"Figure 5: Across all industries, 43% of businesses experienced a decrease in profits, with three industries experiencing a decrease of more than 50%","" "Impact on profit, businesses that are currently trading, broken down by industry, weighted by turnover, UK, 2 to 15 November 2020","" "","" "Notes","1. Final weighted results, Wave 18 of the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS’) Businesses Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Survey (BICS); businesses currently trading. 2. For presentational purposes, decreased profit categories and increased profit categories have been combined. 3. Bars may not sum to 100% because of rounding, percentages less than 1% being removed for disclosure purposes and the option “Not applicable” being removed. 4. Mining and quarrying has been removed for disclosure purposes, but its total is included in “All industries”. 5. Businesses were asked for their experiences for the reference period 2 to 15 November 2020. However, for questions regarding the last two weeks, businesses may respond from the point of completion of the questionnaire (16 to 29 November 2020)." "Unit","%" "","" "Industry","Not sure ","Profits have increased","Profits have not been affected","Profits have decreased" "Accommodation and food service activities","13.3","4.9","10.7","70.7" "Arts entertainment and recreation","16.2","1.9","15.1","60.9" "Other service activities","11.8","2.8","25.3","60.2" "Administrative and support service activities","12.6","6.9","30.8","48.0" "Education","17.5","2.8","25.7","47.8" "Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles","15.5","9.6","30.6","43.6" "Manufacturing","12.7","7.3","38.8","40.5" "Construction","16.0","2.4","41.6","38.6" "Transportation and storage","12.4","8.2","39.3","38.4" "Human health and social work activities","11.3","4.5","39.8","36.8" "Water supply; sewerage waste management and remediation activities","15.9","2.0","41.7","36.0" "Professional scientific and technical activities","13.5","4.6","43.7","35.3" "Information and communication","12.7","3.7","48.9","29.8" "Real estate activities","9.1","8.9","47.8","29.7" "All industries","13.8","6.0","34.9","43.2"