Size analysis of businesses by industry (SIC2007), size band, area and year

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Data valuesData descriptionYearAreaIndustrySize bandVariable
6,555,300 [p]Number2023United KingdomAll industriesAll size bandsEnterprise count
30,447,300 [p]Number2023United KingdomAll industriesAll size bandsEmployment
3,758,132 [p]Number2023United KingdomAll industriesAll size bandsTurnover (£m)
6,269,445 [p]Number2023United KingdomAll industriesMicro (0 - 9 employees)Enterprise count
9,786,600 [p]Number2023United KingdomAll industriesMicro (0 - 9 employees)Employment
705,684 [p]Number2023United KingdomAll industriesMicro (0 - 9 employees)Turnover (£m)
236,410 [p]Number2023United KingdomAll industriesSmall (10 - 49 employees)Enterprise count
4,616,800 [p]Number2023United KingdomAll industriesSmall (10 - 49 employees)Employment
559,165 [p]Number2023United KingdomAll industriesSmall (10 - 49 employees)Turnover (£m)
40,250 [p]Number2023United KingdomAll industriesMedium (50 - 249 employees)Enterprise count
3,951,600 [p]Number2023United KingdomAll industriesMedium (50 - 249 employees)Employment
647,630 [p]Number2023United KingdomAll industriesMedium (50 - 249 employees)Turnover (£m)
9,190 [p]Number2023United KingdomAll industriesLarge (250+ employees)Enterprise count
12,092,300 [p]Number2023United KingdomAll industriesLarge (250+ employees)Employment
1,845,652 [p]Number2023United KingdomAll industriesLarge (250+ employees)Turnover (£m)
124,820 [p]Number2023United KingdomAgricultureAll size bandsEnterprise count
453,000 [p]Number2023United KingdomAgricultureAll size bandsEmployment
50,638 [p]Number2023United KingdomAgricultureAll size bandsTurnover (£m)
120,485 [p]Number2023United KingdomAgricultureMicro (0 - 9 employees)Enterprise count
278,000 [p]Number2023United KingdomAgricultureMicro (0 - 9 employees)Employment
31,172 [p]Number2023United KingdomAgricultureMicro (0 - 9 employees)Turnover (£m)
3,730 [p]Number2023United KingdomAgricultureSmall (10 - 49 employees)Enterprise count
70,200 [p]Number2023United KingdomAgricultureSmall (10 - 49 employees)Employment
9,347 [p]Number2023United KingdomAgricultureSmall (10 - 49 employees)Turnover (£m)
505 [p]Number2023United KingdomAgricultureMedium (50 - 249 employees)Enterprise count
48,500 [p]Number2023United KingdomAgricultureMedium (50 - 249 employees)Employment
4,812 [p]Number2023United KingdomAgricultureMedium (50 - 249 employees)Turnover (£m)
95 [p]Number2023United KingdomAgricultureLarge (250+ employees)Enterprise count
56,400 [p]Number2023United KingdomAgricultureLarge (250+ employees)Employment
5,307 [p]Number2023United KingdomAgricultureLarge (250+ employees)Turnover (£m)
344,335 [p]Number2023United KingdomProductionAll size bandsEnterprise count
2,981,100 [p]Number2023United KingdomProductionAll size bandsEmployment
814,141 [p]Number2023United KingdomProductionAll size bandsTurnover (£m)
313,415 [p]Number2023United KingdomProductionMicro (0 - 9 employees)Enterprise count
536,100 [p]Number2023United KingdomProductionMicro (0 - 9 employees)Employment
61,598 [p]Number2023United KingdomProductionMicro (0 - 9 employees)Turnover (£m)
23,065 [p]Number2023United KingdomProductionSmall (10 - 49 employees)Enterprise count
488,400 [p]Number2023United KingdomProductionSmall (10 - 49 employees)Employment
72,936 [p]Number2023United KingdomProductionSmall (10 - 49 employees)Turnover (£m)
6,450 [p]Number2023United KingdomProductionMedium (50 - 249 employees)Enterprise count
651,100 [p]Number2023United KingdomProductionMedium (50 - 249 employees)Employment
134,533 [p]Number2023United KingdomProductionMedium (50 - 249 employees)Turnover (£m)
1,400 [p]Number2023United KingdomProductionLarge (250+ employees)Enterprise count
1,305,400 [p]Number2023United KingdomProductionLarge (250+ employees)Employment
545,074 [p]Number2023United KingdomProductionLarge (250+ employees)Turnover (£m)
1,082,440 [p]Number2023United KingdomConstructionAll size bandsEnterprise count
2,270,400 [p]Number2023United KingdomConstructionAll size bandsEmployment
380,998 [p]Number2023United KingdomConstructionAll size bandsTurnover (£m)
1,061,905 [p]Number2023United KingdomConstructionMicro (0 - 9 employees)Enterprise count
1,473,800 [p]Number2023United KingdomConstructionMicro (0 - 9 employees)Employment
173,163 [p]Number2023United KingdomConstructionMicro (0 - 9 employees)Turnover (£m)
18,170 [p]Number2023United KingdomConstructionSmall (10 - 49 employees)Enterprise count
333,700 [p]Number2023United KingdomConstructionSmall (10 - 49 employees)Employment
64,345 [p]Number2023United KingdomConstructionSmall (10 - 49 employees)Turnover (£m)
2,060 [p]Number2023United KingdomConstructionMedium (50 - 249 employees)Enterprise count
188,700 [p]Number2023United KingdomConstructionMedium (50 - 249 employees)Employment
48,693 [p]Number2023United KingdomConstructionMedium (50 - 249 employees)Turnover (£m)
