"Figure 4: Number of foreign-owned businesses by English regions and continent at local unit level, 2016","" "","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Number of businesses" "","" "Region","Europe (Total)","EU 28","The Americas","Asia","Oceania and Antarctica","Africa" "London","11675","8419","6500","1601","516","179" "South East","8856","6420","5147","952","339","186" "North West","6156","4617","3156","464","152","117" "East of England","4912","3638","2723","477","141","130" "West Midlands","4759","3687","2607","404","184","88" "South West","4757","3672","2514","414","122","114" "Yorkshire and The Humber","4319","3205","2174","284","89","102" "East Midlands","3444","2600","1744","294","68","76" "North East","2216","1653","1146","206","36","33"