UK: agricultural SME with growth plans 2011-2019| ��ƽ��

Percentage of small and medium enterprises (SME) in the agricultural sector with growth plans for the next 12 months in the United Kingdom (UK) from 4th quarter 2011 to 2nd quarter 2019*

Characteristic	Percentage of SMEs
Q2 2019	39%
Q1 2019	41%
Q4 2018	41%
Q3 2018	43%
Q2 2018	42%
Q1 2018	33%
Q4 2017	39%
Q3 2017	35%
Q2 2017	38%
Q1 2017	35%
Q4 2016	38%
Q3 2016	37%
Q2 2016	28%
Q1 2016	34%
Q4 2015	31%
Q3 2015	40%
Q2 2015	33%
Q1 2015	32%
Q4 2014	25%
Q3 2014	39%
Q2 2014	40%
Q1 2014	43%
Q4 2013	44%
Q3 2013	37%
Q2 2013	48%
Q1 2013	42%
Q4 2012	38%
Q3 2012	35%
Q2 2012	44%
Q1 2012	42%
Q4 2011	37%

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Release date

September 2019

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

4th quarter 2011 to 2nd quarter 2019

Special properties

SME**

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

* The respondent was the person in charge of managing the business’s finances. Data was collected via interview. Respondents were asked: "Which of the following do you feel describes your plans for the business over the next year?"
Respondents were then given four options:
- Grow substantially
- Grow moderately
- Stay the same size
- Become smaller
- Plan to sell/pass on/close
Agriculture, hunting and forestry; fishing
This statistic shows the share of those who responded with either 'grow substantially' or 'grow moderately'.
**In order to qualify for interview, SMEs had to meet the following criteria in addition to the quotas by size, sector and region:
Not 50%+ owned by another company
Not run as a social enterprise or as a not for profit organisation
Turnover of less than £25m

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This statistic displays the share of small and medium enterprises (SME) in the agricultural sector with growth plans for the next 12 months in the United Kingdom (UK) from the fourth quarter of 2011 to the second quarter of 2019. The peak of this period was in the second quarter 2013 when 48 percent of agricultural sector SMEs stated that they planned to grow in the following 12 months.