Gross lending to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2017 to 2024 (in billion GBP)

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March 2025

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

2017 to 2024

Supplementary notes

Data prior to 2020 from earlier publications by the source.

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Gross lending to small and medium enterprises in the UK 2017-2024

Published by Statista Research Department, Mar 3, 2026

After peaking in 2020, following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, lending to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the United Kingdom (UK) decreased overall. In 2024, lending to UK SMEs amounted to approximately ** billion British pounds.

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