Table 2.10: VAT Registered Companies
|   | 2017 | 2018 |   | 
| East Ayrshire | 
3,155 | 
3,105 | 
  | 
| North Ayrshire | 
3,490 | 
3,440 | 
  | 
| South Ayrshire | 
3,585 | 
3,500 | 
  | 
| Scotland | 
181,595 | 
186,020 | 
  | 
Source: Office for National Statistics (Business Demography 2018), 2019
Table: Survival of Newly Born Enterprises (3 Years After Start Up)
|   | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 
| East Ayrshire | 
62.9 | 
57.7 | 
59.0 | 
| North Ayrshire | 
62.7 | 
62.4 | 
57.1 | 
| South Ayrshire | 
63.6 | 
55.3 | 
50.0 | 
| Scotland | 
62.1 | 
60.4 | 
55.6 | 
Source: Office for National Statistics (Business Demography 2018), 2019