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Business demography, UK: 2019
What's in the bulletin?
- Between 2018 and 2019 the number of UK business births has increased, moving from 370,000 to 390,000, a birth rate of 13.0% in 2019 compared with 12.7% in 2018.
- The number of UK business deaths increased from 311,000 to 336,000 between 2018 and 2019, a death rate of 11.2% compared with 10.7% in 2018.
- London had both the highest business birth rate at 15.7%, and death rate at 13.1%.
Business demography, quarterly experimental statistics, UK: January to March 2021
What's in the bulletin?
- The number of businesses removed from the Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR) (business closures) in the UK in Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2021 was 7% lower than Quarter 1 2020.
- The largest falls in closures were in the accommodation and food, and health and social care industries; 12 main industrial groups showed a reduction in closures, while 4 showed an increase in Quarter 1 2021 compared with Quarter 1 2020.
- The number of businesses added to the IDBR (business creations) in the UK in Quarter 1 2021 was 14% higher than Quarter 1 2020; it is the highest first-quarter figure since the start of this series in 2017.
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