Facts and Figures regarding UK SMEs

1. Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Some Facts and Figures C W Mobbs June 2011

5. UK Enterprises (2) Enterprises Employment Turnover All enterprises 4,923,320 30 m £3,458 bn Private sector 98.2% 75.9% 93.7% Central and Local Government 0.1% 17.8% 4.4% Non-profit Organisations 1.7% 6.3% 2.0%

7. Employees by Enterprise (1) 17.3% of all employment is in enterprises comprising a sole director or self-employed owner-manager

9. Enterprises and Turnover (1) Turnover of large enterprises accounts for 50.9% of all private sector turnover

11. Enterprises and Legal Status Of all private sector enterprises, 26.9% are companies, 9.2% are partnerships, and 63.9% are sole proprietorships (by number) Of all private sector turnover, 90.6% is realised by companies, 3.7% by partnerships, and 5.7% by sole proprietorships (by turnover )

12. Enterprises and Industry (1) Enterprises Employment Turnover Private sector enterprises 4,834,045 22.8 mn £3,240 bn Agriculture, Hunting and Forestry; Fishing 4.0% 2.2% 1.1% Mining and Quarrying; Electricity, Gas and Water Supply 0.3% 1.0% 5.5% Manufacturing 6.3% 12.7% 17.4% Construction 21.0% 9.6% 7.7% Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repairs 11.6% 21.3% 36.9% Hotels and Restaurants 3.2% 7.5% 2.3%

13. Enterprises and Industry (2) Enterprises Employment Turnover Transport, Storage and Communication 6.5% 7.5% 7.4 Financial Intermediation 1.7% 4.8% N/A Real Estate, Renting and Business Activities 24.7% 19.6% 14.7% Education 3.7% 1.7% 0.5% Health and Social Work 5.8% 6.1% 1.9% Other Community, Social and Personal Service Activities 10.9% 6.1% 4.6%

15. Enterprises and Country Enterprises Employment Turnover Private sector enterprises 4,834,045 22.8 mn £3,240 bn England 86.6% 87.2% 90.0% Wales 4.1% 3.3% 2.4% Scotland 6.7% 7.2% 6.0% Northern Ireland 2.6% 2.3% 1.7%

16. Enterprises and Region (1) Region Enterprises Employment Turnover North East 2.9% 3.0% 2.1% North West 10.0% 9.4% 7.5% Yorkshire and Humberside 7.2% 8.2% 5.9% East Midlands 6.4% 7.3% 5.9% West Midlands 7.5% 8.1% 6.5% East of England 10.4% 10.9% 10.4% London 17.3% 18.1% 30.5% South East 15.4% 14.7% 16.1% South West 9.6% 7.7% 5.1%

22. Enterprises and Innovation(1) Respondents ‘ Yes ’ All Small Medium Large Innovation Active 58.2% 57.3% 62.5% 61.2% Product Innovator 23.9% 23.0% 28.5% 31.5% Process Innovator 12.6% 12.0% 15.4% 18.9% Product and Process 9.4% 8.9% 11.5% 14.5% Product or Process 27.1% 26.0% 32.4% 35.9% Wider Innovation 26.5% 24.5% 36.5% 39.0%

24. Activities and Innovation(1) Respondents ‘ Yes ’ All Small Medium Large Internal R&D 27.9% 26.5^% 34.9% 36.6% Acquisition of Advanced R&D 9.2% 8.2% 13.4% 17.0% Acquisition of External Knowledge 10.2% 9.7% 12.5% 13.8% Changes to Product or Service Design 19.1% 17.8% 24.7% 27.8% Changes to Marketing Methods 18.3% 17.9% 20.6% 19.3% Market Research 13.6% 12.5% 18.5% 23.2%

26. Activities and Innovation(3) Top 8 Reasons to Innovate High Medium Low Improve quality of goods and services 51.1% 22.7%% 3.5% Increase range of goods and services 36.6% 28.0% 9.4% Increase value added 36.1% 28.4% 8.2% Increase market share 32.4% 26.1% 13.5% Meet regulatory requirements 31.2% 22.1% 13.8% Reducing costs per unit 28.8% 24.3% 14.5% Entering new markets 28.4% 26.4% 14.2% Improve flexibility for producing goods and services 25.8% 28.4% 14.5%