"Figure 1: Business closures were lower in Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2022 than in Quarter 4 2021","" "Number of businesses removed from the Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR), quarterly, UK, Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2017 to Quarter 4 2022","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Count" "","" "Deaths","2017","2018","2019","2020","2021","2022" "Quarter 1","78950","86775","77985","96660","86600","110515" "Quarter 2","96390","80550","91410","72665","88515","95155" "Quarter 3","82555","65660","74440","60415","83235","79305" "Quarter 4","67655","72375","67990","78965","87040","82390"