Business Survival Rates

The DTI uses VAT registration and de-registration data to estimate the survival rates of new businesses. Enterprises that register for VAT are tracked until they de-register, and the survival rate is the percentage that are still registered at a certain point in time.

Survival rates of VAT-registered enterprises: key results paper ( 160 kB � published February 2007, URN 07/693). The paper is also available in HTML format.

This paper contains �headline� figures on the survival rates of UK enterprises registering for VAT between 1995 and 2004. It also compares survival rates across regions, sectors, rural/urban areas and deprivation quintiles.

Survival rates of VAT-registered enterprises: data tables ( 1017 kB � Revised to include North Tyneside - 19 February 2007)

Data tables giving survival rates of enterprises registering for VAT between 1995 and 2004 for each local authority/council area/district council area and each industry sector (1-digit SIC) in the UK, by Rural and Urban Area Classification for each region in England and Wales and by Index of Multiple Deprivation quintile for each region in England.

A guidance note explaining the methodology of the 1995 to 2004 series is also available ( 240 kB - published February 2007). The guidance is also available in HTML format.

Please note: this publication will not be repeated in 2008. Updated estimates will be available, at the very earliest, in early 2009.

For further information on these statistics please contact [email protected]

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