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Business Population Estimates for the UK and Regions statistics

Publisher
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Updated
7 August 2026
Topic
Business and economy

Summary

This publication provides the only official government statistics that attempt to the estimate the total number of UK private sector businesses in the UK and their contribution to employment and turnover. Also provided is an estimate of the total number of businesses in the UK whole economy. The publication supercedes the publication 'Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Statistics for the UK and Regions'. National Statistics

Data links

Link Format Preview Updated
2025 edition XLSX 2/10/2025
2024 edition XLS 3/10/2024
2023 edition XLSX 5/10/2023
2022 edition HTML 6/10/2022
2021 edition HTML 7/10/2021
2020 edition HTML 8/10/2020
2019 edition PDF 4/3/2020
2018 edition PDF 4/3/2020
2017 edition PDF 4/3/2020
2016 edition PDF 4/3/2020
2015 edition PDF 4/3/2020
2014 edition PDF 4/3/2020
2013 edition HTML 16/12/2013
2012 edition HTML 1/7/2013
2011 edition HTML 12/3/2013
2010 edition HTML 12/3/2013

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