Enterprise deaths in South East

Enterprise deaths in South East was 39,200 in 2024, according to the Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). That is down 7.4% from 2023.

2024, count39,200 Provisional

Change on 2023-7.4%

Series high49,5152022

Series low39,2002024

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Enterprise deaths in South East, 2019 to 2024

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

Period	count
2024	39,200 Provisional
2023	42,320 Provisional
2022	49,515
2021	48,715
2020	44,470
2019	44,030

Compared with United Kingdom

Place	2024
South East	39,200
United Kingdom	280,370

South East compared with nearby places

Under 11K
11K to 20K
20K to 23K
23K to 29K
29K and over

Enterprise deaths, 2024, count. South East is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). Boundaries: Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2024.

Rankings

EU countries by enterprise deaths 27 places

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.

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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, South East, 2019 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/datasets/businessdemographyreferencetable

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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, South East, 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/south-east-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, South East, 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/south-east-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, South East, 2019 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/datasets/businessdemographyreferencetable, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/enterprise-deaths/south-east-uk (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{office_enterprise_deaths_south_east_2024,
  author = {{Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom)}},
  title = {{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, South East, 2019 to 2024}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/datasets/businessdemographyreferencetable},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/enterprise-deaths/south-east-uk. Publisher attribution: 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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What is the enterprise deaths in South East?

Enterprise deaths in South East was 39,200 in 2024, according to the Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). That is down 7.4% from 2023.

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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 South East?

49,515 in 2022, the highest value since 2019 in this series.

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