Intuit QuickBooks Small Business Index

Intuit QuickBooks Small Business Index — December 2024

UK | Sector | Employment Growth | Businesses with 1-9 Employees

Employment Job Vacancies

Table with 3 columns and 13 rows. Sorted descending by column "Small Business Employment Growth Rate"

1	Health care and social work (SIC Q)	4.84%	7,400
2	Arts, entertainment, and recreation (SIC R)	4.58%	3,500
3	Information and communication (SIC J)	4.39%	8,400
4	Education (SIC P)	4.11%	2,500
5	Finance and insurance (SIC K)	4.08%	2,600
6	Professional services (SIC M)	1.14%	6,200
7	Construction (SIC F)	0.95%	5,500
8	Transport and storage (SIC H)	−0.36%	−500
9	Administrative and support services (SIC N)	−0.83%	−3,000
10	Manufacturing (SIC C)	−1.1%	−2,800
11	Real estate (SIC L)	−1.21%	−2,000
12	Wholesale and retail trades (SIC G)	−2.33%	−19,900
13	Accommodation and food services (SIC I)	−3.86%	−19,000

Monthly employment growth for small businesses with 1-9 employees (seasonally adjusted), showing the monthly change in the number of jobs at businesses of this size in each sector. National (UK) sample: almost 25,000 small businesses that run payroll with QuickBooks. Note: the Index uses QuickBooks anonymised data to create aggregated data outputs which are reweighted using official statistics to reflect the general population of small businesses, rather than the QuickBooks customer base. It is not a reflection of Intuit’s business. Sectors are defined by the UK's Standard Industrial Classification of economic activities (SIC). Net change values are rounded to the nearest hundred, so values below 50 are shown as zero.