Profile of Businesses in Yorkshire & Humber Region
There are 345,805 businesses in Yorkshire and Humber Region. Of these:
- 95% are micro businesses with less than 10 employees
- 99% are small businesses with less than 50 employees (micro businesses included)
- Less than 1% are medium sized and large businesses.
Small and micro businesses in Yorkshire and Humber provide 845,000 jobs within the region, that is 45% of all private sector employment.
Source - The Government's Department for Business Innovation and Skills, Enterprise Directorate Analytical Unit. Figures correct as at the start of 2008

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