Logistics: financial risk rating among SMEs 2014-2019 survey

This statistic shows the distribution of small and medium enterprises (SME) in the logistics sector in the United Kingdom (UK) from the years ending June 2014 to June 2019 by financial risk rating. In June 2014, it was found that 55 percent of logistics sector SMEs were rated as having worse than average financial risk, by 2019 this number had decreased to 53 percent.

Distribution of small and medium enterprises (SME) in the logistics sector in the United Kingdom (UK) in the years ending June 2014 to June 2019, by financial risk rating*

Characteristic	June 2014	June 2015	June 2016	June 2017	June 2018	June 2019
Minimal risk	3%	6%	5%	4%	6%	6%
Low risk	9%	10%	8%	7%	11%	12%
Average risk	33%	26%	24%	30%	33%	29%
Worse than average risk	55%	58%	63%	59%	49%	53%

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Release date

September 2019

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2014 to 2019

Number of respondents

4,500 respondents

Special properties

SME**

Method of interview

Face-to-face interviews, telephone interviews

Supplementary notes

* Transport, storage and communication.
The respondent was the person in charge of managing the business’s finances. Data was collected via interview.
**In order to qualify for inclusion in this survey SMEs had to meet the following criteria in addition to the quotas by size, sector and region:
Not 50%+ owned by another company
Not run as a social enterprise or as a not for profit organization
Turnover of less than £25m

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