# Dormant company: UK Company Population Series

> 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.

Dividvo · https://dividvo.com/datasets/uk-company-population-series/ · computed 2026-10-18

**Range of the published figures:** 0.94 to 14.1 % (range 0.94 to 14.1 %; 20 sources with a figure; 3 of 11 sources read publish one).

3 of the 11 named sources read in full publish a figure; 8 publish none, read 12 October 2026.

## By measure

| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| measure total-register-growth-fye2026 | 0.94 % | 0.94 to 0.94 % | 1 |
| measure incorporations-growth-fye2026 | 1.67 % | 1.67 to 1.67 % | 1 |
| measure dissolutions-growth-fye2026 | 8.31 % | 8.31 to 8.31 % | 1 |
| measure england-and-wales-register-growth-fye2026 | 0.95 % | 0.95 to 0.95 % | 1 |
| measure scotland-register-growth-fye2026 | 2.39 % | 2.39 to 2.39 % | 1 |
| measure northern-ireland-register-change-fye2026 | 3.44 % | 3.44 to 3.44 % | 1 |
| measure total-register-growth-fye2025 | 1.4 % | 1.4 to 1.4 % | 1 |
| measure incorporations-change-fye2025 | 10 % | 10 to 10 % | 1 |
| measure dissolutions-growth-fye2025 | 9.6 % | 9.6 to 9.6 % | 1 |
| measure overseas-establishments-growth-fye2025 | 1.9 % | 1.9 to 1.9 % | 1 |
| measure england-and-wales-register-growth-fye2025 | 1.3 % | 1.3 to 1.3 % | 1 |
| measure scotland-register-growth-fye2025 | 2.7 % | 2.7 to 2.7 % | 1 |
| measure northern-ireland-register-growth-fye2025 | 5.2 % | 5.2 to 5.2 % | 1 |
| measure total-register-growth-fye2024 | 4.6 % | 4.6 to 4.6 % | 1 |
| measure incorporations-growth-fye2024 | 11.2 % | 11.2 to 11.2 % | 1 |
| measure dissolutions-growth-fye2024 | 13.2 % | 13.2 to 13.2 % | 1 |
| measure overseas-establishments-growth-fye2024 | 4.2 % | 4.2 to 4.2 % | 1 |
| measure england-and-wales-register-growth-fye2024 | 4.4 % | 4.4 to 4.4 % | 1 |
| measure scotland-register-growth-fye2024 | 4.4 % | 4.4 to 4.4 % | 1 |
| measure northern-ireland-register-growth-fye2024 | 14.1 % | 14.1 to 14.1 % | 1 |

## Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read.

| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Companies House: companies register activities April 2023 to March 2024](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/companies-register-activities-statistical-release-april-2023-to-march-2024/companies-register-activities-april-2023-to-march-2024) | 14.1 % | northern-ireland-register-growth-fye2024 | 2026-10-12 |
| [Companies House: companies register activities April 2023 to March 2024](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/companies-register-activities-statistical-release-april-2023-to-march-2024/companies-register-activities-april-2023-to-march-2024) | 13.2 % | dissolutions-growth-fye2024 | 2026-10-12 |
| [Companies House: companies register activities April 2023 to March 2024](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/companies-register-activities-statistical-release-april-2023-to-march-2024/companies-register-activities-april-2023-to-march-2024) | 11.2 % | incorporations-growth-fye2024 | 2026-10-12 |
| [Companies House: companies register activities April 2024 to March 2025](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/companies-register-activities-statistical-release-april-2024-to-march-2025/companies-register-activities-april-2024-to-march-2025) | 10 % | incorporations-change-fye2025 | 2026-10-12 |
| [Companies House: companies register activities April 2024 to March 2025](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/companies-register-activities-statistical-release-april-2024-to-march-2025/companies-register-activities-april-2024-to-march-2025) | 9.6 % | dissolutions-growth-fye2025 | 2026-10-12 |
| [Companies House: companies register activities April 2025 to March 2026](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) | 8.31 % | dissolutions-growth-fye2026 | 2026-10-12 |
| [Companies House: companies register activities April 2024 to March 2025](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/companies-register-activities-statistical-release-april-2024-to-march-2025/companies-register-activities-april-2024-to-march-2025) | 5.2 % | northern-ireland-register-growth-fye2025 | 2026-10-12 |
| [Companies House: companies register activities April 2023 to March 2024](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/companies-register-activities-statistical-release-april-2023-to-march-2024/companies-register-activities-april-2023-to-march-2024) | 4.6 % | total-register-growth-fye2024 | 2026-10-12 |
| [Companies House: companies register activities April 2023 to March 2024](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/companies-register-activities-statistical-release-april-2023-to-march-2024/companies-register-activities-april-2023-to-march-2024) | 4.4 % | england-and-wales-register-growth-fye2024 | 2026-10-12 |
| [Companies House: companies register activities April 2023 to March 2024](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/companies-register-activities-statistical-release-april-2023-to-march-2024/companies-register-activities-april-2023-to-march-2024) | 4.4 % | scotland-register-growth-fye2024 | 2026-10-12 |
| [Companies House: companies register activities April 2023 to March 2024](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/companies-register-activities-statistical-release-april-2023-to-march-2024/companies-register-activities-april-2023-to-march-2024) | 4.2 % | overseas-establishments-growth-fye2024 | 2026-10-12 |
| [Companies House: companies register activities April 2025 to March 2026](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) | 3.44 % | northern-ireland-register-change-fye2026 | 2026-10-12 |
| [Companies House: companies register activities April 2024 to March 2025](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/companies-register-activities-statistical-release-april-2024-to-march-2025/companies-register-activities-april-2024-to-march-2025) | 2.7 % | scotland-register-growth-fye2025 | 2026-10-12 |
| [Companies House: companies register activities April 2025 to March 2026](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) | 2.39 % | scotland-register-growth-fye2026 | 2026-10-12 |
| [Companies House: companies register activities April 2024 to March 2025](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/companies-register-activities-statistical-release-april-2024-to-march-2025/companies-register-activities-april-2024-to-march-2025) | 1.9 % | overseas-establishments-growth-fye2025 | 2026-10-12 |
| [Companies House: companies register activities April 2025 to March 2026](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) | 1.67 % | incorporations-growth-fye2026 | 2026-10-12 |
| [Companies House: companies register activities April 2024 to March 2025](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/companies-register-activities-statistical-release-april-2024-to-march-2025/companies-register-activities-april-2024-to-march-2025) | 1.4 % | total-register-growth-fye2025 | 2026-10-12 |
| [Companies House: companies register activities April 2024 to March 2025](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/companies-register-activities-statistical-release-april-2024-to-march-2025/companies-register-activities-april-2024-to-march-2025) | 1.3 % | england-and-wales-register-growth-fye2025 | 2026-10-12 |
| [Companies House: companies register activities April 2025 to March 2026](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) | 0.95 % | england-and-wales-register-growth-fye2026 | 2026-10-12 |
| [Companies House: companies register activities April 2025 to March 2026](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) | 0.94 % | total-register-growth-fye2026 | 2026-10-12 |

## The sentence each figure was read from (20)

- [Companies House: companies register activities April 2023 to March 2024](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/companies-register-activities-statistical-release-april-2023-to-march-2024/companies-register-activities-april-2023-to-march-2024), read 2026-10-12: "Northern Ireland by 10,856 companies (14.1%)"
- [Companies House: companies register activities April 2023 to March 2024](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/companies-register-activities-statistical-release-april-2023-to-march-2024/companies-register-activities-april-2023-to-march-2024), read 2026-10-12: "in FYE 2024 there were 663,167 dissolutions, an increase of 13.2% compared with FYE 2023"
- [Companies House: companies register activities April 2023 to March 2024](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/companies-register-activities-statistical-release-april-2023-to-march-2024/companies-register-activities-april-2023-to-march-2024), read 2026-10-12: "there were 890,684 company incorporations in FYE 2024, an increase of 11.2% compared with FYE 2023"
- [Companies House: companies register activities April 2024 to March 2025](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/companies-register-activities-statistical-release-april-2024-to-march-2025/companies-register-activities-april-2024-to-march-2025), read 2026-10-12: "there were 801,864 company incorporations in FYE 2025, a decrease of 10.0% compared with FYE 2024"
- [Companies House: companies register activities April 2024 to March 2025](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/companies-register-activities-statistical-release-april-2024-to-march-2025/companies-register-activities-april-2024-to-march-2025), read 2026-10-12: "in FYE 2025 there were 726,735 dissolutions, an increase of 9.6% compared with FYE 2024"
- [Companies House: companies register activities April 2025 to March 2026](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), read 2026-10-12: "in FYE 2026 there were 787,120 dissolutions, an increase of 8.31% compared with FYE 2025"
- [Companies House: companies register activities April 2024 to March 2025](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/companies-register-activities-statistical-release-april-2024-to-march-2025/companies-register-activities-april-2024-to-march-2025), read 2026-10-12: "Northern Ireland by 4,621 companies (5.2%)"
- [Companies House: companies register activities April 2023 to March 2024](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/companies-register-activities-statistical-release-april-2023-to-march-2024/companies-register-activities-april-2023-to-march-2024), read 2026-10-12: "the total register size at the end of financial year ending (FYE) 2024 was 5,350,759, an increase of 4.6% compared with the end of FYE 2023"
- [Companies House: companies register activities April 2023 to March 2024](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/companies-register-activities-statistical-release-april-2023-to-march-2024/companies-register-activities-april-2023-to-march-2024), read 2026-10-12: "England and Wales by 212,228 companies (4.4%)"
- [Companies House: companies register activities April 2023 to March 2024](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/companies-register-activities-statistical-release-april-2023-to-march-2024/companies-register-activities-april-2023-to-march-2024), read 2026-10-12: "Scotland by 10,932 companies (4.4%)"
- [Companies House: companies register activities April 2023 to March 2024](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/companies-register-activities-statistical-release-april-2023-to-march-2024/companies-register-activities-april-2023-to-march-2024), read 2026-10-12: "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"
- [Companies House: companies register activities April 2025 to March 2026](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), read 2026-10-12: "a decrease of 3,190 (3.44%) companies in Northern Ireland"
- [Companies House: companies register activities April 2024 to March 2025](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/companies-register-activities-statistical-release-april-2024-to-march-2025/companies-register-activities-april-2024-to-march-2025), read 2026-10-12: "Scotland by 7,064 companies (2.7%)"
- [Companies House: companies register activities April 2025 to March 2026](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), read 2026-10-12: "an increase of 6,434 (2.39%) companies in Scotland"
- [Companies House: companies register activities April 2024 to March 2025](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/companies-register-activities-statistical-release-april-2024-to-march-2025/companies-register-activities-april-2024-to-march-2025), read 2026-10-12: "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"
- [Companies House: companies register activities April 2025 to March 2026](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), read 2026-10-12: "there were 815,277 company incorporations in FYE 2026, an increase of 1.67% compared with FYE 2025"
- [Companies House: companies register activities April 2024 to March 2025](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/companies-register-activities-statistical-release-april-2024-to-march-2025/companies-register-activities-april-2024-to-march-2025), read 2026-10-12: "the total register size at the end of financial year ending (FYE) 2025 was 5,427,787, an increase of 1.4% compared with the end of FYE 2024"
- [Companies House: companies register activities April 2024 to March 2025](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/companies-register-activities-statistical-release-april-2024-to-march-2025/companies-register-activities-april-2024-to-march-2025), read 2026-10-12: "England and Wales by 65,343 companies (1.3%)"
- [Companies House: companies register activities April 2025 to March 2026](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), read 2026-10-12: "an increase of 48,014 (0.95%) companies in England and Wales"
- [Companies House: companies register activities April 2025 to March 2026](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), read 2026-10-12: "the total register size at the end of financial year ending (FYE) 2026 was 5,479,045, an increase of 0.94% compared with the end of FYE 2025"

