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High growth enterprises in the Greater West of England, 2019-2024
This data insight presents the number and proportion of high growth enterprises in the Greater West of England between 2019-2024. Comparisons are provided with England, England excluding London and the UK.
The data is drawn from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) annual Business Demography statistics, which includes estimates of high growth enterprises. High growth enterprises are defined as enterprises with 10 or more employees at the start of a three-year period that achieve average annualised employment growth greater than 20% over that period.
The year shown represents the final year of the three-year growth period. For example, 2024 refers to growth between 2021-2024.
The Greater West of England is defined here as Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire, including its non-metropolitan districts.
Enterprise counts are subject to disclosure control and are rounded to base 5.
5.21%
Percentage of enterprises that are high growth in the Greater West of England, 2024
595
Number of high growth enterprises in the Greater West of England, 2024.
6.33%
Percentage of enterprises that are high growth in Bristol, 2024
High growth enterprises in the Greater West of England (%), 2019- 2024
This visualisation shows the proportion of enterprises classified as high growth among enterprises with 10 or more employees in the Greater West of England between 2019 and 2024.
In the Greater West of England, the proportion ranged from 4.08% in 2022 to 5.21% in 2024.
In 2024, 5.21% of enterprises in the Greater West of England were classified as high growth, compared with 5.04% in England, 4.62% in England excluding London and 4.91% in the UK.
Each data point represents a three-year growth period ending in the reference year shown.
Number of high growth enterprises, Greater West of England, 2019-2024
This visualisation presents the number of enterprises classified as high growth in the Greater West of England between 2019 and 2024.
The number of high growth enterprises was 495 in 2019, 490 in 2020, 470 in 2021 and 470 in 2022. In 2023, the number was 590 and in 2024 it was 595.
Figures refer to enterprises with 10 or more employees at the start of each three-year growth period.
High growth enterprises in the Greater West of England (%) by local authority, 2024
This visualisation presents the proportion of high growth enterprises among enterprises with 10 or more employees for local authority areas in the Greater West of England for the three-year growth period ending 2024.
In 2024, proportions ranged from 3.57% in Swindon to 7.26% in Cheltenham (Gloucestershire).
Among the unitary and upper-tier authorities, Bristol recorded 6.33%, South Gloucestershire 5.29%, Bath and North East Somerset 4.69%, North Somerset 4.40%, Wiltshire 4.11% and Swindon 3.57%.
Gloucestershire recorded 5.79%. Within Gloucestershire’s non-metropolitan districts (the lower tier of a two-tier local government structure, operating under a non-metropolitan county council), proportions ranged from 4.55% in Gloucester to 7.26% in Cheltenham.
For comparison, the proportion was 5.04% in England and 4.62% in England excluding London.
Percentages are calculated using active enterprises with 10 or more employees as the denominator.
