Number of business births and deaths in the UK 2004-2023

Published by D. Clark, Dec 9, 2024

In 2023, there were 316,025 births of new businesses, compared with 309,290 business deaths, meaning there was a net gain of around 6,735 businesses. During the provided time period, 2009, 2010 and 2022 are the only years in which the number of business deaths exceeded the number of births.

Number of business enterprise births and deaths in the United Kingdom from 2004 to 2023

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November 2024

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

2004 to 2022

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This statistic is using original data from the Office for National Statistics and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0.


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