Multi-National companies in the UK and companies with a turnover of more than £650m

FOI REF: FOI/2022/4643

You asked

I was looking into the "UK business: activity, size and location" dataset and I was wondering if there is a refined or more detailed version available.

Specifically I am looking for:

1. The number of companies with turnover > £650m by broad industry group
2. The number of Multi-national companies by broad industry group (with headquarters in the UK and, separately, with HQ outside of UK)
3. The number of Multi-national companies by broad industry group that have a Turnover >£650m (with headquarters in the UK and, separately, with HQ outside of UK)

We said

Thank you for your request.

For information, ONS produce an annual publication called UK Business: Activity, size and location. This publication breaks down the number of UK Businesses (registered for VAT and/or PAYE)  by geography, employment/turnover size-band, industry and legal status. It is created using an extract of the Inter Departmental Business Register (IDBR) taken on 11 March 2022.

The data you have requested regarding 1. the number of companies within a specific turnover range, 2. the number of multi-national companies by broad industry group and 3. the number of multi-national companies by broad industry group that hold turnover over £650m are available to order via our Inter Departmental Business Register (IDBR) team's bespoke service. Such services would be subject to legal frameworks, disclosure controls, resources, and agreement of costs.

If you would like to proceed further with this bespoke dataset, please contact idbrdas@ons.gov.uk to discuss your enquiry further. Please note, there may be a charge for this work which would be subject to our charging policy details of which can be found here Charging rates - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)