UK SMEs by sector 2022

In 2022, there were estimated to be approximately 914,175 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the construction sector in the United Kingdom, the most of any sector in that year. The sector with the second-highest number of SMEs was the Professional, Scientific and Technical activities sector, at 761,735 SMEs.

Number of small and medium-sized enterprises in the United Kingdom in 2022, by sector

Characteristic	Number of SMEs
Construction	914,175
Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities	761,735
Wholesale and Retail Trade	547,190
Administrative and Support Service Activities	471,710
Other Service activities	354,770
Human Health and Social Work Activities	340,505
Transportation and Storage	338,345
Information and Communication	334,245
Education	307,840
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	274,430
Manufacturing	242,915
Accommodation and Food service	220,340
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	148,250
Real estate activities	129,695
Financial and Insurance activities	83,155
Production activities	31,955

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Release date

October 2022

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

2022

Supplementary notes

Production activities refers to enterprises in the Mining and Quarrying; Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply; Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities sectors. (B, D and E SIC Codes)
This statistic using original data from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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