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The UK Local Growth Index

Measuring the UK’s local business economy, from the Highlands to Cornwall. Powered by live Beauhurst data.

4.5 million
active companies
361
local authorities
4
pillars
16
metrics
51
counties
12
regions

Top-ranked local authorities

By composite Local Growth Score, where the UK scores 1,000.

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The ten highest-scoring UK local authorities in the Local Growth Index
RankAuthorityRegionScore
1CambridgeEast of EnglandEast of England1,442
2City of LondonLondonLondon1,414
3OxfordSouth EastSouth East1,400
4South CambridgeshireEast of EnglandEast of England1,398
5Vale of White HorseSouth EastSouth East1,287
6SouthwarkLondonLondon1,183
7WestminsterLondonLondon1,179
8Orkney IslandsScotlandScotland1,169
9LambethLondonLondon1,114
10Kensington and ChelseaLondonLondon1,104

Regional performance

Local Growth Score by region, scoring all of each region's companies together. The UK scores 1,000.

Local Growth Score9651,033East Midlands: 972East of England: 991London: 1,033North East: 994North West: 973Northern Ireland: 1,012Scotland: 992South East: 1,003South West: 1,006Wales: 996West Midlands: 965Yorkshire and The Humber: 976
  1. 1London1.3m1,033
  2. 2Northern Ireland72k1,012
  3. 3South West299k1,006
  4. 4South East603k1,003
  5. 5Wales127k996
  6. 6North East109k994
  7. 7Scotland271k992
  8. 8East of England433k991
  9. 9Yorkshire and The Humber282k976
  10. 10North West461k973
  11. 11East Midlands255k972
  12. 12West Midlands355k965

Company counts are the active companies each region is scored on.

Boundaries: European Electoral Regions and the Northern Ireland outline, shown on an equal-area projection. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Explore the Local Growth Index

Understand the business economy of each local authority.

  • Top 20 by pillar

    See which authorities lead nationally on each pillar: Innovation, Scaling, Investment, ESG.

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  • Top 20 by region

    Compare authorities within London, the South East, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the rest.

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  • All authorities

    Every UK local authority scored by the index, sorted A–Z.

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What is the Local Growth Index?

The Local Growth Index measures the UK's local authorities against four pillars (Innovation, Scaling, Investment and ESG) and 16 measures of their companies, to produce a single, comparable score for every local business economy, where the UK as a whole scores 1,000.

What it is
It's a single, comparable score for every UK local authority's business economy.
Why we built it
Built using Beauhurst data to give councils, investors and researchers one consistent way to read local economic performance.
How to use it
To use it, find an authority, see how it compares to others, and track it as the underlying data changes.
Discover the methodology behind the index

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We walk through how the Local Growth Index is built, what the four pillars measure, and how to read your own area's score against the rest of the country. Live, with time for questions at the end.

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Explore the data behind the index

Every score on this page is built from real, named company activity, patent filings, fundraisings, spinouts and scaleups. Book a call to see the data behind any authority's score, and how Beauhurst can support your work.

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