Local Growth Index
Understand the story behind the scores
Talk to one of our in-house experts to understand exactly what goes into an authority’s Local Growth Index score, find out what’s driving performance across each pillar, and the data behind the result.
What to expect
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Choose a convenient time to speak
Pick a time slot from the calendar once you’ve submitted the form.
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Tell us which local authority, pillar or dataset you’re interested in
Let us know which authority you’re interested in and we’ll prepare its score, pillar breakdown and comparison data ready for the call.
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Explore the data behind the score
We’ll go through the pillars and the metrics behind them, show you how the authority compares to others, and dig into the data beneath.
What is the Local Growth Index?
A single, comparable score for every UK local authority
It scores every authority’s business economy across five pillars (Innovation, Scaling, Investment, Growth and the Green Economy), built from 16 metrics.
What it is
It’s a single, comparable score for every UK local authority’s business economy.
Why we built it
Built using Beauhurst data to give councils, investors and researchers one consistent way to read local economic performance.
How to use it
To use it, find an authority, see how it compares to others, and track it as the underlying data changes.
Have questions about the scores?
Speak with one of our experts to dig into how a score is built, what is moving it, and what the underlying Beauhurst data says about that local business economy.