UK city business data and market evidence
Frozen snapshots for selected UK local authority districts (LADs). Each profile shows registered-business counts, population, business density, year-on-year change and leading SIC sections with explicit data years. Guests can run a minimum public preview of other places. A free account keeps the complete labelled report.
Published profile comparison
Registered businesses relative to population
One comparable measure across the city profiles on this page. A longer bar means more registered businesses per 1,000 residents. It is not a measure of demand or investment quality.
- Birmingham32.1 per 1,000 · Nomis 2025 + ONS 2025 · local authority districtOpen profile
- Bristol36.4 per 1,000 · Nomis 2025 + ONS 2025 · local authority districtOpen profile
- Cardiff31 per 1,000 · Nomis 2025 + ONS 2025 · local authority districtOpen profile
- Edinburgh34.6 per 1,000 · Nomis 2025 + ONS 2025 · local authority districtOpen profile
- Glasgow30.4 per 1,000 · Nomis 2025 + ONS 2025 · local authority districtOpen profile
- Leeds34.9 per 1,000 · Nomis 2025 + ONS 2025 · local authority districtOpen profile
- Leicester34.8 per 1,000 · Nomis 2025 + ONS 2025 · local authority districtOpen profile
- Liverpool28.5 per 1,000 · Nomis 2025 + ONS 2025 · local authority districtOpen profile
- Manchester40.3 per 1,000 · Nomis 2025 + ONS 2025 · local authority districtOpen profile
- Newcastle upon Tyne27.7 per 1,000 · Nomis 2025 + ONS 2025 · local authority districtOpen profile
- Nottingham29.4 per 1,000 · Nomis 2025 + ONS 2025 · local authority districtOpen profile
- Sheffield28.9 per 1,000 · Nomis 2025 + ONS 2025 · local authority districtOpen profile
Profiles are shown alphabetically. The comparison is not a recommendation or a ranking of where to invest.
Manchester
- Registered businesses
- 23,715
- Population
- 588,256
Largest sector by count: Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles
Leeds
- Registered businesses
- 29,340
- Population
- 840,550
Largest sector by count: Professional, scientific and technical activities
Bristol
- Registered businesses
- 18,005
- Population
- 495,260
Largest sector by count: Professional, scientific and technical activities
Birmingham
- Registered businesses
- 37,810
- Population
- 1,176,960
Largest sector by count: Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles
Glasgow
- Registered businesses
- 19,860
- Population
- 654,330
Largest sector by count: Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles
Liverpool
- Registered businesses
- 14,475
- Population
- 507,915
Largest sector by count: Professional, scientific and technical activities
Sheffield
- Registered businesses
- 16,755
- Population
- 579,517
Largest sector by count: Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles
Newcastle upon Tyne
- Registered businesses
- 8,885
- Population
- 320,838
Largest sector by count: Professional, scientific and technical activities
Cardiff
- Registered businesses
- 11,825
- Population
- 381,516
Largest sector by count: Professional, scientific and technical activities
Edinburgh
- Registered businesses
- 18,390
- Population
- 531,370
Largest sector by count: Professional, scientific and technical activities
Nottingham
- Registered businesses
- 9,580
- Population
- 325,765
Largest sector by count: Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles
Leicester
- Registered businesses
- 13,315
- Population
- 383,116
Largest sector by count: Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles
How we build these profiles · Data sources · How charts work