dissolution, where the application is made by or on behalf of the company.

There were 75 Court ordered restorations and 157 administrative restorations in 2020.

Year Companies Restored to Companies on %

the Register the Register
2015 559 201,901 0.27

2016 516 207,677 0.24

2017 557 217,770 0.26
2018 579 225,898 0.26
2019 498 235,914 0.19
2020 232 254,202 0.09

External Register
Companies on external register at 31 December 2020:

2018 2019 2020

Branches (EEA) 1,968 2,051 2,027

Branches (Non-EEA) 917 914 900
Total on external register 2,885 2,965 2,927

External Companies
2,500

2,000

1,500

1,000

500

0
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Branch EEA Branch non EEA

Changes of Company Name

During 2020, a total of 2,307 company changes of name were approved. This figure includes
companies which were directed to change their name under Section 30(3) Companies Act 2014. In
2019 there were 2,126, in 2018, there were 2,214 changes in company name and 2,422 in 2017.

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Year 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020

All doc filed 374,366 404,547 515,703 505,469 431,520

e-filed 233,386 263,635 345,218 401,386 352,577

Documents e-filed

2020

2018

2016

2014

2012

0 100,000 200,000 300,000 400,000 500,000 600,000

e-filed All doc filed

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