Entertainment businesses trading in the UK 2022

According to a study by the Office for National Statistics, around 90 percent of businesses within the arts, entertainment, and recreation industry in the United Kingdom were fully trading between February 21 and March 6, 2022. In the previous two years, the share of actively trading companies was generally much lower due to the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. For instance, only around a quarter of surveyed businesses claimed to be fully trading between June 15 and 28, 2020.

Share of arts, entertainment, and recreation businesses trading in the United Kingdom (UK) from Jun 15, 2020 to March 6, 2022

Characteristic	Share of businesses
Jun 15 to 28, 2020	23.9%
Jun 29 to Jul 12, 2020	33.6%
Jul 13 to 26, 2020	50.9%
Jul 27 to Aug 9, 2020	42.3%
Aug 10 to 23, 2020	45.2%
Aug 24 to Sep 6, 2020	66.3%
Sep 7 to 20, 2020	67.2%
Sep 21 to Oct 4, 2020	75.9%
Oct 5 to 18, 2020	63.3%
Oct 19 to Nov 1, 2020	77.6%
Nov 2 to 15, 2020	75%
Nov 16 to 29, 2020	58.6%
Nov 30 to Dec 13, 2020	59.6%
Dec 14 to 23, 2020	72%
Dec 29, 2020 to Jan 10, 2021	46.5%
Jan 11 to 24, 2021	49.5%
Jan 25 to Feb 7, 2021	52.6%
Feb 8 to 21, 2021	49.8%
Feb 22 to Mar 7, 2021	57.9%
Mar 8 to 21, 2021	60.4%
Mar 22 to Apr 4, 2021	60.2%
Apr 6 to 18, 2021	57.7%
Apr 19 to May 2, 2021	63%
May 3 to 16, 2021	71.6%
May 17 to 30, 2021	74.4%
May 31 to Jun 13, 2021	84.5%
Jun 14 to 27, 2021	86.5%
Jun 28 to Jul 11, 2021	90.8%
Jul 12 to 25, 2021	82.2%
Jul 26 to Aug 8, 2021	88.6%
Aug 9 to 22, 2021	90.6%
Aug 23 to Sep 5, 2021	90.7%
Sep 6 to 19, 2021	91.5%
Sep 20 to Oct 3, 2021	91.8%
Oct 4 to 17, 2021	84.2%
Oct 18 to 31, 2021	77.8%
Nov 1 to 14, 2021	82.4%
Nov 15 to 28, 2021	81.5%
Nov 29 to Dec 12, 2021	84.9%
Dec 13 to 26, 2021	82.3%
Dec 27, 2021 to Jan 9, 2022	82.1%
Jan 10 to 23, 2022	88.6%
Jan 24 to Feb 6, 2022	84.7%
Feb 7 to 20, 2022	83.7%
Feb 21 to Mar 6, 2022	90.4%