2020
4,645 formed
3,195 dissolved
???? Businesses formed in Wiltshire during 2024
1.3% more companies in Wiltshire compared to 2023
Swindon 1,736 formed
Wiltshire 2,858 formed
The counties in England where most companies are formed, and how Wiltshire compares.
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st
2023: 1st
|
London |
280,423 |
2nd
2023: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
41,700 |
3rd
2023: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
40,892 |
4th
2023: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
23,972 |
5th
2023: 5th
|
Essex |
19,024 |
38th 2023: 38th
|
Wiltshire |
4,609 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
7th
2023: 7th
|
Hampshire |
14,534 |
14th
2023: 14th
|
Berkshire |
10,454 |
24th
2023: 23rd
|
Dorset |
7,890 |
30th
2023: 30th
|
Gloucestershire |
6,522 |
32nd
2023: 32nd
|
Somerset |
6,153 |
35th
2023: 35th
|
Oxfordshire |
5,301 |
38th
2023: 38th
|
Wiltshire |
4,609 |
39th
2023: 37th
|
Bristol |
4,467 |
| Rank | County | No. Companies formed |
|---|---|---|
1st 2023: 1st
|
London |
280,423 |
2nd 2023: 2nd
|
West Midlands |
41,700 |
3rd 2023: 3rd
|
Greater Manchester |
40,892 |
4th 2023: 4th
|
West Yorkshire |
23,972 |
5th 2023: 5th
|
Essex |
19,024 |
6th 2023: 6th
|
Kent |
16,490 |
7th 2023: 7th
|
Hampshire |
14,534 |
8th 2023: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
14,111 |
9th 2023: 10th
|
Lancashire |
13,620 |
10th 2023: 9th
|
Merseyside |
13,029 |
11th 2023: 12th
|
South Yorkshire |
11,673 |
12th 2023: 11th
|
Surrey |
11,351 |
13th 2023: 13th
|
Leicestershire |
11,209 |
14th 2023: 14th
|
Berkshire |
10,454 |
15th 2023: 15th
|
Cheshire |
9,854 |
16th 2023: 17th
|
Nottinghamshire |
9,248 |
17th 2023: 16th
|
Buckinghamshire |
9,185 |
18th 2023: 20th
|
Suffolk |
9,091 |
19th 2023: 18th
|
North Yorkshire |
8,830 |
20th 2023: 22nd
|
Cambridgeshire |
8,588 |
21st 2023: 24th
|
Tyne and Wear |
8,269 |
22nd 2023: 19th
|
Bedfordshire |
8,251 |
23rd 2023: 21st
|
Staffordshire |
8,181 |
24th 2023: 23rd
|
Dorset |
7,890 |
25th 2023: 26th
|
Derbyshire |
7,553 |
26th 2023: 27th
|
East Sussex |
7,231 |
27th 2023: 29th
|
Lincolnshire |
7,132 |
28th 2023: 25th
|
Northamptonshire |
6,894 |
29th 2023: 28th
|
Devon |
6,646 |
30th 2023: 30th
|
Gloucestershire |
6,522 |
31st 2023: 31st
|
West Sussex |
6,467 |
32nd 2023: 32nd
|
Somerset |
6,153 |
33rd 2023: 34th
|
Durham |
5,616 |
34th 2023: 33rd
|
Norfolk |
5,434 |
35th 2023: 35th
|
Oxfordshire |
5,301 |
36th 2023: 36th
|
Warwickshire |
5,070 |
37th 2023: 39th
|
Worcestershire |
5,059 |
38th 2023: 38th
|
Wiltshire |
4,609 |
39th 2023: 37th
|
Bristol |
4,467 |
40th 2023: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
4,234 |
41st 2023: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
4,025 |
42nd 2023: 41st
|
Shropshire |
3,031 |
43rd 2023: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
2,854 |
44th 2023: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
2,453 |
45th 2023: 45th
|
Northumberland |
1,577 |
46th 2023: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
718 |
47th 2023: 47th
|
Rutland |
242 |
people
6.1
12.5
96% Private Limited Companies (4,439 companies)
4% Other company types (170 companies)
Other company types breakdown (170 companies)
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Businesses formed in Wiltshire during 2024
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Businesses dissolved in Wiltshire during 2024
42,535
businesses registered in Wiltshire at the end of 2024.
