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Enterprise births in City of Edinburgh

Enterprise births in City of Edinburgh was 2,410 in 2024, according to the Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). That is up 14.5% from 2023.

2024, count2,410
Change on 2023+14.5%
Series high2,5902019
Series low2,0102020

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Enterprise births in City of Edinburgh, 2019 to 2024

2,0002,2002,4002,6002019202020212022202320242019: 2,590 count2020: 2,010 count2021: 2,220 count2022: 2,270 count2023: 2,105 count2024: 2,410 count2,0002,2002,4002,6002019202120242019: 2,590 count2020: 2,010 count2021: 2,220 count2022: 2,270 count2023: 2,105 count2024: 2,410 count
count. Source: Office for National Statistics, Business demography, UK, Tables 1.1a to 1.1d: count of births of new enterprises by district, county and unitary authority within region and country. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-01-15.
All 6 values
Periodcount
20242,410
20232,105
20222,270
20212,220
20202,010
20192,590

Compared with Scotland and United Kingdom

Place2024
City of Edinburgh2,410
Scotland18,420
United Kingdom317,440

Rankings

Definition

New enterprises created during the year from scratch. Enterprises formed by a merger, break-up or change of legal form, and enterprises reactivated within two years, are not births.

Counts enterprises, which can run several local units, under the harmonised Eurostat and OECD business demography rules. Not the same as active_companies (the INE business register count for Spain) or employer_firms (US firms with employees). Not comparable with companies_created (companies registered in Spain) or business_applications (US applications for an employer number).

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Office for National Statistics. Business demography, UK, Tables 1.1a to 1.1d: count of births of new enterprises by district, county and unitary authority within region and country. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/datasets/businessdemographyreferencetable. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). (2026). Business demography, UK, Tables 1.1a to 1.1d: count of births of new enterprises by district, county and unitary authority within region and country (Enterprise births, City of Edinburgh, 2019 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/datasets/businessdemographyreferencetable

MLA 9

Business demography, UK, Tables 1.1a to 1.1d: count of births of new enterprises by district, county and unitary authority within region and country, Enterprise births, City of Edinburgh, 2019 to 2024. Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom), 15 Jan. 2026, https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/datasets/businessdemographyreferencetable. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/enterprise-births/city-of-edinburgh-uk. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). 2026. Business demography, UK, Tables 1.1a to 1.1d: count of births of new enterprises by district, county and unitary authority within region and country. Enterprise births, City of Edinburgh, 2019 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/datasets/businessdemographyreferencetable. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/enterprise-births/city-of-edinburgh-uk.

Harvard

Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom) (2026) Business demography, UK, Tables 1.1a to 1.1d: count of births of new enterprises by district, county and unitary authority within region and country, Enterprise births, City of Edinburgh, 2019 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/datasets/businessdemographyreferencetable, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/enterprise-births/city-of-edinburgh-uk (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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What is the enterprise births in City of Edinburgh?

Enterprise births in City of Edinburgh was 2,410 in 2024, according to the Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). That is up 14.5% from 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). Business demography, UK, Tables 1.1a to 1.1d: count of births of new enterprises by district, county and unitary authority within region and country. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest enterprise births in City of Edinburgh?

2,590 in 2019, the highest value since 2019 in this series.

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