"Business creations in Quarter 3 2020 were slightly higher than in Quarter 3 2019","" "Number of businesses added to the Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR), quarterly, UK, Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2017 to Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2020","" "","" "Notes","Notes: 1. There is strong seasonality in business creation: there tend to be more in the first half of the year than in the second half, especially in Quarter 1, associated with the start of the financial year. This is true for most industries and regions, to a greater or lesser extent, but especially true for businesses in the financial and insurance and real estate industries." "Unit","" "","" "Quarter","2017","2018","2019","2020" "Quarter 1","112805","115210","126510","120045" "Quarter 2","85845","101915","101990","88960" "Quarter 3","91290","84495","90590","95395" "Quarter 4","77205","80760","81795",""