Economy · 2026

Business sites per 1,000 residents: local authority ranking

Business sites per 1,000 residents: City of London comes top with 1,754 per 1,000 and Blaenau Gwent comes last with 24.9 per 1,000. The median across 361 local authorities is 44.4 per 1,000.

Podium and top 100

1City of London1,754 per 1,000 2Westminster298.0 per 1,000 3Camden195.3 per 1,000

#	Local authority	Region	Business sites per 1,000 residents
1	City of London	London	1,754 per 1,000
2	Westminster	London	298.0 per 1,000
3	Camden	London	195.3 per 1,000
4	Islington	London	118.0 per 1,000
5	Isles of Scilly	South West	106.6 per 1,000
6	Hackney	London	103.9 per 1,000
7	Kensington and Chelsea	London	103.6 per 1,000
8	Shetland Islands	Scotland	85.4 per 1,000
9	Fermanagh and Omagh	Northern Ireland	83.9 per 1,000
10	Orkney Islands	Scotland	81.2 per 1,000
11	Hertsmere	East	76.9 per 1,000
12	Cotswold	South West	75.0 per 1,000
13	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	74.1 per 1,000
14	Powys	Wales	72.3 per 1,000
15	Mid Ulster	Northern Ireland	72.2 per 1,000
16	Derbyshire Dales	East Midlands	71.7 per 1,000
17	Richmond upon Thames	London	68.8 per 1,000
18	Epping Forest	East	67.2 per 1,000
19	Winchester	South East	67.0 per 1,000
20	Barnet	London	66.8 per 1,000
21	Elmbridge	South East	66.4 per 1,000
22	South Hams	South West	64.6 per 1,000
23	Mole Valley	South East	64.3 per 1,000
24	Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	64.0 per 1,000
25	Ceredigion	Wales	63.7 per 1,000
26	Uttlesford	East	63.5 per 1,000
27	Herefordshire, County of	West Midlands	63.0 per 1,000
28	Three Rivers	East	62.1 per 1,000
29	Southwark	London	61.7 per 1,000
30	Waverley	South East	61.4 per 1,000
30	Stratford-on-Avon	West Midlands	61.4 per 1,000
32	Brentwood	East	61.3 per 1,000
33	Tower Hamlets	London	61.2 per 1,000
34	St Albans	East	61.1 per 1,000
35	West Devon	South West	60.6 per 1,000
36	Tandridge	South East	60.5 per 1,000
36	Na h-Eileanan Siar	Scotland	60.5 per 1,000
38	Harrow	London	60.4 per 1,000
39	Sevenoaks	South East	60.1 per 1,000
40	Chichester	South East	59.7 per 1,000
41	Ribble Valley	North West	59.3 per 1,000
42	Newry, Mourne and Down	Northern Ireland	59.2 per 1,000
43	Mid Devon	South West	59.1 per 1,000
44	Highland	Scotland	58.7 per 1,000
45	Buckinghamshire	South East	58.6 per 1,000
46	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	58.5 per 1,000
47	Tunbridge Wells	South East	58.1 per 1,000
48	Torridge	South West	57.9 per 1,000
49	Westmorland and Furness	North West	57.7 per 1,000
50	East Hertfordshire	East	57.5 per 1,000
51	North Devon	South West	57.4 per 1,000
52	Merton	London	56.9 per 1,000
53	Brighton and Hove	South East	56.8 per 1,000
54	Wealden	South East	56.7 per 1,000
55	Dacorum	East	56.6 per 1,000
55	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	56.6 per 1,000
57	West Berkshire	South East	56.5 per 1,000
58	Trafford	North West	56.4 per 1,000
59	Guildford	South East	56.2 per 1,000
60	Harborough	East Midlands	55.9 per 1,000
61	Malvern Hills	West Midlands	55.8 per 1,000
61	Gwynedd	Wales	55.8 per 1,000
63	South Oxfordshire	South East	55.6 per 1,000
64	Horsham	South East	55.4 per 1,000
65	Runnymede	South East	55.1 per 1,000
65	Surrey Heath	South East	55.1 per 1,000
67	East Hampshire	South East	54.7 per 1,000
68	Watford	East	54.6 per 1,000
68	West Oxfordshire	South East	54.6 per 1,000
68	Kingston upon Thames	London	54.6 per 1,000
71	Shropshire	West Midlands	54.3 per 1,000
72	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	54.2 per 1,000
73	Maldon	East	53.6 per 1,000
74	Haringey	London	53.4 per 1,000
74	Monmouthshire	Wales	53.4 per 1,000
76	Warwick	West Midlands	53.2 per 1,000
76	Causeway Coast and Glens	Northern Ireland	53.2 per 1,000
78	South Cambridgeshire	East	52.9 per 1,000
78	Ashford	South East	52.9 per 1,000
78	Melton	East Midlands	52.9 per 1,000
81	Cheltenham	South West	52.8 per 1,000
81	Hillingdon	London	52.8 per 1,000
81	Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland	52.8 per 1,000
84	Wychavon	West Midlands	52.7 per 1,000
85	Rutland	East Midlands	52.6 per 1,000
85	Cheshire East	North West	52.6 per 1,000
85	Dorset	South West	52.6 per 1,000
85	Pembrokeshire	Wales	52.6 per 1,000
89	Bromsgrove	West Midlands	52.1 per 1,000
90	New Forest	South East	51.9 per 1,000
90	North Hertfordshire	East	51.9 per 1,000
92	Stroud	South West	51.8 per 1,000
93	Ealing	London	51.5 per 1,000
94	Redbridge	London	51.3 per 1,000
95	Cornwall	South West	51.2 per 1,000
95	Tonbridge and Malling	South East	51.2 per 1,000
95	West Suffolk	East	51.2 per 1,000
98	Mid Sussex	South East	51.0 per 1,000
99	Enfield	London	50.8 per 1,000
99	Hounslow	London	50.8 per 1,000

Bottom of the ranking

#	Local authority	Region	Business sites per 1,000 residents
347	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	28.9 per 1,000
348	Falkirk	Scotland	28.8 per 1,000
348	Caerphilly	Wales	28.8 per 1,000
350	Redcar and Cleveland	North East	28.6 per 1,000
351	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	28.4 per 1,000
352	Hartlepool	North East	28.2 per 1,000
353	Gosport	South East	28.0 per 1,000
354	Clackmannanshire	Scotland	27.8 per 1,000
354	Neath Port Talbot	Wales	27.8 per 1,000
356	West Dunbartonshire	Scotland	27.4 per 1,000
357	Sunderland	North East	27.3 per 1,000
358	South Tyneside	North East	27.1 per 1,000
359	Knowsley	North West	26.4 per 1,000
360	Inverclyde	Scotland	25.0 per 1,000
361	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	24.9 per 1,000

Regions compared

Population-weighted averages for rates; totals for counts.

London67.0 per 1,000
Northern Ireland50.3 per 1,000
South East48.7 per 1,000
East47.8 per 1,000
South West47.2 per 1,000
East Midlands41.9 per 1,000
West Midlands41.1 per 1,000
North West41.1 per 1,000
Yorkshire and The Humber40.4 per 1,000
Wales40.4 per 1,000
Scotland39.6 per 1,000
North East33.5 per 1,000

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Frequently asked questions

Which local authority ranks first for “Business sites per 1,000 residents”?

City of London ranks first for “Business sites per 1,000 residents”, with 1,754 per 1,000.

What is the median for “Business sites per 1,000 residents”?

The median across the 361 ranked local authorities is 44.4 per 1,000.