More enterprises open in London than anywhere else in UK
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More enterprises opened in London last year than anywhere else in the UK.
Experts from The Cut & Craft analysed the latest Business Demography data released by the Office of National Statistics and found that, in 2022, 76,845 new enterprises opened. The majority were in Westminster (6540), followed by Camden (4935) and then Hackney (4465).
The South East came second with 44,160 enterprise births, and the North West third with 36,220.
Northern Ireland came last with only 5,385.
| Region | Enterprise Births |
| London | 76,845 |
| South East | 44,160 |
| North West | 36,220 |
| East of England | 31,850 |
| West Midlands | 28,695 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 25,895 |
| South West | 24,510 |
| East Midlands | 22,685 |
| Scotland | 18,870 |
| Wales | 12,090 |
| North East | 9,720 |
| Northern Ireland | 5,385 |
Across the entire UK, 336,925 enterprises were born.
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles saw the most births (29,420), followed by Specialised construction activities (28,365) and Food and beverage service activities (26,155).
Oscar Akgul, owner of restaurant and cocktail bar The Cut & Craft who conducted the research, is very happy with the strong showing from the sector.
“It’s amazing to see the industry performing so strongly and people continuing to trust us for a great experience.
“Especially after the hardship of Covid and lockdown, and the impact the Cost-of-Living crisis is having on everybody, not just business owners, but customers too, it’s heartwarming to see the sector continue to grow and develop.”
“We look forward to seeing how 2024 continues to fare as we ourselves look to expand our restaurants into new areas across the UK.”
Oscar has these top tips for opening a restaurant:
- Do your homework and understand the clientele needs in your area.
- Your products and services must be in line with the market needs.
- Understand PR marketing and learn how to use social networks.
- Invest in the right people and only work with the individuals who share the same passion as you.
- Create what’s special about your venue/ products/ location/building/ prices. Be clear about your brand.
If you use this story/data, please link and credit to https://www.thecutandcraft.co.uk/, who carried out the research.
| 2022 Enterprise Births | |
| UNITED KINGDOM | 336,925 |
| GREAT BRITAIN | 331,540 |
| ENGLAND AND WALES | 312,670 |
| ENGLAND | 300,580 |
| NORTH EAST | 9,720 |
| County Durham | 1,805 |
| Darlington | 415 |
| Hartlepool | 280 |
| Middlesbrough | 645 |
| Northumberland | 1,000 |
| Redcar and Cleveland | 415 |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 715 |
| Tyne and Wear Metropolitan County | 4,445 |
| Gateshead | 700 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 1,360 |
| North Tyneside | 830 |
| South Tyneside | 525 |
| Sunderland | 1,030 |
| NORTH WEST | 36,220 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 815 |
| Blackpool | 795 |
| Cheshire East | 1,985 |
| Cheshire West and Chester | 1,475 |
| Halton | 485 |
| Warrington | 1,130 |
| Cumbria | 1,770 |
| Allerdale | 270 |
