"Figure 4: The arts, entertainment and recreation industry reported the largest percentage of businesses indicating that operating costs had exceeded turnover, at 47%","" "Operating costs comparison to turnover, businesses who are currently trading, broken down by industry, UK, 27 July to 9 August 2020 ","" "","" "Notes","1. Final results, Wave 11 of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Business Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Survey (BICS); businesses currently trading (n = 5,641). 2. Bars may not sum to 100% because of rounding and percentages less than 1% being removed for disclosure purposes. 3. Other services and Mining and quarrying have been removed for disclosure purposes, but their totals are included in “All Industries”. 4. Businesses were asked for their experiences for the reference period 27 July to 9 August 2020. However, for questions regarding the last two weeks, businesses may respond from the point of completion of the questionnaire (10 August to 23 August 2020)." "Unit","%" "","" "Industry","Not sure","Turnover exceeded operating costs","Operating costs were equal to turnover","Operating costs exceeded turnover" "Arts Entertainment And Recreation","16.9","25","11.2","46.9" "Education","30.3","24.9","14.5","30.3" "Accommodation And Food Service Activities","24.5","38.1","14.5","23" "Administrative And Support Service Activities","21.7","46.2","13.2","18.9" "Transportation And Storage","26.2","45.3","13.1","15.3" "Information And Communication","25.8","47","13.4","13.7" "Professional Scientific And Technical Activities","24.2","53.1","10.5","12.2" "Construction","24.8","50.4","12.6","12.2" "Manufacturing","21.8","56.9","10","11.4" "Human Health And Social Work Activities","33.1","38.6","19","9.2" "Water Supply Sewerage Waste Management And Remediation Activities","19.6","60.6","10.7","8.9" "Wholesale And Retail Trade","25.4","54.3","12.1","8.2" "Real Estate Activities","21.5","52.3","18.5","7.7" "All Industries","24.1","48.5","12.4","14.9"