"Figure 5: 47% of businesses experienced a decrease in profits, with the accommodation and food service activities industry having the highest percentage experiencing a decrease, at 73%","" "Impact on profit, businesses that are currently trading, broken down by industry, weighted, UK, 19 October to 1 November 2020","" "","" "Notes","1. Final weighted results, Wave 17 of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Businesses Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Survey (BICS); businesses currently trading. 2. For presentational purposes, decreased profit categories and increased profit categories have been combined. 3. Bars may not sum to 100% because of rounding and percentages less than 1% being removed for disclosure purposes. 4. Other services and Mining and quarrying have been removed for disclosure purposes, but their totals are included in “All Industries”. 5. Businesses were asked for their experiences for the reference period 19 October to 1 November 2020. However, for questions regarding the last two weeks, businesses may respond from the point of completion of the questionnaire (2 to 15 November 2020)." "Unit","%" "","" "Industry","Not sure","Profits have increased","Profits have not been affected","Profits have decreased" "Accommodation and food service activities","11.8","7.4","8.2","72.5" "Arts entertainment and recreation","24.9","2.5","10","62.6" "Education","16.1","6.3","21.3","56.3" "Administrative and support service activities","11.7","8.9","25.5","53.8" "Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles","13.5","12.4","30.6","43.5" "Manufacturing","13","5.1","39.8","42.2" "Professional scientific and technical activities","16.9","8.7","33.8","40.6" "Human health and social work activities","24.1","*","35.3","39.6" "Construction","15.1","5.4","41.9","37.7" "Transportation and storage","19.7","15","32.9","32.4" "Information and communication","15","2.8","52.5","29.6" "Water supply; sewerage waste management and remediation activities","18.5","9.9","43.1","28.5" "Real estate activities","22.8","2.9","49.6","24.8" "All industries","14.8","7.7","31.1","46.5"