Annual data on births, deaths and survival of businesses in the UK, by geographical area and Standard Industrial Classification 2007: SIC 2007 groups.

The annual Business demography data collection covers variables which explain the characteristics and demography of the business population. The methodology allows for the production of data on enterprise births (and deaths), that is, enterprise creations (cessations) that amount to the creation (dissolution) of a combination of production factors and where no other enterprises are involved. In other words, enterprises created or closed solely as a result of e.g. restructuring, merger or break-up are not considered. The data are drawn from business registers, although some countries improve the availability of data on employment and turnover by integrating other sources.

Until 2010 reference year the harmonised data collection is carried out to satisfy the requirements for the Structural Indicators, used for monitoring progress of the Lisbon process, regarding business births, deaths and survival. Business demography also delivered the key information for policy decision-making and for the indicators to support the Europe 2020 strategy. It also provides key data for the joint OECD-Eurostat "Entrepreneurship Indicators Programme".

In summary, the collected indicators are as follows:

• Population of active enterprises
• Number of enterprise births
• Number of enterprise survivals up to five years
• Number of enterprise deaths
• Related variables on employment
• Derived indicators such as birth rates, death rates, survival rates and employment shares
• An additional set of indicators on high-growth enterprises and 'gazelles' (high-growth enterprises that are up to five years old)

The complete list of the basic variables, delivered from the data providers (National Statistical Institutes) and the derived indicators, calculated by Eurostat, is attached in the Annexes of this document (see Business demography indicators).

Geographically EU Member States and EFTA countries are covered.

As of 1 February 2020, the United Kingdom is no longer part of the European Union. You may still find reference to aggregated data for the EU with 28 Member States (EU28) and UK data in the Business demography statistics. In particular, content created before 1 February 2020 refers to periods when the United Kingdom was a Member State, and therefore remains valid. However, the EU28 aggregates within BD domain will neither be calculated for reference period 2019 and after, nor the UK data will be revised for the available reference periods.

The methodology laid down in the Eurostat-OECD Manual on Business Demography Statistics is followed closely by most of the countries (see Country specific notes in the Annexes).

Business births and deaths from the Inter-Departmental Business Register with high-level breakdowns by industry and region. Quarterly official statistics in development.

This table includes information on business demography according to the European standard. Figures in this table are also submitted in this form to Eurostat. Information concerns the population of active enterprises, enterprise births and deaths, broken down by legal form and by the National Classification of Economic Activity 2008 (NCEA 2008, based on NACE Rev 2.0). Data also includes persons employed and employees in these enterprises.

Data available from: 2010

Status of the figures:

The figures in this table are final for 2010 through 2022. The figures for 2023 are provisional. Only the data on Dissolved companies for 2023 will be adjusted.

Changes as of September 4, 2025: The provisional figures for 2023 have been added, and the figures for 2022 have been adjusted and finalized.

When will new figures be released? Figures on a new reporting year (T – 2) will be published in July of the current year T.

Business demography statistics

Business demography statistics provide an annual snapshot (as at February) of the structure and characteristics of New Zealand businesses. Statistics produced include counts of enterprises and geographic units by industry, geography such as region or statistical area 2 (SA2), institutional sector, business type, degree of overseas ownership, enterprise births, enterprise deaths, survival rate of enterprises and employment levels.

The series covers economically significant private-sector and public-sector enterprises that are engaged in the production of goods and services in New Zealand. These enterprises are maintained on the Statistics NZ Business Register (BR), which generally includes all employing units and those enterprises with GST turnover greater than $30,000 per year.

For further information: https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/new-zealand-business-demography-statistics-at-february-2020

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Statistical geography

This dataset provides data for the SA2 geography (SA22020_V1_00). Names are provided with and without tohutō/macrons. The name field without macrons is suffixed ‘ascii’. Data for earlier years is available in NZ.Stat– see Geographic units by industry and statistical area 2000-2020.

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Geographic units

The geographic unit represents a business location engaged in one, or predominantly one, kind of economic activity at a single physical site or base (e.g. a factory, a farm, a shop, an office). Geographic units are unique to enterprises and an enterprise unit can have one or many geographic units (business locations). Typically, an enterprise unit only has a single geographic unit, unless the enterprise has paid employees who permanently work at more than one location. Geographic units can be transferred between enterprises (e.g. enterprise B purchases a factory (a geographic unit on the BR) as a going concern from enterprise A).

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Employee count data

Employee counts (ECs) are sourced from the Inland Revenue employer monthly schedule (EMS) tax form.

