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Professional, scientific and technical: ranking by local authority

Professional, scientific and technical: 449,360 business sites, or 13.9% of the UK total. Westminster comes top.

Ranking by number of business sites

#	Local authority	Business sites	Share
1	Westminster	12,940	20.4%
2	Camden	11,235	26.6%
3	City of London	8,505	31.0%
4	Hackney	6,290	22.8%
5	Buckinghamshire	6,225	18.2%
6	Islington	5,970	22.5%
7	Birmingham	5,720	12.5%
8	Leeds	5,330	14.8%
9	Manchester	5,085	17.1%
10	Barnet	4,680	17.2%
11	North Yorkshire	4,360	11.7%
12	Southwark	4,125	21.4%
13	City of Edinburgh	3,955	16.8%
14	Cheshire East	3,875	17.3%
15	Wandsworth	3,820	22.2%
16	Wiltshire	3,740	15.0%
17	Bristol, City of	3,705	16.6%
18	Tower Hamlets	3,565	17.5%
19	Glasgow City	3,450	13.0%
20	Richmond upon Thames	3,360	24.9%
21	Somerset	3,265	11.4%
22	Kensington and Chelsea	3,115	20.6%
23	Lambeth	3,015	19.5%
24	West Northamptonshire	2,945	13.4%
25	Hammersmith and Fulham	2,905	20.6%
26	Bromley	2,865	17.6%
27	Brighton and Hove	2,865	17.7%
28	Cornwall	2,860	9.5%
29	Ealing	2,835	14.2%
30	Cheshire West and Chester	2,830	17.2%
31	Harrow	2,735	16.6%
32	Sheffield	2,635	12.7%
33	Liverpool	2,570	13.8%
34	Dorset	2,455	11.9%
35	Croydon	2,435	14.7%
36	Aberdeenshire	2,435	17.0%
37	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	2,400	13.0%
38	Trafford	2,385	17.6%
39	Aberdeen City	2,380	23.4%
40	Haringey	2,325	16.3%
41	Redbridge	2,250	13.7%
42	Belfast	2,245	14.3%
43	Stockport	2,230	15.7%
44	Milton Keynes	2,210	14.6%
45	Elmbridge	2,205	23.3%
46	Merton	2,200	17.7%
47	Brent	2,195	12.7%
48	Cardiff	2,195	14.2%
49	Windsor and Maidenhead	2,175	21.2%
50	St Albans	2,165	23.5%

#	Local authority	Business sites	Share
1	Camden	11,235	26.6%
2	Richmond upon Thames	3,360	24.9%
3	St Albans	2,165	23.5%
4	Aberdeen City	2,380	23.4%
5	Elmbridge	2,205	23.3%
6	Hackney	6,290	22.8%
7	Islington	5,970	22.5%
8	Waverley	1,870	22.2%
9	Wandsworth	3,820	22.2%
10	Southwark	4,125	21.4%
11	Windsor and Maidenhead	2,175	21.2%
12	South Cambridgeshire	1,955	21.1%
13	Cambridge	1,415	20.8%
14	Guildford	1,770	20.7%
15	Hammersmith and Fulham	2,905	20.6%
16	Kensington and Chelsea	3,115	20.6%
17	Westminster	12,940	20.4%
18	Tunbridge Wells	1,420	20.4%
19	South Oxfordshire	1,760	20.0%
20	Warwick	1,680	20.0%
21	Rushcliffe	1,135	19.5%
22	Vale of White Horse	1,390	19.5%
23	Lambeth	3,015	19.5%
24	Wokingham	1,820	19.2%
25	Bath and North East Somerset	1,855	19.0%
26	Kingston upon Thames	1,750	18.6%
27	Warrington	1,905	18.5%
28	East Hampshire	1,315	18.4%
29	Buckinghamshire	6,225	18.2%
30	East Hertfordshire	1,650	18.2%