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Which regions and industries record the most R&D claims?
This is a supporting perspective rather than an innovation ranking. It shows provisional claims by registered-office region and the company’s primary industry.
2023–24 provisional · registered-office location · primary SIC industry
Source: HMRC Research and Development Tax Credits Statistics, September 2025 (supplementary table RDS2).
Regional comparison
Manufacturing
South East
1,685
West Midlands
1,375
North West
1,255
East of England
1,240
Yorkshire and the Humber
1,215
East Midlands
1,140
South West
1,085
London
1,035
Scotland
690
Wales
500
Northern Ireland
470
North East
420
A registered address may differ from where R&D takes place. Low claim numbers do not mean businesses failed to claim, and suppressed figures are never treated as zero.
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