1.3% more companies in Wiltshire compared to 2023
Dorset
63,675 total businesses
7,890 formed in 2024
7,119 dissolved in 2024
Hampshire
127,564 total businesses
14,534 formed in 2024
12,968 dissolved in 2024
Somerset
60,769 total businesses
6,153 formed in 2024
5,785 dissolved in 2024
Gloucestershire
61,133 total businesses
6,522 formed in 2024
5,495 dissolved in 2024
Oxfordshire
48,887 total businesses
5,301 formed in 2024
4,305 dissolved in 2024
Berkshire
80,348 total businesses
10,454 formed in 2024
8,209 dissolved in 2024
Bristol
36,561 total businesses
4,467 formed in 2024
3,885 dissolved in 2024
Wiltshire
42,535 total businesses
4,609 formed in 2024
4,357 dissolved in 2024
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Blunsdon and Highworth |
-2 |
||
Central |
48 |
||
Chiseldon and Lawn |
11 |
||
Covingham and Dorcan |
-1 |
||
Eastcott |
30 |
||
Gorse Hill and Pinehurst |
42 |
||
Haydon Wick |
27 |
||
Liden Eldene and Park South |
1 |
||
Lydiard and Freshbrook |
-9 |
||
Mannington and Western |
-104 |
||
Old Town |
9 |
||
Penhill and Upper Stratton |
23 |
||
Priory Vale |
2 |
||
Ridgeway |
12 |
||
Rodbourne Cheney |
36 |
||
Shaw |
-17 |
||
St Andrews |
23 |
||
St Margaret and South Marston |
26 |
||
Walcot and Park North |
11 |
||
Wroughton and Wichelstowe |
10 |
| Ward | Dissolutions | Incorporations | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Aldbourne and Ramsbury |
-1 |
||
Alderbury and Whiteparish |
-1 |
||
Amesbury East |
-17 |
||
Amesbury West |
-7 |
||
Bourne and Woodford Valley |
-245 |
||
Box and Colerne |
-1 |
||
Bradford-on-Avon North |
-6 |
||
Bradford-on-Avon South |
-1 |
||
Brinkworth |
2 |
||
Bromham Rowde and Potterne |
-6 |
||
Bulford Allington and Figheldean |
11 |
||
Burbage and the Bedwyns |
15 |
||
By Brook |
-20 |
||
Calne Central |
44 |
||
Calne Chilvester and Abberd |
8 |
||
Calne North |
6 |
||
Calne Rural |
-11 |
||
Calne South and Cherhill |
16 |
||
Chippenham Cepen Park and Derriads |
2 |
||
Chippenham Cepen Park and Redlands |
20 |
||
Chippenham Hardenhuish |
-3 |
||
Chippenham Hardens and England |
33 |
||
Chippenham Lowden and Rowden |
-3 |
||
Chippenham Monkton |
5 |
||
Chippenham Pewsham |
2 |
||
Chippenham Queens and Sheldon |
-6 |
||
Corsham Pickwick |
-2 |
||
Corsham Town |
11 |
||
Corsham Without and Box Hill |
9 |
||
Cricklade and Latton |
13 |
||
Devizes and Roundway South |
4 |
||
Devizes East |
-4 |
||
Devizes North |
-4 |
||
Downton and Ebble Valley |
-3 |
||
Durrington and Larkhill |
2 |
||
Ethandune |
-3 |
||
Fovant and Chalke Valley |
16 |
||
Hilperton |
4 |
||
Holt and Staverton |
7 |
||
Kington |
8 |
||
Laverstock Ford and Old Sarum |
-3 |
||
Ludgershall and Perham Down |
14 |
||
Lyneham |
4 |
||
Malmesbury |
-9 |
||
Marlborough East |
-12 |
||
Marlborough West |
13 |
||
Melksham Central |
6 |
||
Melksham North |
-5 |
||
Melksham South |
9 |
||
Melksham Without North |
-5 |
||
Melksham Without South |
2 |
||
Mere |
3 |
||
Minety |
19 |
||
Nadder and East Knoyle |
13 |
||
Pewsey |
5 |
||
Pewsey Vale |
2 |
||
Purton |
-13 |
||
Redlynch and Landford |
0 |
||
Roundway |
4 |
||
Royal Wootton Bassett East |
9 |
||
Royal Wootton Bassett North |
9 |
||
Royal Wootton Bassett South |
0 |
||
Salisbury Bemerton |
-1 |
||
Salisbury Fisherton and Bemerton Village |
9 |
||
Salisbury Harnham |
11 |
||
Salisbury St Edmund and Milford |
59 |
||
Salisbury St Francis and Stratford |
3 |
||
Salisbury St Mark's and Bishopdown |
6 |
||
Salisbury St Martin's and Cathedral |
8 |
||
Salisbury St Paul's |
10 |
||
Sherston |
15 |
||
Southwick |
1 |
||
Summerham and Seend |
3 |
||
The Collingbournes and Netheravon |
6 |
||
The Lavingtons and Erlestoke |
-5 |
||
Tidworth |
10 |
||
Till and Wylye Valley |
-12 |
||
Tisbury |
8 |
||
Trowbridge Adcroft |
-4 |
||
Trowbridge Central |
-13 |
||
Trowbridge Drynham |
10 |
||
Trowbridge Grove |
0 |
||
Trowbridge Lambrok |
-1 |
||
Trowbridge Park |
-10 |
||
Trowbridge Paxcroft |
-4 |
||
Urchfont and The Cannings |
3 |
||
Warminster Broadway |
4 |
||
Warminster Copheap and Wylye |
-7 |
||
Warminster East |
7 |
||
Warminster West |
4 |
||
Warminster Without |
8 |
||
West Selkley |
-9 |
||
Westbury East |
7 |
||
Westbury North |
7 |
||
Westbury West |
14 |
||
Wilton and Lower Wylye Valley |
-6 |
||
Winsley and Westwood |
15 |
||
Winterslow |
5 |
||
Wroughton and Wichelstowe |
10 |
The counties in England where the most existing companies were based at the end of 2024 and how Wiltshire compares to them.
