Community Business Sector Overview

Community businesses help make places better in a real way. Run by local people for the benefit of local communities, they come in many shapes and sizes including shops, transport, farms, hubs, pubs, gardens or leisure centres.

This innovative dashboard brings together useful financial information from more than 830 community businesses throughout England over a 5-year period to give you a rich source of data about how they’re doing. Learn more about the community businesses around you and get instant comparisons based on business sector and geographical region.

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