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True North Data Explorer

Owner-managed businesses

Often, it is owner or founder-managed businesses that can most effectively make a positive impact on places and people. This is because the organisation's mission is intrinsically tied to that of the owner or founder. This page explores the data behind this thinking for the North of England.

About this data

The data on this page was calculated using a custom filter on The Data City's database of over 5 million UK companies. In order to be classed as an owner-managed firm, we said the following must be true:

  • A director is appointed within two years of the company being incorporated.
  • The same director is, or has been, a person of significant control at the company. A person of significant control means they have shares or voting rights in the company.
  • The director is still active at the company.

In addition to the above, the following criteria were applied to the list of companies:

  • Must have its registered address in any of: the North East, North West, or Yorkshire and the Humber (ITL1 regions).
  • Up to 250 employees.
  • Up to £10 million annual turnover.
  • Exclude outliers.

These statistics are estimates calculated using their analyse tool, which has important limitations to be aware of. Before interpreting these statistics, please read their blog on how the analysis tool works and explanations of the headline statistics.

Total companies considered

400475

Estimated total employees

1677941398,925 companies declared or estimated

Estimated total turnover

£114321051672

Estimated growth per year

8.5%

Business counts by local authority

Estimates for the number of businesses classed as owner-managed.

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Hexmap Barnsley
Number of businesses: 4,604 Blackburn with Darwen
Number of businesses: 4,174 Blackpool
Number of businesses: 3,180 Bolton
Number of businesses: 11,014 Bradford
Number of businesses: 12,257 Burnley
Number of businesses: 2,121 Bury
Number of businesses: 9,779 Calderdale
Number of businesses: 6,502 Cheshire East
Number of businesses: 14,831 Cheshire West and Chester
Number of businesses: 9,347 Chorley
Number of businesses: 4,278 County Durham
Number of businesses: 8,264 Cumberland
Number of businesses: 5,124 Darlington
Number of businesses: 2,658 Doncaster
Number of businesses: 7,118 East Riding of Yorkshire
Number of businesses: 9,307 Fylde
Number of businesses: 3,988 Gateshead
Number of businesses: 4,803 Halton
Number of businesses: 2,274 Hartlepool
Number of businesses: 1,540 Hyndburn
Number of businesses: 1,594 Kingston upon Hull, City of
Number of businesses: 4,641 Kirklees
Number of businesses: 11,440 Knowsley
Number of businesses: 2,062 Lancaster
Number of businesses: 3,035 Leeds
Number of businesses: 23,913 Liverpool
Number of businesses: 12,924 Manchester
Number of businesses: 21,389 Middlesbrough
Number of businesses: 2,821 Newcastle upon Tyne
Number of businesses: 6,441 North East Lincolnshire
Number of businesses: 4,240 North Lincolnshire
Number of businesses: 3,523 North Tyneside
Number of businesses: 3,874 North Yorkshire
Number of businesses: 16,476 Northumberland
Number of businesses: 5,883 Oldham
Number of businesses: 6,449 Pendle
Number of businesses: 2,133 Preston
Number of businesses: 5,119 Redcar and Cleveland
Number of businesses: 1,726 Ribble Valley
Number of businesses: 2,135 Rochdale
Number of businesses: 4,912 Rossendale
Number of businesses: 2,141 Rotherham
Number of businesses: 5,126 Salford
Number of businesses: 7,835 Sefton
Number of businesses: 5,705 Sheffield
Number of businesses: 13,458 South Ribble
Number of businesses: 2,739 South Tyneside
Number of businesses: 2,278 St. Helens
Number of businesses: 2,856 Stockport
Number of businesses: 11,537 Stockton-on-Tees
Number of businesses: 4,628 Sunderland
Number of businesses: 3,663 Tameside
Number of businesses: 4,817 Trafford
Number of businesses: 10,275 Wakefield
Number of businesses: 6,549 Warrington
Number of businesses: 12,675 West Lancashire
Number of businesses: 3,300 Westmorland and Furness
Number of businesses: 5,784 Wigan
Number of businesses: 6,455 Wirral
Number of businesses: 6,966 Wyre
Number of businesses: 2,656 York
Number of businesses: 5,139

Employee counts by local authority

Estimates for the number of employees working at companies classed as owner-managed.

