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UK business data sources

Register of datasets used in Decised public pages and evidence reports. Live search is Property. Idea, location and company sources remain listed for saved reports and paused journeys. Guests can run a minimum public property preview; a free account opens the full labelled brief. For in-product guidance, see product docs on sources.

Crime, news, OpenStreetMap venues and map tiles never enter a decision score. Missing stays missing: Scotland and Northern Ireland property packs do not invent England/Wales Price Paid or VOA figures.

Local market and city snapshots

Registered-business and population evidence for local authority districts. Used on public city profiles and in paused Business idea and Location reports.

  • UK Business Counts, enterprises by industry and employment size band

    Publisher: Nomis (Office for National Statistics)

    Used in
    City snapshots; Business idea and Location reports; local-market panels on Company and Property reports
    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: Official all-industry enterprise total for the local authority district; SIC 2007 section enterprise counts; Year-on-year change where comparable official totals exist

    Transformations: Published all-industry total uses the Nomis total cell (industry 150994944), not the sum of rounded SIC sections. Density is enterprises per 1,000 residents using ONS population. Sector ranking uses section counts only.

    Limitations: Registered enterprises, not trading volume, demand, rent, or footfall. Section counts are rounded and do not sum to the official total. District level, not street level.

    Official source (HTTPS)

  • Mid-year population estimates for local authorities

    Publisher: Office for National Statistics

    Used in
    City snapshots; Business idea and Location reports
    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

    Used in
    Business idea and Location report activity panels
    Geography
    UK and local authority where published
    Data year / edition
    Release-specific bulletin extract
    Update frequency
    Periodic statistical bulletins
    Licence
    Open Government Licence v3.0

    Fields used: UK openings and closures rates (labelled business openings / closures in the product)

    Transformations: Labelled observed benchmarks. Not a plan success probability.

    Limitations: IDBR activity aggregates, not Companies House register survival and not demand.

    Official source (HTTPS)

Company search

Public Companies House register identity, filing calendar, peers and (when mapped) filed financial facts. Missing profit-and-loss stays Not publicly filed.

  • Company profile, filing calendar, officers, charges and insolvency

    Publisher: Companies House

    Used in
    Company search (guest preview identity; full report after a free account)
    Geography
    UK registered company; office postcode mapped to a local authority when possible
    Data year / edition
    Live register at search time (saved reports stay frozen)
    Update frequency
    Live lookup when Companies House access is configured
    Licence
    Open Government Licence v3.0

    Fields used: Registered name, number, status, type, incorporation date, SIC codes; Registered office (labelled as not necessarily the trading location); Accounts type and filing dates; confirmation statement dates; Officers, persons with significant control, charges and insolvency when returned

    Transformations: Public register fields only. Comparable companies use documented SIC, status, geography and age filters. Same SIC is not labelled a direct competitor.

    Limitations: Requires a configured Companies House key in deployed environments; otherwise company lookup is unavailable. Filed profit-and-loss is Not publicly filed when the accounts type does not publish it, never zero or estimated. Register-survival probabilities stay research-only and withheld.

    Official source (HTTPS)

Property search

Frozen local-authority packs (schema property_snapshots.v2). The live brief for advisers. Families stay separate, not one market-activity score or a valuation. About ten years of history where published.

  • Price Paid Data (residential sales lodged for registration)

    Publisher: HM Land Registry

    Used in
    Property search
    Geography
    England and Wales local authority districts in the current freeze
    Data year / edition
    Frozen pack; incomplete latest periods are withheld from trend charts
    Update frequency
    Frozen into property snapshots; not live-refreshed on each search
    Licence
    Open Government Licence v3.0 (address-level fields withheld)

    Fields used: Local-authority median price paid and transaction counts; Property type and new versus existing splits where frozen; About ten annual years of history (2016–2025 in the current pack)

    Transformations: District aggregates only. Address fields are not shown. Dashed chart line is the average of periods shown, not a forecast.

    Limitations: Sales lodged for registration; revised and lagged. Scotland and Northern Ireland packs do not invent England/Wales Price Paid figures. Not a valuation or yield.

    Official source (HTTPS)

  • UK House Price Index

    Publisher: HM Land Registry / Office for National Statistics / Registers of Scotland / Land & Property Services

    Used in
    Property search
    Geography
    Local authorities where the index is published
    Data year / edition
    Frozen pack; incomplete latest months withheld from trend
    Update frequency
    Frozen into property snapshots
    Licence
    Open Government Licence v3.0

    Fields used: Local-authority index level and change; Average price where published; Up to 120 monthly history points in the current pack

    Transformations: Index and aggregate change only. Families stay separate from Price Paid and VOA.

