Trading status of businesses in the UK 2020, by industry| ��ƽ��

Share of businesses currently trading in the United Kingdom (UK) between two-weeks ending April 19, and August 9, 2020 (by industry)

Characteristic	August 9, 2020	April 19, 2020
Arts, Entertainment And Recreation	74.8%	20.5%
Accommodation And Food Service Activities	89.7%	18.2%
Administrative And Support Service Activities	92.4%	91.5%
Information And Communication	93.2%	95%
Professional, Scientific And Technical Activities	95.1%	96.7%
All Industries	95.2%	76.7%
Education	96.5%	86.8%
Construction	97.4%	73.2%
Transportation And Storage	97.4%	91.5%
Wholesale And Retail Trade; Repair Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles	97.8%	75.2%
Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management And Remediation Activities	98.2%	90%
Human Health And Social Work Activities	98.8%	93.8%
Manufacturing	99.3%	79%
Real Estate Activities*	100%	93%

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Release date

August 2020

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

April 6 to August 19, 2020

Number of respondents

23,905*

Special properties

UK businesses

Supplementary notes

*Earliest data for real estate is for two-weeks ending May 3, 2020

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As of August 2020, only three-quarters of businesses in the arts, entertainment, and recreation industry sector of the United Kingdom were currently trading. While this is a significant improvement on April, when just 20.5 percent of businesses in this sector were trading, it is far behind the majority of other sectors, most of which have 90 percent or more of their businesses currently trading.