Rural Business Units by Employment Size in England and Wales, 2008-2009

2008 and 2009 counts of local business units, categorized by employment size bands, in areas classified as rural in England and Wales. The data is administrative, sourced from the Office for National Statistics Business Registers Unit and published by Neighbourhood Statistics. Geographic breakdowns are available at Middle Layer Super Output Area, Local Authority District, Government Office Region, and National levels.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the distribution of business sizes in rural economies based on employment size bands.
• Comparing rural business density and structure across different geographic regions in England and Wales.
• Tracking changes in rural business employment between 2008 and 2009.
• Informing regional economic development policies based on administrative business register data.

Strengths

• Data covers two distinct years (2008 and 2009), allowing for temporal comparison.
• Geographic coverage includes England and Wales with multiple levels of granularity (MSOA, LAD, GOR, National).
• Sourced from an authoritative administrative register (ONS Business Registers Unit).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Time coverage is limited to two specific years (2008-2009).

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics (ONS) Business Registers Unit (BRU)

Collection Method

Administrative data

Time Range

2008, 2009

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:22.161103; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England and Wales