United Kingdom (UK): manufacture of rubber & plastic products enterprises 2018

The number of enterprises in the rubber and plastic products manufacturing industry in the United Kingdom decreased by 186 enterprises in 2018 in comparison to the previous year. This marks the lowest number of enterprises in this industry during the observed period. The recent development could be explained by the fact that Eurostat reports a break in time series for 2016.

According to Eurostat, this includes all companies that were active during at least a part of the reference period.
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Number of enterprises manufacturing rubber and plastic products in the United Kingdom from 2008 to 2018

Characteristic	Number of enterprises
2018	5,660
2017	5,846
2016b	5,779
2015	5,821
2014	5,715
2013	5,699
2012	5,697
2011	5,810
2010	5,995
2009	6,265
2008	6,640

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Release date

February 2022

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2008 to 2018

Supplementary notes

b: Break in time series.
Provisional data.
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 C22 of NACE Rev. 2.

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