One in twenty
Most business statistics count firms arriving and leaving. This one counts firms getting bigger, and it is a far better guide to who has money to spend.
Every figure is cited on screen. Company examples are fictional specimens.
Music: Inspired by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0
Transcript
- 0:00
Most business statistics count firms arriving and leaving. This one counts firms getting bigger, and it is a far better guide to who has money to spend.
- 0:14
In 2024 there were 14,330 high growth businesses in the UK. That is 4.9 per cent of all firms with ten or more employees. Roughly one in twenty.
- 0:30
The definition is strict. Ten or more employees, growing staff by 20 per cent or more a year, for three years running. It measures people, not revenue.
- 0:45
Growth clusters. In information and communication, 9.2 per cent of firms with staff qualify. Nearly double the rate across all trades.
- 0:58
A company that has added a fifth more staff every year for three years has outgrown whatever it was using when it was half the size.
- 1:12
You cannot buy that list. But the public record shows the signs, as they happen.
About this film
One in twenty runs 1:20, read by Imogen and appears on Leadistry's Blog page. The full narration is above in 6 sections, so you can read it instead of watching if that is quicker. Every figure shown on screen comes from the Companies House public record or a named published source, and the companies used as examples are fictional specimens rather than real customers.