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Industry

The Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC) 2006 is used to compile Business Demography statistics. The classification can be viewed and downloaded from Ariā.

ANZSIC 2006 divisions are:

A Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing

B Mining

C Manufacturing

D Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services

E Construction

F Wholesale Trade

G Retail Trade

H Accommodation and Food Services

I Transport, Postal and Warehousing

J Information Media and Telecommunications

K Financial and Insurance Services

L Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services

M Professional, Scientific and Technical Services

N Administrative and Support Services

O Public Administration and Safety

P Education and Training

Q Health Care and Social Assistance

R Arts and Recreation Services

S Other Services

Total Industry

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Rounding

Enterprise, geographic unit, and EC counts are randomly rounded. Due to rounding, individual figures may not sum to the published totals.

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Quality limitations of fine-level data, including SA2-level data

We recommend caution when using fine-level regional and industry business demography data. The Business Register (BR) supports quality national-level and aggregate industry-level statistics but is not designed to provide quality fine-level regional or industry statistics. The BR update sources can have timing lags and less robust information for small and medium-sized enterprises. These quality weaknesses can be highlighted in fine-level business demography statistics.

For more information about data quality and available data go to DataInfo+.

Business demography statistics provide information about the life cycle of businesses and their development over time. They also show how the economic contribution of the business economy in terms of employment develops across a number of enterprise characteristics.

The EU Member States transmit BD annually to the European Commission (Eurostat) on the basis of European legislation.

BD covers all activities of the business economy with the exception of agricultural activities and public administration. The data are provided by all EU Member States, Iceland, Norway and Switzerland, some candidate and potential candidate countries.

Most of the data is collected by National Statistical Institutes (NSIs) and are drawn from business registers, although some countries improve the availability of data on employment and turnover by integrating other sources.

The annual Business demography data collection covers variables which explain the characteristics and demography of the business population. The methodology allows for the production of data on enterprise births (and deaths), that is, enterprise creations (cessations) that amount to the creation (dissolution) of a combination of production factors and where no other enterprises are involved (enterprises created or closed solely as a result of e.g. restructuring, merger or break-up are not considered).

A summary of the available indicators is listed below. The data is available at EU, country and regional level, with breakdowns for type of activity, legal form and size class.

For the population of active enterprises:

• Number of active enterprises;
• Number of enterprise births;
• Number of enterprise survivals up to five years;
• Number of enterprise deaths;
• Related variables on employment: 'employees' and 'persons employed' (employees and self-employed persons).

For the population of active employer enterprises:

• Number of enterprises having at least one employee;
• Number of enterprises having the first employee;
• Number of enterprises having no employees anymore;
• Number of enterprise survivals;
• Related variables on employment: 'employees' and 'persons employed' (employees and self-employed persons).

For high-growth enterprises, the following indicators are available at EU and country level:

• Number of high-growth enterprises (growth by 10% or more);
• Number of employees of high-growth enterprises;
• Number of young high-growth enterprises (up to five years old high-growth enterprises);
• Number of employees of young high-growth enterprise.

More information on the contents of different tables: the detail level and breakdowns required starting with the reference year 2021 is defined in Commission Regulation 2019/2152 (‘EBS Regulation’) and Regulation (EU) 2020/1197 (‘EBS General Implementing Act’) concerning European Business Statistics.

A list with the available derived indicators is available below in the Annexes.

Business creations and closures from the Inter-Departmental Business Register, a low-level geographic breakdown for the UK, quarterly data. These are official statistics in development

It contains data on the total number of active enterprises, births and deaths of enterprises in total and by NKD area in 2007.

Business demography data counts numbers of active businesses with turnover or employment in a reporting year. It also indicates numbers of new businesses (business births) and numbers of businesses terminated (business deaths) during the reporting year.

Numbers and percentages of businesses that were newly created during years leading up to the latest reporting year, and which were still surviving, are also shown.

When using the data, comparative birth or death rates may be constructed adhoc if needed, by dividing the number of births or deaths by the number of active businesses.

Please note that due to being required early in the reporting cycle, numbers of business deaths are provisional and may be subject to later revision. For more information about the dataset and its methodology, see the source link.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Explore the latest data on the Business Demography Indicators of Saudi Arabia. Find detailed insights and trends in number of active, new and closed enterprises.Follow data.kapsarc.org for timely data to advance energy economics research.From GaStat: The General Authority for Statistics regularly conducts a variety of economic, social, and population statistical products in the Kingdom and publishes them periodically. Based on this, the General Authority for Statistics develops and implements statistical products aimed at enhancing the economic and social database. Among these statistical products is the Business Demography product, which is an essential tool to understand the characteristics of economic enterprises in the Kingdom. This product aims to collect and analyze data related to the characteristics of enterprises, offering precise indicators for the structure of the business sector, by providing data on the number of active enterprises, new enterprises, closed enterprises, therefore, this can be used to support sustainable economic and development policies, and provide key insights that contribute to identifying economic growth priorities.

