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Enterprise deaths in County Durham

Enterprise deaths in County Durham was 1,445 in 2024, according to the Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). That is down 11.9% from 2023.

2024, count1,445 Provisional
Change on 2023-11.9%
Series high1,6652022
Series low1,2952020

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Enterprise deaths in County Durham, 2019 to 2024

1,2001,3001,4001,5001,6001,7002019202020212022202320242019: 1,355 count2020: 1,295 count2021: 1,570 count2022: 1,665 count2023: 1,640 count2024: 1,445 count
count. Source: Office for National Statistics, Business demography, UK, Tables 2.1a to 2.1d: count of deaths of enterprises by district, county and unitary authority within region and country. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-01-15.
All 6 values
Periodcount
20241,445 Provisional
20231,640 Provisional
20221,665
20211,570
20201,295
20191,355

Compared with North East and United Kingdom

Place2024
County Durham1,445
North East7,850
United Kingdom280,370

Rankings

Definition

Enterprises that stopped trading during the year and were not reactivated within two years. Enterprises absorbed by a merger or a takeover are not deaths.

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). A death is not an insolvency: most enterprises that close do so without a formal insolvency procedure. The latest years are estimated from expected reactivations and are provisional.

How to cite

Office for National Statistics. Business demography, UK, Tables 2.1a to 2.1d: count of deaths of 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 2.1a to 2.1d: count of deaths of enterprises by district, county and unitary authority within region and country (Enterprise deaths, County Durham, 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 2.1a to 2.1d: count of deaths of enterprises by district, county and unitary authority within region and country, Enterprise deaths, County Durham, 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-deaths/county-durham-uk. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). 2026. Business demography, UK, Tables 2.1a to 2.1d: count of deaths of enterprises by district, county and unitary authority within region and country. Enterprise deaths, County Durham, 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-deaths/county-durham-uk.

Harvard

Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom) (2026) Business demography, UK, Tables 2.1a to 2.1d: count of deaths of enterprises by district, county and unitary authority within region and country, Enterprise deaths, County Durham, 2019 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/datasets/businessdemographyreferencetable, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/enterprise-deaths/county-durham-uk (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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What is the enterprise deaths in County Durham?

Enterprise deaths in County Durham was 1,445 in 2024, according to the Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). That is down 11.9% from 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). Business demography, UK, Tables 2.1a to 2.1d: count of deaths of enterprises by district, county and unitary authority within region and country. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest enterprise deaths in County Durham?

1,665 in 2022, the highest value since 2019 in this series.

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