"Figure 8: The number of new large businesses remains relatively low after the 2008 to 2009 economic downturn","" "Quarterly number of firms with more than 250 employees that are activating, UK, 1999 to 2019","" "","" "Notes","1. The data are presented as a quarterly average considering the last four quarters." "Unit","Number of businesses" "","" "","New formations","Reactivations","Total “new” large firms","Average 2000 to 2007","Average 2011 to 2019" "2000Q1","117.67","37.00","154.67","99.52","" "2000Q2","136.00","44.67","180.67","99.52","" "2000Q3","132.33","34.00","166.33","99.52","" "2000Q4","132.33","38.67","171.00","99.52","" "2001Q1","124.25","32.50","156.75","99.52","" "2001Q2","92.00","20.75","112.75","99.52","" "2001Q3","91.50","22.50","114.00","99.52","" "2001Q4","82.50","17.25","99.75","99.52","" "2002Q1","83.00","17.50","100.50","99.52","" "2002Q2","94.25","20.00","114.25","99.52","" "2002Q3","92.33","18.00","110.33","99.52","" "2002Q4","116.33","24.00","140.33","99.52","" "2003Q1","123.00","30.00","153.00","99.52","" "2003Q2","99.33","24.00","123.33","99.52","" "2003Q3","104.25","22.00","126.25","99.52","" "2003Q4","92.00","16.00","108.00","99.52","" "2004Q1","85.75","12.25","98.00","99.52","" "2004Q2","87.75","14.75","102.50","99.52","" "2004Q3","75.75","18.75","94.50","99.52","" "2004Q4","63.75","19.25","83.00","99.52","" "2005Q1","51.75","18.00","69.75","99.52","" "2005Q2","57.25","20.25","77.50","99.52","" "2005Q3","48.75","16.00","64.75","99.52","" "2005Q4","44.25","15.75","60.00","99.52","" "2006Q1","40.00","15.50","55.50","99.52","" "2006Q2","30.25","12.50","42.75","99.52","" "2006Q3","27.75","12.00","39.75","99.52","" "2006Q4","42.50","12.75","55.25","99.52","" "2007Q1","42.25","11.50","53.75","99.52","" "2007Q2","41.25","9.25","50.50","99.52","" "2007Q3","50.00","9.00","59.00","99.52","" "2007Q4","38.50","7.75","46.25","99.52","" "2008Q1","40.00","7.75","47.75","","" "2008Q2","41.00","8.75","49.75","","" "2008Q3","34.00","9.25","43.25","","" "2008Q4","28.25","9.00","37.25","","" "2009Q1","23.00","9.25","32.25","","" "2009Q2","23.25","10.50","33.75","","" "2009Q3","19.67","11.00","34.50","","" "2009Q4","22.67","12.75","38.50","","" "2010Q1","22.67","11.50","37.25","","77.44" "2010Q2","20.00","10.00","33.75","","77.44" "2010Q3","28.25","9.00","37.25","","77.44" "2010Q4","28.00","8.75","36.75","","77.44" "2011Q1","29.75","11.75","41.50","","77.44" "2011Q2","33.50","15.75","49.25","","77.44" "2011Q3","33.00","16.25","49.25","","77.44" "2011Q4","34.50","17.00","51.50","","77.44" "2012Q1","32.00","13.50","45.50","","77.44" "2012Q2","29.50","12.75","42.25","","77.44" "2012Q3","24.00","12.50","36.50","","77.44" "2012Q4","23.75","16.00","39.75","","77.44" "2013Q1","24.50","18.25","42.75","","77.44" "2013Q2","27.00","16.75","43.75","","77.44" "2013Q3","39.50","19.25","58.75","","77.44" "2013Q4","49.75","14.50","64.25","","77.44" "2014Q1","61.00","15.25","76.25","","77.44" "2014Q2","73.50","14.00","87.50","","77.44" "2014Q3","74.25","12.00","86.25","","77.44" "2014Q4","73.75","12.00","85.75","","77.44" "2015Q1","93.50","15.50","109.00","","77.44" "2015Q2","91.50","16.25","107.75","","77.44" "2015Q3","84.00","19.25","103.25","","77.44" "2015Q4","83.75","24.75","108.50","","77.44" "2016Q1","74.00","21.75","95.75","","77.44" "2016Q2","71.50","22.00","93.50","","77.44" "2016Q3","74.25","17.75","92.00","","77.44" "2016Q4","72.25","12.75","85.00","","77.44" "2017Q1","72.75","13.00","85.75","","77.44" "2017Q2","77.00","15.00","92.00","","77.44" "2017Q3","84.50","16.50","101.00","","77.44" "2017Q4","93.25","18.25","111.50","","77.44" "2018Q1","95.75","17.25","113.00","","77.44" "2018Q2","98.25","15.50","113.75","","77.44" "2018Q3","94.75","17.00","111.75","","77.44" "2018Q4","90.25","19.50","109.75","","77.44" "2019Q1","93.00","19.50","112.50","","77.44" "2019Q2","85.00","20.25","105.25","","77.44" "2019Q3","81.25","20.75","102.00","","77.44" "2019Q4","79.50","19.50","99.00","","77.44"