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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