Starting a business: The UK statistics Discover the essential stats behind the top 25 regional start-up cities, from the start-up ecosystem and quality of life to access to talent and business support Written by Megan Dunsby Updated on 19 May 2021 Our experts We are a team of writers, experimenters and researchers providing you with the best advice with zero bias or partiality. Written and reviewed by: Megan Dunsby To compile the Start-up Cities Index 2017, the Startups team have gathered data and statistics from a range of credible sources in order to get an accurate picture of the levels of start-up activity across the UK.From the number of start-ups in each city, to survival rates, and even weekly earnings and working age population, the tables below reflect how each city ranks as an ideal start-up location.Discover how each city fares for each criteria below…The start-up ecosystem and quality of lifeAverage property price: £183,396Average crime rate: 84.23 CityBusiness populationNew start-upsBusiness closuresSurvival rate (%)Property prices (£)Crime rates (per 1000)Aberdeen10,2301,0901,05546.00£205,36560.8Belfast10,5901,16580037.00£112,287–Birmingham37,2007,3104,03036.00£234,77068.35Brighton14,7652,1151,46046.00£285,20680.99Bristol19,2252,7951,82543.00£412,09098.50Cambridge5,2953,41049049.00£217,25287.23Canterbury5,56070054538.00£219,02656.37Cardiff12,0901,8001,19540.00£154,19791.67Coventry10,5201,8651,04539.00£120,00062.85Edinburgh20,2603,0552,07037.00£228,24073.1Glasgow20,2353,1852,33539.00£140,42685.2Hull6,44587063036.00£072,255101.94Leeds28,9054,3152,78542.00£234,92083.45Leicester11,8601,9151,27540.00£120,13682.93Liverpool14,0552,4351,56038.00£201,68090.86Manchester21,8154,1902,67536.00£238,050109.39Milton Keynes12,9752,2251,24041.00£18962370.57Newcastle8,6951,26093039.00£121,45680.2Norwich5,11062053544.oo£163,30494.67Nottingham9,4851,4001,07540.00£089,784101.02Oxford5,26568548045.00£296,47630.71Plymouth6,47087578042.00£136,071171.83Sheffield16,9052,2851,75042.00£125,83268.19Southampton7,3801,38582540.00£157,914102.45Swansea6,73089074038.00£108,54968.19*Business population (number of active businesses 2015), Number of new start-ups (new businesses launched in 2015), business closures (number of business deaths in 2015), survival rates (percentage of new enterprises started in 2010 still trading in 2015, figures rounded): Business Demography Report, published 23 November 2016 (Office for National Statistics)Property prices: September 2015 statistics (Land Registry), for Scotland June to September 2015 (Registry of Scotland)Crime rates (total number of crimes over a 12 month period per thousand residents): June 2015 statistics (Police UK)Access to talent and business supportAverage commercial rent cost Grade B:£15.83(10.764 = £ per sq. m) CityBroadband speedNumber of student gradsNumber of domicile graduatesCommercial rent cost Grade B (10.764=£ per sq.m)Aberdeen16.983.40%88.80%£18.00Belfast33.691.90%78.70%£16.00Birmingham28.854.70%69.00%£22.50Brighton33.348.10%64.10%£17.00Bristol33.848.10%64.1%£25.00Cambridge23.550.90%55.60%£16.00Canterbury2143.10%60.10%£13.50Cardiff30.259.50%73.1%£16.50Coventry25.354.70%69.00%£11.00Edinburgh30.383.40%88.80%£20.00Glasgow23.183.40%88.80%£20.00Hull14.1– – –Leeds25.348.50%71.50%£21.75Leicester23.239.20%61.00%£10.00Liverpool27.866.00%77.2%£12.50Manchester2466.00%77.2%£24.50Milton Keynes21.443.10%60.10%£12.00Newcastle25.255.10%76.2%£15.00Norwich1750.90%55.60%£10.00Nottingham31.439.20%61.00%£12.50Oxford22.543.10%60.10%£14.50Plymouth31.848.10%64.10%£11.00Sheffield20.948.50%71.50%£12.00Southampton27.843.10%60.10%£13.00Swansea27.7– – –*Broadband speed: Average broadband speed (M/bits) (Ofcom)Number of student graduates and domicile graduates staying in the area (HESCU’s Graduate Market Trends report 2016)Commercial rent cost Grade B (Colliers’ Office Rents Map – figures £ per sq.m for each location as of June 2016. Grade B rents apply to second-hand units built during the 1990s.) Share this post facebook twitter linkedin Written by: Megan Dunsby