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Hexmap Barnsley
Number of employees: 19,689 Blackburn with Darwen
Number of employees: 19,175 Blackpool
Number of employees: 12,403 Bolton
Number of employees: 39,976 Bradford
Number of employees: 49,807 Burnley
Number of employees: 10,346 Bury
Number of employees: 31,006 Calderdale
Number of employees: 25,438 Cheshire East
Number of employees: 57,446 Cheshire West and Chester
Number of employees: 40,788 Chorley
Number of employees: 19,082 County Durham
Number of employees: 37,068 Cumberland
Number of employees: 24,958 Darlington
Number of employees: 10,576 Doncaster
Number of employees: 27,237 East Riding of Yorkshire
Number of employees: 39,407 Fylde
Number of employees: 12,772 Gateshead
Number of employees: 22,482 Halton
Number of employees: 11,365 Hartlepool
Number of employees: 6,135 Hyndburn
Number of employees: 7,008 Kingston upon Hull, City of
Number of employees: 24,249 Kirklees
Number of employees: 46,214 Knowsley
Number of employees: 9,151 Lancaster
Number of employees: 14,338 Leeds
Number of employees: 105,092 Liverpool
Number of employees: 55,936 Manchester
Number of employees: 96,118 Middlesbrough
Number of employees: 11,867 Newcastle upon Tyne
Number of employees: 35,573 North East Lincolnshire
Number of employees: 17,103 North Lincolnshire
Number of employees: 14,409 North Tyneside
Number of employees: 18,206 North Yorkshire
Number of employees: 71,077 Northumberland
Number of employees: 25,745 Oldham
Number of employees: 25,695 Pendle
Number of employees: 8,620 Preston
Number of employees: 23,128 Redcar and Cleveland
Number of employees: 8,347 Ribble Valley
Number of employees: 8,306 Rochdale
Number of employees: 19,970 Rossendale
Number of employees: 6,734 Rotherham
Number of employees: 21,833 Salford
Number of employees: 32,037 Sefton
Number of employees: 23,454 Sheffield
Number of employees: 60,872 South Ribble
Number of employees: 12,390 South Tyneside
Number of employees: 10,336 St. Helens
Number of employees: 13,277 Stockport
Number of employees: 43,112 Stockton-on-Tees
Number of employees: 22,679 Sunderland
Number of employees: 17,513 Tameside
Number of employees: 18,985 Trafford
Number of employees: 38,751 Wakefield
Number of employees: 30,048 Warrington
Number of employees: 32,695 West Lancashire
Number of employees: 14,640 Westmorland and Furness
Number of employees: 26,972 Wigan
Number of employees: 25,614 Wirral
Number of employees: 27,130 Wyre
Number of employees: 11,063 York
Number of employees: 24,498

Turnover by local authority

Estimates for the turnover of businesses classed as owner-managed

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Hexmap Barnsley
Estimated turnover: £1,468,787,381 Blackburn with Darwen
Estimated turnover: £1,424,769,740 Blackpool
Estimated turnover: £825,778,957 Bolton
Estimated turnover: £2,770,273,083 Bradford
Estimated turnover: £3,668,419,005 Burnley
Estimated turnover: £751,871,433 Bury
Estimated turnover: £2,240,955,300 Calderdale
Estimated turnover: £1,901,574,419 Cheshire East
Estimated turnover: £3,853,528,771 Cheshire West and Chester
Estimated turnover: £2,651,335,970 Chorley
Estimated turnover: £1,268,687,385 County Durham
Estimated turnover: £2,758,497,500 Cumberland
Estimated turnover: £1,625,540,381 Darlington
Estimated turnover: £696,575,778 Doncaster
Estimated turnover: £1,955,096,953 East Riding of Yorkshire
Estimated turnover: £2,792,699,778 Fylde
Estimated turnover: £794,668,222 Gateshead
Estimated turnover: £1,473,524,136 Halton
Estimated turnover: £821,733,449 Hartlepool
Estimated turnover: £389,698,693 Hyndburn
Estimated turnover: £556,277,228 Kingston upon Hull, City of
Estimated turnover: £1,791,227,730 Kirklees
Estimated turnover: £3,365,315,915 Knowsley
Estimated turnover: £688,543,534 Lancaster
Estimated turnover: £920,290,620 Leeds
Estimated turnover: £6,839,880,502 Liverpool
Estimated turnover: £3,325,302,065 Manchester
Estimated turnover: £6,044,745,823 Middlesbrough
Estimated turnover: £758,433,576 Newcastle upon Tyne
Estimated turnover: £2,049,891,617 North East Lincolnshire
Estimated turnover: £1,180,564,002 North Lincolnshire
Estimated turnover: £1,039,933,150 North Tyneside
Estimated turnover: £1,139,407,748 North Yorkshire
Estimated turnover: £5,061,301,477 Northumberland
Estimated turnover: £1,780,263,715 Oldham
Estimated turnover: £1,797,896,063 Pendle
Estimated turnover: £646,070,233 Preston
Estimated turnover: £1,560,803,351 Redcar and Cleveland
Estimated turnover: £540,456,251 Ribble Valley
Estimated turnover: £613,728,069 Rochdale
Estimated turnover: £1,468,408,433 Rossendale
Estimated turnover: £545,703,737 Rotherham
Estimated turnover: £1,670,833,851 Salford
Estimated turnover: £2,203,270,033 Sefton
Estimated turnover: £1,583,771,238 Sheffield
Estimated turnover: £4,167,468,878 South Ribble
Estimated turnover: £870,512,502 South Tyneside
Estimated turnover: £656,409,062 St. Helens
Estimated turnover: £921,491,601 Stockport
Estimated turnover: £2,845,053,683 Stockton-on-Tees
Estimated turnover: £1,474,496,835 Sunderland
Estimated turnover: £1,170,211,504 Tameside
Estimated turnover: £1,313,212,082 Trafford
Estimated turnover: £2,543,219,926 Wakefield
Estimated turnover: £2,063,439,333 Warrington
Estimated turnover: £2,124,984,771 West Lancashire
Estimated turnover: £1,108,792,798 Westmorland and Furness
Estimated turnover: £1,863,159,857 Wigan
Estimated turnover: £1,871,010,289 Wirral
Estimated turnover: £1,713,323,837 Wyre
Estimated turnover: £790,592,891 York
Estimated turnover: £1,517,335,528

