The UK Family Business Census

Family Business United is delighted to launch a new campaign to help quantify the extent of the family business sector across the UK - The UK Family Business Census.

The campaign will use publicly available information on family firms across the UK to determine their contribution in a number of ways, creating a report that examines numerous metrics in support of the sector.

Participation in the UK Family Business Census is simple with the completion of a simple form confirming the family business name and the unique registration number for the business at Companies House.

Participate in The UK Family Business Census

As Paul Andrews, Founder & CEO explains, "We are always looking at ways to create meaningful statistics to help support the significant contribution that family firms make to the national economy and we are hoping that family firms the length and breadth of the UK will take part in this project."

"Family businesses make a significant impact on a daily basis in terms of income generated, wealth created and people employed and we are looking forward to creating some quantifiable insights into the sector with this campaign."

As well as capturing businesses for inclusion in the report, a number of optional questions will help to determine the extent of change going on within the sector in terms of leadership and succession changes expected over the next five years.

As Paul continues, "There are lots of family businesses where the older generation are considering their next steps and it will be great to gauge the extent to which transitions may be occurring, and to determine to what extent the next family business leaders are likely to be family members or not."

"The UK Family Business Census will be an opportunity to gather information about the changing family business landscape too."

The UK Family Business Census report will be available in 2026. For now, anyone wishing to take part can complete the simple registration form to participate here