"Figure 12: In the week to 26 March 2021, there were 6,043 voluntary dissolution applications, which is above the number estimated in the same equivalent week in 2019 (5,848) and 2020 (5,461)","" "Total weekly company voluntary dissolution applications, UK, from week ending Friday 4 January 2019 to week ending Friday 26 March 2021","" "","" "Notes","1. Week 1 refers to the period week ending 4 January 2019, 3 January 2020 and 1 January 2021. Week 13 refers to the period week ending 29 March 2019, 27 March 2020 and 26 March 2021. 2. The dips in December 2019 and December 2020 are explained by two bank holidays in the week ending 27 December 2019 and 25 December 2020. 3. Weekly data are for week commencing Saturday to Friday, as voluntary dissolution requests received on Saturdays and Sundays are typically processed on subsequent weekdays. For more information, see the accompanying [Companies House methodology page](https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/economicoutputandproductivity/output/methodologies/weeklyindicatorsofcompanycreationsandclosuresfromcompanieshousemethodologyaugust2020). 4. Increased Companies House operational activity during week ending 8 November 2019 caused a spike in total weekly company voluntary dissolution applications. This data point should be treated with caution. 5. The higher levels of voluntary dissolution applications recorded in the recent weeks up to week ending 5 March 2021 (Week 10) were because of a backlog of applications being processed following an administrative delay in previous weeks." "Unit","Voluntary dissolution applications" "","" "","2019","2020","2021" "Week 1","3095","4109","2955" "Week 2","6636","5984","5233" "Week 3","5139","6605","4629" "Week 4","7276","6391","4828" "Week 5","6117","6418","5667" "Week 6","5588","6629","5659" "Week 7","5525","6140","5367" "Week 8","6025","5371","6087" "Week 9","4898","6239","6629" "Week 10","5145","5411","6806" "Week 11","6378","6418","6144" "Week 12","5394","5444","5266" "Week 13","5848","5461","6043" "Week 14","5953","5378","" "Week 15","5057","3601","" "Week 16","4903","3631","" "Week 17","4977","4124","" "Week 18","5343","4836","" "Week 19","4505","4552","" "Week 20","6128","4499","" "Week 21","4787","4637","" "Week 22","4987","3856","" "Week 23","5234","4860","" "Week 24","5430","4601","" "Week 25","4882","5312","" "Week 26","4441","4521","" "Week 27","4654","4775","" "Week 28","5203","4642","" "Week 29","5007","4642","" "Week 30","4830","4489","" "Week 31","5568","4579","" "Week 32","6042","4522","" "Week 33","4707","4325","" "Week 34","4462","4142","" "Week 35","4152","4248","" "Week 36","4594","4282","" "Week 37","5061","5018","" "Week 38","4727","4698","" "Week 39","5885","5399","" "Week 40","4900","6198","" "Week 41","5697","4993","" "Week 42","5898","4974","" "Week 43","5045","4528","" "Week 44","6509","5410","" "Week 45","5750","5601","" "Week 46","8400","5028","" "Week 47","6070","5367","" "Week 48","6403","4823","" "Week 49","6048","5809","" "Week 50","5780","5279","" "Week 51","6217","4893","" "Week 52","3135","2939",""