"Figure 7: The gap between the job creation and destruction rates fell among new and closing micro businesses","" "Employment contribution over total active IDBR workforce from closing and new micro businesses, quarter on quarter, UK, 1999 to 2019 ","" "","" "Notes","1. The data are presented as a quarterly average considering the last four quarters. 2. The dotted lines are a linear interpolation. Some changes in how employment data was recorded mean that quarterly rates cannot be produced for those two periods. " "Unit","%" "","" "","Job creation by new businesses","Job destruction by closing businesses","Job creation by new businesses (interpolation)","Job destruction by closing businesses (interpolation)" "2000Q1","0.34","0.59","","" "2000Q2","0.34","0.62","","" "2000Q3","0.42","0.88","","" "2000Q4","0.41","1.00","","" "2001Q1","0.37","1.04","","" "2001Q2","0.45","1.32","","" "2001Q3","0.34","1.07","","" "2001Q4","0.34","0.87","","" "2002Q1","0.34","0.82","","" "2002Q2","0.36","0.74","0.36","0.74" "2002Q3","","","0.36","0.78" "2002Q4","","","0.36","0.83" "2003Q1","","","0.35","0.88" "2003Q2","0.35","0.92","0.35","0.92" "2003Q3","0.34","1.01","","" "2003Q4","0.46","1.19","","" "2004Q1","0.49","1.30","","" "2004Q2","0.37","1.00","","" "2004Q3","0.45","0.95","","" "2004Q4","0.45","1.05","","" "2005Q1","0.43","0.98","","" "2005Q2","0.42","0.98","","" "2005Q3","0.42","0.88","","" "2005Q4","0.42","0.77","","" "2006Q1","0.42","0.75","","" "2006Q2","0.42","0.76","","" "2006Q3","0.41","0.84","","" "2006Q4","0.42","0.82","","" "2007Q1","0.42","0.89","","" "2007Q2","0.42","0.85","","" "2007Q3","0.41","0.80","","" "2007Q4","0.45","0.85","","" "2008Q1","0.44","0.81","","" "2008Q2","0.47","0.75","","" "2008Q3","0.46","0.72","","" "2008Q4","0.43","0.71","","" "2009Q1","0.42","0.68","","" "2009Q2","0.38","0.76","0.38","0.76" "2009Q3","","","0.38","0.76" "2009Q4","","","0.39","0.76" "2010Q1","","","0.40","0.76" "2010Q2","","","0.40","0.76" "2010Q3","","","0.41","0.76" "2010Q4","","","0.41","0.76" "2011Q1","","","0.42","0.76" "2011Q2","","","0.43","0.76" "2011Q3","","","0.43","0.76" "2011Q4","0.44","0.76","0.44","0.76" "2012Q1","0.48","0.70","","" "2012Q2","0.44","0.69","","" "2012Q3","0.37","0.63","","" "2012Q4","0.38","0.59","","" "2013Q1","0.37","0.56","","" "2013Q2","0.40","0.60","","" "2013Q3","0.39","0.64","","" "2013Q4","0.50","0.67","","" "2014Q1","0.52","0.68","","" "2014Q2","0.52","0.68","","" "2014Q3","0.53","0.62","","" "2014Q4","0.42","0.56","","" "2015Q1","0.40","0.54","","" "2015Q2","0.51","0.48","","" "2015Q3","0.52","0.58","","" "2015Q4","0.52","0.56","","" "2016Q1","0.53","0.54","","" "2016Q2","0.51","0.57","","" "2016Q3","0.52","0.53","","" "2016Q4","0.51","0.55","","" "2017Q1","0.58","0.54","","" "2017Q2","0.56","0.57","","" "2017Q3","0.56","0.53","","" "2017Q4","0.54","0.52","","" "2018Q1","0.52","0.53","","" "2018Q2","0.51","0.55","","" "2018Q3","0.52","0.57","","" "2018Q4","0.54","0.60","","" "2019Q1","0.52","0.59","","" "2019Q2","0.52","0.62","","" "2019Q3","0.51","0.60","","" "2019Q4","0.51","0.56","",""