In 2020, there were approximately 557 thousand business enterprises in the retail and wholesale sector in the United Kingdom, with just 600 of these being large enterprises that employed 500 or more people.
Number of businesses in the wholesale and retail trade sector in the United Kingdom in 2021, by enterprise size
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GOV.UK. (October 7, 2021). Number of businesses in the wholesale and retail trade sector in the United Kingdom in 2021, by enterprise size [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/677170/uk-retail-businesses-by-size/
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GOV.UK. (2021). Number of businesses in the wholesale and retail trade sector in the United Kingdom in 2021, by enterprise size. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/677170/uk-retail-businesses-by-size/
GOV.UK. "Number of Businesses in The Wholesale and Retail Trade Sector in The United Kingdom in 2021, by Enterprise Size." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Oct 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/677170/uk-retail-businesses-by-size/
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Number of businesses in the wholesale and retail trade sector in the United Kingdom in 2021, by enterprise size [Graph], GOV.UK, October 7, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/677170/uk-retail-businesses-by-size/