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Public administration and defence: ranking by local authority

Public administration and defence: 24,950 business sites, or 0.8% of the UK total. North Yorkshire comes top.

Ranking by number of business sites

#	Local authority	Business sites	Share
1	North Yorkshire	525	1.4%
2	North Lanarkshire	375	3.7%
3	County Durham	355	2.0%
4	Somerset	350	1.2%
5	Glasgow City	345	1.3%
6	Cornwall	340	1.1%
7	Wiltshire	290	1.2%
8	Westminster	255	0.4%
9	Kingston upon Hull, City of	250	2.8%
10	Dorset	235	1.1%
11	Highland	225	1.6%
12	Buckinghamshire	220	0.6%
13	Birmingham	215	0.5%
14	Winchester	210	2.3%
15	Cardiff	210	1.4%
16	Belfast	210	1.3%
17	East Riding of Yorkshire	205	1.3%
18	Shropshire	190	1.1%
19	West Northamptonshire	185	0.8%
20	Cumberland	180	1.4%
21	East Suffolk	175	1.6%
22	Northumberland	170	1.2%
23	Leeds	170	0.5%
24	Barking and Dagenham	165	1.7%
25	Powys	160	1.6%
26	Renfrewshire	160	2.6%
27	Manchester	155	0.5%
28	City of Edinburgh	155	0.7%
29	Westmorland and Furness	145	1.1%
30	Herefordshire, County of	145	1.2%
31	Cheshire East	135	0.6%
32	Cheshire West and Chester	135	0.8%
33	Basingstoke and Deane	135	1.6%
34	New Forest	135	1.5%
35	Carmarthenshire	135	1.4%
36	North Northamptonshire	130	0.8%
37	Aberdeenshire	130	0.9%
38	Argyll and Bute	130	2.6%
39	Gwynedd	125	1.9%
40	Doncaster	120	1.0%
41	Huntingdonshire	120	1.3%
42	South Norfolk	120	1.8%
43	Mid Suffolk	120	2.1%
44	Sheffield	120	0.6%
45	Bolton	115	0.9%
46	Rotherham	115	1.2%
47	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	115	1.7%
48	Bristol, City of	115	0.5%
49	Liverpool	110	0.6%
50	North Norfolk	110	2.3%

#	Local authority	Business sites	Share
1	North Lanarkshire	375	3.7%
2	Kingston upon Hull, City of	250	2.8%
3	Renfrewshire	160	2.6%
4	Winchester	210	2.3%
5	Bridgend	105	2.2%
6	Mid Suffolk	120	2.1%
7	County Durham	355	2.0%
8	Gwynedd	125	1.9%
9	Havant	95	1.8%
10	South Norfolk	120	1.8%
11	Broadland	100	1.7%
12	Barking and Dagenham	165	1.7%
13	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	115	1.7%
14	Breckland	105	1.7%
15	Neath Port Talbot	65	1.6%
16	Powys	160	1.6%
17	North Kesteven	80	1.6%
18	Basingstoke and Deane	135	1.6%
19	Highland	225	1.6%
20	Dundee City	80	1.6%
21	South Ayrshire	70	1.6%
22	Dover	70	1.6%
23	East Suffolk	175	1.6%
24	East Ayrshire	60	1.5%
25	Pembrokeshire	100	1.5%
26	Test Valley	100	1.5%
27	New Forest	135	1.5%
28	Wrexham	75	1.5%
29	East Lindsey	95	1.5%
30	Carmarthenshire	135	1.4%