UK BUSINESS: ACTIVITY, SIZE AND LOCATION - 2016

Notes: DATA SOURCES

The data contained in this analysis are produced from a snapshot of the Inter Departmental Business Register (IDBR)
taken on 11 March 2016.

The main administrative sources for the IDBR are VAT trader and PAYE employer information passed to the ONS by HM
Revenue & Customs under the Value Added Tax Act 1994 for VAT traders and the Finance Act 1969 for PAYE employers;
details of incorporated businesses are also passed to ONS by Companies House.

STATISTICAL UNITS

A group of legal units under common ownership is called an Enterprise Group.

An Enterprise is the smallest combination of legal units (generally based on VAT and/or PAYE records) which has a certain
degree of autonomy within an Enterprise Group.
An individual site (for example a factory or shop) in an enterprise is called a local unit.

CLASSIFICATIONS
This dataset uses the 2007 revision to the Standard Industrial Classification (UK SIC 2007) in place of the 2003 revision
Standard Industrial Classification (UK SIC 2003). The UK SIC 2007 is a major revision of UK SIC 2003 with changes at all
levels of the SIC. Further details on Standard Industrial Classification can be found on the ONS website:

http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/classifications/current-standard-classifications/index.html

The broad industry group structure has been defined under UK SIC 2007 and is listed below:

Description UK SIC 2007 Section Division

Agriculture, forestry & fishing A 01/03

Production B, C, D and E 05/39
Mining, quarrying & utilities B, D and E 05/09, 35/39
Manufacturing C 10/33
Construction F 41/43
Wholesale and retail; repair of motor vehicles G 45/47
Motor trades G 45
Wholesale G 46
Retail G 47
Transport & storage (inc postal) H 49/53
Accommodation & food services I 55/56
Information & communication J 58/63
Finance & insurance K 64/66
Property L 68
Professional, scientific & technical M 69/75
Business administration and support services N 77/82
Public administration & defence O 84
Education P 85
Health Q 86/88
Arts, entertainment, recreation and other services R, S, T and U 90/99

GEOGRAPHIES
Regional analyses are provided for VAT and/or PAYE based enterprises and local units. Where an enterprise has several
local units, the location of the enterprise is generally the main operating site or the head office.

The geographies for England and Wales relate to middle layer super output areas (MSOA) derived from output area, the
stable geographic building block now being used to produce statistics. There are 7,193 MSOAs in England and Wales
(6,780 in England, 413 in Wales) which are constrained by the 2003 local authority boundaries. District, county and region
figures are aggregations of these MSOAs.

For Scotland the geographies relate to intermediate zones, a layer equivalent to MSOA. There are 1,235 intermediate
zones which are aggregated together to define council areas and the region of Scotland. In Northern Ireland the
geographies relate to lower super output areas a geographic hierarchy designed to improve the reporting of small area
statistics. There are 890 Northern Irish SOAs (based on Output Areas).
TURNOVER
Turnover provided to the ONS for the majority of traders is based on VAT returns for a 12 month period. For 2016 this
relates to a 12 month period covering the financial year 2014/2015. For other records, in particular members of VAT group
registrations, turnover may relate to an earlier period or to survey data. For traders who have registered more recently,
turnover represents the estimate made by traders at the time of registration.

The turnover figures on the register generally exclude VAT but include other taxes, such as the revenue duties on alcoholic
drinks and tobacco. They represent total UK turnover, including exempt and zero-rated supplies.

EMPLOYMENT
The employment information on the IDBR is drawn mainly from the Business Register Employment Survey (BRES).
Because this is based on a sample of enterprises, estimates from previous returns and from other ONS surveys have also
been used. For the smallest units, either PAYE jobs or employment imputed from VAT turnover is used.

EXCLUSIONS
Approximately 7,805 Composite and Managed Services Companies have been excluded where the address does not
represent the location of the activities of these businesses to avoid giving a false impression of growth in these locations.
Identification of Composite & Managed Services Companies may be incomplete, inflating business counts primarily in the
Professional, Scientific & Technical sector. Further details on Composite and Managed Services Companies can be found
on the HM Revenue & Customs website:

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/employment-status/msc.htm

SUPPRESSION OF DATA
Statistical disclosure control methodology is applied to IDBR data. This ensures that information attributable to an
individual or individual organisation is not identifiable in any published outputs. The Code of Practice for Official Statistics,
and specifically the Principle on Confidentiality (P.C) set out practices for how ONS protects data from being disclosed. The
P.C includes the statement that ONS outputs should ensure that official statistics do not reveal the identity of an individual
or organisation, or any private information relating to them, taking into account other relevant sources of information. More
information can be found in National Statisticians Guidance: Confidentiality of Official Statistics and also on the statistical
disclosure control methodology page of the ONS website.

