| Per cent of adult population | GO Region/Country | ||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | North East | North West | Yorkshire and the Humber | East Midlands | West Midlands | East of England | London | South East | South West | Wales | Scotland | Northern Ireland | |
| 2002 | 5.4 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
| 2003 | 6.4 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 5.4 | 6.6 | 5.5 | 10.0 | 7.9 | 6.8 | 0.0 | 6.8 | 5.5 |
| 2004 | 6.3 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 7.0 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.2 |
| 2005 | 6.0 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 6.5 | 8.3 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 5.8 |
| 2006 | 5.8 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 4.2 |
| Source: Global Entrepreneurship Monitor UK 2006 | |||||||||||||
Table 13 (b) - Expecting to start a business in the next three years |
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| Per cent of adult population | GO Region/Country | ||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | North East | North West | Yorkshire and the Humber | East Midlands | West Midlands | East of England | London | South East | South West | Wales | Scotland | Northern Ireland | |
| 2003 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 15.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 7.0 |
| 2004 | 9.5 | 5.6 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 6.5 | 15.8 | 10.4 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 7.1 | 6.7 |
| 2005 | 8.7 | 6.6 | 8.3 | 7.7 | 6.9 | 10.0 | 8.9 | 14.6 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 0.0 | 7.4 | 6.2 |
| 2006 | 7.8 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 11.4 | 8.6 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 6.9 | 5.9 |
| Source: Global Entrepreneurship Monitor UK 2006 | |||||||||||||