| Barrow-in-Furness | 185 |
| Carlisle | 505 |
| Copeland | 135 |
| Eden | 210 |
| South Lakeland | 465 |
| Greater Manchester Metropolitan County | 16,070 |
| Bolton | 1,535 |
| Bury | 1,050 |
| Manchester | 3,935 |
| Oldham | 1,355 |
| Rochdale | 1,040 |
| Salford | 1,685 |
| Stockport | 1,665 |
| Tameside | 955 |
| Trafford | 1,415 |
| Wigan | 1,435 |
| Lancashire | 5,315 |
| Burnley | 380 |
| Chorley | 480 |
| Fylde | 355 |
| Hyndburn | 290 |
| Lancaster | 555 |
| Pendle | 455 |
| Preston | 855 |
| Ribble Valley | 305 |
| Rossendale | 275 |
| South Ribble | 420 |
| West Lancashire | 540 |
| Wyre | 405 |
| Merseyside Metropolitan County | 6,380 |
| Knowsley | 540 |
| Liverpool | 2,730 |
| Sefton | 1,135 |
| St. Helens | 660 |
| Wirral | 1,315 |
| YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER | 25,895 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 1,350 |
| Kingston upon Hull City of | 1,350 |
| North East Lincolnshire | 645 |
| North Lincolnshire | 785 |
| York | 815 |
| North Yorkshire | 2,740 |
| Craven | 245 |
| Hambleton | 350 |
| Harrogate | 930 |
| Richmondshire | 180 |
| Ryedale | 225 |
| Scarborough | 365 |
| Selby | 445 |
| South Yorkshire Metropolitan County | 6,545 |
| Barnsley | 960 |
| Doncaster | 1,985 |
| Rotherham | 1,175 |
| Sheffield | 2,425 |
| West Yorkshire Metropolitan County | 11,665 |
| Bradford | 2,575 |
| Calderdale | 1,235 |
| Kirklees | 2,155 |
| Leeds | 4,320 |
| Wakefield | 1,380 |
| EAST MIDLANDS | 22,685 |
| Derby | 1,140 |
| Leicester | 1,995 |
| North Northamptonshire | 2,000 |
| Nottingham | 1,450 |
| Rutland | 145 |
| West Northamptonshire | 2,415 |
| Derbyshire | 3,750 |
| Amber Valley | 525 |
| Bolsover | 240 |
| Chesterfield | 355 |
| Derbyshire Dales | 305 |
| Erewash | 660 |
| High Peak | 400 |
| North East Derbyshire | 355 |
| South Derbyshire | 910 |
| Leicestershire | 3,285 |
| Blaby | 470 |
| Charnwood | 905 |
| Harborough | 500 |
| Hinckley and Bosworth | 435 |
| Melton | 205 |
| North West Leicestershire | 455 |
| Oadby and Wigston | 315 |
| Lincolnshire | 2,940 |
| Boston | 320 |
| East Lindsey | 430 |
| Lincoln | 300 |
| North Kesteven | 455 |
| South Holland | 485 |
| South Kesteven | 645 |
| West Lindsey | 305 |
| Nottinghamshire | 3,565 |
| Ashfield | 405 |
| Bassetlaw | 475 |
| Broxtowe | 505 |
| Gedling | 445 |
| Mansfield | 645 |
| Newark and Sherwood | 540 |
| Rushcliffe | 550 |
| WEST MIDLANDS | 28,695 |
| Herefordshire County of | 820 |
| Shropshire | 1,160 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 1,080 |
| Telford and Wrekin | 695 |
| Staffordshire | 3,415 |
| Cannock Chase | 390 |
| East Staffordshire | 525 |
| Lichfield | 440 |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | 450 |
| South Staffordshire | 565 |
| Stafford | 495 |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | 270 |
| Tamworth | 280 |
| Warwickshire | 3,190 |
| North Warwickshire | 290 |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | 470 |
| Rugby | 640 |
| Stratford-on-Avon | 1,050 |
| Warwick | 740 |
| West Midlands (Met County) | 15,435 |
| Birmingham | 6,670 |
| Coventry | 2,030 |
| Dudley | 1,390 |
| Sandwell | 1,635 |
| Solihull | 930 |
| Walsall | 1,270 |
| Wolverhampton | 1,510 |