300 [p]Number2023United KingdomConstructionLarge (250+ employees)Enterprise count
274,200 [p]Number2023United KingdomConstructionLarge (250+ employees)Employment
94,797 [p]Number2023United KingdomConstructionLarge (250+ employees)Turnover (£m)
1,702,755 [p]Number2023United KingdomWholesale, retail, transport, hotels, food & communicationAll size bandsEnterprise count
10,808,500 [p]Number2023United KingdomWholesale, retail, transport, hotels, food & communicationAll size bandsEmployment
2,170,544 [p]Number2023United KingdomWholesale, retail, transport, hotels, food & communicationAll size bandsTurnover (£m)
1,593,850 [p]Number2023United KingdomWholesale, retail, transport, hotels, food & communicationMicro (0 - 9 employees)Enterprise count
2,890,600 [p]Number2023United KingdomWholesale, retail, transport, hotels, food & communicationMicro (0 - 9 employees)Employment
335,100 [p]Number2023United KingdomWholesale, retail, transport, hotels, food & communicationMicro (0 - 9 employees)Turnover (£m)
93,790 [p]Number2023United KingdomWholesale, retail, transport, hotels, food & communicationSmall (10 - 49 employees)Enterprise count
1,785,800 [p]Number2023United KingdomWholesale, retail, transport, hotels, food & communicationSmall (10 - 49 employees)Employment
357,935 [p]Number2023United KingdomWholesale, retail, transport, hotels, food & communicationSmall (10 - 49 employees)Turnover (£m)
12,410 [p]Number2023United KingdomWholesale, retail, transport, hotels, food & communicationMedium (50 - 249 employees)Enterprise count
1,184,600 [p]Number2023United KingdomWholesale, retail, transport, hotels, food & communicationMedium (50 - 249 employees)Employment
409,660 [p]Number2023United KingdomWholesale, retail, transport, hotels, food & communicationMedium (50 - 249 employees)Turnover (£m)
2,705 [p]Number2023United KingdomWholesale, retail, transport, hotels, food & communicationLarge (250+ employees)Enterprise count
4,947,500 [p]Number2023United KingdomWholesale, retail, transport, hotels, food & communicationLarge (250+ employees)Employment
1,067,850 [p]Number2023United KingdomWholesale, retail, transport, hotels, food & communicationLarge (250+ employees)Turnover (£m)
1,699,960 [p]Number2023United KingdomFinancial and business servicesAll size bandsEnterprise count
7,935,500 [p]Number2023United KingdomFinancial and business servicesAll size bandsEmployment
[x]Number2023United KingdomFinancial and business servicesAll size bandsTurnover (£m)
1,635,530 [p]Number2023United KingdomFinancial and business servicesMicro (0 - 9 employees)Enterprise count
2,538,100 [p]Number2023United KingdomFinancial and business servicesMicro (0 - 9 employees)Employment
[x]Number2023United KingdomFinancial and business servicesMicro (0 - 9 employees)Turnover (£m)
51,885 [p]Number2023United KingdomFinancial and business servicesSmall (10 - 49 employees)Enterprise count
996,900 [p]Number2023United KingdomFinancial and business servicesSmall (10 - 49 employees)Employment
[x]Number2023United KingdomFinancial and business servicesSmall (10 - 49 employees)Turnover (£m)
9,890 [p]Number2023United KingdomFinancial and business servicesMedium (50 - 249 employees)Enterprise count
1,002,400 [p]Number2023United KingdomFinancial and business servicesMedium (50 - 249 employees)Employment
[x]Number2023United KingdomFinancial and business servicesMedium (50 - 249 employees)Turnover (£m)
2,660 [p]Number2023United KingdomFinancial and business servicesLarge (250+ employees)Enterprise count
3,398,100 [p]Number2023United KingdomFinancial and business servicesLarge (250+ employees)Employment
[x]Number2023United KingdomFinancial and business servicesLarge (250+ employees)Turnover (£m)
822,240 [p]Number2023United KingdomPrivate sector health and educationAll size bandsEnterprise count
4,091,500 [p]Number2023United KingdomPrivate sector health and educationAll size bandsEmployment
208,552 [p]Number2023United KingdomPrivate sector health and educationAll size bandsTurnover (£m)
782,655 [p]Number2023United KingdomPrivate sector health and educationMicro (0 - 9 employees)Enterprise count
1,023,900 [p]Number2023United KingdomPrivate sector health and educationMicro (0 - 9 employees)Employment
52,753 [p]Number2023United KingdomPrivate sector health and educationMicro (0 - 9 employees)Turnover (£m)
31,055 [p]Number2023United KingdomPrivate sector health and educationSmall (10 - 49 employees)Enterprise count
666,100 [p]Number2023United KingdomPrivate sector health and educationSmall (10 - 49 employees)Employment
37,716 [p]Number2023United KingdomPrivate sector health and educationSmall (10 - 49 employees)Turnover (£m)
6,925 [p]Number2023United KingdomPrivate sector health and educationMedium (50 - 249 employees)Enterprise count
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Next update expected:March 2026