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 Analysis showing the count, employment, employees and turnover
SIC 2007 Classes in the food manufacturing industry.

Data as at March 2016

Note:. Count figures are rounded to avoid disclosure. Where an aux

removed (..C). where we remove one figure in a row or column we m

E12000001 : North East

Count Employment

1011 : Processing and preserving of meat 15 357

1012 : Processing and preserving of poultry meat 0 0
1013 : Production of meat and poultry meat products 20 525
1020 : Processing and preserving of fish; crustaceans and molluscs 5 79
1031 : Processing and preserving of potatoes 0 ..C
1032 : Manufacture of fruit and vegetable juice 0 0
1039 : Other processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables 10 48
1041 : Manufacture of oils and fats 0 ..C
1042 : Manufacture of margarine and similar edible fats 0 0
1051 : Operation of dairies and cheese making 15 337
1052 : Manufacture of ice cream 5 60
1061 : Manufacture of grain mill products 5 ..C
1062 : Manufacture of starches and starch products 0 0

1071 : Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes 80 1,549
1072 : Manufacture of rusks and biscuits; manufacture of preserved pastry
goods and cakes 10 1,003
1073 : Manufacture of macaroni; noodles; couscous and similar farinaceous
products 5 ..C
1081 : Manufacture of sugar 0 0
1082 : Manufacture of cocoa; chocolate and sugar confectionery 10 ..C
1083 : Processing of tea and coffee 5 ..C
1084 : Manufacture of condiments and seasonings 5 ..C
1085 : Manufacture of prepared meals and dishes 5 101

1086 : Manufacture of homogenised food preparations and dietetic food 0 ..C

1089 : Manufacture of other food products n.e.c. 25 511
1091 : Manufacture of prepared feeds for farm animals 5 ..C
1092 : Manufacture of prepared pet foods 5 13
1101 : Distilling; rectifying and blending of spirits 5 9
1102 : Manufacture of wine from grape 0 0
1103 : Manufacture of cider and other fruit wines 0 ..C
1104 : Manufacture of other non-distilled fermented beverages 0 0
1105 : Manufacture of beer 40 326
1106 : Manufacture of malt 0 ..C
1107 : Manufacture of soft drinks; production of mineral waters and other
bottled waters 5 85

This table is confidentialised by Tau Argus

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 employment, employees and turnover of VAT and/or PAYE based enterprises in Regions in the United Kingdom for UK
manufacturing industry.

nded to avoid disclosure. Where an auxiliary variable i.e. employment or turnover is deemed to be disclosive it will be
ove one figure in a row or column we must remove another to avoid disclosure by deduction.

E12000001 : North East E12000002 : North West

Employees Turnover ('000s) Count Employment Employees Turnover ('000s)

353 100,037 35 945 932 272,499

0 0 10 883 883 196,612
520 89,534 70 1,970 1,952 272,453
77 ..C 15 480 475 110,148
..C ..C 5 ..C ..C ..C
0 0 5 ..C ..C ..C
41 4,602 50 3,836 3,821 1,549,239
..C ..C 5 156 156 212,756
0 0 0 ..C ..C ..C
326 80,723 35 1,342 1,322 764,477
59 ..C 45 420 394 18,857
..C ..C 10 ..C ..C 1,195,643
0 0 0 ..C ..C ..C

1,504 87,856 295 19,342 19,181 2,144,687

1,000 79,856 35 3,925 3,912 490,364

..C ..C 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
..C ..C 60 2,237 2,220 303,432
..C ..C 0 ..C ..C ..C
..C ..C 15 518 515 ..C
98 7,577 25 1,484 1,481 179,617

..C ..C 20 156 154 12,634

506 146,295 85 3,380 3,364 830,915
..C ..C 35 1,026 1,010 639,153
12 1,337 15 842 838 279,859
..C 427 10 221 219 ..C
0 0 0 ..C ..C ..C
..C ..C 0 ..C ..C ..C
0 0 0 0 0 0
319 70,106 125 891 868 110,381
..C ..C 0 0 0 0

84 ..C 30 89 85 10,484
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 E12000003 : Yorkshire and The Humber E12000004 : East Midlands

