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Active enterprises in Stoke-on-Trent

Active enterprises in Stoke-on-Trent was 7,410 in 2024, according to the Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). That is up 0.2% from 2023.

2024, count7,410
Change on 2023+0.2%
Series high7,6302022
Series low6,9352019

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Active enterprises in Stoke-on-Trent, 2019 to 2024

6,8007,0007,2007,4007,6007,8002019202020212022202320242019: 6,935 count2020: 7,120 count2021: 7,480 count2022: 7,630 count2023: 7,395 count2024: 7,410 count6,8007,0007,2007,4007,6007,8002019202120242019: 6,935 count2020: 7,120 count2021: 7,480 count2022: 7,630 count2023: 7,395 count2024: 7,410 count
count. Source: Office for National Statistics, Business demography, UK, Tables 3.1a to 3.1d: count of active enterprises by district, county and unitary authority within region and country. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-01-15.
All 6 values
Periodcount
20247,410
20237,395
20227,630
20217,480
20207,120
20196,935

Compared with West Midlands and United Kingdom

Place2024
Stoke-on-Trent7,410
West Midlands228,545
United Kingdom2,859,535

Rankings

Definition

Enterprises that had turnover or employment at any time during the year, with or without employees.

Counts enterprises, which can run several local units, under the harmonised Eurostat and OECD business demography rules. Not the same as active_companies (the INE business register count for Spain) or employer_firms (US firms with employees). For the UK it counts every enterprise active at some point in the year, so it differs from registered_enterprises_total (UK Business Counts), a snapshot of the register in March.

How to cite

Office for National Statistics. Business demography, UK, Tables 3.1a to 3.1d: count of active enterprises by district, county and unitary authority within region and country. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/datasets/businessdemographyreferencetable. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). (2026). Business demography, UK, Tables 3.1a to 3.1d: count of active enterprises by district, county and unitary authority within region and country (Active enterprises, Stoke-on-Trent, 2019 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/datasets/businessdemographyreferencetable

MLA 9

Business demography, UK, Tables 3.1a to 3.1d: count of active enterprises by district, county and unitary authority within region and country, Active enterprises, Stoke-on-Trent, 2019 to 2024. Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom), 15 Jan. 2026, https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/datasets/businessdemographyreferencetable. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/active-enterprises/stoke-on-trent-uk. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). 2026. Business demography, UK, Tables 3.1a to 3.1d: count of active enterprises by district, county and unitary authority within region and country. Active enterprises, Stoke-on-Trent, 2019 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/datasets/businessdemographyreferencetable. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/active-enterprises/stoke-on-trent-uk.

Harvard

Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom) (2026) Business demography, UK, Tables 3.1a to 3.1d: count of active enterprises by district, county and unitary authority within region and country, Active enterprises, Stoke-on-Trent, 2019 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/datasets/businessdemographyreferencetable, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/active-enterprises/stoke-on-trent-uk (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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What is the active enterprises in Stoke-on-Trent?

Active enterprises in Stoke-on-Trent was 7,410 in 2024, according to the Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). That is up 0.2% from 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). Business demography, UK, Tables 3.1a to 3.1d: count of active enterprises by district, county and unitary authority within region and country. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest active enterprises in Stoke-on-Trent?

7,630 in 2022, the highest value since 2019 in this series.

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