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VAT or PAYE registered businesses (UK Business Counts) in Mid and East Antrim

VAT or PAYE registered businesses (UK Business Counts) in Mid and East Antrim was 5,260 in 2026, according to the Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). That is up 2.8% from 2025.

2026, count5,260
Change on 2025+2.8%
Series high5,2602026
Series low4,4902014

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VAT or PAYE registered businesses (UK Business Counts) in Mid and East Antrim, 2010 to 2026

4,4004,6004,8005,0005,2005,4002010201320162019202220262010: 4,630 count2011: 4,640 count2012: 4,685 count2013: 4,570 count2014: 4,490 count2015: 4,530 count2016: 4,630 count2017: 4,705 count2018: 4,840 count2019: 4,925 count2020: 4,935 count2021: 5,020 count2022: 5,040 count2023: 5,050 count2024: 5,155 count2025: 5,115 count2026: 5,260 count4,4004,6004,8005,0005,2005,4002010201620262010: 4,630 count2011: 4,640 count2012: 4,685 count2013: 4,570 count2014: 4,490 count2015: 4,530 count2016: 4,630 count2017: 4,705 count2018: 4,840 count2019: 4,925 count2020: 4,935 count2021: 5,020 count2022: 5,040 count2023: 5,050 count2024: 5,155 count2025: 5,115 count2026: 5,260 count
count. Source: Office for National Statistics, UK Business Counts, enterprises by industry and employment size band: all industries (ONS, Nomis NM_142_1). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-24.
All 17 values
Periodcount
20265,260
20255,115
20245,155
20235,050
20225,040
20215,020
20204,935
20194,925
20184,840
20174,705
20164,630
20154,530
20144,490
20134,570
20124,685
20114,640
20104,630

Compared with Northern Ireland and United Kingdom

Place2026
Mid and East Antrim5,260
Northern Ireland81,660
United Kingdom2,786,985

Definition

Enterprises registered for VAT and/or PAYE on the Inter-Departmental Business Register, as at March of the year.

More on how it is measured
  • An enterprise is the smallest combination of legal units with autonomy over its decisions, counted once in the area of its registered office or main site.
  • ONS UK Business Counts (Nomis dataset NM_142_1), all employment sizes and legal statuses.
  • All industries.

Counts are rounded to the nearest 5 by ONS, so small areas and industries carry rounding error and components do not add up exactly. Businesses below the VAT threshold with no employees are not included, so this is not the total business population (the business population estimates are larger), and it is not comparable with Eurostat enterprise counts for EU countries. The year is the March snapshot: 2026 means March 2026.

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Office for National Statistics. UK Business Counts, enterprises by industry and employment size band: all industries (ONS, Nomis NM_142_1). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_142_1.data.json?geography=2092957697,TYPE480,TYPE424&industry=37748736&employment_sizeband=0&legal_status=0&measures=20100&time=2010,latest. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). (2026). UK Business Counts, enterprises by industry and employment size band: all industries (ONS, Nomis NM_142_1) (VAT or PAYE registered businesses (UK Business Counts), Mid and East Antrim, 2010 to 2026) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_142_1.data.json?geography=2092957697,TYPE480,TYPE424&industry=37748736&employment_sizeband=0&legal_status=0&measures=20100&time=2010,latest

MLA 9

UK Business Counts, enterprises by industry and employment size band: all industries (ONS, Nomis NM_142_1), VAT or PAYE registered businesses (UK Business Counts), Mid and East Antrim, 2010 to 2026. Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom), 24 Sept. 2026, https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_142_1.data.json?geography=2092957697,TYPE480,TYPE424&industry=37748736&employment_sizeband=0&legal_status=0&measures=20100&time=2010,latest. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/registered-businesses-uk/mid-and-east-antrim-uk. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). 2026. UK Business Counts, enterprises by industry and employment size band: all industries (ONS, Nomis NM_142_1). VAT or PAYE registered businesses (UK Business Counts), Mid and East Antrim, 2010 to 2026. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_142_1.data.json?geography=2092957697,TYPE480,TYPE424&industry=37748736&employment_sizeband=0&legal_status=0&measures=20100&time=2010,latest. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/registered-businesses-uk/mid-and-east-antrim-uk.

Harvard

Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom) (2026) UK Business Counts, enterprises by industry and employment size band: all industries (ONS, Nomis NM_142_1), VAT or PAYE registered businesses (UK Business Counts), Mid and East Antrim, 2010 to 2026 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_142_1.data.json?geography=2092957697,TYPE480,TYPE424&industry=37748736&employment_sizeband=0&legal_status=0&measures=20100&time=2010,latest, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/registered-businesses-uk/mid-and-east-antrim-uk (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{office_vat_or_paye_registered_2026,
  author = {{Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom)}},
  title = {{UK Business Counts, enterprises by industry and employment size band: all industries (ONS, Nomis NM\_142\_1): VAT or PAYE registered businesses (UK Business Counts), Mid and East Antrim, 2010 to 2026}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_142_1.data.json?geography=2092957697,TYPE480,TYPE424&industry=37748736&employment_sizeband=0&legal_status=0&measures=20100&time=2010,latest},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/registered-businesses-uk/mid-and-east-antrim-uk. Publisher attribution: Office for National Statistics. UK Business Counts, enterprises by industry and employment size band: all industries (ONS, Nomis NM\_142\_1). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM\_142\_1.data.json?geography=2092957697,TYPE480,TYPE424\&industry=37748736\&employment\_sizeband=0\&legal\_status=0\&measures=20100\&time=2010,latest. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
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What is the VAT or PAYE registered businesses (UK Business Counts) in Mid and East Antrim?

VAT or PAYE registered businesses (UK Business Counts) in Mid and East Antrim was 5,260 in 2026, according to the Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). That is up 2.8% from 2025.

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Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). UK Business Counts, enterprises by industry and employment size band: all industries (ONS, Nomis NM_142_1). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest VAT or PAYE registered businesses (UK Business Counts) in Mid and East Antrim?

5,260 in 2026, the highest value since 2010 in this series.

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