Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 7 Nov 2025 | Updated: 0 days ago
National Survey of Registered Businesses in the UK
Dataset
Summary
Citation:
Department for business and trade, released 22 October 2025, ONS SRS Metadata
Catalogue, dataset, National Survey of Registered Businesses in the UK,
https://doi.org/10.57906/0zpx-g120
DOI Name:
Documentation
Description:
The NSRB is an annual survey of approximately 3,000 UK registered businesses and is commissioned by the Department for Business and Trade. It provides insights on UK companies’ exporting behaviour and attitudes towards exporting and is used by policy and strategy stakeholders across government.
The NSRB is designed to:
- measure the size of the opportunity and challenge for DBT in terms of the proportion of businesses at different stages of the exporting journey
- ascertain business attitudes to trade and exporting · give information on barriers to exporting and how they might be addressed
- identify the level of business interest in, and engagement with, exporting support and advice
- evaluate recognition and impact of DBT marketing campaigns
Responses include a range of firmographics (e.g. business size, sector, turnover), plus a range of attitudinal and behavioural measures.
The questions asked about varies from wave to wave. The overall structure of the research has remained largely unchanged, but the questionnaire is reviewed each wave and updated to reflect the latest departmental priorities. Several core tracking questions (e.g. export behaviour) have remained consistent.
Coverage
Spatial
Spatial Coverage:
United Kingdom
Geographical Levels:
region
Temporal
Start Date:
01 January 2015
Latest Data:
31 December 2021
Frequency:
ANNUAL
Distribution Release Date:
22 October 2025
Provenance
Source:
Survey
Access and Governance
Usage
Condition of Access:
Access needs approval
Condition of Use:
Output required for approval
Resource Creator:
Office for National Statistics
Access
Access Service:
- Safe Rooms, SafePods
- Assured Organisational Connectivity – office based
Jurisdictions:
- GB-EAW
- GB-SCT
- GB-NIR
Data Controller:
Department for business and trade
Access Level:
Access Level 2
Format and Standards
Languages:
en
Formats:
CSV
Origin
Name:
ONS Secure Research Service