The United Kingdom is ranked 8 among 190 economies in the ease of doing business, according to the latest World Bank annual ratings. The rank of the United Kingdom improved to 8 in 2019 from 9 in 2018. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Ease of Doing Business in the United Kingdom.

United Kingdom UK: Ease of Doing Business Index: 1=Most Business-friendly Regulations data was reported at 7.000 NA in 2017. United Kingdom UK: Ease of Doing Business Index: 1=Most Business-friendly Regulations data is updated yearly, averaging 7.000 NA from Dec 2017 (Median) to 2017, with 1 observations. United Kingdom UK: Ease of Doing Business Index: 1=Most Business-friendly Regulations 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: Business Environment. Ease of doing business ranks economies from 1 to 190, with first place being the best. A high ranking (a low numerical rank) means that the regulatory environment is conducive to business operation. The index averages the country's percentile rankings on 10 topics covered in the World Bank's Doing Business. The ranking on each topic is the simple average of the percentile rankings on its component indicators.; ; World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).; ; Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year. Data before 2013 are not comparable with data from 2013 onward due to methodological changes.

As of 2020, the United Kingdom had an overall Ease of Doing Business score of ****, and scored highest in the getting electricity category, with the lowest score being in enforcing contracts.

UK: Other Taxes Payable by Businesses: % of Commercial Profits data was reported at 1.700 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.600 % for 2016. UK: Other Taxes Payable by Businesses: % of Commercial Profits data is updated yearly, averaging 1.600 % from Dec 2005 (Median) to 2017, with 13 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 12.600 % in 2009 and a record low of 1.500 % in 2013. UK: Other Taxes Payable by Businesses: % of Commercial Profits 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: Business Environment. Other taxes payable by businesses include the amounts paid for property taxes, turnover taxes, and other small taxes such as municipal fees and vehicle and fuel taxes.; ; World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).; Unweighted average; Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

This statistic shows the value added by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the United Kingdom from 2011 to 2017. During this time period, the value added by SMEs to the UK economy has grown from *** billion euros in 2011 to approximately ***** billion euros by 2018.

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Regions :North East (England) North West (England) Yorkshire and The Humber East Midlands (England) West Midlands (England) East of England London South East (England) South West (England) Scotland Wales Northern Ireland