    Limitations: Not a valuation, AVM or forecast. Missing geographies stay missing.

    Official source (HTTPS)

  • Stock of properties (non-domestic rating)

    Publisher: Valuation Office Agency

    Used in
    Property search
    Geography
    England and Wales local authorities in the current freeze
    Data year / edition
    Frozen pack (financial years 2016–03–31 to 2025–03–31 in the current history)
    Update frequency
    Frozen into property snapshots
    Licence
    VOA Stock of Properties statistical aggregates (hereditament counts and rateable value only)

    Fields used: Hereditament counts and rateable value; Sector breakdown and about ten financial years of history

    Transformations: Administrative stock aggregates. Sector heatmap shades each sector against its own highest year. Not buildings, occupancy or asking rent.

    Limitations: Not commercial rent, vacancy or a building census. Scotland and Northern Ireland do not invent England/Wales VOA figures.

    Official source (HTTPS)

  • Planning application statistics (PS1/PS2)

    Publisher: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    Used in
    Property search
    Geography
    England planning authorities mapped to gazetteer local authorities where the freeze carries a match
    Data year / edition
    Frozen pack (quarters in the current history)
    Update frequency
    Frozen into property snapshots
    Licence
    Open Government Licence v3.0

    Fields used: Applications received, decided and granted; About ten years of quarterly history in the current pack

    Transformations: Counts of applications and decisions only. Not named schemes, starts or completions.

    Limitations: Not a pipeline of live sites. Missing authority codes stay missing rather than inventing successor totals.

    Official source (HTTPS)

  • planning.data.gov.uk (site overlays and named applications)

    Publisher: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    Used in
    Property search, dig-in site constraints
    Geography
    Map-centre buffer around the searched place (England coverage; incomplete by LPA)
    Data year / edition
    Live at report create time; frozen into the saved report
    Update frequency
    Captured when the report is built; not silently rehydrated later
    Licence
    Open Government Licence v3.0

    Fields used: Flood-risk zones intersecting a search buffer; Listed buildings, Article 4 areas, conservation areas, local-plan boundaries; Named planning applications where an LPA publishes them

    Transformations: Descriptive overlays only. Never enter a score. Missing LPA coverage stays missing.

    Limitations: Not a flood risk assessment, listing extent survey, local-plan policy text, or grant-rate. Named applications are incomplete nationally.

    Official source (HTTPS)

  • Energy Performance of Buildings Open Data / Find Energy Certificate

    Publisher: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    Used in
    Property search, dig-in site constraints
    Geography
    England and Wales postcodes when the Open Data API is configured
    Data year / edition
    Live at report create time when credentials exist
    Update frequency
    Captured when the report is built
    Licence
    Open Government Licence v3.0

    Fields used: Postcode certificate counts and rating bands when Open Data credentials are configured; Otherwise a research link to the public Find Energy Certificate service

    Transformations: Lodged certificates only. Never a retrofit recommendation, valuation or score.

    Limitations: Requires free Open Data credentials for bulk/API ratings. Without them the report keeps the public finder link and does not invent ratings.

    Official source (HTTPS)

  • Registered entities with property-related SIC codes (proxy)

    Publisher: Companies House

    Used in
    Property search (context panel)
    Geography
    Registered-office geography, not trading sites
    Data year / edition
    Live or frozen with the pack, as shown on the report
    Update frequency
    When Companies House lookup is available
    Licence
    Open Government Licence v3.0

    Fields used: Count of matching registered entities for the local authority, labelled as a proxy

    Transformations: SIC filter only. Explicitly labelled as a proxy, not an active-developer census.

    Limitations: Registered offices and entities only, not sites, starts or a national developer list.

    Official source (HTTPS)

UK macro series

Observed national series shown as context on reports. Not a forecast or credit input.

  • Official Bank Rate history

    Publisher: Bank of England

    Used in
    Report macro / economy panels
    Geography
    United Kingdom
    Data year / edition
    Series vintage shown on the report
    Update frequency
    As loaded in the validated data bundle
    Licence
    Open Government Licence v3.0

    Fields used: Bank Rate series shown as observed macro context

    Transformations: Observed history only; not a credit decision.

    Limitations: Not a forecast of future rates or of a user’s borrowing cost.

