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DBT national survey of registered businesses’ exporting behaviours, attitudes and needs 2025

Insights into UK companies’ exporting behaviour and attitudes towards exporting, including perceptions around trade barriers, drawn from fieldwork completed across 2025.

• From: Department for Business and Trade and Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
• Published: 19 August 2026

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DBT national survey of registered businesses’ exporting behaviours, attitudes and needs 2025: executive summary

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DBT national survey of registered businesses’ exporting behaviours, attitudes and needs 2025

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DBT national survey of registered businesses’ exporting behaviours, attitudes and needs 2025: technical report

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DBT national survey of registered businesses’ exporting behaviours, attitudes and needs 2025: data from the £500,000 per annum and over turnover sample

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DBT national survey of registered businesses’ exporting behaviours, attitudes and needs 2025: data from the total UK registered business population sample

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The National Survey of Registered Businesses (NSRB) gathers self-reported data from UK businesses.

It: 

• measures exporting behaviours, plans, and attitudes 
• provides insights into perceptions around barriers to exporting 
• informs the design of marketing campaigns such as ‘Made in the UK, Sold to the World’ 

The NSRB is an annual survey and the 10th wave of the research took place across 2025. The questionnaire is revised each year to reflect departmental priorities. We track some measures consistently which helps us to look at trends over time. 

This publication consists of: 

• an analytical report, focusing on business respondents with an annual turnover of £500,000 or more 
• a technical report, covering background and methodology information 
• two spreadsheets of aggregated survey responses – business respondents with an annual turnover of £500,000 or more and all business respondents

Published 19 August 2026