• Self employment in the UK 2020

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There were 4.56 million self-employed people in the United Kingdom as of August 2020, compared with over 5 million at the start of 2020. While self-employment in the UK had been growing steadily throughout most of this time period, the Coronavirus pandemic looks to have reduced self-employment to levels not seen since the middle of 2015.

Number of self-employed workers in the United Kingdom from April 1992 to August 2020 (in 1,000s)

	Number of self-employed (in 1,000s)
Apr 92	3,451
May 92	3,487
Jun 92	3,469
Jul 92	3,445
Aug 92	3,411
Sep 92	3,409
Oct 92	3,391
Nov 92	3,386
Dec 92	3,368
Jan 93	3,388
Feb 93	3,380
Mar 93	3,397
Apr 93	3,412
May 93	3,407
Jun 93	3,387
Jul 93	3,403
Aug 93	3,395
Sep 93	3,402
Oct 93	3,431
Nov 93	3,435
Dec 93	3,450
Jan 94	3,470
Feb 94	3,480
Mar 94	3,496
Apr 94	3,496
May 94	3,485
Jun 94	3,496
Jul 94	3,502
Aug 94	3,550
Sep 94	3,535
Oct 94	3,550
Nov 94	3,551
Dec 94	3,555
Jan 95	3,564
Feb 95	3,574
Mar 95	3,560
Apr 95	3,562
May 95	3,559
Jun 95	3,540
Jul 95	3,532
Aug 95	3,541
Sep 95	3,546
Oct 95	3,526
Nov 95	3,523
Dec 95	3,498
Jan 96	3,477
Feb 96	3,490
Mar 96	3,493
Apr 96	3,472
May 96	3,496
Jun 96	3,499
Jul 96	3,537
Aug 96	3,523
Sep 96	3,527
Oct 96	3,521
Nov 96	3,516
Dec 96	3,504
Jan 97	3,474
Feb 97	3,481
Mar 97	3,476
Apr 97	3,472
May 97	3,461
Jun 97	3,461
Jul 97	3,453
Aug 97	3,447
Sep 97	3,449
Oct 97	3,435
Nov 97	3,416
Dec 97	3,412
Jan 98	3,428
Feb 98	3,407
Mar 98	3,403
Apr 98	3,378
May 98	3,359
Jun 98	3,327
Jul 98	3,288
Aug 98	3,296
Sep 98	3,305
Oct 98	3,314
Nov 98	3,321
Dec 98	3,328
Jan 99	3,321
Feb 99	3,305
Mar 99	3,300
Apr 99	3,303
May 99	3,323
Jun 99	3,323
Jul 99	3,329
Aug 99	3,306
Sep 99	3,273
Oct 99	3,290
Nov 99	3,286
Dec 99	3,274
Jan 00	3,272
Feb 00	3,275
Mar 00	3,275
Apr 00	3,255
May 00	3,253
Jun 00	3,285
Jul 00	3,262
Aug 00	3,260
Sep 00	3,255
Oct 00	3,253
Nov 00	3,230
Dec 00	3,256
Jan 01	3,275
Feb 01	3,276
Mar 01	3,287
Apr 01	3,280
May 01	3,278
Jun 01	3,284
Jul 01	3,302
Aug 01	3,317
Sep 01	3,305
Oct 01	3,305
Nov 01	3,306
Dec 01	3,300
Jan 02	3,295
Feb 02	3,317
Mar 02	3,300
Apr 02	3,338
May 02	3,335
Jun 02	3,351
Jul 02	3,366
Aug 02	3,358
Sep 02	3,368
Oct 02	3,338
Nov 02	3,344
Dec 02	3,383
Jan 03	3,405
Feb 03	3,426
Mar 03	3,481
Apr 03	3,531
May 03	3,555
Jun 03	3,570
Jul 03	3,614
Aug 03	3,651
Sep 03	3,659
Oct 03	3,638
Nov 03	3,641
Dec 03	3,634
Jan 04	3,625
Feb 04	3,616
Mar 04	3,625
Apr 04	3,624
May 04	3,670
Jun 04	3,639
Jul 04	3,631
Aug 04	3,586
Sep 04	3,621
Oct 04	3,630
Nov 04	3,622
Dec 04	3,603
Jan 05	3,619
Feb 05	3,608
Mar 05	3,609
Apr 05	3,637
