Business survival rates by area and birth year

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Data valuesData descriptionBirth yearAreaSurvival year
[z]Enterprise count2020Caerphilly5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020Merthyr Tydfil5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020Caerphilly4 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020Vale of Glamorgan5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020Rhondda Cynon Taf4 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020Merthyr Tydfil4 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020Rhondda Cynon Taf5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020Bridgend5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020Wrexham4 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020Carmarthenshire4 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020Swansea4 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020Neath Port Talbot5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020Pembrokeshire4 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020Vale of Glamorgan4 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020Cardiff5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020Swansea5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020Bridgend4 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020Neath Port Talbot4 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020Gwynedd4 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020Denbighshire5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020Powys4 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020South West5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020Wales5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020Conwy5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020Wrexham5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020Ceredigion5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020Isle of Anglesey5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020Powys5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020Denbighshire4 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020Flintshire4 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020Cardiff4 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020East Midlands4 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020Ceredigion4 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020South West4 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020Carmarthenshire5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020Pembrokeshire5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020West Midlands5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020London5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2019Northern Ireland5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020East4 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2019Newport5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020Yorkshire and the Humber5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020Flintshire5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020East5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020United Kingdom5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020East Midlands5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020South East5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020South East4 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2019Ceredigion5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020Great Britain4 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020United Kingdom4 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020West Midlands4 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2019Vale of Glamorgan5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020England5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2019Carmarthenshire5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020North West5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2019Great Britain5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2019South East5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020Great Britain5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020London4 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2019North East5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2019Yorkshire and the Humber5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2019Swansea5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020Isle of Anglesey4 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020North East5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2019Rhondda Cynon Taf5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020Gwynedd5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2019East Midlands5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2019Cardiff5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020Yorkshire and the Humber4 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020Wales4 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020Conwy4 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2019Merthyr Tydfil5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2019Torfaen5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2019Pembrokeshire5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2019East5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020England4 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2019North West5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2019United Kingdom5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2019Gwynedd5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2019South West5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2019Wales5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2019Blaenau Gwent5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2019Bridgend5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2019Flintshire5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2019London5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2019West Midlands5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2019Conwy5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020North West4 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2019Isle of Anglesey5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2019Caerphilly5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2019Neath Port Talbot5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2019Monmouthshire5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2019Powys5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020North East4 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2019Scotland5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2019England5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2019Denbighshire5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2019Wrexham5 year survival
[z]Enterprise count2020Blaenau Gwent4 year survival
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Main information

Most recent update
24 September 2025
Next update expected
December 2025
Designation
Accredited official statistics
Data provider
Office for National Statistics (ONS)
Data source
Business demography

Data notes

Rounding applied

Enterprise counts have been rounded to the nearest 5.

Overview

Summary of dataset and variables

This dataset details business survival rates by birth year and area.

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 business born in year t is defined as having survived if it has any active employment or turnover in any part of year t+1.

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 five years of survival rates are provisional and subject to revision.

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Welsh Government
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economic.stats@gov.wales

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