| Worcestershire | 2,900 |
| Bromsgrove | 500 |
| Malvern Hills | 355 |
| Redditch | 475 |
| Worcester | 470 |
| Wychavon | 635 |
| Wyre Forest* | 465 |
| EAST | 31,850 |
| Bedford | 965 |
| Central Bedfordshire | 1,315 |
| Luton | 1,680 |
| Peterborough | 1,530 |
| Southend-on-Sea | 1,110 |
| Thurrock | 1,105 |
| Cambridgeshire | 2,880 |
| Cambridge | 560 |
| East Cambridgeshire | 350 |
| Fenland | 450 |
| Huntingdonshire | 835 |
| South Cambridgeshire | 685 |
| Essex | 7,600 |
| Basildon | 995 |
| Braintree | 655 |
| Brentwood | 470 |
| Castle Point | 400 |
| Chelmsford | 965 |
| Colchester | 910 |
| Epping Forest | 950 |
| Harlow | 530 |
| Maldon | 275 |
| Rochford | 375 |
| Tendring | 555 |
| Uttlesford | 520 |
| Hertfordshire | 7,120 |
| Broxbourne | 560 |
| Dacorum | 935 |
| East Hertfordshire | 835 |
| Hertsmere | 860 |
| North Hertfordshire | 635 |
| St Albans | 935 |
| Stevenage | 455 |
| Three Rivers | 565 |
| Watford | 720 |
| Welwyn Hatfield | 620 |
| Norfolk | 3,270 |
| Breckland | 470 |
| Broadland | 445 |
| Great Yarmouth | 330 |
| King’s Lynn and West Norfolk | 475 |
| North Norfolk | 350 |
| Norwich | 675 |
| South Norfolk | 525 |
| Suffolk | 3,275 |
| Babergh | 355 |
| East Suffolk | 845 |
| Ipswich | 890 |
| Mid Suffolk | 425 |
| West Suffolk | 760 |
| LONDON | 76,845 |
| Inner London | 39,715 |
| Camden* | 4,935 |
| City of London | 1,875 |
| Hackney* | 4,465 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 1,605 |
| Haringey | 2,225 |
| Islington* | 3,665 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 1,500 |
| Lambeth | 1,855 |
| Lewisham | 1,595 |
| Newham | 2,875 |
| Southwark* | 2,045 |
| Tower Hamlets | 2,555 |
| Wandsworth | 1,980 |
| Westminster* | 6,540 |
| Outer London | 37,130 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 1,615 |
| Barnet* | 3,650 |
| Bexley | 1,185 |
| Brent | 2,445 |
| Bromley | 1,870 |
| Croydon | 2,315 |
| Ealing | 2,535 |
| Enfield | 2,260 |
| Greenwich | 1,735 |
| Harrow | 2,065 |
| Havering | 1,680 |
| Hillingdon | 2,130 |
| Hounslow | 1,875 |
| Kingston upon Thames | 1,220 |
| Merton | 1,505 |
| Redbridge | 2,575 |
| Richmond upon Thames | 1,355 |
| Sutton | 1,040 |
| Waltham Forest | 2,075 |
| SOUTH EAST | 44,160 |
| Bracknell Forest | 520 |
| Brighton and Hove* | 2,165 |
| Buckinghamshire | 3,075 |
| Isle of Wight | 445 |
| Medway | 1,285 |
| Milton Keynes | 1,570 |
| Portsmouth | 825 |
| Reading | 905 |
| Slough | 950 |
| Southampton | 1,425 |
| West Berkshire | 755 |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | 970 |
| Wokingham | 865 |
| East Sussex | 2,185 |
| Eastbourne | 380 |
| Hastings | 360 |
| Lewes | 375 |
| Rother | 340 |
| Wealden | 730 |
| Hampshire | 5,700 |
| Basingstoke and Deane | 650 |
| East Hampshire | 595 |
| Eastleigh | 555 |
| Fareham | 385 |
| Gosport | 220 |
| Hart | 430 |
| Havant | 485 |
| New Forest | 685 |
| Rushmoor | 365 |
| Test Valley | 565 |
| Winchester | 765 |
| Kent | 7,165 |
| Ashford | 650 |
| Canterbury | 650 |
| Dartford | 655 |
| Dover | 390 |
| Gravesham | 575 |
| Maidstone | 890 |
| Sevenoaks | 585 |
| Folkestone and Hythe | 435 |
| Swale | 565 |
| Thanet | 570 |
| Tonbridge and Malling | 645 |
| Tunbridge Wells | 555 |
| Oxfordshire | 3,090 |
