Department for Business and Trade written question – answered at on 1 May 2024.
Selaine Saxby
Conservative, North Devon
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an estimate of the number of small and medium-sized businesses in (a) 2010, (b) 2015, (c) 2020 and (d) the most recent year for which figures are available.
Kevin Hollinrake
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Estimated number of private sector small and medium-sized businesses at the start of 2010, 2015, 2020 and 2023 (the latest year for which data is available) are provided in the table below.
Table: Estimated number of private sector small and medium-sized business by year
Number of businesses | |
2010 | 4,476,700 |
2015 | 5,394,300 |
2020 | 5,972,600 |
2023 | 5,547,100 |
Source: Business Population Estimates
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