## Read in full, publishes no figure

- [Companies House official statistics: quality information](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/quality-information-to-accompany-our-statistical-releases/companies-house-official-statistics-quality-information-to-accompany-statistical-releases), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [HMRC Corporation Tax statistics 2025](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/corporation-tax-statistics-2025), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [HMRC Corporation Tax statistics 2024](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/corporation-tax-statistics-2024), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [HMRC Corporation Tax statistics commentary 2023](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/corporation-tax-statistics-2023/corporation-tax-statistics-commentary-2023), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [HMRC tax receipts and NICs annual bulletin](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmrc-tax-and-nics-receipts-for-the-uk/hmrc-tax-receipts-and-national-insurance-contributions-for-the-uk-new-annual-bulletin), read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [HMRC tax receipts and NICs collection](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmrc-tax-and-nics-receipts-for-the-uk), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [DBT business population estimates 2025](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/business-population-estimates-2025), read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [DBT business population estimates collection](https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/business-population-estimates), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page

## 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

## Sources

- [Companies House: companies register activities April 2025 to March 2026](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) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Companies House: companies register activities April 2024 to March 2025](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/companies-register-activities-statistical-release-april-2024-to-march-2025/companies-register-activities-april-2024-to-march-2025) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Companies House: companies register activities April 2023 to March 2024](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/companies-register-activities-statistical-release-april-2023-to-march-2024/companies-register-activities-april-2023-to-march-2024) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Companies House official statistics: quality information](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/quality-information-to-accompany-our-statistical-releases/companies-house-official-statistics-quality-information-to-accompany-statistical-releases) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [HMRC Corporation Tax statistics 2025](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/corporation-tax-statistics-2025) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [HMRC Corporation Tax statistics 2024](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/corporation-tax-statistics-2024) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [HMRC Corporation Tax statistics commentary 2023](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/corporation-tax-statistics-2023/corporation-tax-statistics-commentary-2023) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [HMRC tax receipts and NICs annual bulletin](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmrc-tax-and-nics-receipts-for-the-uk/hmrc-tax-receipts-and-national-insurance-contributions-for-the-uk-new-annual-bulletin) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [HMRC tax receipts and NICs collection](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmrc-tax-and-nics-receipts-for-the-uk) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [DBT business population estimates 2025](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/business-population-estimates-2025) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [DBT business population estimates collection](https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/business-population-estimates) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)

## Cite or embed

- 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.

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