United Kingdom (2022)
1,606
companies
-40 YoY
YoY Change
-40
companies
Trend
down
Series length
35
years of data

Data

YearcompaniesYoY Change
20221,606-40
20211,646-212
20141,858+1
20131,857-22
20121,879-108
20111,987-118
20102,105-74
20092,179-236
20082,415-173
20072,588-325
20062,913+156
20052,757+271
20042,486+175
20032,311-94
20022,405-33
20012,438+10
20002,428+136
19992,292-107
19982,399+353
19972,046n/a

About this Dataset

United Kingdom recorded 1606.0 companies in 2022. The most recent year-on-year change was -40.0. The historical series (1990–2022) shows a peak of 2913.0 in 2006 and a trough of 1606.0 in 2022.

Data sourced from World Bank Open Data API. Values use World Bank standardised methodology ensuring cross-country comparability.

The chart above shows the full historical trend; the table below lists annual values with year-on-year changes.

Frequently Asked Questions

This indicator tracks united kingdom number of listed domestic companies in United Kingdom, published by World Bank. Data covers 1990–2022 at annual frequency using harmonised methodology.
The most recent observation covers 2022. World Bank typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. Data is updated annual.
The series peaked at 2913.0 companies in 2006 and reached its lowest recorded value of 1606.0 in 2022. The latest reading of 1606.0 in 2022 represents a year-on-year change of -40.0.