Official Statistics

Rural business statistics

Number and type of businesses in rural and urban areas.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 31 January 2013
• Last updated: 22 July 2022 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Rural businesses

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Rural business statistics

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Details

Changes in the numbers and types of businesses in rural and urban areas.

These documents are part of the larger compendium publication the Statistical Digest of Rural England, a collection of rural statistics on a wide range of social and economic government policy areas. The statistics allow comparisons between the different rural and urban area classifications.

Metadata

Indicators:

• business composition
• businesses by industry type and size band
• employment by industry type
• small and medium businesses
• business count
• business start ups

Data source: Office for National Statistics: VAT registrations and de-registrations; business demography; and Inter Departmental Business Register (IDBR)

Coverage: England

Rural classification used: Office for National Statistics Rural Urban Classification

Next release date: tba

Additional information:

• Office for National Statistics Inter Departmental Business Register
• Business Demography
• Drivers of rural business employment growth, decline and stability research report 2015.

For further information please contact:
rural.statistics@defra.gsi.gov.uk

Twitter@DefraStats

Defra Helpline: 03459 33 55 77 (Monday to Friday: 8am to 6pm)

Published 31 January 2013
Last updated 22 July 2022 + show all updates

1. 22 July 2022

   Published today, HTML version of the Rural Business Statistics page.

2. 26 May 2022

   Published today, latest rural statistics on small and medium businesses, business counts and business start-ups.

3. 28 April 2022

   Published today, latest statistics on businesses in rural areas.

4. 25 March 2021

   Published today, latest statistics on business counts and start-ups in rural areas.

5. 27 August 2020

   Published today, latest statistics on businesses in rural areas.

6. 29 August 2019

   Published today, latest statistics on small and medium business enterprises in rural areas.

7. 25 April 2019

   Published today, latest rural statistics on businesses.

8. 22 February 2018

   Published today, latest analysis on rural businesses.

9. 31 August 2017

   Published today, new analysis on small and medium businesses in rural areas.

10. 9 March 2017

    Published today, latest available statistics on rural businesses.

11. 21 July 2016

    We’ve changed how we’ve organised rural statistics and updated the content following Lord Cameron’s review of rural proofing.

12. 31 March 2016

    Updated Rural Businesses document.

13. 29 January 2015

    Updated rural business figures now published.

14. 30 January 2014

    Latest statistics on rural businesses published today.

15. 8 May 2013

    2011/12 Enterprise composition and business breakdown by rural urban definition.

16. 31 January 2013

    First published.