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Business population estimates 2013

Annual business population estimates for the UK and regions in 2013.

• From: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
• Published: 23 October 2013
• Last updated: 5 November 2013 — See all updates

Documents

Business population estimate for the UK and regions: 2013 statistical release

Ref: BIS/13/92

PDF, 333 KB, 19 pages

Business population estimates for the UK and regions 2013: methodology and quality note

Ref: BIS/13/92

PDF, 261 KB, 29 pages

Business population estimates for the UK and regions 2013: dataset

Ref: BIS/13/92

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 2.12 MB

Details

‘Business Population Estimates for the UK and Regions’ (BPE) provides the only official estimate of the total number of private sector businesses in the UK at the start of each year, with their associated employment and turnover.

These Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) estimates differ from other National Statistics outputs produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). They include unregistered businesses in addition to VAT traders and PAYE employers that ONS reports on.

Published 23 October 2013

Last updated 5 November 2013 + show all updates

1. 5 November 2013

   Business Population estimates 2013 stats release and BPE 2013 data Files updated on November 1 2013 to resolve formatting issues and to ensure that all weblinks are working correctly.

2. 23 October 2013

   First published.