Count Employment Employees Turnover ('000s) Count Employment

40 4,136 4,123 1,283,759 25 1,032

20 ..C ..C ..C 10 ..C
45 8,013 8,005 1,612,615 35 3,750
50 2,140 2,138 513,456 5 ..C
10 2,043 2,043 ..C 5 ..C
5 ..C ..C ..C 0 ..C
40 5,372 5,363 832,029 35 1,122
5 ..C ..C ..C 5 ..C
0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ..C ..C ..C 15 596
30 1,112 1,100 ..C 20 145
10 171 168 62,721 15 1,851
0 ..C ..C ..C 0 ..C

185 7,963 7,846 582,171 145 3,734

20 1,243 1,225 174,066 10 ..C

5 ..C ..C ..C 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0
35 1,499 1,484 287,633 35 4,130
5 341 341 82,925 5 ..C
20 831 828 123,004 20 933
15 4,701 4,700 751,001 15 323

15 164 163 20,973 5 15

65 2,100 2,081 364,341 55 ..C
30 521 511 226,798 30 715
30 1,799 1,789 821,111 15 771
15 163 161 ..C 10 16
0 0 0 0 0 ..C
5 ..C ..C ..C 5 ..C
0 0 0 0 0 0
115 800 781 91,751 115 1,115
0 ..C ..C ..C 0 0

15 303 302 77,798 15 ..C

E12000004 : East Midlands E12000005 : West Midlands

Employees Turnover ('000s) Count Employment Employees Turnover ('000s)

1,026 238,052 40 4,739 4,718 1,821,859

..C 558,949 25 3,214 3,209 742,481
3,746 448,601 70 7,925 7,905 1,531,228
..C ..C 5 ..C ..C ..C
..C ..C 5 ..C ..C ..C
..C ..C 5 ..C ..C ..C
1,115 269,123 30 2,808 2,796 230,844
..C ..C 5 ..C ..C ..C
0 0 0 0 0 0
590 84,389 25 ..C ..C ..C
135 6,177 15 110 97 ..C
1,847 809,054 15 367 365 89,694
..C ..C 0 0 0 0

3,646 489,584 175 3,489 3,400 390,445

..C ..C 30 341 328 17,656

0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
4,120 ..C 30 4,369 ..C ..C
..C ..C 5 ..C ..C ..C
931 169,159 10 291 291 44,261
319 31,185 15 394 391 39,678

11 ..C 5 101 ..C 3,341

..C 1,492,010 55 1,317 1,309 176,460
711 387,359 20 609 604 234,550
770 187,488 15 140 130 11,202
16 1,030 15 ..C ..C 8,622
..C ..C 0 0 0 0
..C ..C 15 615 615 222,403
0 0 0 0 0 0
1,089 ..C 105 2,831 2,815 ..C
0 0 5 ..C ..C ..C

..C ..C 15 127 126 11,507

 E12000006 : East E12000007 : London

Count Employment Employees Turnover ('000s) Count Employment

25 1,588 1,570 434,893 15 83

15 4,272 4,262 634,702 5 162
45 1,230 1,219 271,290 65 1,394
15 88 79 13,326 15 338
5 753 752 205,330 5 ..C
10 73 70 ..C 15 122
40 1,558 1,546 366,707 80 1,267
5 19 19 1,180 10 316
0 0 0 0 0 0
15 64 54 4,310 40 470
20 194 182 9,903 35 260
15 2,270 2,268 762,772 15 583
0 0 0 0 0 0

185 7,172 7,067 1,223,774 400 6,534

15 ..C 112 6,812 70 5,713

0 ..C ..C ..C 10 119

0 ..C ..C ..C 0 ..C
30 1,036 1,026 91,513 50 ..C
10 202 198 63,132 10 590
20 257 254 40,729 25 617
15 444 441 46,141 45 ..C

15 37 36 1,687 30 92
50 440 425 78,350 130 2,737
30 3,168 3,165 1,973,138 5 ..C
25 647 644 200,730 10 49
10 34 30 2,861 55 ..C
5 ..C ..C ..C 5 ..C
5 ..C ..C ..C 0 ..C
0 0 0 0 0 0
100 1,719 1,684 ..C 85 577
5 848 848 834,634 0 0

20 ..C ..C ..C 70 ..C

 Region

E12000007 : London E12000008 : South East

Employees Turnover ('000s) Count Employment Employees Turnover ('000s)

