Numbers of enterprises and local units produced from a snapshot of the Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR) taken on 14 March 2025.

This statistic shows the growth of digital businesses compared to non-digital businesses in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2011 to 2015 (in billion GBP). The growth of digital businesses was higher than non-digital businesses. Digital businesses grew about ** billion British pounds from 2011 to 2015.

The UK economy shrank by 0.1 percent in September 2025 after reporting zero growth in the previous month. Since a huge decline in GDP in April 2020, the UK economy has gradually recovered and is now slightly larger than it was before the COVID-19 pandemic. After the initial recovery from the pandemic, however, the UK economy has effectively flatlined, fluctuating between low growth and small contractions since 2022. Labour banking on growth to turn around fortunes in 2025 In February 2025, just over half a year after winning the last general election, the approval rating for the new Labour government fell to a low of -48 percent. Furthermore, the Prime Minister, Keir Starmer was not only less popular than the new Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, but also the leader of the Reform Party, Nigel Farage, whose party have surged in opinion polls recently. This remarkable decline in popularity for the new government is, in some part, due to a deliberate policy of making tough decisions early. Arguably, the most damaging of these policies was the withdrawal of the winter fuel allowance for some pensioners, although other factors such as a controversy about gifts and donations also hurt the government. While Labour aims to restore the UK's economic and political credibility in the long term, they will certainly hope for some good economic news sooner rather than later. Economy bounces back in 2024 after ending 2023 in recession Due to two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth, in late 2023 the UK economy ended the year in recession. After not growing at all in the second quarter of 2023, UK GDP fell by 0.1 percent in the third quarter, and then by 0.3 percent in the last quarter. For the whole of 2023, the economy grew by 0.4 percent compared to 2022, and for 2024 is forecast to have grown by 1.1 percent. During the first two quarters of 2024, UK GDP grew by 0.7 percent, and 0.4 percent, with this relatively strong growth followed by zero percent growth in the third quarter of the year. Although the economy had started to grow again by the time of the 2024 general election, this was not enough to save the Conservative government at the time. Despite usually seen as the best party for handling the economy, the Conservative's economic competency was behind that of Labour on the eve of the 2024 election.

Profitability, markups and market power of businesses. Official statistics in development.

The Report Covers Business Intelligence Companies UK and the Market is segmented by Organization Size (Small & Medium-scale, Large-scale) and End-User (BFSI, IT & Telecom, Retail & Consumer Goods, Manufacturing & Logistics, and Public Services). The market sizes and forecasts are provided in terms of value (USD million) for all the above segments.

In 2025, large businesses that employed 1,000 or more people had a combined turnover of over 1.76 trillion British pounds, the most of any business size displayed here.

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Size and growth within UK non-financial business sectors, as measured by the Annual Business Survey, by four-digit Standard Industrial Classification 2007.

Estimates of total businesses broken down by industry (2, 3, 4 digit SIC 2007 codes and industry section). Workplace data units from Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) for London and Great Britain. Data rounded to the nearest 100. Percentages calculated on unrounded data. An extract compiled from the Inter Departmental Business Register (IDBR) recording the number of local units that were live at a reference date in March. Estimates can be broken down by employment size band, detailed industry (5 digit SIC2007) and legal status. Available from country down to mid layer super output area and Scottish intermediate zones. A local unit is an individual site (for example a factory or shop) associated with an enterprise. It can also be referred to as a workplace. Industry is broken down using SIC 2007 codes. Read more about SIC here http://www.statistics.gov.uk/methods_quality/sic/downloads/SIC2007explanatorynotes.pdf The ABI is a business survey which collects both employment and financial information. Only employment information for the location of an employees workplace is available from Nomis The ABI is based on a sample of approximately 78,000 businesses and is used to provide an estimate of the number of employees. The difference between the estimate and its true value is known as the sampling error. The actual sampling error for any estimate is unknown but we can estimate, from the sample, a typical error, known as the standard error. This provides a means of assessing the precision of the estimate; the lower the standard error, the more confident we can be the estimate is close to the true value. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/articles/showArticle.asp?title=Information&article=news/071212_abi-stderrors.htm This dataset excludes farm based agriculture data contained in SIC class 0100. Relevant link: https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/Default.asp

