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<p>Data on business closures by size of business are not available. The data provided
below covers all registered business closures in the UK for the periods specified.</p><p>
</p><p>According to the business counts published in 2020 by the Office for National
Statistics in <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/bulletins/ukbusinessactivitysizeandlocation/2020"
target="_blank">UK business: activity, size and location</a>, 98.1% of all registered
business are small (0 to 49 employees). Therefore, the vast majority of business closures
are very likely to be small businesses.</p><p> </p><p>Data on business closures over
the <strong>last 3 financial years</strong> are shown in table 1:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em><strong>Table
1: Number of business closures by financial year, all registered businesses</strong></em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial
Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of business closures</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/2020</p></td><td><p>383,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/2019</p></td><td><p>348,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/2018</p></td><td><p>351,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source:
Office for National Statistics: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/bulletins/businessdemographyquarterlyexperimentalstatisticsuk/apriltojune2020"
target="_blank">Business Demography, quarterly experimental statistics, UK</a> </em></p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>Prior to 2017 data are only available for calendar years, rather than
financial years. The number of closures in each <strong>calendar year </strong>is
shown in table 2:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em><strong>Table 2: Number of business closures
by calendar year, all registered businesses</strong></em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar
year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of business closures</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>336,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>311,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>346,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>281,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>282,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>246,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>238,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>252,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>230,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>277,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source:
Office for National Statistics: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/bulletins/businessdemography/previousReleases"
target="_blank">Business demography, UK statistical bulletin</a> </em></p><p> </p>
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