Business demography data counts numbers of active businesses with turnover or employment in a reporting year. It also indicates numbers of new businesses (business births) and numbers of businesses terminated (business deaths) during the reporting year. Numbers and percentages of businesses that were newly created during years leading up to the latest reporting year, and which were still surviving, are also shown. When using the data, comparative business birth or death rates may be constructed adhoc if needed, by dividing the number of births or deaths by the number of active businesses. Please note that due to being required early in the reporting cycle, numbers of business deaths are provisional and may be subject to later revision. For more information about the dataset and its methodology, see the source link. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS)

This table includes information on business demography according to the European standard. Figures in this table are also submitted in this form to Eurostat. Information concerns the population of active enterprises, enterprise births and deaths, and the 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 year survivors after birth, broken down by size class based on number of employees and by the National Classification of Economic Activity 2008 (NCEA 2008, based on NACE Rev 2.0). Data also includes persons employed and employees in active enterprises, births and deaths, as well as persons employed for surviving births at the start and end of the survival period.

Data available from: 2010

Status of the figures: The figures in this table are final for 2010 through 2022. The figures for 2023 are provisional. Only the data on Dissolved companies for 2023 will be adjusted.

Changes as of September 4, 2025: The provisional figures for 2023 have been added, and the figures for 2022 have been adjusted and finalized.

When will new figures be released? Figures on a new reporting year (T – 2) will be published in July of the current year T.

This product includes births, deaths and survivals of UK enterprises. The active stock of businesses is also shown, so that birth and death rates can be calculated. Source agency: Office for National Statistics Designation: National Statistics Language: English Alternative title: Business Demography

OECD statistics contact: stat.contact@oecd.org

The OECD Secretariat collects a wide range of statistics on businesses and business activity. The Structural Business Statistics by size class dataset is part of the Structural and Demographic Business Statistics (SDBS) database featuring the harmonised data collection of the OECD Statistics and Data Directorate relating to a number of key variables, such as value added, operating surplus, employment, and the number of business units.

Data are broken down to class (4-digit) level of International Standard of Industrial Classification (ISIC Revision 4), and by enterprise size class based on the number of persons employed.

Data cover OECD member and partner countries, non-OECD countries that are members of the European Statistical System who provide data to Eurostat, as well as countries participating in OECD Regional initiatives.

Data on enterprise births, deaths, active enterprises and survival rates across boroughs. Data includes: the most recent annual figures for enterprise births and deaths a time series of the number of births and deaths of entrprises together with a percentage of births and deaths to active enterprises in a given year a time series of the number of active enterprises. survival rates of enterprises for up to 5 years after birth Notes and definitions: The starting point for business demography is the concept of a population of active businesses in a reference year (t). These are defined as businesses that had either turnover or employment at any time during the reference period. A birth is identified 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 comparison of annual active population files and identifying those present in the latest file, but not the two previous ones. A death is defined as a business that was on the active file in year t, but was no longer present in the active file in t+1 and t+2. In order to provide an early estimate of deaths, an adjustment has been made to the 2007 and 2008 deaths to allow for reactivations. These figures are provisional and subject to revision. Data on size of firms (micro-business, SME, large) for business and employees in London by industry can be found on the ONS website. More Business Demographics data on the ONS website

Business Demography NACE Rev 2 by Activity, Employment Size, Year and Statistic

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Directory of Economic Activities
The Directory of Economic Activities operation (DIRAE) collects information from all the establishments that carry out Economic activities in the Basque Country; provides basic structural information on the sectors of economic activity and serves as a framework of reference for the implementation of sector censuses and surveys; it also allows the analysis of the population employed in the establishments of the community. At present it does not include the activities of the households that employ domestic staff and extraterritorial bodies.

The Statistics regarding company start-ups and closures
The Statistics regarding company start-ups and closures seeks to quantify the number of companies and establishments that are created and closed over time, according to the different economic sectors, territorial spheres and other characteristics of those units, and the legal entity or its size. This demographics information is directly obtained from the Directory of Economic Activities and also provides the start-up and closure rates over time.