• Self employment in the UK 2020, by age group

There were estimated to be over 1.3 million self-employed people aged between 45 and 54 in the United Kingdom in the twelve months leading up to the end of June 2020, the most numerous self-employed age group in that period.

Number of self-employed workers in the United Kingdom from 1st quarter 2005 to 2nd quarter 2020, by age group

	16-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Q1 2005	152,700	593,900	1,014,400	916,200	742,200	203,000
Q2 2005	155,400	589,000	1,016,100	920,600	758,800	198,100
Q3 2005	153,700	594,200	1,027,400	929,400	760,400	197,300
Q4 2005	151,700	589,600	1,046,500	933,700	760,900	194,800
Q1 2006	155,500	587,900	1,049,500	941,900	764,200	202,700
Q2 2006	154,800	588,700	1,051,900	947,700	769,500	203,100
Q3 2006	159,900	582,200	1,052,900	948,300	786,900	216,900
Q4 2006	167,200	598,700	1,041,400	953,900	782,300	218,900
Q1 2007	166,800	603,900	1,043,300	969,100	784,700	218,600
Q2 2007	166,300	616,200	1,047,300	963,200	786,200	225,000
Q3 2007	158,700	610,500	1,061,300	972,800	777,700	221,300
Q4 2007	163,500	610,100	1,068,700	970,800	786,000	225,200
Q1 2008	158,100	617,900	1,067,000	993,700	795,100	229,300
Q2 2008	159,100	619,900	1,070,700	996,300	782,000	229,200
Q3 2008	155,300	617,500	1,060,500	992,800	780,900	225,400
Q4 2008	143,700	610,200	1,050,900	982,500	778,100	234,100
Q1 2009	148,200	600,600	1,051,900	973,700	773,500	229,600
Q2 2009	147,600	593,300	1,039,600	981,800	776,700	234,100
Q3 2009	151,300	597,900	1,034,700	999,000	779,700	241,000
Q4 2009	151,200	601,800	1,046,000	1,007,300	784,000	249,600
Q1 2010	148,800	599,900	1,046,200	1,034,200	785,500	258,500
Q2 2010	144,000	600,400	1,041,300	1,042,200	789,700	270,400
Q3 2010	145,300	610,700	1,024,400	1,065,300	802,800	278,800
Q4 2010	148,800	600,300	1,011,400	1,088,500	814,400	290,900
Q1 2011	152,600	607,600	996,000	1,076,600	812,500	300,400
Q2 2011	158,300	617,300	992,000	1,084,800	817,700	309,100
Q3 2011	164,700	627,700	987,800	1,090,200	820,200	323,500
Q4 2011	169,400	642,000	997,700	1,094,700	827,300	327,600
Q1 2012	170,100	658,800	996,200	1,127,400	842,800	333,800
Q2 2012	173,900	670,300	1,008,000	1,145,800	853,900	339,200
Q3 2012	174,400	663,000	1,024,400	1,148,900	851,100	340,600
Q4 2012	165,500	671,600	1,032,300	1,149,500	842,200	353,100
Q1 2013	161,700	665,000	1,023,900	1,137,300	842,400	364,200
Q2 2013	158,300	673,600	1,016,400	1,153,800	841,300	371,900
Q3 2013	157,500	677,000	1,020,900	1,160,800	844,100	386,400
Q4 2013	172,400	689,900	1,010,800	1,188,000	852,700	385,800
Q1 2014	179,100	716,000	1,023,200	1,206,900	861,900	400,400
Q2 2014	175,200	725,600	1,020,100	1,223,700	869,000	417,500
Q3 2014	172,300	736,000	1,030,900	1,240,500	881,300	413,700
Q4 2014	170,600	734,700	1,026,800	1,244,700	899,100	422,700
Q1 2015	175,200	726,800	1,019,500	1,256,600	909,600	433,000
Q2 2015	188,400	727,000	1,025,700	1,251,600	919,200	438,000
Q3 2015	197,900	747,000	1,021,400	1,246,600	917,500	454,800
Q4 2015	187,800	752,900	1,029,100	1,246,100	917,300	469,300
Q1 2016	184,300	765,000	1,042,900	1,216,400	928,400	465,400
Q2 2016	186,500	766,100	1,052,700	1,253,800	956,200	468,500
Q3 2016	179,500	772,200	1,052,900	1,279,900	977,300	471,000
Q4 2016	180,600	772,200	1,070,500	1,314,300	996,400	464,000
Q1 2017	182,900	763,700	1,075,800	1,324,000	1,010,000	466,100
Q2 2017	180,800	785,100	1,100,400	1,315,700	989,000	473,500
Q3 2017	182,700	773,000	1,101,700	1,304,000	988,600	479,400
Q4 2017	188,300	790,200	1,093,000	1,296,900	990,900	481,500
Q1 2018	178,600	792,100	1,081,900	1,312,200	1,003,300	484,800
Q2 2018	175,900	777,500	1,065,700	1,307,200	1,015,300	485,300
Q3 2018	173,600	801,500	1,049,900	1,306,800	1,016,800	472,400
Q4 2018	175,700	793,600	1,058,100	1,306,800	1,020,700	485,400
Q1 2019	189,000	782,300	1,081,900	1,316,600	1,024,800	483,200
Q2 2019	187,200	771,400	1,067,600	1,308,300	1,065,700	484,500
Q3 2019	194,700	768,400	1,080,600	1,314,400	1,092,800	492,100
Q4 2019	200,600	785,700	1,084,100	1,316,600	1,103,200	479,900
Q1 2020	195,300	814,200	1,065,000	1,310,700	1,091,800	490,600
Q2 2020	192,400	808,800	1,055,900	1,301,500	1,094,900	462,300

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October 2020

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

Q1 2005 to Q2 2020

Age group

16 years and older

Supplementary notes

Data is for the 12 months leading up to the end of relevant quarter (Q2 2020 = July 2019 to June 2020)

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Number of self-employed workers in the UK 2005-2020, by age group

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