North East businesses
Charts and commentary about the structure of the business economy of the North East and how it is performing.
Survival rate of new businesses
Data on the survival rate of new businesses in the North East
Business sectors
North East businesses
Unregistered business population
Estimates of the total number of businesses in the North East region, including unregistered businesses
Business sectors
North East businesses
Productivity by industry
Data on output per hour in the North East region by sector
Economy
Business sectors
Productivity and innovation
North East businesses
Research and development expenditure
Data on R&D spending in the different regions of the UK
Business sectors
Productivity and innovation
North East businesses
Experimental rapid business births and deaths
Experimental rapid data on business births and deaths in the North East CA
Business sectors
North East businesses
High growth firms
Data on high growth firms in the North East LEP area
Business sectors
North East businesses
Business births and deaths
Counts and rates of births and deaths of enterprises
Business sectors
North East businesses
Employment by sector
The number of people in employment in VAT / PAYE registered businesses by industry. North East sector specialisms.
Labour market
Business sectors
Employment
North East businesses
GVA by industry
How different sectors contribute to the value of the goods and services produced in North East
Economy
North East businesses
Registered business counts
Annual count of VAT and PAYE registered private sector businesses
Business sectors
North East businesses
Key North East sectors
Sector-specific data and information about sectors identified as important in the North East. At present, this sections combines the areas of strategic importance that the North East LEP (local enterprise partnership) focused on up to 2024 and the emerging priority areas for the North East MCA (mayoral combined authority).
Net zero businesses
Estimates of the number of companies in the North East with net zero activities as their main focus of work
Business sectors
Net Zero
Key sectors
Visitor Economy Businesses
Data showing the number of visitor economy businesses and employment in the sector in the North East
Business sectors
Key sectors
Knowledge intensive business services
Data on the number of enterprises and employment in knowledge intensive business services
Business sectors
Key sectors
Advanced manufacturing
Statistics on enterprises and employment for advanced manufacturing
Business sectors
Key sectors
Areas of strategic importance
An overview of enterprises and employment for the five areas of strategic importance that were a focus of the North East LEP up to 2024
Business sectors
Key sectors
Digital tech
Statistics on enterprises and employment for the digital sector.
Business sectors
Key sectors
Energy
Statistics on enterprises and employment for the energy sector
Business sectors
Key sectors
Health and life sciences
Statistics on enterprises and employment for health and life sciences
Business sectors
Key sectors
Spotlight analysis
Overarching evaluation of the North East Growth Hub and associated programmes
In 2022, the North East LEP (now part of the North East Combined Authority) commissioned an evaluation of the North East Growth Hub, undertaken by Technopolis. This independent evaluation focusses on the activities of the Growth Hub, plus a deep-dive on two specific programmes run through the Growth Hub: High Potential Start-Up (HPSU) and Made Smarter North East (MSANE). The evaluation has two objectives:
- Develop a better understanding of the performance, effectiveness and impact of the North East Growth Hub and its programmes, and
- Deliver evidence to inform ongoing and future delivery, including the development of policy and programmes
Evaluation of the North East Growth Hub
An evaluation of the North East Growth Hub and its associated programmes was completed in 2022. Its purpose was to assess performance and effectiveness of delivery to inform the current delivery model and to inform future priorities.
Publication library
North East England’s Construction Innovation Ecosystem
Research into the business base, strengths and challenges of the innovation ecosystem and recommendations for how to drive future innovation
Evaluation of the High Potential Start Up programme
This study offers a deep dive evaluation of the North East High Potential Start Up (HPSU) programme.
Evaluation of the Made Smarter Adoption North East Programme
This study explored the design and delivery of the support, uptake and effectiveness of the support, and the broader effects on the ecosystem.
Growth through Mentoring Interim Evaluation March 2020
In 2018, the North East Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) commissioned an external independent evaluation of its Growth through Mentoring programme to explore impact and effectiveness to date.
Business sectors
Evaluation
North East offshore wind supply chain
North East offshore wind supply chain
Business sectors
Net Zero
Research
Growth through Mentoring Interim Evaluation
In 2018, we commissioned an external independent evaluation of the Growth through Mentoring programme to explore the programme’s impact and effectiveness to date and to provide recommendations that would help shape future delivery.
Business sectors
Evaluation