Number of people employed in the private sector in the UK 2023, by business size

Published by D. Clark, Oct 11, 2023
In 2023, large businesses in the United Kingdom employed just over nine 9.3 million people, around a third of the private sector workforce in this year.

Number of people employed in private sector businesses in the United Kingdom in 2023, by employment size (in 1,000s)

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Release date

October 2023

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2023

Supplementary notes

Businesses with no employees can either be 'registered' for VAT or PAYE or are 'unregistered'
This statistic is using original data from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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