Business intelligence and analytics software publishers' revenue is expected to swell at a compound annual rate of 1.7% over the five years through 2025-26 to reach £964.5 million. Strong growth has been fuelled by rising business software investment, IT and telecommunications adoption, advances in computing technology and the digitalisation of business processes. This has driven the advent of big data, providing new data sets which can interface with business analytics software. Many software products, including customer relationship management and enterprise resource planning systems, have become basic tools for managing large companies. The largest publishers have pursued acquisition activity to take control of cloud companies and data analytics businesses. These industry giants are generally selective with acquisitions, embracing the switch to software as a service and adopting the low-cost cloud model. Leading BI suites, LIKE Tableau, SAP Analytics Cloud, Qlik Sense and IBM’s Cognos Analytics, have all transformed to provide real-time KPI dashboards and robust remote management capabilities, supporting decentralised operations. Intensified merger and acquisition activity, particularly by SAP, has allowed major software publishers to rapidly enhance product ecosystems with niche digital adoption and enterprise architecture tools, further cementing their dominance and spurring innovation. As remote work became the new norm and businesses faced the necessity of managing expansive data sets efficiently, they turned to analytics software. Despite fiscal stresses, companies continued investing in software subscriptions, recognising the indispensable use of applications in a remote work environment. As such, subscriptions and sales of cloud-based software witnessed noticeable growth. Revenue is forecast to climb by 1.7% in 2025-26, with profit also expected to edge up as demand remains strong. Over the five years through 2030-31, revenue is expected to climb at a compound annual rate of 3% to reach £1.1 billion. Heightened adoption of industry-specific software among small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) is projected to fuel growth. Ongoing e-commerce expansion, which has seen the online share of retail sales climb steadily, will keep demand for BI and analytics tools rising as retailers and supply chains seek deeper insights into customer behaviour and operational efficiencies. Cloud adoption will remain central, with hybrid and distributed models expected to persist, yet competition from cloud infrastructure giants like Amazon Web Services is likely to intensify. Investment in artificial intelligence and machine learning is anticipated to accelerate, with publishers needing to embed AI-driven analytics and automation to stay competitive, bolstered by the UK’s substantial public and private AI investment. However, talent shortages and heightened corporation tax could dampen growth, particularly for smaller publishers struggling to absorb higher costs or secure skilled staff. The industry's resilience will hinge on strategic upskilling, smart automation and continued innovation, ensuring UK BI and analytics software remains at the forefront of enterprise digital transformation.

United Kingdom UK: GDP: Growth data was reported at 1.787 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.936 % for 2016. United Kingdom UK: GDP: Growth data is updated yearly, averaging 2.527 % from Dec 1961 (Median) to 2017, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.596 % in 1970 and a record low of -4.188 % in 2009. United Kingdom UK: GDP: Growth data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.World Bank.WDI: Gross Domestic Product: Annual Growth Rate. Annual percentage growth rate of GDP at market prices based on constant local currency. Aggregates are based on constant 2010 U.S. dollars. GDP is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the economy plus any product taxes and minus any subsidies not included in the value of the products. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or for depletion and degradation of natural resources.; ; World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.; Weighted average;

Key information about United Kingdom Real GDP Growth

• The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in United Kingdom expanded 1.3 % YoY in Sep 2025, following a growth of 1.4 % in the previous quarter.
• Real GDP Growth YoY data in UK is updated quarterly, available from Mar 1956 to Sep 2025, with an average rate of -0.4 %.
• The data reached an all-time high of 25.5 % in Jun 2021 and a record low of -21.7 % in Jun 2020.

• In the latest reports, Nominal GDP of UK reached 1,029.9 USD bn in Sep 2025.
• Its GDP deflator (implicit price deflator) increased 3.7 % in Sep 2025.
• GDP Per Capita in UK reached 53,191.3 USD in Dec 2024.
• Its Gross Savings Rate was measured at 17.5 % in Jun 2025.
• For Nominal GDP contributions, Investment accounted for 17.9 % in Jun 2025.
• Public Consumption accounted for 21.4 % in Jun 2025.
• Private Consumption accounted for 61.2 % in Jun 2025.

Annual data on size and growth within the UK non-financial business sectors, as measured by the Annual Business Survey, broken down by employment size-bands.

Data underlying the report of a study that assesses and quantifes the impacts of the financial crisis and subsequent global economic recession on the growth and performance of UK SME employers. Analyses existing data from two previous survey sources on SME employers in the pre-recession and recessionary periods. Covers how the problems in the banking sector have affected the supply of finance to the SME sector, and whether this has depressed business performance and investment. Looks at the impact of the recession has been more serious for particular types of entrepreneurs and businesses.