DCMS Sectors Economic Estimates 2022: Business Demographics
National Statistics providing an estimate of the contribution of DCMS Sectors to the UK economy, measured by the number and characteristics of businesses.
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These Economic Estimates are National Statistics providing an estimate of the contribution of DCMS Sectors to the UK economy, measured by the number of businesses.
We have experimented with using a different, more timely data source to calculate this year’s Business Demographics statistics. As a result, they are not comparable with earlier DCMS Sector Business Demographics publications. More information is provided in these published documents and in the “Call for Feedback” section below.
Content
These statistics cover the contributions of the following DCMS sectors to the UK economy;
- Creative Industries
- Cultural Sector
- Digital Sector
- Gambling
- Sport
- Telecoms
- Tourism (defined in this release as the Tourism Industries)
Users should note that there is overlap between DCMS Sector definitions and that the Telecoms sector sits wholly within the Digital sector. Estimates are not available for the Civil Society sector, because they are not identifiable in the data source used for this release.
The release also includes estimates for the Audio Visual sector, which is not a DCMS Sector but is “adjacent” to it and includes some industries also common to DCMS Sectors.
A definition for each sector is available in the published data tables.
Released
These statistics were first published on 8 December 2022
Call for Feedback
In this publication we have experimented with using a snapshot of the Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR) to generate estimates of DCMS Business Demographics, rather than the Annual Business Survey (ABS) as in previous releases. This has the advantage of being more timely, and commits to most tables included in previous Business Demographics publications. We have used the March 2019, March 2020, March 2021 and March 2022 snapshots from the ONS UK business: activity, size and location release rather than raw data from the IDBR.
We are looking for feedback on this approach. We particularly welcome views on:
- Continuing with this approach using the more timely IDBR data source.
- Returning to the previous approach using the ABS as a data source.
- Experimenting with a ‘mixed approach’ where estimates would be produced using the IDBR snapshot, supplemented with further data from the ABS to produce additional tables.
Please contact evidence@dcms.gov.uk before Thursday 9th February 2023 with any feedback.
Hard copy feedback can be sent to:
DCMS Economic Estimates Team
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
4th Floor - area 4/34
100 Parliament Street
London
SW1A 2BQ
The UK Statistics Authority
This release is published in accordance with the Code of Practice for Statistics (2018) produced by the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA). The UKSA has the overall objective of promoting and safeguarding the production and publication of official statistics that serve the public good. It monitors and reports on all official statistics, and promotes good practice in this area.
Pre-release access
The accompanying pre-release access document lists ministers and officials who have received privileged early access to this release. In line with best practice, the list has been kept to a minimum and those given access for briefing purposes had a maximum of 24 hours.
Contact
Responsible analyst: Eri Hutchinson
For any queries or feedback, please contact evidence@dcms.gov.uk.
Last updated 16 November 2023 + show all updates
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The report incorrectly stated that these estimates were rounded to the nearest thousand. They are rounded to the nearest five, and the wording has been corrected to reflect this.
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The Technical and Quality Assurance Report has been added.
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First published.