BUSINESS REGISTRATION AND SURVIVAL RATES
Table 12(a) - VAT registrations by broad industry sector, as a percentage of VAT registered business stock
Per cent	GO Region/Country
		United Kingdom	North East	North West	Yorkshire and the Humber	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland
All industries	1998	10.9	9.6	10.9	9.7	10.2	10.5	10.5	15.0	11.6	9.9	11.4	7.9	9.7	6.7
	1999	10.4	9.7	10.3	9.5	9.7	10.1	9.8	13.8	10.9	9.5	10.7	7.8	9.3	6.4
	2000	10.3	9.8	10.4	9.6	9.9	10.0	10.1	13.4	10.6	9.4	10.7	8.0	9.0	6.0
	2001	9.6	9.3	9.8	9.3	9.5	9.5	9.4	12.0	9.9	8.7	9.9	7.6	8.7	6.1
	2002	9.9	9.8	10.3	9.8	9.9	9.7	9.9	11.8	10.2	9.3	10.3	8.0	8.8	6.1
	2003	10.5	10.7	10.9	10.7	10.4	10.4	10.2	12.7	10.7	9.7	10.9	8.9	9.3	6.4
	2004	10.0	9.4	10.3	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.6	12.4	9.9	9.0	10.2	8.7	9.3	7.0
Manufacturing	1998	8.0	8.0	7.1	6.9	7.6	7.5	7.9	11.3	8.3	7.6	8.1	7.3	6.8	6.0
	1999	7.6	7.8	7.1	7.0	7.7	7.0	7.2	10.1	7.6	7.5	7.7	6.9	6.9	6.8
	2000	7.5	7.1	7.0	7.5	7.4	6.5	7.3	10.0	7.3	7.3	7.6	7.3	6.6	5.7
	2001	6.7	7.1	7.1	6.8	6.8	5.8	6.5	8.0	6.7	6.3	6.8	6.3	6.3	5.8
	2002	6.6	7.1	6.7	6.8	7.0	5.8	5.6	7.5	6.5	6.9	6.6	7.3	6.4	5.4
	2003	6.8	7.1	6.8	7.2	6.4	5.8	6.5	8.6	6.5	6.4	6.8	8.2	6.8	5.1
	2004	6.3	5.8	6.4	6.2	5.8	5.3	6.0	8.7	6.0	5.6	6.3	7.4	7.0	5.9
Services	1998	12.6	10.8	12.4	11.4	11.9	12.2	11.9	15.5	12.8	11.9	12.8	10.2	12.1	9.3
	1999	11.9	11.0	11.6	11.0	11.2	11.8	11.1	14.3	11.8	11.4	12.1	10.1	11.2	8.9
	2000	11.8	11.2	11.7	11.1	11.5	11.9	11.5	13.9	11.6	11.1	12.0	10.4	11.1	8.2
	2001	10.9	10.5	11.0	10.5	10.9	11.3	10.4	12.3	10.6	10.2	11.0	9.8	10.6	8.1
	2002	11.2	11.0	11.4	11.1	11.3	11.4	11.1	12.1	11.0	10.8	11.3	10.4	10.5	8.0
	2003	11.8	11.8	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.2	13.0	11.5	11.3	11.9	11.0	10.9	8.8
	2004	11.1	10.2	11.3	11.0	11.2	11.1	10.6	12.6	10.6	10.4	11.2	10.7	10.8	9.5
Other industries	1998	6.5	6.1	7.0	5.7	6.6	6.8	7.4	12.9	8.4	5.8	7.3	4.1	4.8	4.2
	1999	6.4	6.1	6.9	5.7	6.2	6.2	6.9	12.5	8.4	5.5	7.0	4.0	5.2	3.9
	2000	6.2	5.8	6.7	5.8	6.3	6.0	6.9	11.5	8.0	5.9	6.9	4.1	4.7	3.7
	2001	6.3	6.1	6.6	6.4	6.4	6.0	7.1	11.9	8.0	5.7	7.0	4.0	4.5	4.0
	2002	6.9	6.7	7.7	6.9	7.1	6.6	7.9	12.4	8.5	6.1	7.7	4.0	5.2	4.2
	2003	7.6	8.4	8.4	8.5	7.5	7.6	8.3	13.3	9.3	6.6	8.5	5.2	5.8	4.1
	2004	7.4	8.1	8.0	7.8	7.3	7.5	7.8	13.0	8.6	6.2	8.0	5.0	6.0	4.5
Table 12(b)(i) - VAT registrations per 10,000 of the adult population
Registrations (per 10,000 adult population)	GO Region/Country
		United Kingdom	North East	North West	Yorkshire and the Humber	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland
	1998	39.2	20.2	32.7	30.1	35.0	35.3	41.5	67.4	47.1	39.8	41.3	26.6	29.2	29.3
	1999	37.8	20.6	31.5	29.8	33.8	34.5	39.5	63.9	45.2	38.8	39.8	26.4	28.2	28.6
	2000	38.1	20.9	32.0	30.5	34.8	34.9	41.0	63.1	45.0	38.6	40.2	27.1	27.7	26.6
	2001	35.8	20.2	30.5	29.4	33.5	33.6	38.3	56.6	42.3	35.8	37.6	25.7	26.7	27.0
	2002	37.1	21.3	31.9	31.0	35.2	34.5	40.8	55.8	44.2	38.3	39.0	27.1	27.0	27.2
	2003	39.5	23.3	33.9	34.1	37.1	36.9	42.2	60.4	46.9	40.3	41.6	29.9	28.7	28.7
	2004	37.6	20.8	32.2	31.7	35.3	34.9	39.8	59.2	43.5	37.3	39.3	29.0	28.6	31.2
Source: Inter-Departmental Business Register, ONS, and Small Business Service, DTI