"Figure 4: Between 2018 and 2019 all regions showed an increase in the numbers of registered businesses apart from the North West","" "Percentage growth by region, UK, 2018 to 2019","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" ""," % growth 2018 to 2019"," % growth 2017 to 2018" "North East","1.5","-0.6" "North West","-0.4","3.0" "Yorkshire and The Humber","1.4","-1.0" "East Midlands","1.0","0.8" "West Midlands","0.7","-0.4" "East","3.0","-2.7" "London","3.2","0.1" "South East","2.6","0.2" "South West","1.2","-1.1" "Wales","2.4","0.9" "Scotland","1.3","0.1" "Northern Ireland","2.0","3.4"