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st
2023: 1st
|
London |
1,560,328 |
2nd
2023: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
251,769 |
3rd
2023: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
234,944 |
4th
2023: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
157,321 |
5th
2023: 4th
|
Essex |
157,235 |
37th 2023: 37th
|
Wiltshire |
42,535 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
7th
2023: 7th
|
Hampshire |
127,564 |
14th
2023: 14th
|
Berkshire |
80,348 |
21st
2023: 21st
|
Dorset |
63,675 |
24th
2023: 26th
|
Gloucestershire |
61,133 |
25th
2023: 23rd
|
Somerset |
60,769 |
34th
2023: 34th
|
Oxfordshire |
48,887 |
37th
2023: 37th
|
Wiltshire |
42,535 |
39th
2023: 39th
|
Bristol |
36,561 |
| Rank | County | Total companies |
|---|---|---|
1st 2023: 1st
|
London |
1,560,328 |
2nd 2023: 2nd
|
Greater Manchester |
251,769 |
3rd 2023: 3rd
|
West Midlands |
234,944 |
4th 2023: 5th
|
West Yorkshire |
157,321 |
5th 2023: 4th
|
Essex |
157,235 |
6th 2023: 6th
|
Kent |
136,504 |
7th 2023: 7th
|
Hampshire |
127,564 |
8th 2023: 8th
|
Hertfordshire |
125,410 |
9th 2023: 9th
|
Surrey |
110,047 |
10th 2023: 10th
|
Lancashire |
97,537 |
11th 2023: 11th
|
Merseyside |
84,857 |
12th 2023: 12th
|
Cheshire |
83,478 |
13th 2023: 13th
|
Buckinghamshire |
80,842 |
14th 2023: 14th
|
Berkshire |
80,348 |
15th 2023: 15th
|
Leicestershire |
78,116 |
16th 2023: 16th
|
South Yorkshire |
75,130 |
17th 2023: 17th
|
East Sussex |
71,666 |
18th 2023: 18th
|
North Yorkshire |
67,293 |
19th 2023: 19th
|
Nottinghamshire |
65,784 |
20th 2023: 20th
|
Devon |
64,346 |
21st 2023: 21st
|
Dorset |
63,675 |
22nd 2023: 22nd
|
Staffordshire |
62,904 |
23rd 2023: 24th
|
Cambridgeshire |
61,973 |
24th 2023: 26th
|
Gloucestershire |
61,133 |
25th 2023: 23rd
|
Somerset |
60,769 |
26th 2023: 25th
|
West Sussex |
60,518 |
27th 2023: 27th
|
Derbyshire |
59,950 |
28th 2023: 28th
|
Lincolnshire |
57,099 |
29th 2023: 29th
|
Northamptonshire |
55,842 |
30th 2023: 32nd
|
Suffolk |
55,335 |
31st 2023: 30th
|
Tyne and Wear |
54,971 |
32nd 2023: 31st
|
Bedfordshire |
53,808 |
33rd 2023: 33rd
|
Norfolk |
49,863 |
34th 2023: 34th
|
Oxfordshire |
48,887 |
35th 2023: 35th
|
Worcestershire |
48,838 |
36th 2023: 36th
|
Warwickshire |
43,777 |
37th 2023: 37th
|
Wiltshire |
42,535 |
38th 2023: 38th
|
Durham |
38,779 |
39th 2023: 39th
|
Bristol |
36,561 |
40th 2023: 40th
|
East Riding of Yorkshire |
31,014 |
41st 2023: 41st
|
Shropshire |
28,136 |
42nd 2023: 42nd
|
Cornwall |
27,621 |
43rd 2023: 43rd
|
Cumbria |
24,059 |
44th 2023: 44th
|
Herefordshire |
18,258 |
45th 2023: 45th
|
Northumberland |
13,228 |
46th 2023: 46th
|
Isle of Wight |
6,739 |
47th 2023: 47th
|
Rutland |
2,179 |
people
56.6
83.4
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.
2020
4,645 formed
3,195 dissolved
2021
4,432 formed
4,387 dissolved
2022
4,536 formed
3,838 dissolved
2023
4,965 formed
4,265 dissolved
2024
4,609 formed
4,357 dissolved
Overall growth compared to previous year
0.81% vs 2020
2.97% vs 2021
3.7% vs 2022
1.3% vs 2023