Employment in cultural and leisure businesses operating during evening and night time hours was at just over three million in 2018. Leisure businesses operating as part of the night time economy include hotels, restaurants, bars, nightclubs and more, and may also operate during the day time. Support activities to the sector, such as transportation and retail sales at markets and stores that also operate evening and night time hours, employed an additional 1.8 million.
Estimated employment in cultural and leisure activities that are part of the night time economy in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018*
(in millions)
Characteristic
Cultural and leisure activities
Activities to support cultural and leisure activities
* Average employment during the year. Figures have been rounded.
This statistic has been calculated by Statista, following the Office for National Statistics (ONS) definition of the cultural and leisure activities segment of the Night Time Economy, using data from the Annual Business Survey for the UK non-financial business economy (ONS).
Night time cultural and leisure activities have been defined by the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) according to the Standard Industrial Classification (2007) as cultural and leisure industry sectors that operate in the evening or night. They may also operate during the daytime. The industry categories included are as follows:
Cultural and leisure activities:
55,1 Hotels and similar accommodation
56,1 Restaurants and mobile food service activities
56,2 Event catering and other food service activities
56,3 Beverage serving activities
80,1 Private security activities
90.0 Creative; arts and entertainment activities
91.0 Libraries; archives; museums and other cultural activities
92.0 Gambling and betting activities
93,1 Sports activities
93,2 Amusement and recreation activities
Activities to support cultural and leisure activities:
47.1 Retail sale in non-specialised stores
47.8 Retail sale via stalls and markets
49.1 Passenger rail transport; interurban
49.3 Other passenger land transport
55.2 Holiday and other short-stay accommodation
55.3 Camping grounds; recreational vehicle parks and trailer parks
55.9 Other accommodation
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