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[Collapse]United Kingdom346,275350,305382,755397,540356,895348,630363,825333,020363,995336,925(p) The data item is provisional.316,025
United Kingdom[Collapse]Great Britain341,420345,500377,315391,875350,325343,085357,780327,350357,340331,540(p) The data item is provisional.310,655
Great Britain[Collapse]England308,565312,920344,065358,680318,240311,580325,355299,115324,485300,580(p) The data item is provisional.281,860
England[Expand]North East9,6859,6509,6359,9109,1109,1059,4459,08510,0809,720(p) The data item is provisional.8,965
[Expand]North West35,28534,27536,50040,51542,81536,99536,80535,50539,13536,220(p) The data item is provisional.33,005
[Expand]Yorkshire and the Humber23,12023,46525,14025,80021,56522,04023,40522,65524,98525,895(p) The data item is provisional.22,280
[Expand]East Midlands22,03522,03525,34523,98021,57521,82523,21522,89023,37022,685(p) The data item is provisional.20,495
[Expand]West Midlands25,73525,74029,35033,49029,32029,50534,44028,14534,15528,695(p) The data item is provisional.26,275
[Expand]East32,57032,59535,44044,12535,11033,90533,99530,14033,15031,850(p) The data item is provisional.30,360
[Expand]London83,60088,580100,92096,16585,34085,84088,55079,64085,30576,845(p) The data item is provisional.74,650
[Expand]South East50,89551,28055,58553,87549,17549,54051,56047,68548,37544,160(p) The data item is provisional.42,955
[Expand]South West25,64025,30026,15030,82024,23022,82523,94023,37025,93024,510(p) The data item is provisional.22,875
[Collapse]Wales11,32011,34511,52511,75512,24011,88511,74511,38513,94512,090(p) The data item is provisional.10,520
Wales[Collapse]West Wales and the Valleys6,5006,4106,5656,8656,6757,2457,0506,6557,9206,810(p) The data item is provisional.6,225
West Wales and the ValleysIsle of Anglesey210195195190165200190185215185(p) The data item is provisional.195
Gwynedd405390405375375315335280400345(p) The data item is provisional.350
Conwy460470375405380345360400465390(p) The data item is provisional.350
Denbighshire390365350370300265600335430310(p) The data item is provisional.290
Ceredigion240225230230215185225190225225(p) The data item is provisional.250
Pembrokeshire465395415440395690495495520430(p) The data item is provisional.460
Carmarthenshire630600635640600590585705815630(p) The data item is provisional.540
Swansea8258758908208351,2451,240995990855(p) The data item is provisional.830
Neath Port Talbot395365400405345350365420420530(p) The data item is provisional.385
Bridgend475550505515445450510535770745(p) The data item is provisional.435
Rhondda Cynon Taf7857909251,2151,5001,1558709001,280855(p) The data item is provisional.770
Merthyr Tydfil225200230255215165185170195190(p) The data item is provisional.165
Caerphilly555540530540480870645570680575(p) The data item is provisional.465
Blaenau Gwent190170190180155145185205215195(p) The data item is provisional.155
Torfaen250280290285270275260270300350(p) The data item is provisional.585
[Collapse]East Wales4,8204,9354,9604,8905,5654,6404,6954,7306,0255,280(p) The data item is provisional.4,295
East WalesFlintshire625595595640625675675735785690(p) The data item is provisional.505
Wrexham450435445470505410430430460395(p) The data item is provisional.385
Powys465470465445405385400410455415(p) The data item is provisional.440
Vale of Glamorgan605550570540475420490470685555(p) The data item is provisional.530
Cardiff1,6651,8351,8001,6951,5001,4251,5551,5452,3552,115(p) The data item is provisional.1,480
Monmouthshire450440455420405395400340460380(p) The data item is provisional.385
Newport5606106306801,650930745800825730(p) The data item is provisional.570
[Expand]North WalesThis is the North Wales economic region. Please see summary information for further details.2,5402,4502,3652,4502,3502,2102,5902,3652,7552,315(p) The data item is provisional.2,075
[Expand]Mid WalesThis is an approximation to the Mid Wales economic region. Please see summary information for further details.705695695675620570625600680640(p) The data item is provisional.690
[Expand]South West WalesThis is the South West Wales economic region. Please see summary information for further details.2,3152,2352,3402,3052,1752,8752,6852,6152,7452,445(p) The data item is provisional.2,215
[Expand]South East WalesThis is the South East Wales economic region. Please see summary information for further details.5,7605,9656,1256,3257,0956,2305,8455,8057,7656,690(p) The data item is provisional.5,540
[Expand]Mid and South West WalesThis is the Mid and South West Wales economic region. Please see summary information for further details.3,0202,9303,0352,9802,7953,4453,3103,2153,4253,085(p) The data item is provisional.2,905
[Expand]Scotland21,53521,23521,72521,44019,84519,62020,68016,85018,91018,870(p) The data item is provisional.18,275
[Expand]Northern Ireland4,8554,8055,4405,6656,5705,5456,0455,6706,6555,385(p) The data item is provisional.5,370

