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Percentage of small and medium enterprises (SME) in the construction sector with growth plans for the next 12 months in the United Kingdom (UK) from 4th quarter 2011 to 4th quarter 2020*

Characteristic	Percentage of SMEs
Q4 2020	33%
Q3 2020	34%
Q2 2020	19%
Q1 2020	38%
Q4 2019	45%
Q3 2019	43%
Q2 2019	48%
Q1 2019	41%
Q4 2018	37%
Q3 2018	39%
Q2 2018	40%
Q1 2018	39%
Q4 2017	39%
Q3 2017	37%
Q2 2017	33%
Q1 2017	32%
Q4 2016	37%
Q3 2016	30%
Q2 2016	33%
Q1 2016	40%
Q4 2015	42%
Q3 2015	35%
Q2 2015	31%
Q1 2015	33%
Q4 2014	34%
Q3 2014	37%
Q2 2014	43%
Q1 2014	34%
Q4 2013	39%
Q3 2013	40%
Q2 2013	47%
Q1 2013	38%
Q4 2012	37%
Q3 2012	33%
Q2 2012	38%
Q1 2012	37%
Q4 2011	42%

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Release date

September 2020

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

4th quarter 2011 to 4th quarter 2020

Number of respondents

4,500 respondents

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

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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Data on the share of small and medium enterprises (SME) in the construction sector with growth plans for the next 12 months in the United Kingdom (UK) from fourth quarter 2011 to second quarter 2020 shows that the peak of this period was in second quarter 2013, when 47 percent of construction sector SMEs stated that they planned to grow in the following 12 months.