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The estimate includes businesses with 0 to 249 employees, including unregistered non-employing businesses. It is an official statistic in development and is the latest Business Population Estimates release available when verified.
The underlying estimate is £2.828662 trillion. Turnover excludes financial and insurance activities because comparable turnover data are unavailable for that sector.
The underlying estimate is 16.882 million jobs across businesses with 0 to 249 employees. Employment includes working proprietors as defined in the Business Population Estimates methodology.
Government-commissioned research combined a business survey, econometric analysis and a quantification exercise. The estimate describes economy-wide cost and should not be read as a direct loss experienced equally by every SME.
This statistic covers VAT- and/or PAYE-registered enterprises. It should not be interpreted as covering every unregistered sole trader or microbusiness.
Among businesses reporting recruitment difficulties, 50% cited a lack of qualified applicants and 33% cited a low number of applications. The survey group includes small, medium and large employers and is not limited to SMEs.
These are short-term expectations reported in wave 164 of the voluntary Business Insights and Conditions Survey, which ran from 7 to 20 September 2026. Expectations can change quickly and should be read as a current pulse rather than a forecast.
This is a reported association from the Business Data Use and Productivity Study, not proof that data analysis alone caused the difference. The survey was conducted between late 2024 and early 2025.
The survey defined AI broadly, including generative AI, machine learning and computer vision. The percentage is among businesses handling digitised data, not all small businesses, and reported adoption varies with definitions and survey design.
The estimate covers registered businesses and uses survey-based sources with an adjustment for sectors not covered directly. Unregistered businesses below VAT and PAYE thresholds are excluded. The release is labelled official statistics in development.
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