Business Premises
(asked on 13th April 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information the Government holds on the proportion of UK businesses that (a) own their own premises and (b) rent their premises.
The Department does not hold this information for the entire UK business population.
However, it is available for UK small and medium-sized enterprises (fewer than 250 employees), which account for over 99% of the total UK business population.
In 2016, the distribution of business premises ownership for UK small and medium-sized enterprises was as follows:
Ownership status of business premises | Proportion |
Rented from a private or commercial landlord | 43% |
Owned by business | 40% |
Leased | 12% |
Other | 4% |
Source: BEIS 2016 Longitudinal Small Business Survey