United Kingdom (UK): wholesale & retail trade enterprises 2018

The number of enterprises in the wholesale and retail trade industry incl. repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles in the United Kingdom increased by 13,746 enterprises (+3.56 percent) in 2018 in comparison to the previous year. Therefore, the number of enterprises in the United Kingdom reached a peak in 2018 with 399,776 enterprises.
Only active units which either had turnover or employment at any time during the reference period should be included.

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Number of enterprises in the wholesale and retail trade including the repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles industry in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2009 to 2018

Characteristic	Number of enterprises
2018	399,776
2017	386,030
2016b	373,175
2015	361,237
2014	358,459
2013	361,504
2012	357,664
2011	360,171
2010	357,173
2009	359,146

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Release date

March 2024

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2009 to 2018

Supplementary notes

b: Break in time series.
Structural business statistics (SBS) describes the structure, conduct and performance of economic activities, down to the most detailed activity level (several hundred economic sectors).
Number of enterprises: a count of the number of enterprises active during at least a part of the reference period.
Data coverage is for the code G of the CE_R2 of economic activities, which is wholesale and retail trade including the repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles.

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