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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.
2024–25 provisional · registered-office location · primary SIC industry
Source: HMRC Research and Development Tax Credits Statistics, September 2026 (supplementary table RDS2).
Regional comparison
Manufacturing
South East
1,575
West Midlands
1,245
East of England
1,160
North West
1,145
East Midlands
1,120
Yorkshire and the Humber
1,030
South West
955
London
945
Scotland
660
Wales
450
Northern Ireland
440
North East
365
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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