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VAT or PAYE registered businesses: information and communication (SIC J) in West Midlands

VAT or PAYE registered businesses: information and communication (SIC J) in West Midlands was 11,030 in 2026, according to the Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). That is up 0.7% from 2025.

2026, count11,030
Change on 2025+0.7%
Series high12,2502021
Series low10,8052023

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VAT or PAYE registered businesses: information and communication (SIC J) in West Midlands, 2021 to 2026

10.5K11K11.5K12K12.5K2021202220232024202520262021: 12,250 count2022: 11,315 count2023: 10,805 count2024: 11,000 count2025: 10,955 count2026: 11,030 count10.5K11K11.5K12K12.5K2021202320262021: 12,250 count2022: 11,315 count2023: 10,805 count2024: 11,000 count2025: 10,955 count2026: 11,030 count
count. Source: Office for National Statistics, UK Business Counts, enterprises by industry and employment size band: broad industry group 10 : Information & communication (J) (ONS, Nomis NM_142_1). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-24.
All 6 values
Periodcount
202611,030
202510,955
202411,000
202310,805
202211,315
202112,250

Compared with United Kingdom

Place2026
West Midlands11,030
United Kingdom190,500

West Midlands compared with nearby places

North East: 3,110 countNorth West: 14,005 countYorkshire and The Humber: 8,795 countEast Midlands: 8,420 countWest Midlands: 11,030 countEast of England: 17,885 countLondon: 62,915 countSouth East: 36,325 countSouth West: 13,740 countNorthern Ireland: 2,310 countScotland: 7,695 countWales: 4,270 count
  • Under 5,000
  • 5,000 to 8,600
  • 8,600 to 13K
  • 13K to 17K
  • 17K and over
VAT or PAYE registered businesses: information and communication (SIC J), 2026, count. West Midlands is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). Boundaries: Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2024.

Definition

Enterprises registered for VAT and/or PAYE on the Inter-Departmental Business Register, as at March of the year.

More on how it is measured
  • An enterprise is the smallest combination of legal units with autonomy over its decisions, counted once in the area of its registered office or main site.
  • ONS UK Business Counts (Nomis dataset NM_142_1), all employment sizes and legal statuses.
  • Broad industry group information and communication (SIC J), by the enterprise's main activity.

Counts are rounded to the nearest 5 by ONS, so small areas and industries carry rounding error and components do not add up exactly. Businesses below the VAT threshold with no employees are not included, so this is not the total business population (the business population estimates are larger), and it is not comparable with Eurostat enterprise counts for EU countries. The year is the March snapshot: 2026 means March 2026.

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Office for National Statistics. UK Business Counts, enterprises by industry and employment size band: broad industry group 10 : Information & communication (J) (ONS, Nomis NM_142_1). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_142_1.data.json?geography=2092957697,TYPE480,TYPE424&industry=163577866&employment_sizeband=0&legal_status=0&measures=20100&time=2021,latest. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). (2026). UK Business Counts, enterprises by industry and employment size band: broad industry group 10 : Information & communication (J) (ONS, Nomis NM_142_1) (VAT or PAYE registered businesses: information and communication (SIC J), West Midlands, 2021 to 2026) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_142_1.data.json?geography=2092957697,TYPE480,TYPE424&industry=163577866&employment_sizeband=0&legal_status=0&measures=20100&time=2021,latest

MLA 9

UK Business Counts, enterprises by industry and employment size band: broad industry group 10 : Information & communication (J) (ONS, Nomis NM_142_1), VAT or PAYE registered businesses: information and communication (SIC J), West Midlands, 2021 to 2026. Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom), 24 Sept. 2026, https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_142_1.data.json?geography=2092957697,TYPE480,TYPE424&industry=163577866&employment_sizeband=0&legal_status=0&measures=20100&time=2021,latest. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/registered-businesses-uk-information-communication/west-midlands-uk. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). 2026. UK Business Counts, enterprises by industry and employment size band: broad industry group 10 : Information & communication (J) (ONS, Nomis NM_142_1). VAT or PAYE registered businesses: information and communication (SIC J), West Midlands, 2021 to 2026. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_142_1.data.json?geography=2092957697,TYPE480,TYPE424&industry=163577866&employment_sizeband=0&legal_status=0&measures=20100&time=2021,latest. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/registered-businesses-uk-information-communication/west-midlands-uk.

Harvard

Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom) (2026) UK Business Counts, enterprises by industry and employment size band: broad industry group 10 : Information & communication (J) (ONS, Nomis NM_142_1), VAT or PAYE registered businesses: information and communication (SIC J), West Midlands, 2021 to 2026 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_142_1.data.json?geography=2092957697,TYPE480,TYPE424&industry=163577866&employment_sizeband=0&legal_status=0&measures=20100&time=2021,latest, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/registered-businesses-uk-information-communication/west-midlands-uk (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  title = {{UK Business Counts, enterprises by industry and employment size band: broad industry group 10 : Information \& communication (J) (ONS, Nomis NM\_142\_1): VAT or PAYE registered businesses: information and communication (SIC J), West Midlands, 2021 to 2026}},
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What is the VAT or PAYE registered businesses: information and communication (SIC J) in West Midlands?

VAT or PAYE registered businesses: information and communication (SIC J) in West Midlands was 11,030 in 2026, according to the Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). That is up 0.7% from 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). UK Business Counts, enterprises by industry and employment size band: broad industry group 10 : Information & communication (J) (ONS, Nomis NM_142_1). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest VAT or PAYE registered businesses: information and communication (SIC J) in West Midlands?

12,250 in 2021, the highest value since 2021 in this series.

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