'Minimal' or 'low' financial risk rating among SMEs 2014-2019 survey

This statistic displays the share of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with a financial risk rating of 'minimal' or 'low' in the United Kingdom (UK) from the years ending June 2014 to June 2019, by sector. In June 2019, it was found that 49 percent of agricultural sector SMEs were rated as having minimal or low financial risk. The SMEs with the lowest proportion of minimal/low risk were in the transport, storage and communication sector.

Percentage of small and medium enterprises (SME) with a financial risk rating of 'minimal' or 'low' in the United Kingdom (UK) from the years ending June 2014 to June 2019, by sector*

Characteristic	June 2014	June 2015	June 2016	June 2017	June 2018	June 2019
Agriculture, Hunting and Forestry; Fishing	51%	55%	48%	45%	47%	49%
Health and Social work	29%	38%	35%	37%	34%	41%
Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repairs	20%	26%	34%	27%	33%	30%
Hotels and Restaurants	18%	28%	28%	26%	27%	27%
Manufacturing	27%	27%	27%	25%	25%	24%
Construction	12%	18%	15%	16%	16%	21%
Real Estate, Renting and Business Activities	17%	22%	20%	20%	18%	20%
Transport, Storage and Communication	12%	16%	13%	11%	17%	18%
Other Community, Social and Personal Service Activities	20%	24%	22%	18%	20%	17%

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Release date

September 2019

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2014 to 2019

Special properties

SME**

Method of interview

Face-to-face interviews, telephone interviews

Supplementary notes

* 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 organisation
Turnover of less than £25m

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