SMEs finance obtained in the United Kingdom 2022

In a survey conducted between November 2022 and April 2023, small and medium enterprise (SME) employers in the United Kingdom (UK) were asked what amount of external finance they obtained in the past 12 months. The largest share of SMEs (26 percent) stated that they obtained finance amounting to between 25 thousand British pounds and 100 thousand British pounds at that time. Only one percent of SMEs in the UK stated that they secured financing amounting to more than ten million British pounds in 2022.

Amount of finance obtained by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022

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Release date

August 2023

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

November 2022 to April 2023

Number of respondents

282**

Special properties

SMEs that obtained finance in the last 12 months

Method of interview

Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)

Supplementary notes

*Actual percentage here is a figure <0.5% for 2019, 2020 and 2022.

** Weighted basis. Unweighted basis: n= 726
Survey was conducted among small and medium businesses with employees. Three categories were distinguished, based on employees numbers: micro businesses (1 to 9 employees), small businesses (10 to 49 employees) and medium businesses (50 to 250 employees).

This statistic is using original data from the Government Digital Service and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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