    Official source (HTTPS)

  • Inflation, unemployment and GDP growth series

    Publisher: Office for National Statistics

    Used in
    Report macro / economy panels
    Geography
    United Kingdom; local series only where published in the bundle
    Data year / edition
    Series vintage shown on the report
    Update frequency
    As loaded in the validated data bundle
    Licence
    Open Government Licence v3.0

    Fields used: Published national series shown as observed context

    Transformations: Missing periods stay missing. Revisions follow ONS publication policy.

    Limitations: Not a local demand model.

    Official source (HTTPS)

Descriptive place context

Shown beside evidence so you can inspect it. Crime, news, venues and map tiles never enter a decision score.

  • Street-level crime open data

    Publisher: Police.uk / data.police.uk

    Used in
    Signed-in report maps (descriptive)
    Geography
    Street / neighbourhood around a search point
    Data year / edition
    Rolling monthly extracts
    Update frequency
    Monthly; fetched for signed-in reports when the layer is used
    Licence
    Open Government Licence

    Fields used: Crime points and category counts in the map focus radius

    Transformations: Mapped as descriptive context only.

    Limitations: Never enters a decision score. Provider failure leaves the panel missing.

    Official source (HTTPS)

  • OpenStreetMap venue and place features

    Publisher: OpenStreetMap contributors

    Used in
    Signed-in report maps (descriptive)
    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 optional map layers.

    Limitations: Unverified community data; descriptive only; never enters a decision score.

    Official source (HTTPS)

  • Local and business-oriented headline context

    Publisher: Google News RSS, including attributed Yahoo News / Yahoo Finance coverage

    Used in
    Signed-in report news panel (descriptive)
    Geography
    Place name query, not a verified local corpus
    Data year / edition
    Live at report time (saved reports stay frozen)
    Update frequency
    Fetched for signed-in reports
    Licence
    Publisher terms; headlines attributed to the originating outlet

    Fields used: Recent headlines mentioning the place; keyword matches labelled as context

    Transformations: Place/business queries include a Yahoo-domain-constrained discovery query. Keyword matches are counts of headlines, not validated investment signals.

    Limitations: Never enters a decision score. This is Google RSS discovery, not a direct Yahoo API or a complete news archive.

    Official source (HTTPS)

  • Map basemap tiles

    Publisher: Esri (default) / CARTO and OpenStreetMap contributors (configured alternative)

    Used in
    Report place map
    Geography
    Tile requests from the user’s device
    Data year / edition
    Live tiles
    Update frequency
    As served by the tile provider
    Licence
    Provider attribution (CARTO / OSM / Esri as shown on the map)

    Fields used: Raster tiles displayed in the browser for place maps

    Transformations: The keyless Esri light-gray canvas is the default; CARTO Voyager is used only when its browser key is configured.

    Limitations: Tiles require browser access to the selected provider and are a visual aid, not an evidence family. No score uses the basemap.

    Official source (HTTPS)

Separate from report evidence

Guidance and referral sources

These sources help a user decide what to do after reading a report. They are never used as observations, model inputs or scores. An accredited directory is labelled separately from a government service.

  • Testing and validating your business idea

    Department for Business and Trade · UK government guidance

    official guidance

    Structure an assumption, test it with prospective customers and record what changes.

    Geography
    United Kingdom
    Last checked
    Boundary
    General guidance; it does not validate a specific idea or replace direct customer research.
    Licence / use
    Public-sector information; link and paraphrase only in the product.
    Open source (HTTPS)

  • Write a business plan

    GOV.UK · UK government guidance

    official guidance

    Turn validated assumptions into a working business plan and financial forecast.

    Geography
    United Kingdom
    Last checked
    Boundary
    A planning framework, not approval of a business or forecast.
    Licence / use
    Open Government Licence v3.0; Decised links to the source.
    Open source (HTTPS)

  • Find business finance and support

    GOV.UK · UK government service

    official service

    Find public support schemes using location, sector, stage and support-type filters.

    Geography
    United Kingdom; filters vary by scheme
    Last checked
    Boundary
    Listings and eligibility change; users must confirm the current scheme terms.
    Licence / use
    Open Government Licence v3.0; Decised links to the live service.
    Open source (HTTPS)

  • Finance options for smaller businesses

    British Business Bank · UK government-owned development bank

    official guidance

    Understand common finance routes before comparing providers or making an application.

    Geography
    United Kingdom; product availability varies
    Last checked
    Boundary
    Information is not a finance offer, eligibility decision or recommendation from Decised.
    Licence / use
    Publisher website terms apply; Decised links to the source.
    Open source (HTTPS)

  • Licence finder

    GOV.UK · UK government service

    official service

    Check whether an activity or premises may need a licence or permit.

