United Kingdom: number of non-specialized retail stores 2008-2023

Published by Statista Research Department, May 30, 2025

In 2023, there were over 41 thousand non-specialized retail stores in the United Kingdom, approximately 807 stores fewer than the number registered a year earlier. In 2023, the number of employees in these type of establishments averaged 1.2 million people.

Number of non-specialized retail store enterprises in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2023

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Release date

April 2025

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2008 to 2023

Special properties

revised results

Supplementary notes

The Annual Business Survey (ABS) is a sample survey of approximately 73,000 businesses across the UK.

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