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Business population estimates 2017

Annual business population estimates for the UK and regions in 2017. Includes revised totals for 2013 to 2016, taking account of updated source data.

• From: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 30 November 2017

Documents

Business population estimate for the UK and regions: 2017 statistical release

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Business population estimates for the UK and regions 2017: detailed tables

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Business population estimates for the UK and regions 2017: methodology note

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Business population estimates for the UK and regions 2017: pre-release access

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Details

Business population estimates for the UK and regions provides the only official estimate of the total number of private sector businesses in the UK at the start of each year.

These estimates produced by BEIS cover a wider range of businesses than Office for National Statistics (ONS) outputs, which report on VAT traders and PAYE employers.

Published 30 November 2017