Official Statistics

Rural business statistics

Number and type of businesses in rural and urban areas.

Published 31 January 2013
Last updated 27 August 2020 — see all updates

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

• Applies to: England

Documents

Rural businesses

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Details

Changes in the numbers and types of businesses in rural and urban areas.

Metadata

Indicators:

• business composition
• businesses by industry type and size band
• employment by industry type
• small and medium businesses
• business count
• business start ups

Data source: Office for National Statistics: VAT registrations and de-registrations; business demography; and Inter Departmental Business Register (IDBR)

Coverage: England

Rural classification used: Office for National Statistics Rural Urban Classification

Next release date: tba

Additional information:

• Office for National Statistics Inter Departmental Business Register
• Business Demography
• Drivers of rural business employment growth, decline and stability research report 2015.

For further information please contact: rural.statistics@defra.gsi.gov.uk

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Published 31 January 2013
Last updated 27 August 2020 + show all updates

1. 27 August 2020

   Published today, latest statistics on businesses in rural areas.

2. 29 August 2019

   Published today, latest statistics on small and medium business enterprises in rural areas.

3. 25 April 2019

   Published today, latest rural statistics on businesses.

4. 22 February 2018

   Published today, latest analysis on rural businesses.

5. 31 August 2017

   Published today, new analysis on small and medium businesses in rural areas.

6. 9 March 2017

   Published today, latest available statistics on rural businesses.

7. 21 July 2016

   We’ve changed how we’ve organised rural statistics and updated the content following Lord Cameron’s review of rural proofing.

8. 31 March 2016

   Updated Rural Businesses document.

9. 29 January 2015

   Updated rural business figures now published.

10. 30 January 2014

    Latest statistics on rural businesses published today.

11. 8 May 2013

    2011/12 Enterprise composition and business breakdown by rural urban definition.

12. 31 January 2013

    First published.