P2P business loans borrowers by sector 2011-2013 statistic

This statistic shows the distribution of peer-to-peer (P2P) business loans borrowed in the United Kingdom (UK) alternative finance market between 2011 and 2013, by industrial sector. In that time, manufacturing lead the way with 23 percent of all P2P business loans.

Share of peer-to-peer (P2P) business loan borrowers in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2011 and 2013, by industrial sector

Characteristic	Share of all P2P loans
Manufacturing	23%
Professional & business services	14%
Retail	14%
Construction	11%
Information & communication	9%
Leisure & hospitality	9%
Healthcare	7%
Wholesale	7%
Finance	4%
Transportation	3%

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Release date

November 2014

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

March to September 2014

Special properties

primary industry figures as well as extensive surveys of businesses and consumers

Supplementary notes

The source adds the following information: "Four stages of research activity were carried out from March to September 2014. (1) Stage one involved collecting primary transactional data directly from alternative finance platforms. (2) Stage two consisted of designing and distributing model-specific questionnaires to survey funders and fundraisers of alternative finance. In total 15,658 users were surveyed. (3) Stage three conducted in association with ACCA and PwC included two external national surveys to understand the level of awareness among consumers of alternative finance. 2,007 consumers and 506 SMEs were surveyed. (4) Stage four was the industry-wide tracking survey among UK crowdfunding associations and P2P associations to gather industrial figures for year 2014. Transactional data was collected for quarters one to three of 2014."

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