SIC Sector counts

Top 10 SIC sectors by number of businesses

SIC section lookup

M: Professional, scientific and technical activities

G: Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles

F: Construction

N: Administrative and support service activities

L: Real estate activities

J: Information and communication

Q: Human health and social work activities

I: Accommodation and food service activities

S: Other service activities

C: Manufacturing

Count
030k60kCSIQJLNFGMProfessional, scientific and technical activities
Count: 64969Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
Count: 54196Construction
Count: 52777Administrative and support service activities
Count: 42222Real estate activities
Count: 32359Information and communication
Count: 31498Human health and social work activities
Count: 24857Accommodation and food service activities
Count: 24445Other service activities
Count: 22663Manufacturing
Count: 20770

Employees by SIC sector

Top 10 SIC sectors by number of emloyees

SIC section lookup

G: Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles

I: Accommodation and food service activities

M: Professional, scientific and technical activities

F: Construction

N: Administrative and support service activities

Q: Human health and social work activities

C: Manufacturing

J: Information and communication

S: Other service activities

L: Real estate activities

Estimated employees
010000015000020000025000050000LSJCQNFMIGWholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
Estimated employees: 215,945Accommodation and food service activities
Estimated employees: 197,503Professional, scientific and technical activities
Estimated employees: 184,781Construction
Estimated employees: 173,430Administrative and support service activities
Estimated employees: 169,098Human health and social work activities
Estimated employees: 152,126Manufacturing
Estimated employees: 114,496Information and communication
Estimated employees: 81,585Other service activities
Estimated employees: 74,311Real estate activities
Estimated employees: 68,270

Turnover by SIC sector

Top 10 SIC sectors by turnover

SIC section lookup

G: Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles

F: Construction

C: Manufacturing

N: Administrative and support service activities

M: Professional, scientific and technical activities

I: Accommodation and food service activities

Q: Human health and social work activities

K: Financial and insurance activities

J: Information and communication

L: Real estate activities

Estimated turnover
0£10B£20B£30BLJKQIMNCFGWholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
Estimated turnover: £27,095,339,092.667Construction
Estimated turnover: £14,299,559,012.75Manufacturing
Estimated turnover: £13,781,298,996.333Administrative and support service activities
Estimated turnover: £10,407,223,540.417Professional, scientific and technical activities
Estimated turnover: £9,722,411,484Accommodation and food service activities
Estimated turnover: £7,420,004,093.333Human health and social work activities
Estimated turnover: £5,658,450,559.25Financial and insurance activities
Estimated turnover: £5,182,082,388.333Information and communication
Estimated turnover: £4,815,650,961.333Real estate activities
Estimated turnover: £3,531,477,107