Derbyshire is home to over 29,700 businesses that employ around 293,000 people. The area has significant strengths in the advanced manufacturing sector, with a number of world class companies such as Toyota, Rolls Royce, JCB and Bombardier choosing to locate and invest in the county and its surrounding area.
Derbyshire contributed £16.5 billion to the UK’s economy prior to the pandemic. The full extent of the economic impact from COVID-19 in Derbyshire and fall out from the end of support schemes remains unknown. The loss in economic output in the county is estimated to be around £2.3bn, with some the county’s key local sectors being hit hard by the pandemic. It is estimated that the construction, education, wholesale and retail sectors have lost more than £200mn each, whilst the manufacturing sector, the county’s largest sector is likely to have seen the biggest fall at nearly £350mn. At the end of July 2021, 15,700 (4.5%) people were on furlough in Derbyshire, below that for England (5.5%).
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Business
Data relating to businesses in Derbyshire, including GVA, Productivity, business counts, size and sector and business births, deaths and survival.
Documents
Derbyshire Local Economic Assessment 2019
Derbyshire Quarterly Economic Update, April 2022