Business Counts Data

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Description

This dataset shows business locations (establishments) by area, industry, and number of employees by size band. Data is available for the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland).

Questions answered by this dataset

How many mining establishments are there in Wales, and how many employees do they have?
How quickly is the number of small businesses in Bristol growing?

Metrics

LT: Total number of establishments for the industry-area-year combination selected.
L0: Number of establishments with 1-4 employees for the industry-area-year combination selected.
L5: Number of establishments with 5-9 employees for the industry-area-year combination selected.
L10: Number of establishments with 10-19 employees for the industry-area-year combination selected.
L20: Number of establishments with 20-49 employees for the industry-area-year combination selected.
L50: Number of establishments with 50-99 employees for the industry-area-year combination selected.
L100: Number of establishments with 100-249 employees for the industry-area-year combination selected.
L250: Number of establishments with 250-499 employees for the industry-area-year combination selected.
L500: Number of establishments with 500-999 employees for the industry-area-year combination selected.
L1000: Number of establishments with 1000 or more employees for the industry-area-year combination selected.

Filters

Area (Nation, Country, NUTS1, NUTS3, and LAU1)
Industry (1 to 5-digit SIC)
Year

Core LMI Metadata

This dataset is offered via the Core LMI API. The metadata for this Core LMI API dataset is below.

Attribute	Description
Dataset ID	`EMSI.uk.BusinessCounts.LocalUnits`
Dataset URL	`https://agnitio.emsicloud.com/meta/dataset/EMSI.uk.BusinessCounts.LocalUnits/{version}`

Area Aggregation Path

The area aggregation path refers to the hierarchy that shows how data is aggregated, starting from the lowest-level geography and progressing to the highest-level geography.

The levels in the aggregation path include:

		Aggregation Path
		1	2	3	4
Level	1	Nation	Metropolitan US	Nation	Metropolitan US
	2	State	MSA	State	MSA
	3	County	County	County	County
	4	Zip Code	Zip Code	Census Tract	Census Tract

Datasets with lower granularity aggregates only up to Level 1

Versions

http://agnitio.emsicloud.com/meta/dataset/EMSI.uk.BusinessCounts.LocalUnits/2025.1

