Businesses in South EastLocal Authorities Ranked

Name: UK business: activity, size and location
Creator: Office for National Statistics
License: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

All 64 local authorities in South East, ranked by vat or paye businesses. Data: Office for National Statistics (2025), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Rank	Local authority	VAT or PAYE businesses
1	Buckinghamshire	30,535
2	Brighton and Hove	13,785
3	Milton Keynes	12,535
4	Medway	9,060
5	Windsor and Maidenhead	9,045
6	Wealden	8,715
7	Elmbridge	8,485
8	Wokingham	8,410
9	Winchester	8,135
10	West Berkshire	8,085
11	Maidstone	8,040
12	South Oxfordshire	7,880
13	New Forest	7,820
14	Horsham	7,585
15	Waverley	7,535
16	Guildford	7,250
17	Cherwell	7,240
18	Southampton	7,235
19	Mid Sussex	7,180
20	Basingstoke and Deane	6,920
21	Reigate and Banstead	6,825
22	Chichester	6,820
23	Reading	6,660
24	Sevenoaks	6,640
25	Slough	6,560
26	Ashford	6,555
27	East Hampshire	6,375
28	Tunbridge Wells	6,170
29	Tonbridge and Malling	6,080
30	Vale of White Horse	6,045
31	Portsmouth	6,020
32	West Oxfordshire	5,895
33	Test Valley	5,725
34	Canterbury	5,725
35	Arun	5,490
36	Eastleigh	5,320
37	Swale	5,225
38	Mole Valley	5,125
39	Tandridge	4,880
40	Oxford	4,865
41	Dartford	4,735
42	Isle of Wight	4,690
43	Woking	4,685
44	Thanet	4,635
45	Spelthorne	4,555
46	Bracknell Forest	4,520
47	Surrey Heath	4,520
48	Hart	4,490
49	Runnymede	4,385
50	Havant	4,365
51	Fareham	4,340
52	Lewes	4,245
53	Rother	4,220
54	Gravesham	4,090
55	Worthing	3,930
56	Folkestone and Hythe	3,795
57	Dover	3,680
58	Epsom and Ewell	3,625
59	Crawley	3,475
60	Rushmoor	3,320
61	Eastbourne	3,040
62	Hastings	2,885
63	Adur	2,370
64	Gosport	1,840