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London Birmingham Liverpool Nottingham Sheffield Bristol Glasgow Leicester Edinburgh Leeds Cardiff Manchester Stoke-on-Trent Coventry Sunderland Birkenhead Islington Reading Kingston upon Hull Preston Newport Swansea Bradford Southend-on-Sea Belfast Derby Plymouth Luton Wolverhampton City of Westminster Southampton Blackpool Milton Keynes Bexley Northampton Archway Norwich Dudley Aberdeen Portsmouth Newcastle upon Tyne Sutton Swindon Crawley Ipswich Wigan Croydon Walsall Mansfield Oxford Warrington Slough Bournemouth Peterborough Cambridge Doncaster York Poole Gloucester Burnley Huddersfield Telford Dundee Blackburn Basildon Middlesbrough Bolton Stockport Brighton West Bromwich Grimsby Hastings High Wycombe Watford Saint Peters Burton upon Trent Colchester Eastbourne Exeter Rotherham Cheltenham Lincoln Chesterfield Chelmsford Mendip Dagenham Basingstoke Maidstone Sutton Coldfield Bedford Oldham Enfield Town Woking St Helens Worcester Gillingham Becontree Worthing Rochdale Solihull Royal Leamington Spa Romford Bath Harlow Nuneaton High Peak Darlington Southport Chester Stevenage Wembley Grays Harrogate Hartlepool Londonderry County Borough Cannock Hemel Hempstead St Albans South Shields Derry Weston-super-Mare Halifax Redditch Beckenham Tamworth Scunthorpe Stockton-on-Tees Wakefield Carlisle Gateshead Lisburn Fylde Paisley Bracknell Newcastle under Lyme Battersea Crewe Chatham Hove Aylesbury East Kilbride Canary Wharf Rugby Salford Purley Guildford Shrewsbury Peckham Barnsley Lowestoft Gosport Southall Stafford Royal Tunbridge Wells Ellesmere Port Rossendale Folkestone Brixton Wrexham Torquay Maidenhead Kingswood Taunton Waterlooville Macclesfield Bognor Regis Newtownabbey Kettering Buckley Great Yarmouth Runcorn Ashford Tonypandy Scarborough Widnes Aldershot Bury Barking Castleford Hereford Bangor Stroud Margate Chelsea Loughborough Welwyn Garden City Farnborough Rhondda Craigavon Wallasey Littlehampton Bridgend Bootle Weymouth Fareham Morley Cheshunt Kidderminster Corby Dartford Castlereagh Dewsbury Livingston Stourbridge Sale Halesowen Canterbury South Croydon Huyton Barry Gravesend Eastleigh Acton Washington Braintree Hamilton Brentwood Esher Crosby Reigate Dunstable Morecambe Cumbernauld Redhill Horsham Staines Batley Wellingborough Clacton-on-Sea Dunfermline Bletchley Keighley Hayes Paignton Llanelli Kirkcaldy Bromsgrove Sittingbourne South Benfleet Banbury West Bridgford Mitcham Morden Cwmbran Long Eaton Durham Northwich Ayr Perth Lancaster Tipton Inverness Kilmarnock Banstead Neath King's Lynn Winchester Barrow in Furness Yeovil Middleton Havant Carshalton Hinckley Salisbury Pontefract Coatbridge Sutton in Ashfield Grantham Merthyr Tydfil Great Sankey Greenock Ashton-under-Lyne Leigh Leatherhead Letchworth Garden City Newark on Trent Worksop Bury St Edmunds Kirkby Wallsend Redruth Welling Christchurch Andover Stretford Dover Hatfield Altrincham Coity Newburn Boston Holloway Lytham St Annes Bridgwater Urmston Wokingham Swadlincote Trowbridge Prescot Bexhill-on-Sea Bloxwich Ewell North Shields Glenrothes Skelmersdale Fleet Abingdon Tonbridge Ramsgate Ilkeston Coalville Canvey Island Surbiton Whitley Bay Greenford Arnold Houghton-Le-Spring Bishops Stortford Leyland Rushden Leighton Buzzard Yeadon Blyth Eccles Redcar Airdrie Peterlee Farnham Chester-le-Street Great Malvern Herne Bay Wilmslow Newton Abbot Stirling Mangotsfield Billericay Chipping Sodbury Hitchin Walkden Tyldesley Chippenham Billingham Pontypool Accrington Falkirk Briton Ferry Hoddesdon Bridlington Bentley Exmouth Yate Felling Colwyn Bay Radcliffe Totton Letchworth Chorley Bicester Haywards Heath Irvine Wigston Magna Wednesfield Stroo...

United Kingdom UK: Time Required to Start a Business: Male data was reported at 4.500 Day in 2017. This stayed constant from the previous number of 4.500 Day for 2016. United Kingdom UK: Time Required to Start a Business: Male data is updated yearly, averaging 10.500 Day from Dec 2003 (Median) to 2017, with 15 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 13.000 Day in 2004 and a record low of 4.500 Day in 2017. United Kingdom UK: Time Required to Start a Business: Male 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: Company Statistics. Time required to start a business is the number of calendar days needed to complete the procedures to legally operate a business. If a procedure can be speeded up at additional cost, the fastest procedure, independent of cost, is chosen.; ; World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).; Unweighted average; Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Comprehensive dataset containing 3,539 verified Do-it-yourself shop businesses in United Kingdom with complete contact information, ratings, reviews, and location data.

