In 2023, the vast majority of private business enterprises in the United Kingdom were those with zero employees, with just 3,900 businesses that employed more than 500 people.
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UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (October 5, 2023). Number of private sector businesses in the United Kingdom in 2023, by employment size [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/675750/number-of-businesses-by-number-of-employees-in-the-united-kingdom/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. "Number of private sector businesses in the United Kingdom in 2023, by employment size." Chart. October 5, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/675750/number-of-businesses-by-number-of-employees-in-the-united-kingdom/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (2023). Number of private sector businesses in the United Kingdom in 2023, by employment size. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/675750/number-of-businesses-by-number-of-employees-in-the-united-kingdom/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. "Number of Private Sector Businesses in The United Kingdom in 2023, by Employment Size." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Oct 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/675750/number-of-businesses-by-number-of-employees-in-the-united-kingdom/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Number of private sector businesses in the United Kingdom in 2023, by employment size Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/675750/number-of-businesses-by-number-of-employees-in-the-united-kingdom/ (last visited July 27, 2024)
Number of private sector businesses in the United Kingdom in 2023, by employment size [Graph], UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, October 5, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/675750/number-of-businesses-by-number-of-employees-in-the-united-kingdom/