This statistic displays the share of small and medium enterprises (SME) expecting the current economic climate to be a major obstacle to running the business in the next 12 months in the United Kingdom (UK) as of 2nd quarter 2014 to 2nd quarter 2019, by sector. In 2019, it was found that the construction sector had the highest proportion of SMEs with this expectation, at 28 percent.

This statistic displays the expectations of small and medium enterprises (SME) for the extent to which the current economic climate will be an obstacle to running the business in the next 12 months in the United Kingdom (UK) as of 2nd quarter 2019, by enterprise size. During the survey period, it was found that 22 percent of all SMEs expected the current economic climate to be a major obstacle.