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Scores across all four pillars fall below the national reference point, with Investment the furthest behind and Scaling the closest to it. The authority also ranks below both Leicestershire (969) and the East Midlands region (972).",[95,96,97],"Leicester's composite score is built from four pillars: Innovation, Scaling, Investment and ESG, weighted at 30%, 30%, 30% and 10% respectively.","Each score is an average across the authority's active companies, with corporate groups counted once. That approach means a small authority with highly active companies can score above a much larger one, making this a fair comparison across authorities of very different sizes.","The UK benchmark is set at 1,000, so Leicester's score of 937 indicates that its companies, on average, are less active across these measures than the national picture. The likely range of 930 to 944 shows how much the score could shift with a slightly different mix of companies; because that range is narrow enough to rely on, the score is published.",{"innovation":99,"scaling":100,"investment":101,"esg":102},"Innovation measures patents, academic spinout status, R&D grant value, innovative sector tags and IS-8 sector tags. Leicester ranks 318th of 361 authorities on this pillar, scoring 932, which is 68 points below the UK benchmark, and outperforms only 11.9% of authorities.","The Scaling pillar captures scaleup status, headcount growth and accelerator attendance. At 961, Leicester's Scaling score is 39 points below the UK benchmark, the smallest gap of the four pillars, and it ranks 310th of 360 authorities.","Investment covers equity raisers, equity raised and first-time raisers in the last five years. Leicester scores 914 here, 86 points below the UK benchmark, ranking 307th of 360 authorities and outperforming 14.7% of them.","The ESG pillar looks at clean energy activity, other green activity, environmental accolades, social and governance signals, and not-for-profit proxy status. Leicester scores 945, ranking 340th of 361 authorities and outperforming just 5.8%, making this the pillar where it sits furthest down the national rankings.","The chart below places Leicester's composite score alongside its Leicestershire neighbours, where it ranks 7th of the county's 8 authorities, 32 points below county leader North West Leicestershire (1,038).",[105,108,111,114,117,120],{"question":106,"answer":107},"What is Leicester's Local Growth Index score?","Leicester scores 937 on the UK Local Growth Index composite, placing it 339th of 361 local authorities and 63 points below the UK benchmark of 1,000.",{"question":109,"answer":110},"How does Leicester compare with the rest of Leicestershire?","Leicester ranks 7th of the 8 authorities in Leicestershire and sits 32 points below the county average of 969. North West Leicestershire leads the county with a score of 1,038.",{"question":112,"answer":113},"How does Leicester compare with the East Midlands?","Leicester scores 35 points below the East Midlands regional average of 972 and ranks 32nd of the region's 35 authorities.",{"question":115,"answer":116},"Which pillar is Leicester's strongest?","Scaling is Leicester's closest pillar to the UK benchmark, scoring 961, just 39 points below the national reference point of 1,000.",{"question":118,"answer":119},"Which pillar is Leicester's weakest in national rankings?","On ESG, Leicester ranks 340th of 361 authorities, outperforming only 5.8% of local authorities. The ESG pillar covers clean energy activity, green activity, environmental accolades, social and governance signals, and not-for-profit proxy status.",{"question":121,"answer":122},"How many companies are counted in Leicester's score?","The score is based on 26,616 active companies in Leicester, with corporate groups counted once rather than as each of their registered entities.","Leicester scores 937 on the UK Local Growth Index, ranking 339th of 361 local authorities and 63 points below the UK benchmark of 1,000.",{"source":125,"cached":21,"generatedAt":126},"claude:claude-sonnet-4-6","2026-10-20 11:05:27",2021,2026,"2026-10-20"]