The Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) is conducted in two parts: one dealing with employment, the other with financial information. The financial inquiry covers about two thirds of the UK economy including: production; construction; distribution and service industries; agriculture (part), hunting, forestry and fishing. The coverage of the employment inquiry is wider. These web pages are mainly devoted to the financial information but make some use of the employment data.
The presentation is in line with Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Sections A-O. Data for 1995 - 2002 has been collected under SIC (1992) , data from 2003 has been collected under SIC(2003). Further information.
Data is available for 13 Main Variables down to the 4 digit level where available, of SIC(92) or SIC(2003), and includes higher aggregates.
Data not available on this site may be available either as a standard extract or as a special analysis, which may or may not be chargeable, information on this service can be obtained from the ABI Analysis Page.
To access the data please click on one of the links below or use the links provided in the Contents Page.