FOI reference: FOI-2024-2213
You asked
The one-year survival rates for sole proprietor businesses broken down by region and broad industry group as of the end of the 2023 calendar year.
The five-year survival rates for sole proprietor businesses broken down by region and broad industry group as of the end of the 2023 calendar year.
By ‘sole proprietor businesses’, I mean those that are run by an individual on their own and are registered for VAT in their own name (as outlined here.
By ‘broad industry group’, I mean the following:
- Agriculture, forestry & fishing
- Production
- Construction
- Motor trades
- Wholesale
- Retail
- Transport & Storage (inc postal)
- Accommodation & food services
- Information & communication
- Finance & insurance
- Property
- Professional, scientific & technical
- Business administration & support services
- Public administration & defence
- Education
- Health
- Arts, entertainment, recreation & other services
We said
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request enquiring the number of sole proprietor businesses and their corresponding survivals rates broken-down by region and broad industry group.
The data you have requested would need to be created as bespoke analysis. Your bespoke data request would need to be created by our Inter Departmental Business Register (IDBR) data service team at IDBRDAS@ons.gov.uk. Depending on the time needed to produce the request, the data could be chargeable. If you contact the team, they will be able to advise you further on your request.
As the requested information is reasonably accessible via another route, even if only on payment, Section 21(2)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) applies.