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Its strongest pillar is Investment, where it outperforms 60.3% of authorities, while Scaling is the area of most relative weakness, with Southampton ranking 271st of 360 on that measure.",[108,109,110],"Southampton's composite score of 974 is built from four pillars: Innovation, Scaling, Investment and ESG, weighted 30%, 30%, 30% and 10% respectively.","Each score is an average across the authority's 12,338 active companies, with corporate groups counted once. That averaging means the index reflects how active local companies are across key business characteristics, allowing a fair comparison between authorities of very different sizes.","The UK as a whole scores 1,000, so Southampton's 974 sits 26 points below that national benchmark. The likely range of 961 to 987 shows how much the score could shift with a slightly different mix of companies; because that range is narrow enough to rely on, the score is published.",{"innovation":112,"scaling":113,"investment":114,"esg":115},"Innovation covers patents, academic spinouts, R&D grant value, innovative sector tags and IS-8 sector membership. Southampton ranks 150th of 361 on this pillar, scoring 982 and sitting 18 points below the UK benchmark, outperforming 58.4% of authorities. That places it in the upper half nationally, suggesting its companies show a broadly average level of innovation activity.","Scaling captures whether companies qualify as scaleups, their annualised headcount growth and accelerator attendance. At 976, Southampton ranks 271st of 360 authorities and sits 24 points below the UK benchmark, outperforming just 24.7% of authorities. This is its weakest pillar, indicating that employee growth and high-growth signals are less prevalent among Southampton's companies relative to most of the country.","Investment measures equity-raising activity, the amount of equity raised and first-time raisers, all over the last five years. Southampton's score of 954 places it 143rd of 360 authorities, 46 points below the UK benchmark but still ahead of 60.3% of authorities. Despite sitting below 1,000, it is Southampton's relatively strongest pillar and shows a reasonable level of equity activity among its companies.","ESG covers clean energy activity, other green activity, environmental accolades, social and governance signals, and a not-for-profit proxy. Southampton scores 1,004 on this pillar, the only one where it sits above the UK benchmark, by 4 points. Ranking 205th of 361, it outperforms 43.2% of authorities, reflecting a modest but positive level of ESG-related characteristics across its companies.","The chart below sets Southampton's composite score against its Hampshire neighbours, including county runner-up Test Valley, which scores 1,093.",[118,121,124,127,130,133],{"question":119,"answer":120},"What is Southampton's score on the UK Local Growth Index?","Southampton scores 974, placing it 190th of 361 local authorities and 26 points below the UK benchmark of 1,000.",{"question":122,"answer":123},"How does Southampton compare to the rest of Hampshire?","Southampton ranks 10th of 13 authorities in Hampshire and scores 26 points below the county benchmark of 1,000. Test Valley is the county's runner-up, scoring 1,093.",{"question":125,"answer":126},"How does Southampton compare to the South East region?","Southampton ranks 43rd of 64 authorities in the South East and sits 29 points below the regional score of 1,003.",{"question":128,"answer":129},"Which pillar is Southampton's strongest?","Investment is Southampton's strongest pillar by rank, with the authority placing 143rd of 360 and outperforming 60.3% of authorities, even though the score of 954 remains below the UK benchmark.",{"question":131,"answer":132},"Where does Southampton rank on Scaling?","Southampton ranks 271st of 360 on Scaling, its weakest pillar, with a score of 976 that sits 24 points below the UK benchmark and outperforms just 24.7% of authorities.",{"question":134,"answer":135},"How many companies are counted in Southampton's score?","The score covers 12,338 active companies, with corporate groups counted once rather than as each individual registered entity.","Southampton scores 974 on the UK Local Growth Index, ranking 190th of 361 local authorities and 26 points below the UK benchmark.",{"source":138,"cached":21,"generatedAt":139},"claude:claude-sonnet-4-6","2026-10-20 10:53:17",2021,2026,"2026-10-20"]