Updates

30th January 2026
Dataset first published.

Main information

Designation
Accredited official statistics
Data provider 1
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
Data source 1
Survey of Personal Incomes (SPI)
Data provider 2
Office for National Statistics (ONS)
Data source 2
Annual Population Survey (APS)
Data provider 3
Office for National Statistics (ONS)
Data source 3
Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR)

Overview

Summary of dataset and variables

This dataset provides data on the structure of enterprises active in Wales by industry (SIC 2007) and size band, including estimates for the very smallest businesses that operate below the VAT threshold.

The variables analysed are counts of the enterprises active in each area, together with related employment and turnover aggregates in each of the given size bands, based on the number of UK employees in the enterprise as a whole. Note that area breakdowns of the data are workplace based.

Data collection or calculation

The data given are based on enterprises with some activity in Wales, regardless of the region of registration. In this context, an enterprise is taken to be an entire organisation, including its head office and all the individual UK sites, wherever they may be located. The region of the enterprise is usually based on the location of its head office, although the sites may be located in other regions. The figures given for employment and turnover for Wales in this analysis relate only to the sites of the enterprises located in Wales.

In all cases, the size band of the enterprise is based on the number of UK employees (whether full-time or part-time) in the enterprise. This ensures that an enterprise employing 10,000 UK staff but only a handful in Wales is categorised as a large, and not a micro, enterprise.

The enterprises covered are all private sector enterprises (that is companies, sole-proprietorships, partnerships, private non-profit making bodies and mutual associations), plus public corporations and nationalised bodies. Local and central government organisations are excluded.

The data have been derived from a number of sources. The primary source is a detailed extract taken in March of each year from the Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR) maintained by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This gives details of all enterprises active in Wales, including the UK employment and turnover and derived figures for the Welsh elements of employment and turnover (using information about the sites in each enterprise which are located in Wales). It also includes identifiers for industry (using Standard Industrial Classification), geographical location and legal status of each enterprise, thus allowing the analysis given here.

Other data sources that feed into this data include the Annual Population Survey (APS) and Survey of Personal Incomes (SPI).

Statistical quality

The IDBR covers a very high proportion of the employment and turnover in the UK, but because it excludes most of the very large number of smallest businesses that operate below the VAT threshold, its coverage in terms of the number of enterprises is only partial (around 50%). In order to correct for this, the figures presented here include estimates for unregistered enterprises, together with their related employment and turnover. These estimates for unregistered enterprises are calculated using a combination of: IDBR data; information on persons who are self-employed in their main or second job, taken from the Annual Population Survey carried out by the ONS; and information on the numbers of sole traders and partnerships from the Survey of Personal Incomes data provided by HM Revenue and Customs.

Estimates for turnover exclude figures for the financial and business services sector throughout this dataset. This is because the turnover information that is recorded on the IDBR for enterprises in the financial services sector also includes the amounts involved in the transactions carried out by these enterprises and is therefore not comparable to turnover information in the other sectors.

The zero employee size band also includes companies with one employee. This is because people who work on their own and register as a company automatically become an employee of the company when it is set up. Without this adjustment, the numbers of businesses with zero employees will change purely because of changes in legal status (which can be driven by changes in tax / liability laws for example), rather than by any real change in the economy.

As the analysis is based on the concept of enterprises active in an area, the enterprise counts for local authorities will not add up to the Wales totals. This is because an individual enterprise active in Wales may be active in more than one of the local authorities. This could lead to the individual enterprise being counted multiple times when summing different areas

In order to avoid suppression of data due to disclosure control (which must occur for any aggregates based on less than 20 enterprises), some of the size bands have been presented in an aggregated form. These aggregated size bands have been chosen to limit the amount of aggregation whilst ensuring no data are suppressed.

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economic.stats@gov.wales

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