UK self-employment rate by age 2025| ��ƽ��

Share of the workforce that are self-employed in the United Kingdom from 4th quarter 2004 to 1st quarter 2025, by age group

Characteristic	16-24	25-49	50-64	65+
Q4 2004	3.7%	12.1%	17.5%	35.8%
Q1 2005	3.8%	12.2%	17.5%	36.2%
Q2 2005	3.8%	12.2%	17.7%	35.4%
Q3 2005	3.8%	12.3%	17.7%	35%
Q4 2005	3.7%	12.4%	17.5%	34.5%
Q1 2006	3.9%	12.4%	17.5%	36%
Q2 2006	3.9%	12.5%	17.4%	35.5%
Q3 2006	4%	12.5%	17.6%	36.4%
Q4 2006	4.1%	12.5%	17.5%	35.8%
Q1 2007	4.1%	12.5%	17.6%	35.2%
Q2 2007	4.1%	12.5%	17.5%	35.6%
Q3 2007	3.9%	12.5%	17.5%	35.3%
Q4 2007	4%	12.6%	17.6%	35%
Q1 2008	3.9%	12.7%	17.7%	35.1%
Q2 2008	3.9%	12.7%	17.4%	34.3%
Q3 2008	3.8%	12.6%	17.3%	33.1%
Q4 2008	3.6%	12.5%	17.1%	34%
Q1 2009	3.7%	12.5%	16.9%	33.1%
Q2 2009	3.8%	12.4%	17.1%	33.2%
Q3 2009	3.9%	12.5%	17.3%	33.6%
Q4 2009	4%	12.7%	17.3%	33.9%
Q1 2010	4%	12.7%	17.6%	34.6%
Q2 2010	3.9%	12.7%	17.7%	35.2%
Q3 2010	4%	12.7%	18%	35.4%
Q4 2010	4.1%	12.6%	18.4%	36.3%
Q1 2011	4.2%	12.5%	18.1%	36.5%
Q2 2011	4.3%	12.6%	18.1%	37%
Q3 2011	4.5%	12.7%	18.2%	38.2%
Q4 2011	4.7%	12.8%	18.3%	38.6%
Q1 2012	4.7%	13%	18.6%	38.7%
Q2 2012	4.8%	13.1%	18.8%	38.6%
Q3 2012	4.8%	13.2%	18.7%	38.2%
Q4 2012	4.6%	13.3%	18.5%	38.1%
Q1 2013	4.4%	13.1%	18.3%	38%
Q2 2013	4.4%	13.2%	18.2%	37.7%
Q3 2013	4.4%	13.2%	18.1%	37.8%
Q4 2013	4.8%	13.3%	18.3%	37.3%
Q1 2014	5%	13.5%	18.4%	38%
Q2 2014	4.8%	13.6%	18.4%	38.8%
Q3 2014	4.7%	13.7%	18.6%	37.9%
Q4 2014	4.6%	13.6%	18.6%	38.3%
Q1 2015	4.7%	13.5%	18.7%	38.4%
Q2 2015	5%	13.5%	18.8%	38.6%
Q3 2015	5.2%	13.5%	18.7%	39.7%
Q4 2015	4.8%	13.4%	18.7%	40.6%
Q1 2016	4.7%	13.5%	18.6%	40.5%
Q2 2016	4.8%	13.6%	19%	40.2%
Q3 2016	4.7%	13.7%	19.2%	39.8%
Q4 2016	4.7%	13.9%	19.5%	39.1%
Q1 2017	4.8%	13.9%	19.5%	39.6%
Q2 2017	4.7%	14%	19.2%	40.3%
Q3 2017	4.8%	13.9%	19%	40.6%
Q4 2017	4.9%	13.9%	18.8%	40.6%
Q1 2018	4.7%	13.9%	18.9%	40.6%
Q2 2018	4.6%	13.6%	19.1%	40.3%
Q3 2018	4.6%	13.6%	19.1%	39.3%
Q4 2018	4.7%	13.6%	19%	39.3%
Q1 2019	5%	13.7%	18.9%	39%
Q2 2019	5%	13.5%	19.1%	38.2%
Q3 2019	5.2%	13.6%	19.3%	38.3%
Q4 2019	5.4%	13.7%	19.3%	37.3%
Q1 2020	5.2%	13.6%	19%	36.9%
Q2 2020	5%	13.5%	18.9%	35.2%
Q3 2020	4.9%	12.9%	18.6%	35%
Q4 2020	4.7%	12.3%	18.1%	35.1%
Q1 2021	4.7%	11.8%	18%	34.5%
Q2 2021	4.7%	11.6%	17.7%	34.8%
Q3 2021	4.8%	11.6%	17.6%	34.4%
Q4 2021	4.6%	11.4%	17.3%	34.3%
Q1 2022	4.8%	11.4%	17.1%	33.3%
Q2 2022	4.6%	11.2%	16.9%	33.2%
Q3 2022	4.8%	11.2%	17.1%	33.7%
Q4 2022	4.7%	11.3%	17.3%	33.3%
Q1 2023	4.5%	11.3%	17%	34.5%
Q2 2023	4.9%	11.3%	17.3%	35.4%
Q3 2023	5.1%	11%	17.3%	35.3%
Q4 2023	5.5%	11.1%	17.4%	35%
Q1 2024	5.4%	10.8%	17.4%	35.1%
Q2 2024	5.3%	10.8%	17.2%	34%
Q3 2024	5.2%	11.1%	16.8%	35.2%
Q4 2024	4.9%	11.1%	17.2%	35.4%
Q1 2025	4.9%	11.3%	17.7%	35.2%

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Release date

September 2025

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

Q4 2004 to Q1 2025

Age group

16 years and older

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This statistic is using original data from the Office for National Statistics and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the .

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As of the first quarter of 2025, the self-employment rate for people aged between 16 and 24 was 4.9 percent, rising to 11.3 percent for those aged 25 to 49, 17.7 percent for the 50-64 age group, and 35.2 percent for those aged 65 and over.