"Figure 8: More than a third (38%) of trading businesses in the manufacturing industry reported their performance decreased in December 2022 compared with December 2021","" "Business performance, businesses currently trading, broken down by industry, weighted by count, UK, 1 to 31 December 2022","" "","" "Notes","1. Bars may not sum to 100% because of rounding, and percentages less than 1% being removed for disclosure purposes. 2. “Mining and quarrying” and “Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities” have been removed for disclosure purposes, but their totals are included in “All industries”." "Unit","%" "","" "","Not sure","Performance increased","Performance stayed the same","Performance decreased" "Manufacturing","8.1","21.4","32.8","37.7" "Real estate activities","12","16.3","38.6","33.2" "Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles","14.1","19.7","33.5","32.6" "Accommodation and food service activities","19.5","14.7","37.7","28.1" "Other service activities","4.9","27.4","40.5","27.1" "Human health and social work activities","14.5","20.3","43.3","22" "Administrative and support service activities","13.1","18.4","50.1","18.4" "Professional scientific and technical activities","8.2","15.7","58.2","17.9" "Transportation and storage","12.6","16.4","53.2","17.9" "Information and communication","11.7","11.2","59.6","17.5" "Construction","14.6","10.2","60.7","14.5" "Education","14.1","16","55.9","14.1" "Arts entertainment and recreation","17.7","12.5","56.8","12.9" "All industries","12.6","16.2","48.8","22.4"