Economy headline indicators
This data provides a range of statistics about Liverpool's economic performance and the size, nature and dynamics of the City's businesses.
All data points are the latest available data, as at September 2025.
|
Indicator |
Liverpool |
Great Britain |
|---|---|---|
| *GDP | £18.4bn | £2,378bn |
| *GDP per head | £40,392 | £35,847 |
| **Business closures | 2,310 | 304,180 |
| Business closure rate, per 10,000 residents aged 16+ | 55 | 56 |
| Business start-ups | 2,330 | 310,655 |
| Business start-up rate, per 10,000 residents aged 16+ | 56 | 57 |
| ***Business stock | 18,085 | 3,085,190 |
| Business density per 10,000 residents aged 16+ | 429 | 559 |
Sources:
*ONS: Regional gross domestic product (GDP), balanced at current basic prices 2023. Published April 2025.
**ONS: Business demography, UK 2023 (published Nov 2024)
***ONS: UK business; activity, size and location 2025 (published Sept 2025)
ONS Mid-year estimates population 16+ 2024 (published Sept 2025)
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