UK Business Demography: Counts of Active Businesses, Births, and Deaths

UK business demography data counts numbers of active businesses with turnover or employment in a reporting year. It includes counts of new businesses (births) and terminated businesses (deaths). The data, sourced from the Office for National Statistics, also tracks business survival rates over time.

Use Cases

• Calculate business birth and death rates based on the counts of active businesses, births, and deaths described.
• Analyze business survival trends based on the data tracking newly created businesses over multiple years.
• Model regional economic health using provisional indicators of business terminations.
• Benchmark sector-specific business churn using the reported counts of business births and deaths.

Strengths

• Data includes provisional business death counts, which are flagged for potential revision.
• Survival rates for newly created businesses are tracked over multiple years.
• Source is the authoritative Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Business death numbers are provisional and subject to later revision.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official business registrations and tax records.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:05.019666; freshness should be verified

Geography

United Kingdom