    Geography
    United Kingdom; requirements vary by nation and local authority
    Last checked
    Boundary
    The service is a starting point; the relevant authority confirms current requirements.
    Licence / use
    Open Government Licence v3.0; Decised links to the live service.
    Open source (HTTPS)

  • Find a business rates valuation

    GOV.UK / Valuation Office Agency · UK government service

    official service

    Look up a non-domestic property's rateable value and current list entry.

    Geography
    England and Wales
    Last checked
    Boundary
    Rateable value is not rent, sale value, occupancy or a full rates bill.
    Licence / use
    Open Government Licence v3.0; Decised links to the live service.
    Open source (HTTPS)

  • Search the Companies House register

    Companies House · UK public register

    public register

    Inspect public company filings, officers, charges and registered identity.

    Geography
    United Kingdom
    Last checked
    Boundary
    Registered-office and filed information do not prove current trading activity, revenue or direct competition.
    Licence / use
    Open Government Licence v3.0 applies to reusable public-sector information; service terms also apply.
    Open source (HTTPS)

  • Find your accredited Chamber of Commerce

    British Chambers of Commerce · Accredited business network; not a government service

    accredited directory

    Find the accredited Chamber serving a site or registered-office postcode.

    Geography
    United Kingdom; referral is based on the postcode entered by the user
    Last checked
    Boundary
    A directory and referral route only. Decised does not infer membership, endorsement or eligibility.
    Licence / use
    Publisher website terms apply; directory is linked, not copied.
    Open source (HTTPS)

  • Local Skills Improvement Plan directory

    Department for Education · UK government publication

    official guidance

    Find the employer-led local skills plan and responsible body for an English area.

    Geography
    England; local plan areas
    Last checked
    Boundary
    Plans describe skills priorities; they do not measure demand for a specific business or role.
    Licence / use
    Open Government Licence v3.0; Decised links to the current directory.
    Open source (HTTPS)

  • planning.data.gov.uk

    Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · UK government open planning geography

    public register

    Inspect named planning applications and constraint datasets (flood, listed buildings, Article 4, conservation areas and related layers).

    Geography
    England; coverage incomplete by local planning authority
    Last checked
    Boundary
    LPA coverage is incomplete. Absence of a layer or named application is not an all-clear, not a grant rate and not a site pipeline.
    Licence / use
    Open Government Licence / publisher terms; Decised links and paraphrases only.
    Open source (HTTPS)

  • Search sold property prices

    HM Land Registry / GOV.UK · England and Wales public property register

    official service

    Check recorded sale prices and dates for an address or area.

    Geography
    England and Wales
    Last checked
    Boundary
    Recorded sales are not asking prices, a current valuation or proof of condition.
    Licence / use
    Publisher service terms apply; Decised links to the service.
    Open source (HTTPS)

  • ScotLIS property search

    Registers of Scotland · Scottish public property register

    official service

    Check a Scottish property's last recorded purchase price and date.

    Geography
    Scotland
    Last checked
    Boundary
    A last purchase price is not an area median or current valuation. Some documents carry a fee.
    Licence / use
    Publisher service terms apply; Decised links to the service.
    Open source (HTTPS)

  • Northern Ireland House Price Index

    Department of Finance / Land & Property Services · Northern Ireland official statistics

    official guidance

    Check published quarterly house-price and sales-volume statistics.

    Geography
    Northern Ireland
    Last checked
    Boundary
    Area statistics are not a property's sale history or current valuation.
    Licence / use
    Open Government Licence applies to published statistics; Decised links to the source.
    Open source (HTTPS)

British Chambers of Commerce QES results are not a Decised dataset. Regional sentiment charts will only be introduced after explicit data rights, geography metadata and release QA are in place.

Verified public link-outs

Regional publications for shipped city profiles

Decised maps these publisher-owned reading routes to public city profiles by local authority code. They add context only: values are not copied into report charts. For a site-specific referral, users enter their postcode directly in the BCC Chamber finder.

  • Quarterly Economic Research

    Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce · shown for Manchester

    Link only

    Read the Chamber's current regional business-confidence research and report archive.

    Publication geography
    Greater Manchester; broader than Manchester LAD
    Last checked
    Boundary
    Survey sentiment from respondents; not a census, forecast or measure of demand for one business.
    Product use
    Link only; publisher terms apply. No data ingestion or chart reuse authorised.
    Open publisher page (HTTPS)

  • Quarterly Economic Survey reports

    West & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce · shown for Leeds

    Link only

    Read current and previous regional survey reports on trading conditions and confidence.

