UK business data sources
Search-friendly register of datasets used in Decised public pages and evidence reports. For in-product guidance, see product docs on sources.
UK Business Counts: local units
Publisher: Nomis (Office for National Statistics)
- Geography
- Local authority district (LAD)
- Data year / edition
- 2025 in current city snapshots
- Update frequency
- Annual releases; vintage shown per report
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 (confirm on Nomis)
Fields used: Registered-business counts by local authority district; SIC section counts; Year-on-year change in counts
Transformations: District aggregation, density per 1,000 residents using ONS population, sector ranking by count.
Limitations: Registered businesses, not trading volume, demand, rent, or footfall. District level, not street level.
Official source (HTTPS)Mid-year population estimates for local authorities
Publisher: Office for National Statistics
- Geography
- Local authority district (LAD)
- Data year / edition
- 2025 in current city snapshots
- Update frequency
- Annual mid-year release
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Fields used: Resident population; Year-on-year population change
Transformations: District totals used for density denominators.
Limitations: Resident population, not daytime or visitor population.
Official source (HTTPS)Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR) activity statistics
Publisher: Office for National Statistics
- Geography
- UK and local authority where applicable
- Data year / edition
- Release-specific
- Update frequency
- Periodic statistical bulletins
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Fields used: UK openings and closures in activity reports (where shown in product reports)
Transformations: Labelled observed benchmarks in saved reports.
Limitations: Not a success probability or demand measure.
Official source (HTTPS)Street-level crime open data
Publisher: Police.uk / data.police.uk
- Geography
- Street / neighbourhood
- Data year / edition
- Rolling monthly extracts
- Update frequency
- Monthly
- Licence
- Open Government Licence
Fields used: Crime points on maps in custom searches
Transformations: Mapped as descriptive context only.
Limitations: Never enters a decision score. Descriptive context only.
Official source (HTTPS)OpenStreetMap venue and place features
Publisher: OpenStreetMap contributors
- Geography
- Point/radius around search
- Data year / edition
- Live community data
- Update frequency
- Continuous
- Licence
- ODbL (see OpenStreetMap attribution requirements)
Fields used: Nearby venues on maps
Transformations: Radius queries for map layers.
Limitations: Unverified community data; descriptive only.
Official source (HTTPS)