Economy

Derbyshire is home to over 29,700 businesses that employ around 293,000 people. Together they contribute £14.9 billion in economic output to the UK’s economy. The county has a strong resilient business base, demonstrated by the area’s good business survival rates, where almost a half (42.9%) of all businesses that start up survive at least 5 years. The county also has higher than average levels of employment. In September 2020 the Derbyshire employment rate stood at 77.8% higher than the England rate of 76.0%.

Interactive Maps and Charts

Interactive Profile

• • District Economic Profile

Spreadsheets

• • • Skills and Economy Headlines – Snapshot at March 2021
    • Covid Economy Tracker – Derbyshire
    • Unemployment
    • 2011 Census Travel-To-Work-Flows
    • Apprenticeship data at district – 2014/15 to 2018/19

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Documents

Links

• • Derbyshire Economic Strategy Statement
  • Derby City’s Economic Strategy 2017-2022
  • D2N2 Local Economic Partnership
  • East Midlands Chamber of Commerce
  • Derbyshire Economic Partnership (DEP)
  • Digital Derbyshire