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
380 [t]	Births	2011	Powys	Total
150 [t]	Births	2012	Isle of Anglesey	Total
360 [t]	Births	2010	Vale of Glamorgan	Total
340 [t]	Births	2011	Wrexham	Total
135 [t]	Births	2011	Merthyr Tydfil	Total
8,270 [t]	Births	2012	Wales	Total
240 [t]	Births	2010	Denbighshire	Total
330 [t]	Births	2010	Bridgend	Total
185 [t]	Births	2010	Torfaen	Total
420 [t]	Births	2011	Flintshire	Total
395 [t]	Births	2011	Bridgend	Total
555 [t]	Births	2011	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Total
395 [t]	Births	2011	Newport	Total
269,565 [t]	Births	2012	United Kingdom	Total
665 [t]	Births	2009	Swansea	Total
305 [t]	Births	2010	Conwy	Total
350 [t]	Births	2010	Powys	Total
280 [t]	Births	2010	Neath Port Talbot	Total
125 [t]	Births	2009	Merthyr Tydfil	Total
95 [t]	Births	2010	Blaenau Gwent	Total
261,370 [t]	Births	2011	United Kingdom	Total
280 [t]	Births	2011	Denbighshire	Total
520 [t]	Births	2011	Carmarthenshire	Total
295 [t]	Births	2011	Neath Port Talbot	Total
380 [t]	Births	2011	Vale of Glamorgan	Total
1,135 [t]	Births	2011	Cardiff	Total
140 [t]	Births	2011	Blaenau Gwent	Total
325 [t]	Births	2011	Monmouthshire	Total
236,025 [t]	Births	2009	United Kingdom	Total
235,145 [t]	Births	2010	United Kingdom	Total
525 [t]	Births	2008	Carmarthenshire	Total
8,325 [t]	Births	2009	Wales	Total
180 [t]	Births	2010	Isle of Anglesey	Total
305 [t]	Births	2010	Gwynedd	Total
350 [t]	Births	2010	Wrexham	Total
345 [t]	Births	2009	Gwynedd	Total
180 [t]	Births	2010	Ceredigion	Total
570 [t]	Births	2010	Swansea	Total
460 [t]	Births	2009	Flintshire	Total
420 [t]	Births	2009	Bridgend	Total
500 [t]	Births	2010	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Total
370 [t]	Births	2010	Caerphilly	Total
1,015 [t]	Births	2009	Cardiff	Total
385 [t]	Births	2010	Newport	Total
155 [t]	Births	2011	Isle of Anglesey	Total
320 [t]	Births	2011	Conwy	Total
205 [t]	Births	2011	Ceredigion	Total
360 [t]	Births	2011	Pembrokeshire	Total
190 [t]	Births	2009	Torfaen	Total
585 [t]	Births	2011	Swansea	Total
415 [t]	Births	2009	Newport	Total
385 [t]	Births	2009	Wrexham	Total
400 [t]	Births	2008	Bridgend	Total
355 [t]	Births	2009	Monmouthshire	Total
400 [t]	Births	2009	Powys	Total
370 [t]	Births	2011	Caerphilly	Total
195 [t]	Births	2011	Torfaen	Total
1,110 [t]	Births	2008	Cardiff	Total
385 [t]	Births	2008	Caerphilly	Total
485 [t]	Births	2008	Powys	Total
720 [t]	Births	2008	Swansea	Total
395 [t]	Births	2008	Wrexham	Total
267,445 [t]	Births	2008	United Kingdom	Total
355 [t]	Births	2008	Conwy	Total
190 [t]	Births	2008	Isle of Anglesey	Total
140 [t]	Births	2008	Blaenau Gwent	Total
9,220 [t]	Births	2008	Wales	Total
405 [t]	Births	2008	Newport	Total
260 [t]	Births	2008	Torfaen	Total
360 [t]	Births	2008	Neath Port Talbot	Total
195 [t]	Births	2009	Ceredigion	Total
390 [t]	Births	2010	Flintshire	Total
470 [t]	Births	2008	Pembrokeshire	Total
185 [t]	Births	2009	Isle of Anglesey	Total
330 [t]	Births	2009	Pembrokeshire	Total
510 [t]	Births	2009	Carmarthenshire	Total
275 [t]	Births	2010	Pembrokeshire	Total
425 [t]	Births	2010	Carmarthenshire	Total
110 [t]	Births	2008	Merthyr Tydfil	Total
335 [t]	Births	2008	Denbighshire	Total
285 [t]	Births	2009	Denbighshire	Total
575 [t]	Births	2008	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Total
285 [t]	Births	2009	Neath Port Talbot	Total
1,020 [t]	Births	2010	Cardiff	Total
100 [t]	Births	2010	Merthyr Tydfil	Total
355 [t]	Births	2009	Conwy	Total
420 [t]	Births	2008	Vale of Glamorgan	Total
420 [t]	Births	2008	Monmouthshire	Total
390 [t]	Births	2009	Vale of Glamorgan	Total
305 [t]	Births	2010	Monmouthshire	Total
530 [t]	Births	2009	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Total
8,225 [t]	Births	2011	Wales	Total
340 [t]	Births	2011	Gwynedd	Total
235 [t]	Births	2008	Ceredigion	Total
7,500 [t]	Births	2010	Wales	Total
520 [t]	Births	2008	Flintshire	Total
405 [t]	Births	2008	Gwynedd	Total
370 [t]	Births	2009	Caerphilly	Total
115 [t]	Births	2009	Blaenau Gwent	Total
305 [t]	Births	2012	Gwynedd	Total

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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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