As of the fourth quarter of 2023, 67 percent of SMEs in the United Kingdom reported that they had made a profit in the previous 12 months, compared with eight percent that broke even, and 14 percent that made a loss. The share of SMEs that made a profit was relatively stable until 2020, when it fell from 73 percent in the first quarter of that year to 47 percent in the second quarter, 2021.
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BDRC Continental. (March 1, 2024). Business performance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the United Kingdom from 1st quarter 2012 to 4th quarter 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 18, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/291239/uk-sme-business-performance/
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