"Figure 5: The accommodation and food service activities industry had the highest percentage of businesses who experienced a decrease in profits, at 71%, compared with 44% across all industries","" "Impact on profit, businesses that are currently trading, broken down by industry, weighted, UK, 5 to 18 October 2020","" "","" "Notes","1. Final weighted results, Wave 16 of the office for National Statistics (ONS) Businesses Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Survey (BICS); businesses currently trading. 2. Bars may not sum to 100% because of rounding and percentages less than 1% being removed for disclosure purposes. 3. Other services and Mining and quarrying have been removed for presentational purposes, but their totals are included in “All Industries”. 4. Businesses were asked for their experiences for the reference period 5 to 18 October 2020. However, for questions regarding the last two weeks, businesses may respond from the point of completion of the questionnaire (19 October to 1 November 2020)." "Unit","%" "","" "Industry","Not sure","Profits have increased","Profits have stayed the same","Profits have decreased" "Accommodation and food service activities","11.4","5.9","12","70.8" "Arts entertainment and recreation","21.5","4","9.7","64.6" "Administrative and support service activities","13.7","8","28.7","49.6" "Education","21.1","2.4","28.7","47.8" "Manufacturing","11.4","7.9","39.2","41.5" "Real estate activities","19.4","7.4","31.6","41.5" "Transportation and storage","15.3","8.4","35.1","41.3" "Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles","14.1","11.6","35.1","39.2" "Water supply sewerage waste management and remediation activities","10.7","7.9","42.8","38.5" "Construction","14.4","4.8","43.7","37.1" "Professional scientific and technical activities","15.2","6.6","45.9","32.3" "Human health and social work activities","21.1","5.5","42.8","30.7" "Information and communication","19.3","5","45.6","29.9" "All industries","14.7","7.4","34.3","43.6"