{ "name": "Dividvo UK Company Population Series", "title": "UK Company Population Series", "url": "https://dividvo.com/datasets/uk-company-population-series/", "csv": "https://dividvo.com/datasets/uk-company-population-series.csv", "markdown": "https://dividvo.com/datasets/uk-company-population-series/index.md", "computed_at": "2026-10-18", "license": "https://dividvo.com/terms", "headline": "The UK Company Population Series carries 20 published figures read from 3 sources' own pages, from 0.94 to 14.10 percent, read 12 October 2026.", "quotes": [ "The UK Company Population Series carries 20 published figures read from 3 sources' own pages, from 0.94 to 14.10 percent, read 12 October 2026.", "3 of the 11 named sources read in full publish a figure; 8 publish none, read 12 October 2026.", "UK Company Population Series, measure total-register-growth-fye2026: median 0.94 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "UK Company Population Series, measure incorporations-growth-fye2026: median 1.67 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "UK Company Population Series, measure dissolutions-growth-fye2026: median 8.31 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "UK Company Population Series, measure england-and-wales-register-growth-fye2026: median 0.95 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "UK Company Population Series, measure scotland-register-growth-fye2026: median 2.39 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "UK Company Population Series, measure northern-ireland-register-change-fye2026: median 3.44 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "UK Company Population Series, measure total-register-growth-fye2025: median 1.40 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "UK Company Population Series, measure incorporations-change-fye2025: median 10 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "UK Company Population Series, measure dissolutions-growth-fye2025: median 9.60 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "UK Company Population Series, measure overseas-establishments-growth-fye2025: median 1.90 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "UK Company Population Series, measure england-and-wales-register-growth-fye2025: median 1.30 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "UK Company Population Series, measure scotland-register-growth-fye2025: median 2.70 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "UK Company Population Series, measure northern-ireland-register-growth-fye2025: median 5.20 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "UK Company Population Series, measure total-register-growth-fye2024: median 4.60 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "UK Company Population Series, measure incorporations-growth-fye2024: median 11.20 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "UK Company Population Series, measure dissolutions-growth-fye2024: median 13.20 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "UK Company Population Series, measure overseas-establishments-growth-fye2024: median 4.20 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "UK Company Population Series, measure england-and-wales-register-growth-fye2024: median 4.40 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "UK Company Population Series, measure scotland-register-growth-fye2024: median 4.40 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "UK Company Population Series, measure northern-ireland-register-growth-fye2024: median 14.10 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026." ], "citation": "\"Dividvo UK Company Population Series\", updated 2026-10-18, https://dividvo.com/datasets/uk-company-population-series/.", "changed_since": null, "national": { "unit": "%", "n": 20, "median": 4.300000000000001, "min": 0.94, "max": 14.1, "p25": 1.7275, "p75": 9.2775, "mean": 5.295, "units": { "%": 20 }, "published_sources": 3, "named_sources": 11, "read_sources": 11, "not_published": 8, "published_share": 0.273 }, "by_axis": { "measure": { 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"scotland-register-growth-fye2026" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "an increase of 6,434 (2.39%) companies in Scotland", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "64d4ba7a7cf0d9359a6b28b8ae5a3e660bd14b07b83662e95e6a171141a99783" }, { "source": "Companies House: companies register activities April 2025 to March 2026", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/companies-register-activities-statistical-release-april-2025-to-march-2026/companies-register-activities-statistical-release-april-2025-to-march-2026", "figure": "3.44%", "value": 3.44, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "measure": "northern-ireland-register-change-fye2026" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "a decrease of 3,190 (3.44%) companies in Northern Ireland", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "64d4ba7a7cf0d9359a6b28b8ae5a3e660bd14b07b83662e95e6a171141a99783" }, { "source": "Companies House: companies register activities April 2024 to March 2025", "url": 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"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/companies-register-activities-statistical-release-april-2024-to-march-2025/companies-register-activities-april-2024-to-march-2025", "figure": "1.9%", "value": 1.9, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "measure": "overseas-establishments-growth-fye2025" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "at the end of FYE 2025, the number of overseas