Table 2: Number of businesses registered for either VAT and/or PAYE by employee size band and urban/rural area (2006 to 2008)
Year (start of)
Number of employees
Less than 5
5 to 9
10 to 19
20 to 39
40 to 69
70 and over
Total in UK private sector
2006
Urban
1,125,865
148,985
82,170
34,855
15,050
18,535
1,425,460
Rural
584,500
56,275
27,880
11,185
4,475
4,295
688,610
Total
1,710,365
205,260
110,050
46,040
19,525
22,830
2,114,070
2007
Urban
1,127,625
149,360
82,420
34,755
14,870
18,675
1,427,705
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Rural
581,560
58,235
28,745
11,115
4,495
4,350
688,500
Total
1,709,185
207,595
111,165
45,870
19,365
23,025
2,116,205
2008
Urban
1,180,290
160,635
86,335
34,235
14,890
18,670
1,495,055
Rural
591,240
62,950
30,310
11,360
4,525
4,465
704,850
Total
1,771,530
223,585
116,645
45,595
19,415
23,135
2,199,905
Source:
Data extracted from the Inter Departmental Business Register (IDBR)-Office for National Statistics
These VAT/PAYE data under-estimate the number of businesses in the smaller employment size categories, since they exclude those businesses that are not employers or are too small to register for VAT.
Tim Farron:
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many and what proportion of businesses were registered for VAT in (a) rural areas, (b) urban areas and (c) nationally on each year since 1997; and how many businesses were de-registered for VAT in each case in each such year. [318298]
Ms Rosie Winterton:
Estimates of the number and proportions of annual VAT registrations, de-registrations and the total number of VAT registered(1) businesses (stock) at the start of each year (1997-2007) in the UK, is shown in Table 1.
Additional information is also provided showing the number of annual registrations, de-registrations and the total number of VAT registered businesses by urban/rural area(2) at the start of each year (1997 to 2007) and shown in Table 2.
The total stock of VAT registered businesses in the UK increased by 396,000 (24 per cent.) between 1997 and 2008.
(1) Sourced from the BIS publications 'Business Start-ups and Closures: VAT Registrations and De-registrations' and 'Small and Medium Sized Enterprises for the UK and Regions'.
(2) Figures were taken from the inter departmental business register (IDBR) produced by the Office for National Statistics. They are not directly comparable with those shown in Table 1.
Table 1: Number of VAT registrations, de-registrations, total number of VAT registered businesses and percentage of Total UK private sector that are VAT Registered (1997-2008)
Number of new VAT registrations
Number of new VAT de-registrations
Total number of VAT registered businesses (start of the year)
Total number of UK private sector businesses (start of the year)
VAT registered businesses as a percentage off UK total private sector (start of the year)
1997
181,530
140,850
1,635,385
3,707,695
44.1
1998
180,740
139,800
1,676,065
3,657,885
45.8
1999
175,615
143,055
1,717,005
3,676,940
46.7
2000
177,770
147,700
1,749,570
3,722,610
47.0
2001
169,230
147,525
1,779,640
3,746,370
47.5
2002
176,205
154,040
1,801,345
3,797,725
47.4
2003
191,535
153,455
1,823,510
4,021,390
45.3
2004
184,010
149,695
1,861,590
4,282,845
43.5
2005
182,380
142,830
1,895,900
4,342,045
43.7
2006
182,055
144,285
1,935,450
4,466,700
43.3
2007
205,725
147,800
1,973,220
4,679,080
42.2
2008
n/a
n/a
2,031,145
4,783,285
42.5
Source:
'Business start-ups and closures: VAT registrations and de-registrations' and 'small and medium sized enterprise statistics for the UK and regions'-Department for Business Innovation and Skills.
Table 2: Number of VAT registrations, de-registrations and total number of VAT registered businesses by urban/rural area (1997-2008)
Year
Number of urban based new VAT registrations
Number of rural based new VAT registrations
Number of urban based new VAT de-registrations
Number of rural based new VAT de-registrations
Total number of urban based VAT registered businesses (start of the year)
Total number of rural based VAT registered businesses (start of the year)
1997
135,990
46,730
107,610
36,950
1,082,730
556,170
1998
136,980
45,300
109,025
35,760
1,111,110
565,950
1999
132,895
44,430
112,235
37,185
1,139,070
575,490
2000
134,315
45,450
117,135
38,480
1,159,725
582,735
2001
127,395
43,630
118,160
38,650
1,176,905
589,705
2002
130,310
46,645
127,005
43,285
1,186,140
594,685
2003
141,045
50,395
126,190
44,150
1,189,445
598,045
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2004
134,865
47,550
123,330
42,260
1,204,300
604,290
2005
131,740
46,740
120,125
42,515
1,215,835
609,575
2006
128,850
45,485
126,425
45,720
1,227,450
613,805
2007
136,760
46,175
130,690
48,855
1,229,870
613,570
2008
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
1,235,940
610,890
Source:
Data extracted from the inter departmental business register (IDBR)-Office for National Statistics.