83 13,502 25 605 595 193,141

155 27,536 5 ..C ..C ..C
1,360 154,442 40 475 455 84,867
337 24,472 15 130 121 8,918
..C ..C 5 ..C ..C ..C
121 9,073 10 27 26 839
1,263 391,959 60 2,714 2,694 291,350
316 67,963 10 11 9 473
0 0 0 0 0 0
469 213,945 45 1,939 1,934 747,382
255 23,804 25 210 205 25,571
581 282,472 20 831 827 728,064
0 0 5 ..C ..C ..C

6,433 365,519 280 7,116 6,966 251,476

5,702 ..C 20 1,173 1,165 ..C

119 5,163 0 ..C ..C ..C

..C ..C 0 0 0 0
..C ..C 60 920 900 262,856
590 ..C 10 964 964 376,050
616 ..C 30 1,873 1,860 343,355
..C ..C 20 ..C ..C ..C

86 24,403 20 42 40 9,481
2,715 ..C 95 3,879 3,861 528,105
..C ..C 20 220 206 71,563
48 ..C 20 212 211 31,227
..C ..C 25 67 66 4,940
..C ..C 15 189 188 50,679
..C ..C 10 105 100 2,779
0 0 0 0 0 0
571 66,250 145 674 650 56,620
0 0 0 ..C ..C ..C

..C ..C 35 231 230 25,250

 E12000009 : South West England

Count Employment Employees Turnover ('000s) Count Employment

30 478 451 52,787 250 13,963

5 ..C ..C ..C 95 32,861
50 1,458 1,432 456,792 440 26,740
35 1,147 1,133 297,415 160 4,762
0 ..C ..C ..C 40 11,229
10 ..C ..C ..C 60 1,209
50 451 421 41,175 395 19,176
5 23 23 1,233 50 ..C
0 0 0 0 0 ..C
65 4,148 4,121 896,101 275 21,663
30 275 265 18,637 225 2,786
15 633 630 ..C 120 8,982
0 0 0 0 5 ..C

205 3,371 3,208 164,873 1,950 60,270

25 711 709 46,218 235 15,738

0 ..C ..C ..C 20 987

0 0 0 0 0 ..C
35 1,064 1,053 ..C 345 19,685
10 250 249 32,705 60 2,749
15 436 431 41,849 160 ..C
15 ..C ..C ..C 170 33,232

5 16 14 1,762 115 ..C

65 1,392 1,376 126,220 625 ..C
25 673 666 290,452 200 7,103
15 410 404 ..C 150 4,883
25 27 24 2,419 170 6,333
5 7 5 416 30 227
25 728 716 395,821 65 2,076
0 0 0 0 0 0
135 780 754 96,833 965 9,713
0 ..C ..C ..C 10 ..C

30 158 156 32,034 235 9,165

England N12000001 : Northern Ireland

Employees Turnover ('000s) Count Employment Employees Turnover ('000s)

13,851 4,410,529 20 3,325 3,323 972,273

32,830 4,486,462 10 ..C ..C ..C
26,594 4,921,822 25 751 744 110,027
4,715 1,132,373 15 321 310 51,665
11,219 2,004,333 10 70 63 5,927
1,198 351,310 0 ..C ..C ..C
19,060 3,977,028 35 1,012 989 138,105
..C ..C 0 0 0 0
..C ..C 5 ..C ..C ..C
21,556 7,793,572 20 1,070 1,062 976,990
2,692 328,233 10 61 56 8,428
8,962 4,232,113 5 ..C 96 ..C
1,243 ..C 0 0 0 0

59,251 5,700,385 115 2,515 2,420 155,051

..C ..C 10 114 107 6,972

985 170,781 0 0 0 0
..C ..C 0 0 0 0
19,580 7,744,880 10 76 70 5,942
2,740 894,520 5 ..C ..C ..C
..C ..C 10 79 73 11,054
33,197 3,659,864 5 ..C ..C ..C

603 76,128 5 9 8 1,106

..C ..C 25 ..C ..C ..C
7,041 3,869,541 40 737 724 ..C
4,846 1,711,518 10 192 190 29,460
6,315 3,176,241 5 ..C ..C ..C
224 64,588 0 0 0 0
2,051 942,114 5 ..C ..C ..C
0 0 0 0 0 0
9,531 5,357,742 15 27 22 1,753
..C ..C 0 0 0 0