| Cherwell | 800 |
| Oxford | 575 |
| South Oxfordshire | 650 |
| Vale of White Horse | 570 |
| West Oxfordshire | 495 |
| Surrey | 6,520 |
| Elmbridge | 900 |
| Epsom and Ewell | 415 |
| Guildford | 725 |
| Mole Valley | 500 |
| Reigate and Banstead | 725 |
| Runnymede | 525 |
| Spelthorne | 555 |
| Surrey Heath | 455 |
| Tandridge | 450 |
| Waverley | 725 |
| Woking | 545 |
| West Sussex | 3,745 |
| Adur | 260 |
| Arun | 590 |
| Chichester | 605 |
| Crawley | 475 |
| Horsham | 655 |
| Mid Sussex | 690 |
| Worthing | 470 |
| SOUTH WEST | 24,510 |
| Bath and North East Somerset | 835 |
| Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole | 1,935 |
| Bristol City of | 2,540 |
| Cornwall | 2,345 |
| Dorset | 1,530 |
| Isles of Scilly | 10 |
| North Somerset | 1,095 |
| Plymouth | 955 |
| South Gloucestershire | 1,195 |
| Swindon | 1,020 |
| Torbay | 530 |
| Wiltshire | 1,980 |
| Devon | 3,290 |
| East Devon | 625 |
| Exeter | 540 |
| Mid Devon | 315 |
| North Devon | 380 |
| South Hams | 385 |
| Teignbridge | 565 |
| Torridge | 280 |
| West Devon | 200 |
| Gloucestershire | 2,600 |
| Cheltenham | 525 |
| Cotswold | 470 |
| Forest of Dean | 295 |
| Gloucester | 470 |
| Stroud | 475 |
| Tewkesbury | 365 |
| Somerset | 2,650 |
| Mendip | 505 |
| Sedgemoor | 990 |
| Somerset West and Taunton | 615 |
| South Somerset | 540 |
| WALES | 12,090 |
| Isle of Anglesey | 185 |
| Gwynedd | 345 |
| Conwy | 390 |
| Denbighshire | 310 |
| Flintshire | 690 |
| Wrexham | 395 |
| Powys | 415 |
| Ceredigion | 225 |
| Pembrokeshire | 430 |
| Carmarthenshire | 630 |
| Swansea | 855 |
| Neath Port Talbot | 530 |
| Bridgend | 745 |
| Vale of Glamorgan | 555 |
| Cardiff | 2,115 |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf | 855 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 190 |
| Caerphilly | 575 |
| Blaenau Gwent | 195 |
| Torfaen | 350 |
| Monmouthshire | 380 |
| Newport | 730 |
| SCOTLAND | 18,870 |
| Aberdeen City | 895 |
| Aberdeenshire | 840 |
| Angus | 325 |
| Argyll and Bute | 265 |
| City of Edinburgh | 2,270 |
| Clackmannanshire | 140 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 400 |
| Dundee City | 490 |
| East Ayrshire | 345 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 345 |
| East Lothian | 305 |
| East Renfrewshire | 325 |
| Falkirk | 450 |
| Fife | 1,020 |
| Glasgow City | 3,050 |
| Highland | 810 |
| Inverclyde | 195 |
| Midlothian | 315 |
| Moray | 240 |
| Na h-Eileanan Siar | 70 |
| North Ayrshire | 335 |
| North Lanarkshire | 1,140 |
| Orkney Islands | 60 |
| Perth and Kinross | 510 |
| Renfrewshire | 570 |
| Scottish Borders | 365 |
| Shetland Islands | 75 |
| South Ayrshire | 325 |
| South Lanarkshire | 1,175 |
| Stirling | 350 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 250 |
| West Lothian | 620 |
| NORTHERN IRELAND | 5,385 |
| Antrim and Newtownabbey | 305 |
| Ards and North Down | 400 |
| Armagh City Banbridge and Craigavon | 665 |
| Belfast | 1,055 |
| Causeway Coast and Glens | 335 |
| Derry City and Strabane | 420 |
| Fermanagh and Omagh | 385 |
| Lisburn and Castlereagh | 415 |
| Mid and East Antrim | 330 |
| Mid Ulster | 455 |
| Newry Mourne and Down | 620 |
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