Manufacture of basic metals: enterprises 2009-2018

The number of enterprises in the basic metals manufacturing industry in the United Kingdom increased by 29 enterprises (+1.65 percent) in 2018 in comparison to the previous year. In total, the number of enterprises amounted to 1,787 enterprises in 2018.
In accordance with EU REGULATION (EC) No 250/2009 only companies are included here which were active during at least a part of the reference period. It also includes local units (branches) which do not constitute a separate legal entity and which are dependent on foreign enterprises.

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Number of enterprises in the manufacture of basic metals industry in the United Kingdom from 2009 to 2018

Characteristic	Number of enterprises
2018	1,787
2017	1,758
2016b	1,963
2015	1,851
2014	1,595
2013	1,483
2012	1,401
2011	1,406
2010	1,455
2009	1,506

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Release date

March 2023

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

2009 to 2018

Supplementary notes

b: Break in time series.
Structural business statistics (SBS) describes the structure, conduct and performance of economic activities, down to the most detailed activity level (several hundred economic sectors).
Number of enterprises: a count of the number of enterprises active during at least a part of the reference period.
Data coverage corresponds to Section C24 of NACE Rev. 2.

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