Turnover		Employees
Companies		Value Added
GVA as a % of Labour Costs		Capital Expenditure
Capital Expenditure per person		Stock Turns
Trade Balance

Number of local units

	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Vehicles and Engines	946	547	600	594	639	649	654	661	654	712	766
Bodies	920	687	767	764	777	779	803	800	830	876	911
Parts	2,243	1,266	1,359	1,392	1,449	1,437	1,467	1,487	1,470	1,474	1,484
Tyres			52	55	47	46	58	62	59	40	35
Vehicle electrical			192	209	215	226	227	229	233	233	247
Components Sub-total	3,163	1,953	2,370	2,420	2,488	2,488	2,555	2,578	2,623	2,623	2,677
Total	4,109	2,500	2,970	3,014	3,127	3,137	3,209	3,239	3,247	3,335	3,443
total UK manufacturing	171,518	164,808	169,663	169,376	170,196	167,289	164,718	162,212	157,894	154,967	153,255
auto as % of manufacturing	2.4%	1.5%	1.8%	1.8%	1.8%	1.9%	1.9%	2.0%	2.1%	2.2%	2.2%

Source: Office of National Statistics: Annual Business Inquiry, published December, 12 months in arrears

Companies by employee size in 2005

	up to 4	5 to 9	10 to 19	20 to 49	50 to 99	10 to 249	over 250	Total
Vehicles and Engines	220	65	30	45	15	15	30	420
Bodies	290	135	85	110	45	35	20	720
Parts	560	195	150	175	75	100	85	1,340
SIC34 Companies Sub-total	1,070	395	265	330	135	150	135	2,480
Tyres	15	5	0	0	0	0	5	25
Vehicle electrical	85	20	15	30	15	5	10	180
Total	1,170	420	280	360	150	155	150	2,685

Source: Office of National Statistics: UK Business: Activity, Size and Location 2005

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