    Publication geography
    West and North Yorkshire; broader than Leeds LAD
    Last checked
    Boundary
    Response-based regional sentiment; it does not establish conditions for a specific firm or site.
    Product use
    Link only; publisher terms apply. No data ingestion or chart reuse authorised.
    Open publisher page (HTTPS)

  • Economic information and analysis

    Bristol City Council · shown for Bristol

    Link only

    Find the council's current routes to city, regional and national economic publications.

    Publication geography
    Bristol and wider West of England; source coverage varies
    Last checked
    Boundary
    A publication directory with mixed geographies and vintages; individual source notes still apply.
    Product use
    Link only in Decised; follow the licence shown by each linked publisher.
    Open publisher page (HTTPS)

  • Quarterly Business Report

    Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce · shown for Birmingham

    Link only

    Read the latest and previous reports on sales, exports, recruitment and investment intentions.

    Publication geography
    Greater Birmingham city region; broader than Birmingham LAD
    Last checked
    Boundary
    A business survey with defined regional coverage; it is not a census or company-level verdict.
    Product use
    Link only; publisher terms apply. No data ingestion or chart reuse authorised.
    Open publisher page (HTTPS)

  • Glasgow Pulse

    Glasgow Chamber of Commerce · shown for Glasgow

    Link only

    Read the quarterly city-centre publication covering indicators such as footfall, transport and tourism.

    Publication geography
    Glasgow city centre; narrower than Glasgow City council area
    Last checked
    Boundary
    City-centre scope and mixed underlying sources; it does not describe every part of Glasgow.
    Product use
    Link only; publisher and underlying-source terms apply. No chart reuse authorised.
    Open publisher page (HTTPS)

  • Research and reports

    Liverpool Chamber of Commerce · shown for Liverpool

    Link only

    Find regional reports, policy research and the Chamber's public QES material.

    Publication geography
    Liverpool City Region; individual publications vary
    Last checked
    Boundary
    A mixed publication library; confirm each report's date, sample and geography before use.
    Product use
    Link only; publisher terms apply. No data ingestion or chart reuse authorised.
    Open publisher page (HTTPS)

  • South Yorkshire Quarterly Economic Survey

    Sheffield Chamber of Commerce · shown for Sheffield

    Link only

    Find the regional survey and related policy insight published through Sheffield Chamber.

    Publication geography
    South Yorkshire; broader than Sheffield LAD
    Last checked
    Boundary
    Response-based regional sentiment; sample, quarter and sector mix must remain visible.
    Product use
    Link only; publisher terms apply. No data ingestion or chart reuse authorised.
    Open publisher page (HTTPS)

  • Policy and Knowledge

    North East Chamber of Commerce · shown for Newcastle upon Tyne

    Link only

    Read the Chamber's current policy plan, regional research and QES information.

    Publication geography
    North East England; broader than Newcastle upon Tyne LAD
    Last checked
    Boundary
    Regional business insight does not establish site-level demand or conditions for one firm.
    Product use
    Link only; publisher terms apply. No data ingestion or chart reuse authorised.
    Open publisher page (HTTPS)

  • Regional economic frameworks

    Welsh Government · shown for Cardiff

    Link only

    Read the official framework describing shared regional economic priorities.

    Publication geography
    South East Wales / Cardiff Capital Region; broader than Cardiff council area
    Last checked
    Boundary
    A strategic framework first published in 2021, not a live business-sentiment dataset.
    Product use
    Open Government Licence where stated by the publisher; Decised links to the live page.
    Open publisher page (HTTPS)

  • Policy publications

    Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce · shown for Edinburgh

    Link only

    Read business-led regional roadmaps, sector insight and policy publications.

    Publication geography
    Edinburgh; individual publication coverage varies
    Last checked
    Boundary
    A mixed publication library, not a consistent time series or decision score.
    Product use
    Link only; publisher terms apply. No data ingestion or chart reuse authorised.
    Open publisher page (HTTPS)

  • Quarterly Economic Survey reports

    East Midlands Chamber · shown for Nottingham and Leicester

    Link only

    Read current and previous regional business-survey reports.

    Publication geography
    East Midlands; broader than Nottingham and Leicester LADs
    Last checked
    Boundary
    Response-based regional sentiment; it is not city-specific or a census of all firms.
    Product use
    Link only; publisher terms apply. No data ingestion or chart reuse authorised.
    Open publisher page (HTTPS)

Methodology · Search modes