Publication - Statistics

Scottish Economic Statistics 2008

Published: 10 December 2008
ISBN: 9780755958559

This is the ninth edition of the annual publication Scottish Economic Statistics, which is produced by statisticians in the Scottish Government.

Supporting documents

Table 2.1: Number of enterprises ^1,2 in Scotland and their total Scottish employment 2002-2008

Employee size-band (total UK employees)	Number of enterprises in Scotland							Total Scottish employment
Employee size-band (total UK employees)	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
0	158,400	169,300	176,225	172,520	172,590	184,605	184,460	190,550	201,130	211,300	206,170	203,930	214,830	213,040
1 - 4	58,405	58,490	58,905	57,855	57,880	59,010	61,105	174,610	171,820	171,760	168,060	167,170	169,430	174,940
5 - 9	15,835	15,695	16,125	15,915	15,925	16,180	16,580	114,980	112,790	115,290	113,620	113,340	114,970	117,790
10 - 19	8,915	8,430	8,370	8,290	8,225	8,705	8,870	123,920	117,520	117,030	115,940	115,260	121,790	123,930
20 - 49	4,750	4,940	5,035	4,965	5,080	5,245	5,250	137,770	142,200	144,120	142,090	146,160	150,830	150,400
50 - 99	2,000	1,830	1,805	1,780	1,930	1,960	2,010	111,530	101,500	99,830	98,490	105,550	107,620	110,730
100 - 199	1,145	1,270	1,225	1,210	1,240	1,235	1,250	99,800	109,220	101,830	100,190	103,380	104,410	107,270
200 - 249	345	315	315	305	310	295	315	38,320	34,150	35,520	34,370	34,870	31,180	34,810
250 - 499	770	755	745	760	745	745	760	107,820	103,720	106,940	108,060	104,130	104,640	109,140
500+	1,525	1,515	1,495	1,490	1,510	1,520	1,525	850,510	764,390	776,840	774,260	794,250	789,750	811,120
Total	252,085	262,545	270,245	265,090	265,435	279,495	282,125	1,949,790	1,858,430	1,880,450	1,861,240	1,888,030	1,909,440	1,953,170
0-49 Employees	246,300	256,855	264,660	259,545	259,695	273,740	276,265	741,820	745,460	759,500	745,870	745,850	771,850	780,100
50-249 Employees	3,490	3,415	3,345	3,300	3,480	3,490	3,575	249,640	244,870	237,170	233,050	243,800	243,210	252,810
250+ Employees	2,295	2,270	2,240	2,250	2,255	2,265	2,285	958,330	868,100	883,780	882,320	898,380	894,390	920,260
1+ Employees	93,685	93,245	94,020	92,570	92,845	94,890	97,665	1,759,240	1,657,300	1,669,160	1,655,070	1,684,100	1,694,610	1,740,130

Source: Scottish Government, ONS ( IDBR)
Note: Totals may not equal the sum of the constituent parts due to rounding.
1. Excludes central and local government.
2. There was an increase of 8,760 enterprises between 2002 and 2003. There was a further increase of 1,700 enterprises, not included in 2002, following recent revisions to LFS based on the 2001 Census.

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