The wholesale and retail trade sector in the United Kingdom had a combined turnover of almost *** trillion British pounds at the start of 2025, more than double that of the manufacturing sector, the sector with the second-highest turnover at more than ****billion pounds.

In 2025, the combined turnover of all private sector businesses in the United Kingdom was **** trillion British pounds, compared with **** trillion pounds in the previous year.

A time series of staff turnover rates, broken down by provider type. Staff turnover rates are the number of staff who left employment during the period expressed as a percentage of the total number of staff employed at the start of the period.

In the third quarter of 2025, approximately 210,000 job resignations took place in the United Kingdom, compared with 263,000 in the previous quarter. The number of resignations in Q2 2022 was the highest number taking place in a single quarter during this provided time period, reaching 446,000. In most years, there is a noticeable trend of resignations peaking in the fourth quarter of the year and being at their lowest in the first quarter. There is also a significant fall in people resigning from their jobs after the 2008 financial crisis and after the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The Great Resignation The high number of resignations that took place after COVID-19 hit also occurred in the United States. Throughout 2022, approximately 50 million American workers quit their jobs in a trend dubbed 'The Great Resignation' In both the UK and U.S. the trend corresponded with a very tight labor market. After emerging from the initial COVID-19 lockdowns, UK unemployment declined from 2021 onwards, falling to a low of just 3.6 percent in August 2022. There were also numerous job vacancies, which peaked in May 2024 at 1.3 million, though by the end of 2024, both indicators have returned to more typical levels. Labor market concerns for 2025 One of the main concerns of the UK government regarding the labor market is economic inactivity, in particular the reason for this inactivity, Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of people on long-term sick-leave, has increased substantially. At the start of 2020, there were approximately 2.12 million people economically inactive for this reason, with this increasing to almost 2.84 million by the end of 2023, with this declining only slightly to 2.77 million by the end of 2024. It is unclear if there is one overriding factor driving this surge, with possible causes including the prevalence of Long COVID, or the ongoing NHS crisis.

Annual statistics on the value of turnover from services provided by the UK service economy.

This statistic shows the labour turnover rate in hospitality and tourism industries in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2011, by nation. England had the highest turnover rate at ** percent, though Wales was not far behind with **** percent. Across the United Kingdom in 2012, the labour turnover rate was highest in the pubs, bars and nightclubs industry, among hospitality and tourism industries.

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

BASE YEAR	2024
HISTORICAL DATA	2019 - 2023
REGIONS COVERED	North America, Europe, APAC, South America, MEA
REPORT COVERAGE	Revenue Forecast, Competitive Landscape, Growth Factors, and Trends
MARKET SIZE 2024	12.55(USD Billion)
MARKET SIZE 2025	13.35(USD Billion)
MARKET SIZE 2035	25.0(USD Billion)
SEGMENTS COVERED	Employee Engagement Metrics, Performance Metrics, Training and Development Metrics, Diversity and Inclusion Metrics, Regional
COUNTRIES COVERED	US, Canada, Germany, UK, France, Russia, Italy, Spain, Rest of Europe, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Rest of APAC, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Rest of South America, GCC, South Africa, Rest of MEA
KEY MARKET DYNAMICS	Employee engagement trends, Remote work adaptations, Data-driven decision making, Diversity and inclusion initiatives, Talent retention strategies
MARKET FORECAST UNITS	USD Billion
KEY COMPANIES PROFILED	ADP, LinkedIn, SAP, Ultimate Software, Cornerstone OnDemand, SuccessFactors, Ceridian, Paychex, Zenefits, IBM, Workday, Oracle
MARKET FORECAST PERIOD	2025 - 2035
KEY MARKET OPPORTUNITIES	Employee engagement analytics solutions, Real-time performance tracking tools, AI-driven talent management systems, Diversity and inclusion metrics platforms, Remote workforce productivity assessment tools
COMPOUND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE (CAGR)	6.4% (2025 - 2035)

Monthly Business Survey services industries' total turnover in current price and non-seasonally adjusted, UK.

In 2021, businesses in the retail sector in the United Kingdom had a collective turnover of *** trillion British pounds, with enterprises that employed *** or more people having the highest turnover at *** billion pounds.

The annual turnover of hotel and similar accommodation enterprises in the United Kingdom increased dramatically from 2021 to 2023. In 2023, the hotel industry generated a turnover of approximately ***** billion British pounds, which denoted an increase of ** percent from the previous year.

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The OECD Employment and Labour Market Statistics provide detailed annual information the employment and labour market for the period 1950/60 onwards for all OECD countries (where data is available).
The OECD Employment and Labour Market Statistics includes a range of annual labour market statistics and indicators broken down by sex and age as well as information about part-time and short-time workers, job tenure, hours worked, unemployment duration, trade union, employment protection legislation, minimum wages, labour market programmes for OECD countries and non-member economies.
These data were first provided by the UK Data Service in February 2015.

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• administrative data
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• earning-dispersion measures
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Annual estimates of foreign-owned businesses by industry group, section, employment and turnover group, and country breakdown.

The Monthly Business Survey (MBS) collects turnover and employment information from UK businesses in production industries and Great Britain businesses in services industries. Monthly turnover results give an early indication of what is happening in the economy and contribute to a number of important economic measures, including the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the Index of Production (IoP) and the Index of Services (IoS). The GDP is a key economic measure used by the Bank of England and HM Treasury to monitor and forecast economic growth and to inform vital policy decisions. The IOP and the IOS show changes in production and service sector outputs, respectively, and are a key measure of these industries' contribution to the economy. Employment information is collected via the MBS on a quarterly basis to feed into other Office for National Statistics (ONS) publications such as the Labour Market Statistical Bulletin, Workforce Jobs and the Economic and Labour Market Review.

The survey provides businesses with a vital source of information for identifying trends in the market, as a benchmark for company performance and as a guide to market developments.

The MBS combines two previously separate ONS turnover/employment surveys: the Monthly Production Inquiry (available from the UK Data Archive under SN 6726) and the Monthly Inquiries into the Distribution and Services Sector (available under SN 6747).

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These data contain Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR) reference numbers. These are anonymous but unique reference numbers assigned to business organisations. Their inclusion allows researchers to combine different business survey sources together. Researchers may consider applying for other business data to assist their research.

From July 2014 the data available is limited to 12 variables for each month. Previously, months include 40-46 variables. The time series is incomplete and there is limited metadata available for this study. Users should view the Data Archive Data Dictionaries for data availability.

Latest edition information
For the fourth edition (July 2023), new Q40 and Q49 monthly data files for January 2021 to March 2022 have been added to the study.

United Kingdom UK: Stocks Traded: Turnover Ratio of Domestic Shares data was reported at 146.431 % in 2008. This records an increase from the previous number of 102.632 % for 2007. United Kingdom UK: Stocks Traded: Turnover Ratio of Domestic Shares data is updated yearly, averaging 40.860 % from Dec 1975 (Median) to 2008, with 34 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 146.431 % in 2008 and a record low of 15.170 % in 1978. United Kingdom UK: Stocks Traded: Turnover Ratio of Domestic Shares 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: Financial Sector. Turnover ratio is the value of domestic shares traded divided by their market capitalization. The value is annualized by multiplying the monthly average by 12.; ; World Federation of Exchanges database.; Weighted average; Stock market data were previously sourced from Standard & Poor's until they discontinued their 'Global Stock Markets Factbook' and database in April 2013. Time series have been replaced in December 2015 with data from the World Federation of Exchanges and may differ from the previous S&P definitions and methodology.