9,148 4,075,596 20 840 836 ..C

 S12000001 : Scotland W12000001 : Wales

Count Employment Employees Turnover ('000s) Count Employment

35 1,593 1,582 413,925 20 2,208

5 ..C ..C ..C 0 0
55 2,182 2,162 271,786 30 575
125 8,667 8,605 1,633,997 15 85
5 ..C ..C ..C 0 ..C
0 ..C ..C ..C 0 ..C
30 686 671 167,721 25 209
5 ..C ..C ..C 0 0
0 ..C ..C ..C 0 ..C
25 894 879 906,908 35 1,064
25 269 251 18,794 25 152
10 ..C ..C ..C 5 515
0 0 0 0 0 ..C

215 5,776 5,627 310,810 150 3,469

35 3,862 3,852 297,854 15 447

0 ..C ..C ..C 0 ..C

0 0 0 0 0 0
40 586 570 50,895 15 494
5 311 311 47,852 0 ..C
15 170 168 26,322 5 ..C
10 444 444 38,983 10 ..C

5 ..C ..C ..C 5 ..C

40 1,464 1,455 192,007 40 1,792
15 807 797 331,041 15 273
5 19 16 1,806 10 148
90 6,580 6,578 ..C 5 ..C
0 0 0 0 0 0
5 ..C ..C ..C 0 ..C
0 0 0 0 0 0
95 3,484 3,470 ..C 60 222
0 0 0 0 0 ..C

20 1,516 1,512 ..C 10 535

W12000001 : Wales UK

Employees Turnover ('000s) Count Employment Employees Turnover ('000s)

2,204 749,213 325 21,089 20,960 6,545,940

0 0 110 41,391 41,353 5,854,742
566 96,446 550 30,248 30,066 5,400,081
84 23,080 315 13,835 13,714 2,841,115
..C ..C 55 11,368 11,351 2,016,859
..C ..C 60 1,296 1,281 365,425
197 14,332 485 21,083 20,917 4,297,186
0 0 55 1,244 1,234 639,220
..C ..C 5 164 164 170,065
1,051 485,892 355 24,691 24,548 10,163,362
142 11,965 285 3,268 3,141 367,420
..C 70,398 140 9,873 9,841 4,441,645
..C ..C 5 1,268 1,268 2,701,321

3,364 239,094 2,430 72,030 70,662 6,405,340

..C ..C 295 20,161 20,062 2,503,882

..C ..C 20 990 987 170,840

0 0 0 ..C ..C ..C
489 36,086 410 20,841 20,709 7,837,803
..C ..C 70 3,123 3,112 956,537
..C ..C 190 6,388 6,346 1,148,327
..C ..C 195 34,260 34,221 3,749,341

..C ..C 130 714 692 83,996

1,782 184,566 730 33,457 33,302 5,216,519
270 ..C 270 8,920 8,832 5,108,180
147 30,773 175 5,242 5,199 1,773,557
..C ..C 270 13,155 13,135 6,686,627
0 0 30 227 224 64,588
..C ..C 75 2,129 2,100 947,182
0 0 0 0 0 0
208 ..C 1,135 13,446 13,231 7,716,999
..C ..C 10 1,236 1,234 1,045,614

535 92,327 285 12,056 12,031 4,777,727

9,465 429,193 425,917 101,997,440

 Food Industry
1011 Processing and preserving of meat
1012 Processing and preserving of poultry meat
1013 Production of meat and poultry meat products
1020 Processing and preserving of fish; crustaceans and molluscs
1031 Processing and preserving of potatoes
1032 Manufacture of fruit and vegetable juice
1039 Other processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables
1041 Manufacture of oils and fats
1042 Manufacture of margarine and similar edible fats
1051 Operation of dairies and cheese making
1052 Manufacture of ice cream
1061 Manufacture of grain mill products
1062 Manufacture of starches and starch products
1071 Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes
1072 Manufacture of rusks and biscuits; manufacture of preserved pastry goods and cakes
1073 Manufacture of macaroni; noodles; couscous and similar farinaceous products
1081 Manufacture of sugar
1082 Manufacture of cocoa; chocolate and sugar confectionery
1083 Processing of tea and coffee
1084 Manufacture of condiments and seasonings
1085 Manufacture of prepared meals and dishes
1086 Manufacture of homogenised food preparations and dietetic food
1089 Manufacture of other food products n.e.c.
1091 Manufacture of prepared feeds for farm animals
1092 Manufacture of prepared pet foods
1101 Distilling; rectifying and blending of spirits
1102 Manufacture of wine from grape
1103 Manufacture of cider and other fruit wines
1104 Manufacture of other non-distilled fermented beverages
1105 Manufacture of beer
1106 Manufacture of malt
1107 Manufacture of soft drinks; production of mineral waters and other bottled waters