May 05	3,617
Jun 05	3,626
Jul 05	3,638
Aug 05	3,666
Sep 05	3,646
Oct 05	3,680
Nov 05	3,683
Dec 05	3,692
Jan 06	3,714
Feb 06	3,724
Mar 06	3,738
Apr 06	3,703
May 06	3,711
Jun 06	3,726
Jul 06	3,749
Aug 06	3,771
Sep 06	3,795
Oct 06	3,788
Nov 06	3,789
Dec 06	3,809
Jan 07	3,816
Feb 07	3,821
Mar 07	3,821
Apr 07	3,801
May 07	3,803
Jun 07	3,811
Jul 07	3,830
Aug 07	3,832
Sep 07	3,841
Oct 07	3,843
Nov 07	3,834
Dec 07	3,847
Jan 08	3,892
Feb 08	3,878
Mar 08	3,851
Apr 08	3,856
May 08	3,859
Jun 08	3,854
Jul 08	3,826
Aug 08	3,818
Sep 08	3,794
Oct 08	3,830
Nov 08	3,828
Dec 08	3,845
Jan 09	3,826
Feb 09	3,844
Mar 09	3,860
Apr 09	3,856
May 09	3,843
Jun 09	3,858
Jul 09	3,894
Aug 09	3,881
Sep 09	3,881
Oct 09	3,896
Nov 09	3,912
Dec 09	3,906
Jan 10	3,909
Feb 10	3,954
Mar 10	3,973
Apr 10	3,959
May 10	3,949
Jun 10	3,989
Jul 10	3,993
Aug 10	4,046
Sep 10	3,980
Oct 10	4,003
Nov 10	4,009
Dec 10	4,025
Jan 11	4,026
Feb 11	3,983
Mar 11	4,009
Apr 11	4,022
May 11	4,008
Jun 11	4,001
Jul 11	4,049
Aug 11	4,121
Sep 11	4,154
Oct 11	4,150
Nov 11	4,118
Dec 11	4,127
Jan 12	4,156
Feb 12	4,186
Mar 12	4,195
Apr 12	4,185
May 12	4,222
Jun 12	4,252
Jul 12	4,232
Aug 12	4,232
Sep 12	4,224
Oct 12	4,236
Nov 12	4,258
Dec 12	4,206
Jan 13	4,222
Feb 13	4,185
Mar 13	4,219
Apr 13	4,185
May 13	4,196
Jun 13	4,204
Jul 13	4,243
Aug 13	4,244
Sep 13	4,297
Oct 13	4,409
Nov 13	4,424
Dec 13	4,501
Jan 14	4,538
Feb 14	4,579
Mar 14	4,574
Apr 14	4,599
May 14	4,606
Jun 14	4,568
Jul 14	4,527
Aug 14	4,530
Sep 14	4,543
Oct 14	4,539
Nov 14	4,516
Dec 14	4,542
Jan 15	4,550
Feb 15	4,525
Mar 15	4,495
Apr 15	4,473
May 15	4,518
Jun 15	4,530
Jul 15	4,513
Aug 15	4,576
Sep 15	4,631
Oct 15	4,653
Nov 15	4,680
Dec 15	4,662
Jan 16	4,688
Feb 16	4,714
Mar 16	4,706
Apr 16	4,778
May 16	4,785
Jun 16	4,754
Jul 16	4,786
Aug 16	4,787
Sep 16	4,762
Oct 16	4,782
Nov 16	4,803
Dec 16	4,808
Jan 17	4,802
Feb 17	4,798
Mar 17	4,808
Apr 17	4,795
May 17	4,807
Jun 17	4,840
Jul 17	4,853
Aug 17	4,810
Sep 17	4,807
Oct 17	4,770
Nov 17	4,776
Dec 17	4,773
Jan 18	4,756
Feb 18	4,751
Mar 18	4,812
Apr 18	4,788
May 18	4,771
Jun 18	4,802
Jul 18	4,768
Aug 18	4,760
Sep 18	4,778
Oct 18	4,856
Nov 18	4,840
Dec 18	4,839
Jan 19	4,833
Feb 19	4,930
Mar 19	4,913
Apr 19	4,955
May 19	4,959
Jun 19	4,928
Jul 19	4,930
Aug 19	4,955
Sep 19	4,960
Oct 19	5,001
Nov 19	5,027
Dec 19	5,033
Jan 20	5,028
Feb 20	4,948
Mar 20	4,865
Apr 20	4,796
May 20	4,700
Jun 20	4,679
Jul 20	4,556
Aug 20	4,526

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November 2020

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April 1992 to August 2020

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