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[Data](https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/londondatastore-upload/business-demographics.xls) on enterprise births, deaths, active enterprises and survival rates across boroughs. Data includes: 1) the most recent annual figures for enterprise births and deaths. Births and deaths are identified by comparing active populations of enterprises for different years 2) time series of the number of births and deaths of entrprises together with a percentage of births and deaths to active enterprises in a given year 3) a time series of the number of active enterprises. Active enterprises are businesses that had either turnover or employment at any time during the reference period. 4) survival rates of enterprises for up to 5 years after birth Using the most recent data, a chart showing the trend of the percentage of businesses that survive a year is shown below.  Data on size of firms (micro-business, SME, large) for business and employees in London by industry can be found on the [ONS website](http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/regional-trends/london-analysis/index.html). More Business Demographics data on the [ONS website](http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/all-releases.html?definition=tcm%3A77-21553)