshire |
57,788 |
27th 2021: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
55,697 |
28th 2021: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
53,143 |
29th 2021: 28th
|
Northamptonshire |
51,966 |
30th 2021: 30th
|
Tyne and Wear |
51,640 |
31st 2021: 31st
|
Bedfordshire |
50,545 |
32nd 2021: 32nd
|
Oxfordshire |
46,748 |
33rd 2021: 33rd
|
Norfolk |
45,968 |
34th 2021: 35th
|
Suffolk |
45,867 |
35th 2021: 34th
|
Worcestershire |
43,964 |
36th 2021: 36th
|
Warwickshire |
42,564 |
37th 2021: 37th
|
Wiltshire |
40,505 |
38th 2021: 38th
|
Bristol |
37,039 |
39th 2021: 39th
|
Durham |
35,455 |
40th 2021: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
29,451 |
41st 2021: 41st
|
Shropshire |
26,781 |
42nd 2021: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
25,857 |
43rd 2021: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
23,003 |
44th 2021: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
16,412 |
45th 2021: 45th
|
Northumberland |
12,420 |
46th 2021: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
6,423 |
47th 2021: 47th
|
Rutland |
2,076 |
people
59.2
82.7
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.
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
2022
4,536 formed
3,838 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
1.27% vs 2018
4.95% vs 2019
0.81% vs 2020
3.0% vs 2021