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Wholesale and retail trade: ranking by local authority

Wholesale and retail trade: 518,465 business sites, or 16.0% of the UK total. Birmingham comes top.

Ranking by number of business sites

#	Local authority	Business sites	Share
1	Birmingham	9,605	21.1%
2	Westminster	6,720	10.6%
3	Leeds	5,920	16.5%
4	Manchester	5,770	19.4%
5	North Yorkshire	5,595	15.0%
6	Glasgow City	5,085	19.1%
7	Camden	4,755	11.2%
8	Buckinghamshire	4,690	13.7%
9	Cornwall	4,690	15.7%
10	Bradford	4,585	23.4%
11	Somerset	4,415	15.4%
12	Barnet	4,005	14.7%
13	Sheffield	3,865	18.7%
14	Leicester	3,845	24.4%
15	Ealing	3,800	19.1%
16	Kirklees	3,710	21.0%
17	Wiltshire	3,590	14.4%
18	Cheshire East	3,545	15.8%
19	City of Edinburgh	3,390	14.4%
20	Brent	3,340	19.3%
21	Newham	3,190	20.2%
22	Islington	3,185	12.0%
23	Liverpool	3,180	17.1%
24	West Northamptonshire	3,170	14.4%
25	Bristol, City of	3,155	14.2%
26	Dorset	3,140	15.3%
27	Hackney	3,135	11.3%
28	Hillingdon	3,045	17.7%
29	Tower Hamlets	3,025	14.8%
30	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	3,010	16.3%
31	County Durham	2,980	16.5%
32	Belfast	2,915	18.5%
33	Enfield	2,865	17.1%
34	Sandwell	2,830	23.2%
35	Bolton	2,820	22.7%
36	North Northamptonshire	2,785	16.4%
37	Shropshire	2,760	15.3%
38	Hounslow	2,700	17.8%
39	Redbridge	2,695	16.4%
40	Harrow	2,660	16.2%
41	Croydon	2,590	15.6%
42	Cheshire West and Chester	2,585	15.7%
43	Cardiff	2,545	16.5%
44	Stockport	2,510	17.7%
45	Dudley	2,505	21.4%
46	Kensington and Chelsea	2,500	16.5%
47	East Riding of Yorkshire	2,435	15.1%
48	Wakefield	2,435	19.4%
49	Coventry	2,380	19.9%
50	Milton Keynes	2,375	15.7%

#	Local authority	Business sites	Share
1	Blackburn with Darwen	1,705	26.0%
2	Leicester	3,845	24.4%
3	Blackpool	1,120	23.9%
4	Stoke-on-Trent	1,975	23.4%
5	Bradford	4,585	23.4%
6	Sandwell	2,830	23.2%
7	Bolton	2,820	22.7%
8	Wolverhampton	2,105	21.6%
9	Dudley	2,505	21.4%
10	Walsall	2,115	21.3%
11	Rochdale	1,785	21.3%
12	North East Lincolnshire	1,205	21.3%
13	Oldham	1,870	21.2%
14	Tameside	1,605	21.1%
15	Preston	1,535	21.1%
16	Birmingham	9,605	21.1%
17	Kirklees	3,710	21.0%
18	Gateshead	1,490	20.9%
19	Mansfield	770	20.8%
20	Calderdale	1,865	20.4%
21	Ards and North Down	1,225	20.4%
22	Dundee City	1,015	20.4%
23	Norwich	1,340	20.3%
24	Newham	3,190	20.2%
25	Bury	1,770	20.1%
26	Nuneaton and Bedworth	870	19.9%
27	Coventry	2,380	19.9%
28	Winchester	1,825	19.9%
29	St. Helens	1,135	19.9%
30	Sunderland	1,555	19.9%