Official Statistics

Small Business Survey 2024: businesses with employees

Findings of the Small Business Survey 2024 on the performance of small and medium-sized businesses with employees.

• From: Department for Business and Trade
• Published: 25 September 2025

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Longitudinal Small Business Survey 2024: SME employers (businesses with 1 to 249 employees)

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Longitudinal Small Business Survey 2024: SME Employers - data

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Longitudinal Small Business Survey 2024: SME Employers – data – Cohort A

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Longitudinal Small Business Survey 2024: SME Employers – data – Cohort B

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Longitudinal Small Business Survey 2024: SME Employers – data – Cohort C

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Longitudinal Small Business Survey 2024: SME employers - data

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Longitudinal Small Business Survey 2024: SME Employers – data – Cohort A

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Longitudinal Small Business Survey 2024: SME Employers – data Cohort B

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Longitudinal Small Business Survey 2024: SME Employers – data – Cohort C

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Longitudinal Small Business Survey 2024: SME Employers – data for figures in report

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Details

This Small Business Survey report provides the findings for businesses with employees in 2024. It contains details of business performance and the factors that affect this performance, including:

• performance in terms of employment and turnover
• exporting
• access to finance
• innovation activity
• obstacles to business success
• use of business support
• training
• future plans

Published 25 September 2025