Business demography by industry (SIC2007), area and year

Standard shorthand is used in this table: [p] = provisional, [t] = total.

Data values	Data description	Year	Area	Industry
0	Births	2011	Blaenau Gwent	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2012	Blaenau Gwent	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2010	Merthyr Tydfil	Education
0	Births	2011	Blaenau Gwent	Wholesale
0	Births	2012	Carmarthenshire	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2012	Blaenau Gwent	Information & communication
0	Births	2010	Gwynedd	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2010	Merthyr Tydfil	Property
0	Births	2011	Denbighshire	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2011	Merthyr Tydfil	Property
0	Births	2012	Wrexham	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2012	Pembrokeshire	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2012	Merthyr Tydfil	Transport & storage (inc. postal)
0	Births	2012	Blaenau Gwent	Wholesale
0	Births	2009	Blaenau Gwent	Information & communication
0	Births	2010	Isle of Anglesey	Education
0	Births	2010	Ceredigion	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2010	Merthyr Tydfil	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2010	Torfaen	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2011	Conwy	Education
0	Births	2011	Ceredigion	Education
0	Births	2011	Merthyr Tydfil	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2012	Isle of Anglesey	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2012	Denbighshire	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2009	Powys	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2012	Ceredigion	Education
0	Births	2012	Neath Port Talbot	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2012	Merthyr Tydfil	Production
0	Births	2008	Blaenau Gwent	Property
0	Births	2012	Caerphilly	Education
0	Births	2008	Torfaen	Education
0	Births	2009	Merthyr Tydfil	Education
0	Births	2009	Torfaen	Education
0	Births	2010	Isle of Anglesey	Property
0	Births	2010	Conwy	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2010	Powys	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2010	Pembrokeshire	Education
0	Births	2010	Merthyr Tydfil	Wholesale
0	Births	2010	Blaenau Gwent	Property
0	Births	2010	Blaenau Gwent	Education
0	Births	2011	Isle of Anglesey	Wholesale
0	Births	2011	Isle of Anglesey	Education
0	Births	2011	Powys	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2011	Ceredigion	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2011	Pembrokeshire	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2011	Neath Port Talbot	Education
0	Births	2011	Blaenau Gwent	Education
0	Births	2012	Isle of Anglesey	Motor Trades
0	Births	2012	Isle of Anglesey	Property
0	Births	2012	Conwy	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2008	Caerphilly	Education
0	Births	2008	Blaenau Gwent	Wholesale
0	Births	2009	Ceredigion	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2012	Ceredigion	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2009	Pembrokeshire	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2012	Carmarthenshire	Education
0	Births	2008	Gwynedd	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2009	Ceredigion	Education
0	Births	2008	Wrexham	Education
0	Births	2008	Blaenau Gwent	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2012	Merthyr Tydfil	Education
0	Births	2008	Pembrokeshire	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2008	Blaenau Gwent	Health
0	Births	2008	Merthyr Tydfil	Health
0	Births	2009	Neath Port Talbot	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2008	Torfaen	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2009	Blaenau Gwent	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2009	Blaenau Gwent	Education
0	Births	2008	Ceredigion	Transport & storage (inc. postal)
0	Births	2010	Isle of Anglesey	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2010	Gwynedd	Education
0	Births	2008	Merthyr Tydfil	Production
0	Births	2010	Denbighshire	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2010	Wrexham	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2009	Isle of Anglesey	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2010	Pembrokeshire	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2009	Isle of Anglesey	Education
0	Births	2010	Merthyr Tydfil	Motor Trades
0	Births	2008	Merthyr Tydfil	Education
0	Births	2010	Blaenau Gwent	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2008	Merthyr Tydfil	Wholesale
0	Births	2008	Powys	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2008	Isle of Anglesey	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2010	Torfaen	Education
0	Births	2011	Isle of Anglesey	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2009	Gwynedd	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2008	Merthyr Tydfil	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2009	Conwy	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2008	Denbighshire	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2011	Ceredigion	Transport & storage (inc. postal)
0	Births	2008	Merthyr Tydfil	Property
0	Births	2008	Ceredigion	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2011	Pembrokeshire	Education
0	Births	2011	Neath Port Talbot	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2009	Denbighshire	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2011	Blaenau Gwent	Property
0	Births	2011	Torfaen	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2011	Monmouthshire	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2008	Caerphilly	Finance & insurance
0	Births	2012	Blaenau Gwent	Property

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Main information

• Most recent update: 24 September 2025
• Next update expected: January 2026
• Designation: Accredited official statistics
• Data provider: Office for National Statistics (ONS)
• Data source: Business demography

Data notes

• Rounding applied:

  Business births, deaths and active enterprises have been rounded to the nearest 5.

Overview

• Summary of dataset and variables:

  This dataset details business births, deaths and active enterprises by broad industry group (SIC2007) and year.

  Active enterprises are businesses that had either turnover or employment at any time during the reference period (December to December).

  A birth is defined as a business that was present in year t, but did not exist in year t-1 or t-2. Births are identified by making a comparison of annual active population files and identifying those present in the latest one, but not the two previous ones.

  A death is defined as a business that was on the active file in year t but no longer present on the active file for year t+1 or t+2. To produce more timely statistics, the UK business demography statistics contain a preliminary death indicator, which includes an adjustment for estimated reactivations. Reactivations occur where a business becomes dormant for a period of less than 2 years, then recommences activity in a manner which complies with a definition of continuity. If the definition of continuity is not met (e.g. if a business recommences activity but at a different location and with a different activity), this would be considered a death followed by a birth. Reactivations can also occur due to lags in the administrative data source (VAT/PAYE) so that a business that continues to trade can appear to die. The deaths data exclude losses to the population as a result of mergers, break-ups, split-offs or other re-structuring.

• Data collection or calculation:

  ONS use data from the IDBR to produce business demography statistics, using guidelines found in the Eurostat/OECD manual on Business Demography. The starting point for demography is the concept of a population of active businesses in a reference year. These are defined as businesses that had either turnover or employment at any time during the reference period. Births and deaths are then identified by comparing active populations for different years.

• Statistical quality:

  Totals may differ slightly between the area and industry breakdowns due to the disclosure control methods used.

  The latest two years' estimates on deaths are subject to revision, which would normally be made in the following year's publication.

• Related reports:
  • Welsh Government - Business demography (English)
  • Welsh Government - Business demography (Welsh)
  • ONS - Business demography (English)
  • ONS - Business demography quality and methodology information (English)

Published by

• Organisation: Welsh Government
• Contact email: economic.stats@gov.wales

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