High Level Summary of Statistics Trend Last update: Friday, May 16, 2008
Rural Enterprise
The table below shows that 48% of business start-ups occur in rural areas compared to 52% in the rest of Scotland. Business start-ups as a percentage of the areas population are higher in rural areas. Business start-ups per 1000 firms is lower in rural Scotland, especially in remote rural areas.
Enterprise Start-ups by Geographic Area, 2004
| Remote Rural | Accessible Rural | Rest of Scotland |
Number of registrations | 1630 | 3,965 | 5,960 |
% of total registrations | 14% | 34% | 52% |
Population of area aged 16+ | 227,317 | 531,114 | 3,331,515 |
Start ups per 10,000 population | 72 | 75 | 18 |
Start ups per 1,000 firms | 55 | 74 | 91 |
Source: Inter Departmental Business Register (Office for National Statistics) 2004 and based on the Scottish Government Urban Rural Classification 2003-2004
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