Small and Medium Enterprise Statistics for the UK and Regions

Small and Medium Enterprise Statistics Public Consultation

BIS has now published the government response to the consultation on Small and Medium Enterprise Statistics for the UK and Regions. As a result of the consultation some changes will be made to the methodology and the format of the forthcoming SME Statistics 2008. Full guidance on these changes will be published alongside SME Statistics 2008.

The SME Statistics will now include regional data within every annual release. This is a change from the past situation where regional data was produced only every two years. SME Statistics 2008 will therefore include regional data.

For more information on the changes to SME Statistics 2008 and other future editions of SME Statistics please see the consultation document.

Content of the Small and Medium Enterprise Statistics

The SME Statistics include data on enterprises of all sizes, but contain more detail on enterprises in the smaller size-bands.

Data tables show the number of businesses, employment and turnover, in each category, broken down by the number of employees. Table 1 shows private sector, Table 2 shows Whole Economy - i.e. private sector / Government / non-profit, Table 3 shows companies / sole proprietorships / partnerships, and Tables 4-7 show breakdowns by the Standard Industrial Classification, with 7 being the most detailed. Where regional data are available, they appear in Tables 8 to 24.

SME Statistics 1994 to 2007

The release of the 2008 SME statistics will be delayed until Autumn 2009, following the implementation of the National Statistics Methodological Review.

	Data Tables (Excel spreadsheet)	UK Statistical Press Release (Adobe PDF)	Regional Statistical Press Release* (Adobe PDF)	Methodology Note (Adobe PDF)
2007	Click here (1190 kb)#	Click here (125 kb)	See UK Statistical Press Release	Click here (99 kb)
2006	Click here (652kb)	Click here (75 kb)	Not available*	Click here (69 kb)
2005	Click here (1 mb)	Click here (56 kb)	Click here (45 kb)	Click here (66 kb)
2004	Click here (649 kb)	Click here (51 kb)	Not available*	Click here (62 kb)
2003	Click here (1 mb)	Click here (131 kb)	Click here (42 kb)	Click here (141 kb)
2002	Click here (635 kb)	Click here (45 kb)	Not available*	Click here (23 kb)
2001	Click here (940 kb)	Click here (148 kb)	Click here (148 kb)	Not available
2000	Click here (582 kb)	Click here (121 kb)	Not available*	Not available
1999	Click here (859 kb)	Click here (151 kb)	Not available	Click here (132 kb)
1998	Click here (856 kb)	Not available	Not available	Not available
1997	Click here (458 kb)	Not available	Not available	Not available
1996	Click here (403 kb)	Not available	Not available	Not available
1995	Click here (341 kb)	Not available	Not available	Not available
1994	Click here (43 kb)	Not available	Not available	Not available

* Due to resource limitations the regional statistics are now only produced every other year. The next update to the regional statistics will be for SME Statistics 2009 in Summer 2010.

# This file was replaced with an amended version on 15/10/2008 to correct the data and presentation of tables 9 and 13.

A WinZip file is also available here (2 mb) which contains the data tables from all the publications on this web site.

For further information on these statistics please contact enterprise.statistics@bis.gsi.gov.uk

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Last updated on 02 July, 2009 at 14:31