Question reference: S6W-12928
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 7 December 2022
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Current status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 15 December 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many ecommerce businesses have been founded in Scotland in each of the last five years.
Answer
Data is not collected in this way, because many firms engaged in e-commerce are likely to also be trading in other ways. However, in 2021, 35% of businesses in Scotland made sales via e-commerce, compared to 30% in 2017. (Source: Digital Economy Business Surveys (DEBS); 2017 and 2021. DEBS has been carried out approximately every three years since 2014. Note that sole traders were not included in these surveys.)