Metrics

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{
  "name": "LT.2011"
},
{
  "name": "LT.2012"
},
{
  "name": "LT.2013"
},
{
  "name": "LT.2014"
},
{
  "name": "LT.2015"
},
{
  "name": "LT.2016"
},
{
  "name": "LT.2017"
},
{
  "name": "LT.2018"
},
{
  "name": "LT.2019"
},
{
  "name": "LT.2020"
},
{
  "name": "LT.2021"
},
{
  "name": "LT.2022"
},
{
  "name": "LT.2023"
},
{
  "name": "LT.2024"
},
{
  "name": "L0.2011"
},
{
  "name": "L0.2012"
},
{
  "name": "L0.2013"
},
{
  "name": "L0.2014"
},
{
  "name": "L0.2015"
},
{
  "name": "L0.2016"
},
{
  "name": "L0.2017"
},
{
  "name": "L0.2018"
},
{
  "name": "L0.2019"
},
{
  "name": "L0.2020"
},
{
  "name": "L0.2021"
},
{
  "name": "L0.2022"
},
{
  "name": "L0.2023"
},
{
  "name": "L0.2024"
},
{
  "name": "L5.2011"
},
{
  "name": "L5.2012"
},
{
  "name": "L5.2013"
},
{
  "name": "L5.2014"
},
{
  "name": "L5.2015"
},
{
  "name": "L5.2016"
},
{
  "name": "L5.2017"
},
{
  "name": "L5.2018"
},
{
  "name": "L5.2019"
},
{
  "name": "L5.2020"
},
{
  "name": "L5.2021"
},
{
  "name": "L5.2022"
},
{
  "name": "L5.2023"
},
{
  "name": "L5.2024"
},
{
  "name": "L10.2011"
},
{
  "name": "L10.2012"
},
{
  "name": "L10.2013"
},
{
  "name": "L10.2014"
},
{
  "name": "L10.2015"
},
{
  "name": "L10.2016"
},
{
  "name": "L10.2017"
},
{
  "name": "L10.2018"
},
{
  "name": "L10.2019"
},
{
  "name": "L10.2020"
},
{
  "name": "L10.2021"
},
{
  "name": "L10.2022"
},
{
  "name": "L10.2023"
},
{
  "name": "L10.2024"
},
{
  "name": "L20.2011"
},
{
  "name": "L20.2012"
},
{
  "name": "L20.2013"
},
{
  "name": "L20.2014"
},
{
  "name": "L20.2015"
},
{
  "name": "L20.2016"
},
{
  "name": "L20.2017"
},
{
  "name": "L20.2018"
},
{
  "name": "L20.2019"
},
{
  "name": "L20.2020"
},
{
  "name": "L20.2021"
},
{
  "name": "L20.2022"
},
{
  "name": "L20.2023"
},
{
  "name": "L20.2024"
},
{
  "name": "L50.2011"
},
{
  "name": "L50.2012"
},
{
  "name": "L50.2013"
},
{
  "name": "L50.2014"
},
{
  "name": "L50.2015"
},
{
  "name": "L50.2016"
},
{
  "name": "L50.2017"
},
{
  "name": "L50.2018"
},
{
  "name": "L50.2019"
},
{
  "name": "L50.2020"
},
{
  "name": "L50.2021"
},
{
  "name": "L50.2022"
},
{
  "name": "L50.2023"
},
{
  "name": "L50.2024"
},
{
  "name": "L100.2011"
},
{
  "name": "L100.2012"
},
{
  "name": "L100.2013"
},
{
  "name": "L100.2014"
},
{
  "name": "L100.2015"
},
{
  "name": "L100.2016"
},
{
  "name": "L100.2017"
},
{
  "name": "L100.2018"
},
{
  "name": "L100.2019"
},
{
  "name": "L100.2020"
},
{
  "name": "L100.2021"
},
{
  "name": "L100.2022"
},
{
  "name": "L100.2023"
},
{
  "name": "L100.2024"
},
{
  "name": "L250.2011"
},
{
  "name": "L250.2012"
},
{
  "name": "L250.2013"
},
{
  "name": "L250.2014"
},
{
  "name": "L250.2015"
},
{
  "name": "L250.2016"
},
{
  "name": "L250.2017"
},
{
  "name": "L250.2018"
},
{
  "name": "L250.2019"
},
{
  "name": "L250.2020"
},
{
  "name": "L250.2021"
},
{
  "name": "L250.2022"
},
{
  "name": "L250.2023"
},
{
  "name": "L250.2024"
},
{
  "name": "L500.2011"
},
{
  "name": "L500.2012"
},
{
  "name": "L500.2013"
},
{
  "name": "L500.2014"
},
{
  "name": "L500.2015"
},
{
  "name": "L500.2016"
},
{
  "name": "L500.2017"
},
{
  "name": "L500.2018"
},
{
  "name": "L500.2019"
},
{
  "name": "L500.2020"
},
{
  "name": "L500.2021"
},
{
  "name": "L500.2022"
},
{
  "name": "L500.2023"
},
{
  "name": "L500.2024"
},
{
  "name": "L1000.2011"
},
{
  "name": "L1000.2012"
},
{
  "name": "L1000.2013"
},
{
  "name": "L1000.2014"
},
{
  "name": "L1000.2015"
},
{
  "name": "L1000.2016"
},
{
  "name": "L1000.2017"
},
{
  "name": "L1000.2018"
},
{
  "name": "L1000.2019"
},
{
  "name": "L1000.2020"
},
{
  "name": "L1000.2021"
},
{
  "name": "L1000.2022"
},
{
  "name": "L1000.2023"
},
{
  "name": "L1000.2024"
}
]

Dimensions

[
{
  "name": "Area",
  "levelsStored": [
     "0",
     "1",
     "2",
     "3",
     "4"
  ]
},
{
  "name": "Industry",
  "levelsStored": [
     "0",
     "1",
     "2",
     "3",
     "4",
     "5"
  ]
}
]

Attributes

{
"minYearInclusive": "2011",
"name": "BusinessCounts.LocalUnits",
"type": "dataset",
"path": "BusinessCounts.LocalUnits",
"maxYearInclusive": "2024",
"currentYear": "2024",
"countryCode": "uk",
"datarun": "2025.1",
"description": "# Description\n                                                         \nThis dataset shows business locations (establishments) by area, industry, and number of employees by size band. Data is available for the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland).\n\n# Questions answered by this dataset \n\n* How many mining establishments are there in Wales, and how many employees do they have?\n* How quickly is the number of small businesses in Bristol growing?\n\n# Metrics\n\n* LT: Total number of establishments for the industry-area-year combination selected.\n* L0: Number of establishments with 1-4 employees for the industry-area-year combination selected.\n* L5: Number of establishments with 5-9 employees for the industry-area-year combination selected.\n* L10: Number of establishments with 10-19 employees for the industry-area-year combination selected.\n* L20: Number of establishments with 20-49 employees for the industry-area-year combination selected.\n* L50: Number of establishments with 50-99 employees for the industry-area-year combination selected.\n* L100: Number of establishments with 100-249 employees for the industry-area-year combination selected.\n* L250: Number of establishments with 250-499 employees for the industry-area-year combination selected.\n* L500: Number of establishments with 500-999 employees for the industry-area-year combination selected.\n* L1000: Number of establishments with 1000 or more employees for the industry-area-year combination selected.\n\n# Filters\n\n* Area (Nation, Country, NUTS1, NUTS3, and LAU1)\n* Industry (1 to 5-digit SIC)\n* Year\n",
"displayName": "UK Business Counts",
"releaseDate": "2025-02-24 17:57:36.1905277Z"
}