Business foundations of startups in the United Kingdom (UK) 2016
This statistic shows the results of a 2016 survey which asked respondents in the United Kingdom (UK) how their startups were initially founded. Of respondents, 65.6 percent advised that their startup began as an independent venture, the majority in this statistic. There is also a noticeable minority of startups that began as spin-offs from existing companies; 12.5 percent in total.