Small Business Sentiment in the United Kingdom increased to -1 points in the first quarter of 2024 from -13 points in the fourth quarter of 2023. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United Kingdom Small Business Sentiment - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Business Confidence in the United Kingdom increased to -27 points in the third quarter of 2025 from -33 points in the second quarter of 2025. This dataset provides - United Kingdom Business Confidence - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Ease of doing business score (0 = lowest performance to 100 = best performance) in United Kingdom was reported at 83.55 in 2019, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. United Kingdom - Distance to frontier score (0=lowest performance to 100=frontier) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Private Investment in the United Kingdom decreased to -4 percent in the second quarter of 2025 from 3.90 percent in the first quarter of 2025. This dataset provides - United Kingdom Business Investment- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

The Business Confidence Index (BCI) of the United Kingdom was 99 in June 2025, compared with 98.9 in the previous month, an indication that business confidence is falling in the UK. During this time period, business confidence was highest in late 2021 and was at its lowest point in March 2009. Taxation overtakes inflation as main business concern In the third quarter of 2023, inflation was seen by 65 percent of UK firms as a major external concern facing their business. At that time, the UK's inflation rate was still at the relatively high figure of 6.7 percent, although this was down from a peak of 11.1 percent in October 2022. As the rate of inflation continued to fall in 2024, the issue became slightly less pressing for UK businesses, with 49 percent seeing it as a main concern in the second quarter of 2024, although it was still ahead of other issues. In the second half of 2024, however, taxation has emerged as the main worry for UK firms, with 63 percent of businesses citing it as an external concern in the fourth quarter of 2024. This is likely related to the rise in National Insurance businesses will have to pay from April 2025 onwards, one of the main measures announced in the Autumn Budget in October 2024. UK business demographics In 2024, there were approximately 5.5 million private business enterprises in the UK, which was down from a peak of 5.98 million in 2020. As of this year, the UK's private sector workforce was around 27.6 million, compared with 6.1 million who worked in the public sector. While most businesses in the UK are small enterprises that employ fewer than ten people, the UK's large businesses are responsible for employing a large share of the workforce, with around 8.2 million people working for large businesses in 2024. The biggest UK-based company, in terms of global employees in 2024 was the Compass Group, with a global workforce of around half a million, followed by Tesco at 345,000 employees.

Comprehensive dataset containing 635 verified Record company businesses in United Kingdom with complete contact information, ratings, reviews, and location data.

United Kingdom UK: Business Extent of Disclosure Index data was reported at 10.000 NA in 2017. This stayed constant from the previous number of 10.000 NA for 2016. United Kingdom UK: Business Extent of Disclosure Index data is updated yearly, averaging 10.000 NA from Dec 2005 (Median) to 2017, with 13 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 10.000 NA in 2017 and a record low of 10.000 NA in 2017. United Kingdom UK: Business Extent of Disclosure Index 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: Business Environment. Disclosure index measures the extent to which investors are protected through disclosure of ownership and financial information. The index ranges from 0 to 10, with higher values indicating more disclosure.; ; World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).; Unweighted average; Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Comprehensive dataset containing 197 verified Business related businesses in United Kingdom with complete contact information, ratings, reviews, and location data.

Comprehensive dataset containing 104 verified Port operating company businesses in United Kingdom with complete contact information, ratings, reviews, and location data.

Comprehensive dataset of 210 Governments in United Kingdom as of August, 2025. Includes verified contact information (email, phone), geocoded addresses, customer ratings, reviews, business categories, and operational details. Perfect for market research, lead generation, competitive analysis, and business intelligence. Download a complimentary sample to evaluate data quality and completeness.

Techsalerator covers all firmographic data of businesses in United Kingdom. Through our diligent local sourcing, we are able to provide firmographic data on businesses in United Kingdom.

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This statistic displays the share of businesses with a website in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2012 to 2019, by business size. In 2019, approximately 97 percent of businesses with 1000 employees or more had a website.