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74% -- sole trader share of businesses for UK sole traders (2025)
Sole traders account for around 74% of all UK businesses.
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74%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
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B
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50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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The Company Warehouse
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Tier C
https://www.gentax.uk/blog/set-up-as-a-sole-trader ↗
Source Article
How to Set Up as a Sole Trader in the UK
Publish Date:
25 November 2025
Author:
Mohamed Sayedi
So, you’re thinking about setting up as a sole trader? The first and most important thing you need to do is tell HMRC you exist. That’s it. Registering for Self-Assessment is the one action that officially gets your business off the ground.
It's …
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UK sole traders: 74% sole trader share of businesses. Source: The Company Warehouse (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/sole-traders-share-uk-businesses
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