companies with a UK establishment increased by 1.9% to 14,574 compared with FYE 2024", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "9fd11318515c6fa78dc314128f288f2577a7e592f183e9a4c4634ca00f889ddb" }, { "source": "Companies House: companies register activities April 2024 to March 2025", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/companies-register-activities-statistical-release-april-2024-to-march-2025/companies-register-activities-april-2024-to-march-2025", "figure": "1.3%", "value": 1.3, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "measure": "england-and-wales-register-growth-fye2025" }, 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"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/companies-register-activities-statistical-release-april-2024-to-march-2025/companies-register-activities-april-2024-to-march-2025", "figure": "5.2%", "value": 5.2, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "measure": "northern-ireland-register-growth-fye2025" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "Northern Ireland by 4,621 companies (5.2%)", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "9fd11318515c6fa78dc314128f288f2577a7e592f183e9a4c4634ca00f889ddb" }, { "source": "Companies House: companies register activities April 2023 to March 2024", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/companies-register-activities-statistical-release-april-2023-to-march-2024/companies-register-activities-april-2023-to-march-2024", "figure": "4.6%", "value": 4.6, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "measure": "total-register-growth-fye2024" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "the total register size at the end of financial year ending (FYE) 2024 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"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/companies-register-activities-statistical-release-april-2023-to-march-2024/companies-register-activities-april-2023-to-march-2024", "figure": "13.2%", "value": 13.2, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "measure": "dissolutions-growth-fye2024" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "in FYE 2024 there were 663,167 dissolutions, an increase of 13.2% compared with FYE 2023", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "02f75735401e116c2601d4bbafc932b5f37f41f4f415c57b41b6e8c85a1f237b" }, { "source": "Companies House: companies register activities April 2023 to March 2024", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/companies-register-activities-statistical-release-april-2023-to-march-2024/companies-register-activities-april-2023-to-march-2024", "figure": "4.2%", "value": 4.2, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "measure": "overseas-establishments-growth-fye2024" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "at the end of FYE 2024, the number of overseas companies with a UK establishment increased by 4.2% to 14,299 compared with FYE 2023", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "02f75735401e116c2601d4bbafc932b5f37f41f4f415c57b41b6e8c85a1f237b" }, { "source": "Companies House: companies register activities April 2023 to March 2024", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/companies-register-activities-statistical-release-april-2023-to-march-2024/companies-register-activities-april-2023-to-march-2024", "figure": "4.4%", "value": 4.4, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "measure": "england-and-wales-register-growth-fye2024" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "England and Wales by 212,228 companies (4.4%)", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "02f75735401e116c2601d4bbafc932b5f37f41f4f415c57b41b6e8c85a1f237b" }, { "source": "Companies House: companies register activities April 2023 to March 2024", "url": 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business population estimates 2025", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/business-population-estimates", "label": "DBT business population estimates collection", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" } ], "methodology": "Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 3 of the 11 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 8 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 0 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in % (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 20 figures, never sentences; 40 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): the register as a dated series rather than a snapshot: total register size, effective register size, incorporations and dissolutions per financial year from Companies House's own statistical releases, joined to HMRC's count of companies with a corporation tax liability and to total CT receipts, so 'how many companies' and 'how many that actually trade' are two different, sourced numbers. The reads already carry three consecutive years - 5,350,759 at end-FYE2024, 5,427,787 at end-FYE2025 (+1.4%) and 5,479,045 at end-FYE2026 (+0.94%), with an effective register of 4,930,634 and 815,277 incorporations in FYE2026 - which is a growth-rate series nobody publishes as one line. The derived figure the site owes its biggest non-calculator cluster is the DORMANT share: the gap between the register and the companies HMRC treats as trading, read per year, which is what 'what is a dormant company' is really asking around", "embed": "

0.94 to 14.10 percent

20 published figures, UK Company Population Series, across 3 sources, read 12 October 2026

Source: Dividvo UK Company Population Series
" }