Business performance of SMEs in the UK 2012-2022
As of the fourth quarter of 2021, 53 percent of SMEs in the United Kingdom reported that they had made a profit in the previous 12 months, compared with seven percent that broke even, and 18 percent that made a loss. The share of SMEs that made a profit was relatively stable until 2020, when the it fell from 73 percent in the first quarter of that year to 47 percent in the second quarter 2021.
