Family Business Scale-ups: Breaking Barriers to Growth
The UK family business landscape
The vast majority, 93%, of these family businesses are micro businesses with fewer than ten employees. Within this segment, however, 20.6% currently have no reported employees. This cohort is primarily made up of newly formed enterprises that are yet to file any accounts at Companies House (100,000) and those that are considered to be active owing to a technicality (e.g. following a court order), but which are potentially dormant or in distress. Overall, the 609,000 with employees provide work for more than 3 million people. Breakdown of Family Businesses by Size
Figure 2: Breakdown of family businesses by size
Large 653
Medium 5732
Small
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Micros with no employees
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