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VAT or PAYE registered businesses: property (SIC L) in West Midlands

VAT or PAYE registered businesses: property (SIC L) in West Midlands was 10,275 in 2026, according to the Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). That is up 8.2% from 2025.

2026, count10,275
Change on 2025+8.2%
Series high10,2752026
Series low8,0402021

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VAT or PAYE registered businesses: property (SIC L) in West Midlands, 2021 to 2026

8,0008,5009,0009,50010K10.5K2021202220232024202520262021: 8,040 count2022: 8,510 count2023: 8,750 count2024: 9,125 count2025: 9,495 count2026: 10,275 count8,0009,00010K11K2021202320262021: 8,040 count2022: 8,510 count2023: 8,750 count2024: 9,125 count2025: 9,495 count2026: 10,275 count
count. Source: Office for National Statistics, UK Business Counts, enterprises by industry and employment size band: broad industry group 12 : Property (L) (ONS, Nomis NM_142_1). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-24.
All 6 values
Periodcount
202610,275
20259,495
20249,125
20238,750
20228,510
20218,040

Compared with United Kingdom

Place2026
West Midlands10,275
United Kingdom130,040

West Midlands compared with nearby places

North East: 2,960 countNorth West: 13,020 countYorkshire and The Humber: 8,690 countEast Midlands: 8,245 countWest Midlands: 10,275 countEast of England: 12,235 countLondon: 33,400 countSouth East: 17,430 countSouth West: 10,460 countNorthern Ireland: 2,595 countScotland: 7,080 countWales: 3,650 count
  • Under 4,300
  • 4,300 to 8,400
  • 8,400 to 10K
  • 10K to 13K
  • 13K and over
VAT or PAYE registered businesses: property (SIC L), 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 property (SIC L), 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 12 : Property (L) (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=163577868&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 12 : Property (L) (ONS, Nomis NM_142_1) (VAT or PAYE registered businesses: property (SIC L), 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=163577868&employment_sizeband=0&legal_status=0&measures=20100&time=2021,latest

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UK Business Counts, enterprises by industry and employment size band: broad industry group 12 : Property (L) (ONS, Nomis NM_142_1), VAT or PAYE registered businesses: property (SIC L), 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=163577868&employment_sizeband=0&legal_status=0&measures=20100&time=2021,latest. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/registered-businesses-uk-property/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 12 : Property (L) (ONS, Nomis NM_142_1). VAT or PAYE registered businesses: property (SIC L), 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=163577868&employment_sizeband=0&legal_status=0&measures=20100&time=2021,latest. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/registered-businesses-uk-property/west-midlands-uk.

Harvard

Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom) (2026) UK Business Counts, enterprises by industry and employment size band: broad industry group 12 : Property (L) (ONS, Nomis NM_142_1), VAT or PAYE registered businesses: property (SIC L), 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=163577868&employment_sizeband=0&legal_status=0&measures=20100&time=2021,latest, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/registered-businesses-uk-property/west-midlands-uk (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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What is the VAT or PAYE registered businesses: property (SIC L) in West Midlands?

VAT or PAYE registered businesses: property (SIC L) in West Midlands was 10,275 in 2026, according to the Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). That is up 8.2% from 2025.

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

What was the highest VAT or PAYE registered businesses: property (SIC L) in West Midlands?

10,275 in 2026, the highest value since 2021 in this series.

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