"Figure 1: Business closures were higher in Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2021 than in any Quarter 4 since 2017","" "Number of businesses removed from the Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR), quarterly, UK, Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2017 to Quarter 4 2021","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Count" "","" "Deaths","2017","2018","2019","2020","2021" "Q1","82855","91505","82885","102275","111145" "Q2","98880","83470","95290","73580","105455" "Q3","84950","68500","78245","67040","100835" "Q4","70000","75160","71555","89725","102700"