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The project ran from December 2020 to November 2022. This website contains the reports and data analysis that we produced over this period.

30,315 additional companies were registered in February 2022 relative to February 2019. 22,316 more company registrations are noticed in February 2022 relative to February 2020. 1,516 fewer company registrations are noticed in February 2022 relative to February 2021.

28,523 additional companies were registered in January 2022 relative to January 2019. 1,836 more company registrations are noticed in January 2022 relative to January 2021.

The beta version of our interactive data visualisation dashboard app launches today!

21,429 additional companies were registered in December 2021 relative to December 2019. 4,167 less company registrations are noticed in December 2021 relative to December 2020.

26,248 additional companies were registered in November 2021 relative to November 2019. 1,411 less company registrations are noticed in November 2021 relative to November 2020.

17,081 additional companies were registered in October 2021 relative to October 2019. 9,744 less company registrations are noticed in October 2021 relative to October 2020.

Soon COP26 climate conference takes place in Glasgow and we measure firm creation in sectors with “green jobs”.

We explore the sectors whose firm creation boomed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Economics Observatory hosts our analysis on firm creation since the first national lockdown in the UK.