VAT Registered Enterprises by Business Age in England and Wales, 2008-2009

Counts of VAT-registered enterprises categorized by their age of business. The data is sourced from the UK Office for National Statistics Business Registers Unit and covers England and Wales for the years 2008 and 2009. It is published at multiple geographic levels including Middle Layer Super Output Areas, Local Authority Districts, Government Office Regions, and national totals.

Use Cases

• Analyze regional business dynamism based on counts of enterprises by age.
• Model business survival rates over time based on the age distribution of VAT-registered firms.
• Study the geographic distribution of young versus established businesses across England and Wales.
• Benchmark local economic activity using administrative counts of enterprises.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative Office for National Statistics Business Registers Unit.
• Provides geographic breakdowns at four administrative levels: MSOA, LAD, GOR, and National.
• Covers two distinct years (2008 and 2009) for temporal comparison.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Time coverage is limited to two specific years (2008, 2009).
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics (ONS) Business Registers Unit (BRU)

Collection Method

Administrative data

Time Range

2008, 2009

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:30:54.953271; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England and Wales