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Most business statistics count firms arriving and leaving.

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This one counts firms getting bigger, and it is a far better guide to who has money

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to spend.

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In 2024 there were 14,330 high growth businesses in the UK.

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That is 4.9 per cent of all firms with ten or more employees. Roughly one in twenty.

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The definition is strict.

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Ten or more employees, growing staff by 20 per cent or more a year, for three years

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running.

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It measures people, not revenue.

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Growth clusters.

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In information and communication, 9.2 per cent of firms with staff qualify.

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Nearly double the rate across all trades.

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A company that has added a fifth more staff every year for three years has outgrown

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whatever it was using when it was half the size.

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You cannot buy that list. But the public record shows the signs, as they happen.