Economy · 2026

Business sites (local units): local authority ranking

Business sites (local units): Westminster comes top with 63,295 sites and Isles of Scilly comes last with 245 sites. The median across 361 local authorities is 6,830 sites.

Podium and top 100

1Westminster63,295 sites 2Birmingham45,590 sites 3Camden42,310 sites

#	Local authority	Region	Business sites (local units)
1	Westminster	London	63,295
2	Birmingham	West Midlands	45,590
3	Camden	London	42,310
4	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	37,395
5	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	35,980
6	Buckinghamshire	South East	34,245
7	Cornwall	South West	29,950
8	Manchester	North West	29,740
9	Somerset	South West	28,585
10	Hackney	London	27,655
11	City of London	London	27,425
12	Barnet	London	27,260
13	Glasgow City	Scotland	26,595
14	Islington	London	26,490
15	Wiltshire	South West	24,985
16	City of Edinburgh	Scotland	23,615
17	Cheshire East	North West	22,390
18	Bristol, City of	South West	22,300
19	West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	21,965
20	Sheffield	Yorkshire and The Humber	20,695
21	Dorset	South West	20,570
22	Tower Hamlets	London	20,440
23	Ealing	London	19,935
24	Bradford	Yorkshire and The Humber	19,635
25	Southwark	London	19,270
26	Liverpool	North West	18,580
27	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	18,475
28	County Durham	North East	18,115
29	Shropshire	West Midlands	18,080
30	Kirklees	Yorkshire and The Humber	17,700
31	Brent	London	17,355
32	Hillingdon	London	17,260
33	Wandsworth	London	17,235
34	North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	17,005
35	Enfield	London	16,735
36	Croydon	London	16,610
37	Redbridge	London	16,500
38	Harrow	London	16,455
39	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	16,450
40	Bromley	London	16,305
41	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	16,160
42	Brighton and Hove	South East	16,150
43	Newham	London	15,835
44	Leicester	East Midlands	15,765
45	Belfast	Northern Ireland	15,745
46	Lambeth	London	15,495
47	Cardiff	Wales	15,460
48	Hounslow	London	15,205
49	Milton Keynes	South East	15,105
49	Kensington and Chelsea	London	15,105
51	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	14,335
52	Haringey	London	14,215
53	Stockport	North West	14,175
54	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	14,090
55	Central Bedfordshire	East	14,040
56	Highland	Scotland	13,920
57	Northumberland	North East	13,790
58	Trafford	North West	13,580
59	Richmond upon Thames	London	13,530
60	Waltham Forest	London	13,380
61	Westmorland and Furness	North West	13,355
62	Cumberland	North West	12,930
63	South Gloucestershire	South West	12,740
64	Wakefield	Yorkshire and The Humber	12,570
65	Merton	London	12,445
66	Bolton	North West	12,405
67	Nottingham	East Midlands	12,375
68	Havering	London	12,320
69	Sandwell	West Midlands	12,220
70	Salford	North West	12,170
71	Doncaster	Yorkshire and The Humber	12,130
72	Herefordshire, County of	West Midlands	12,125
73	Coventry	West Midlands	11,940
74	Greenwich	London	11,880
75	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	11,775
76	Dudley	West Midlands	11,700
77	South Lanarkshire	Scotland	11,490
78	Fife	Scotland	11,330
79	East Suffolk	East	11,165
80	Lewisham	London	11,085
81	Mid Ulster	Northern Ireland	10,990
82	Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon	Northern Ireland	10,980
83	Wigan	North West	10,900
84	Medway	South East	10,850
85	Newry, Mourne and Down	Northern Ireland	10,830
86	Wirral	North West	10,525
87	Warrington	North West	10,325
88	Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	10,220
89	Aberdeen City	Scotland	10,195
90	North Lanarkshire	Scotland	10,190
91	North Somerset	South West	10,065
92	Solihull	West Midlands	10,010
93	Walsall	West Midlands	9,895
94	Fermanagh and Omagh	Northern Ireland	9,870
95	Bexley	London	9,820
96	Bath and North East Somerset	South West	9,780
97	Powys	Wales	9,745
98	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	9,735
99	West Suffolk	East	9,700
100	Peterborough	East	9,655

Bottom of the ranking

#	Local authority	Region	Business sites (local units)
347	Hartlepool	North East	2,810
348	Adur	South East	2,760
349	Bolsover	East Midlands	2,545
350	Oadby and Wigston	East Midlands	2,470
351	West Dunbartonshire	Scotland	2,420
352	Gosport	South East	2,315
353	Rutland	East Midlands	2,190
354	Inverclyde	Scotland	1,960
355	Shetland Islands	Scotland	1,940
356	Orkney Islands	Scotland	1,780
357	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	1,680
358	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	1,655
359	Na h-Eileanan Siar	Scotland	1,560
360	Clackmannanshire	Scotland	1,435
361	Isles of Scilly	South West	245

Regions compared

Total for each region.

London611,345 sites
South East472,260 sites
North West319,350 sites
East315,875 sites
South West278,765 sites
West Midlands255,340 sites
Yorkshire and The Humber229,245 sites
Scotland219,565 sites
East Midlands213,055 sites
Wales128,250 sites
Northern Ireland96,935 sites
North East92,455 sites

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Frequently asked questions

Which local authority ranks first for “Business sites (local units)”?

Westminster ranks first for “Business sites (local units)”, with 63,295 sites.

What is the median for “Business sites (local units)”?

The median across the 361 ranked local authorities is 6,830 sites.