Business births Economy
This indicator shows the business births as a percentage of all active businesses, in the UK, for 2019 to 2024.
- Data source:
- Office for National Statistics (opens in a new tab)
- Published on:
- 20 November 2025
Selected areas:
- United Kingdom
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Business births
Percentage of businesses newly registered for VAT and/or PAYE, lower tier/unitary authorities, 2024
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Business births
Percentage of businesses newly registered for VAT and/or PAYE, lower tier/unitary authorities, 2019 to 2024
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Business births
Percentage of businesses newly registered for VAT and/or PAYE, lower tier/unitary authorities, 2024
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Business births
Percentage of businesses newly registered for VAT and/or PAYE, lower tier/unitary authorities, 2019 to 2024
Interpretation
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.
The birth rate is calculated using the number of births as a proportion of the active businesses.
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Business births is one of 104 local indicators on the Explore local statistics service. See the full list of local indicators.