As of 2021, business enterprises founded in 2020 in the United Kingdom had a one-year survial rate of 92.9 percent, compared with 94.6 percent in the previous year. Of businesses founded in 2016, just 38.5 percent were still operating in 2021.
Survival rate of new enterprises in the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2021, by years survived
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (November 22, 2023). Survival rate of new enterprises in the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2021, by years survived [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/285305/new-enterprise-survival-rate-in-the-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Survival rate of new enterprises in the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2021, by years survived." Chart. November 22, 2023. Statista. Accessed April 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/285305/new-enterprise-survival-rate-in-the-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2023). Survival rate of new enterprises in the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2021, by years survived. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/285305/new-enterprise-survival-rate-in-the-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Survival Rate of New Enterprises in The United Kingdom from 2007 to 2021, by Years Survived." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Nov 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/285305/new-enterprise-survival-rate-in-the-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Survival rate of new enterprises in the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2021, by years survived Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/285305/new-enterprise-survival-rate-in-the-uk/ (last visited April 27, 2024)
Survival rate of new enterprises in the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2021, by years survived [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), November 22, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/285305/new-enterprise-survival-rate-in-the-uk/