Statistics at DBT
Source: gov.uk (2025-07-31)

We publish statistics on business populations, building materials, small business surveys, international trade, strategic export controls, foreign direct investment and inward investment.

Release calendar

View the latest published and upcoming statistics for:
- DBT (https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?content_store_document_type=all_research_and_statistics&organisations%5B%5D=department-for-business-and-trade&order=updated-newest)
- UK Defence and Security Exports (UKDSE) (https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?content_store_document_type=all_research_and_statistics&organisations%5B%5D=uk-defence-and-security-exports&order=updated-newest)
Official statistics

Business
- Business population estimates (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/business-population-estimates)
- Longitudinal Small Business Survey (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/small-business-survey-reports)
- UK Innovation Survey (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-innovation-survey)
- Building materials and components (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/building-materials-and-components-monthly-statistics-2012)
- Number of exporting registered businesses in the UK (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/number-of-exporting-registered-businesses-in-the-uk)
Contact xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx) for enquiries on business statistics.

Trade and investment
- Market access barrier statistics (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/market-access-barrier-statistics)
- DBT national survey of registered businesses’ exporting behaviours, attitudes and needs (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dit-national-survey-of-registered-businesses-exporting-behaviours-attitudes-and-needs)
- DBT inward investment results (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dit-inward-investment-results)
- great.gov.uk performance dashboard (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/greatgovuk-performance-dashboard)
- Strategic export controls: licensing statistics (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data)
- Trade and investment core statistics book (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/trade-and-investment-core-statistics-book)
- UK defence and security export figures (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-defence-and-security-export-figures)
- UK trade in numbers (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-trade-in-numbers)
- Trade and investment factsheets (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/trade-and-investment-factsheets)
- Preference utilisation of UK trade in goods (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/preference-utilisation-of-uk-trade-in-goods)
Contact xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx) for enquiries on trade and investment statistics.

Other official statistics and ad-hoc releases

The Office for Product Safety and Standards, within DBT, publishes statistical releases which can accessed on the Statistics at Office for Product Safety and Standards (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/office-for-product-safety-and-standards/about/statistics) page on GOV.UK.

Trade unions (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/trade-union-statistics)

Net zero related inward investment in the UK: 18 November 2020 to 24 September 2021 (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/net-zero-related-inward-investment-in-the-uk-18-november-2020-to-24-september-2021)

Net zero related inward investment in the UK: 18 November 2020 to 12 October 2022 (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/net-zero-related-inward-investment-in-the-uk-18-november-2020-to-12-october-2022)

Inward investment in to freeports: December 2021 to November 2023 (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/inward-investment-in-to-freeports-december-2021-to-november-2023)

Corporate procedures and standards

We produce National Statistics and official statistics in accordance with the guidance provided in the Code of Practice for Statistics (https://code.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/). Details on how we do this are set out in these documents:
- DBT statement of compliance with the Pre-Release Access to Official Statistics Order 2008 (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbt-standards-for-official-statistics/pre-release-access-to-official-statistics-order-2008-statement-of-compliance)
- DBT statistical public engagement and data standards (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbt-standards-for-official-statistics/statistical-public-engagement-and-data-standards)
- DBT accessibility statement for official statistics (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/accessibility-statement-for-dbt-statistics)
- DBT statistical error and revision policy (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbt-standards-for-official-statistics/dbt-statistics-error-policy)
Archived statistics

We publish our most recent statistics on GOV.UK. This includes statistics previously published by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the Department for International Trade (DIT), both now closed.

Earlier versions of the former BEIS and DIT pages, equivalent to this one, are archived on GOV.UK. These include their associated historic publications:
- Statistics at BEIS (closed page) (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-energy-and-industrial-strategy/about/statistics)
- Statistics at DIT (closed page) (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-trade/about/statistics)