Family Business Scale-Ups: Breaking Barriers to Growth

Family Business Scale-ups: Breaking Barriers to Growth

The UK family business landscape

Setting out the scale, distribution and characteristics of the family-business population across the UK, the analysis now turns to a more detailed examination of family businesses operating in the mid-market and scaling-up stages, where growth, investment and organisational complexity are more visible, both in firm-level data and through business-level evidence.

Figure 6: Family businesses by SIC 2007 section Companies by Sector

130,743

Real estate activities Professional, scientific and technical services Construction Wholesale and retail Administrative and support service activities Information, communication

110,760

97,428

83,032

54,942

51,957

and technology Manufacturing

39,258

37,551

Financial services Accomodation and food service activities Health, well-being and social care

32,951

31,704

24,225

Service sector

13,936 13,648

Agriculture, forestry and fishing

Logistics and storage services

13,002

Arts, entertainment and recreation

10,366 9,798

Overseas organisations

Education

4,692

Household employers

2,679

Water and waste services

0

50,000

100,000

150,000

Number

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