Metadata

Title

Business births, deaths and active enterprises

Last update

22 November 2024 22 November 2024

Next update

January 2025

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Business Demography, Office for National Statistics

Contact email

economic.stats@gov.wales

Designation

National Statistics

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Local authorities

Geographical coverage

UK regions

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

General description

This dataset details business births, deaths and active enterprises by area.

Data collection and calculation

Births, deaths and active enterprises per 10,000 of the population are calculated using ONS' population estimates, which are currently available up to 2023.

ONS use data from the IDBR to produce business demography statistics, using guidelines found in the Eurostat/OECD manual on Business Demography. The starting point for demography is the concept of a population of active businesses in a reference year. These are defined as businesses that had either turnover or employment at any time during the reference period. Births and deaths are then identified by comparing active populations for different years.

A birth is defined as a business that was present in year t, but did not exist in year t-1 or t-2. Births are identified by making a comparison of annual active population files and identifying those present in the latest one, but not the two previous ones.

A death is defined as a business that was on the active file in year t but no longer present on the active file for year t+1 or t+2. To produce more timely statistics, the UK business demography statistics contain a preliminary death indicator, which includes an adjustment for estimated reactivations. Reactivations occur where a business becomes dormant for a period of less than 2 years, then recommences activity in a manner which complies with a definition of continuity. If the definition of continuity is not met (e.g. if a business recommences activity but at a different location and with a different activity), this would be considered a death followed by a birth. Reactivations can also occur due to lags in the administrative data source (VAT/PAYE) so that a business that continues to trade can appear to die. The deaths data exclude losses to the population as a result of mergers, break-ups, split-offs or other re-structuring.
The ONS business demography statistics differ from the former Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) statistics statistics in that they include PAYE-registered units. Therefore, the ONS statistics will additionally include the births and deaths of employing businesses which are not VAT-registered, providing a more comprehensive view of business start-up activity. The ONS data also has a higher number of active businesses than both the former BERR VAT-based series and the expanded UK Business: Activity Size and Location publication. This is because the business demography methodology takes into account businesses that were active at any time during the reference year, whereas the former BERR series calculates stock by adding registrations and subtracting deregistrations from the previous year’s stock; the UK Business: Activity Size and Location publication is based on a snapshot taken from the IDBR at a point in time in March. Additionally, business demography includes a group of non-corporate PAYE businesses, which are excluded from the UK Business: Activity Size and Location due to a small risk of duplication.

The economic regions, as set out in Welsh Government’s Economic Action Plan, are made up of the following local authorities:
Mid and South West Wales: Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, Powys and Ceredigion.
South East Wales: Bridgend, The Vale of Glamorgan, Cardiff, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Merthyr Tydfil, Caerphilly, Blaenau Gwent, Torfaen, Monmouthshire and Newport.
North Wales: Isle of Anglesey, Gwynedd, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham.

The region of Mid & South West Wales was formerly split into the following two economic regions:
Mid Wales: Powys and Ceredigion.
South West Wales: Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Swansea and Neath Port Talbot.
Within this previous split of the Welsh economic regions, part of Gwynedd local authority (the former district of Meirionydd) lay in the Mid Wales economic region, although this is not represented in the data.

Please note, levels for Welsh economic regions and NUTS3 areas and all rates (including per 10,000 population figures) have been calculated using the rounded figures, published by the Office for National Statistics.

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

2002 to 2023

Rounding applied

Data are rounded to nearest 5.

Revisions information

The latest two years' estimates on births and deaths are subject to revision, which would normally be made in the following year's publication.

Keywords

Businesses

Statistical quality

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Totals across tables may differ by minor amounts due to the disclosure control methods used.