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Company Formations in 2022: Wiltshire

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???? Businesses formed in Wiltshire during 2022

3.0% more companies in Wiltshire compared to 2021

New businesses in Wiltshire mapped

Swindon 1,685 formed

Wiltshire 2,840 formed

Companies formed in 2022 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 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
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County
No. Companies formed
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
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County
No. Companies formed
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

New incorporations in 2022 per 1000 Man standing people

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In Wiltshire

6.6

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12.7

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Type of companies formed in Wiltshire breakdown

96% Private Limited Companies (4,352 companies)

4% Other company types (184 companies)

Other company types breakdown (184 companies)

Total companies in Wiltshire by the end of 2022

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Businesses formed in Wiltshire during 2022

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Businesses dissolved in Wiltshire during 2022

Companies House did not always process company dissolutions as soon as the standard conditions for dissolution were first met.

meaning there is a total of

40,505

businesses registered in Wiltshire at the end of 2022.

3.0% more companies in Wiltshire compared to 2021

Surrounding counties 2022 breakdown & comparison

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

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Ward breakdown data for

Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Blunsdon and Highworth
43
56
13
Central
126
147
21
Chiseldon and Lawn
28
42
14
Covingham and Dorcan
46
74
28
Eastcott
214
221
7
Gorse Hill and Pinehurst
73
98
25
Haydon Wick
39
33
-6
Liden Eldene and Park South
21
57
36
Lydiard and Freshbrook
66
71
5
Mannington and Western
130
184
54
Old Town
88
101
13
Penhill and Upper Stratton
37
54
17
Priory Vale
66
71
5
Ridgeway
41
49
8
Rodbourne Cheney
66
94
28
Shaw
75
76
1
St Andrews
59
92
33
St Margaret and South Marston
64
93
29
Walcot and Park North
30
44
14
Wroughton and Wichelstowe
27
28
1
Ward
Dissolutions
Incorporations
Net Change
Ward Dissolutions Incorporations Net Change
Aldbourne and Ramsbury
13
24
11
Alderbury and Whiteparish
22
24
2
Amesbury East
34
24
-10
Amesbury West
19
23
4
Bourne and Woodford Valley
188
24
-164
Box and Colerne
22
32
10
Bradford-on-Avon North
22
24
2
Bradford-on-Avon South
38
30
-8
Brinkworth
25
31
6
Bromham Rowde and Potterne
19
26
7
Bulford Allington and Figheldean
17
22
5
Burbage and the Bedwyns
29
24
-5
By Brook
29
36
7
Calne Central
32
107
75
Calne Chilvester and Abberd
14
17
3
Calne North
17
24
7
Calne Rural
28
38
10
Calne South and Cherhill
10
21
11
Chippenham Cepen Park and Derriads
15
17
2
Chippenham Cepen Park and Redlands
38
35
-3
Chippenham Hardenhuish
21
25
4
Chippenham Hardens and England
83
95
12
Chippenham Lowden and Rowden
14
19
5
Chippenham Monkton
19
27
8
Chippenham Pewsham
13
11
-2
Chippenham Queens and Sheldon
9
12
3
Corsham Pickwick
23
38
15
Corsham Town
22
14
-8
Corsham Without and Box Hill
14
33
19
Cricklade and Latton
38
57
19
Devizes and Roundway South
13
11
-2
Devizes East
5
13
8
Devizes North
39
47
8
Downton and Ebble Valley
21
29
8
Durrington and Larkhill
16
20
4
Ethandune
14
22
8
Fovant and Chalke Valley
46
53
7
Hilperton
13
18
5
Holt and Staverton
31
16
-15
Kington
35
35
0
Laverstock Ford and Old Sarum
19
42
23
Ludgershall and Perham Down
27
32
5
Lyneham
11
18
7
Malmesbury
23
43
20
Marlborough East
18
18
0
Marlborough West
51
48
-3
Melksham Central
24
51
27
Melksham North
15
23
8
Melksham South
12
21
9
Melksham Without North
25
26
1
Melksham Without South
16
20
4
Mere
13
19
6
Minety
36
33
-3
Nadder and East Knoyle
31
27
-4
Pewsey
28
25
-3
Pewsey Vale
13
18
5
Purton
26
23
-3
Redlynch and Landford
15
21
6
Roundway
20
8
-12
Royal Wootton Bassett East
31
27
-4
Royal Wootton Bassett North
11
22
11
Royal Wootton Bassett South
36
39
3
Salisbury Bemerton
12
12
0
Salisbury Fisherton and Bemerton Village
18
23
5
Salisbury Harnham
17
16
-1
Salisbury St Edmund and Milford
93
131
38
Salisbury St Francis and Stratford
15
11
-4
Salisbury St Mark's and Bishopdown
9
15
6
Salisbury St Martin's and Cathedral
60
73
13
Salisbury St Paul's
22
38
16
Sherston
20
26
6
Southwick
18
22
4
Summerham and Seend
22
18
-4
The Collingbournes and Netheravon
14
12
-2
The Lavingtons and Erlestoke
21
20
-1
Tidworth
27
25
-2
Till and Wylye Valley
14
19
5
Tisbury
21
6
-15
Trowbridge Adcroft
15
12
-3
Trowbridge Central
54
52
-2
Trowbridge Drynham
7
13
6
Trowbridge Grove
10
13
3
Trowbridge Lambrok
12
17
5
Trowbridge Park
22
26
4
Trowbridge Paxcroft
18
26
8
Urchfont and The Cannings
21
32
11
Warminster Broadway
11
10
-1
Warminster Copheap and Wylye
17
22
5
Warminster East
37
32
-5
Warminster West
27
92
65
Warminster Without
24
27
3
West Selkley
40
30
-10
Westbury East
23
20
-3
Westbury North
18
31
13
Westbury West
24
31
7
Wilton and Lower Wylye Valley
19
30
11
Winsley and Westwood
23
31
8
Winterslow
12
24
12
Wroughton and Wichelstowe
27
28
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Total companies 2022 league table

The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2022 and how Wiltshire compares to them.

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County
Total companies
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
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
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

Total companies at the end of 2022 per 1000 Person people

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59.2

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82.7

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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.

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