08/11/2016 - Scotland’s Chief Statistician today released
Businesses in Scotland 2016.
The main findings are:
There were 350,410 private sector businesses operating in
Scotland as at March 2016 - a decrease of 3.0 per cent since March 2015.
The decrease over the latest year is as a result of a fall
in the number of unregistered businesses, the smallest sole traders and
partnerships that are not registered for VAT/PAYE. Unregistered businesses are
down by 7.6 per cent from 191,010 in 2015 to 176,420 in 2016.
However, the number of registered businesses has increased
by 2.1 per cent from 170,335 in 2015 to 173,995 in 2016. The number of
registered businesses in Scotland is at its highest level in the series back to
2000.
As at March 2016, there were 348,045 Small and Medium-sized
Enterprises operating in Scotland, providing an estimated 1.2 million jobs.
SMEs accounted for 99.3 per cent of all private sector enterprises and
accounted for 54.6 per cent of private sector employment and 40.5 per cent of
private sector turnover.
The figures released today were produced in accordance with
professional standards set out in the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.
Background
Unregistered enterprises are micro businesses which consist
of only a sole trader or partners.
Unregistered enterprises do not employ
others and have an annual turnover below the VAT threshold (£82,000 as at March
2016).
The estimates include businesses that operate in Scotland
irrespective of whether their main UK base is in Scotland or elsewhere.
Businesses are classified by employee size bands based on the number of their
total UK employees.
The full statistical publication is available at
This publication contains statistics on the number of
enterprises (businesses) operating in Scotland. Statistics are provided by
industry, business size, local authority area, urban/rural area and country of
ownership.
Further information on Business and Enterprise statistics
within Scotland can be accessed at: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Business
Source: Scottish
Government
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