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<p>There is no register containing every business in the UK. The Companies House register
provides information on a subset of businesses required to file information with the
registrar of companies; for example, those businesses that incorporate as companies
or limited liability partnerships or register as limited partnerships. Not all of
the companies that register with Companies House are businesses or go on to becomeactively
tradingbusinesses.</p><p> </p><p>Companies House statistics show that in the years
in question the following numbers of companies were registered (a) online and (b)
offline:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Online
</strong></p></td><td><p>366,051</p></td><td><p>437,441</p></td><td><p>470,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Offline</strong></p></td><td><p>34,504</p></td><td><p>18,208</p></td><td><p>11,995</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>400,555</p></td><td><p>455,649</p></td><td><p>482,795</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
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