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The Scottish business base – some facts and figures
Scotland’s business base totals approximately 364,310 businesses operating, as at March 2020. These latest data don’t capture the impact of COVID-19 on the business base, and updated data is expected in late 2021.
The following sections describe the latest position - the final reconciliation of the 2019-20 BGA against actual spending, the interim reconciliation for 2020-21 against updated forecasts and the initial BGA for 2021-22 based on initial forecasts.