Business demography by area and year

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Data valuesData descriptionYearArea
5.8Birth Rate2010Powys
5.9Birth Rate2010Pembrokeshire
5.9 [t]Birth Rate2010Mid Wales
6.0Birth Rate2010Ceredigion
6.2Death Rate2021Ceredigion
6.2Birth Rate2012Ceredigion
6.4Birth Rate2009Ceredigion
6.5Birth Rate2020Gwynedd
6.5Death Rate2021Gwynedd
6.5Birth Rate2011Northern Ireland
6.5Birth Rate2011Powys
6.5Death Rate2007Northern Ireland
6.5Death Rate2020Powys
6.5 [t]Birth Rate2009Mid Wales
6.6Birth Rate2018Ceredigion
6.6Death Rate2020Northern Ireland
6.6Birth Rate2009Northern Ireland
6.6Death Rate2014Powys
6.6Birth Rate2009Powys
6.6 [t]Birth Rate2012Mid Wales
6.6 [t]Birth Rate2011Mid Wales
6.7Death Rate2005Northern Ireland
6.7Birth Rate2012Powys
6.7 [t]Birth Rate2018Mid Wales
6.8Birth Rate2010Gwynedd
6.8Death Rate2006Northern Ireland
6.8Birth Rate2018Powys
6.8Birth Rate2020Ceredigion
6.8Death Rate2018Northern Ireland
6.8 [p]Death Rate2022Ceredigion
6.8 [t]Death Rate2020Mid Wales
6.9Birth Rate2009Pembrokeshire
6.9Death Rate2016Northern Ireland
6.9Death Rate2011Gwynedd
6.9 [t]Death Rate2021Mid Wales
7.0Birth Rate2012Northern Ireland
7.0Death Rate2020Gwynedd
7.0Birth Rate2011Ceredigion
7.0Birth Rate2017Powys
7.0Death Rate2014Gwynedd
7.0Birth Rate2010Carmarthenshire
7.0Death Rate2018Powys
7.0Birth Rate2019Powys
7.0Death Rate2018Ceredigion
7.0Death Rate2008Northern Ireland
7.0Birth Rate2012Gwynedd
7.0 [t]Death Rate2014Mid Wales
7.0 [t]Death Rate2018Mid Wales
7.1Death Rate2016Ceredigion
7.1Death Rate2006Wrexham
7.1Death Rate2011Powys
7.1 [p]Death Rate2023Powys
7.1 [t]Birth Rate2020Mid Wales
7.1 [t]Birth Rate2010Mid and South West Wales
7.1 [t]Death Rate2016Mid Wales
7.2Birth Rate2018Gwynedd
7.2Birth Rate2022Powys
7.2Death Rate2016Powys
7.2Birth Rate2020Powys
7.2Death Rate2019Powys
7.2Death Rate2021Powys
7.2Death Rate2017Northern Ireland
7.2 [p]Death Rate2023Gwynedd
7.2 [t]Birth Rate2017Mid Wales
7.3Death Rate2015Northern Ireland
7.3Death Rate2006Gwynedd
7.3 [p] [t]Death Rate2022Mid Wales
7.3 [t]Birth Rate2019Mid Wales
7.3 [t]Death Rate2011Mid Wales
7.4Death Rate2020Ceredigion
7.4Death Rate2007Ceredigion
7.4 [p] [t]Death Rate2023Mid Wales
7.4 [t]Death Rate2019Mid Wales
7.4 [t]Birth Rate2022Mid Wales
7.5Birth Rate2010Denbighshire
7.5Death Rate2004Northern Ireland
7.5Death Rate2016Gwynedd
7.5Death Rate2002Ceredigion
7.5Birth Rate2008Ceredigion
7.5Birth Rate2012Isle of Anglesey
7.6Death Rate2020Isle of Anglesey
7.6Birth Rate2017Ceredigion
7.6Birth Rate2023Powys
7.6Death Rate2020Pembrokeshire
7.6Death Rate2008Powys
7.6Death Rate2006Powys
7.6Birth Rate2010Blaenau Gwent
7.6Birth Rate2009Gwynedd
7.6 [p]Death Rate2022Powys
7.6 [p]Death Rate2022Gwynedd
7.6 [t]Birth Rate2010South West Wales
7.6 [t]Death Rate2007Mid Wales
7.7Birth Rate2011Isle of Anglesey
7.7Birth Rate2011Gwynedd
7.7Death Rate2014Ceredigion
7.7Birth Rate2012Carmarthenshire
7.7Death Rate2007Powys
7.7Death Rate2020Carmarthenshire
7.7Birth Rate2016Powys
7.7Birth Rate2019Gwynedd
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Main information

Most recent update
24 September 2025
Next update expected
December 2025
Designation
Accredited official statistics
Data provider 1
Office for National Statistics (ONS)
Data source 1
Business demography
Data provider 2
Office for National Statistics (ONS)
Data source 2
Mid-year population estimates

Data notes

Rounding applied

Business births, deaths and active enterprises have been rounded to the nearest 5, rates are rounded to 1 decimal place, and per 10,000 population to the nearest whole number.

Overview

Summary of dataset and variables

This dataset details business births, deaths and active enterprises by measure, area 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.

Birth and death rates are calculated as a percentage of active enterprises.

Births, deaths and active enterprises per 10,000 of the population aged 16 to 64 are calculated using ONS' population estimates, which are currently available up to 2023.

Statistical quality

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

Please note, levels for Welsh economic regions and all rates (including per 10,000 population figures) have been calculated using the rounded figures, published by the Office for National Statistics.

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

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economic.stats@gov.wales

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