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Official Statistics
Rural business statistics
- From:
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Part of:
- Rural economy - statistical indicators and Rural economy and community
- Published:
- 31 January 2013
- Last updated:
- 9 March 2017, see all updates
- Applies to:
- England
Number and type of businesses in rural and urban areas.
Documents
Rural businesses
PDF, 1.62MB, 18 pages
Details
Changes in the numbers and types of businesses in rural and urban areas.
Metadata
Indicators:
- business count
- business start ups
- business composition
- businesses by industry type and size band
- employment by industry type
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: Early 2018
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
Defra Helpline: 03459 33 55 77 (Monday to Friday: 8am to 6pm)
Document information
Published: 31 January 2013
Updated: 9 March 2017
- Published today, latest available statistics on rural businesses.
- We’ve changed how we’ve organised rural statistics and updated the content following Lord Cameron’s review of rural proofing.
- Updated Rural Businesses document.
- Updated rural business figures now published.
- Latest statistics on rural businesses published today.
- 2011/12 Enterprise composition and business breakdown by rural urban definition.
- First published.