Question follow-through · 71704

Companies: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July to Question 68868 on Companies: Economic Crime, of the businesses dissolved, how many had five or more registered at one address.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
29 Aug 2025
Target answer date
2 Sept 2025
Answer
4 Sept 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 29 Aug 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July to Question 68868 on Companies: Economic Crime, of the businesses dissolved, how many had five or more registered at one address.

  2. 2 Sept 2025

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  3. 4 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    Between April 2024 and March 2025, there were 70 addresses where 5 or more companies were dissolved in Northern Ireland. This impacted a total of 852 companies.A further 3,000 companies were located at the Companies House default address at the time of th...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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