Making local economic data accessible, comparable, and useful.
EconProfile provides free, comprehensive economic profiles for every local authority in England, Wales, and Scotland. We bring together data from multiple official sources into a single, consistent format so that researchers, policymakers, and local government officers can quickly understand the economic landscape of any area.
The UK has some of the best open economic data in the world, but it is scattered across dozens of datasets, portals, and file formats. EconProfile consolidates this into one place: standardised profiles with clear benchmarking against national averages, visual analytics, and downloadable data.
Workplace jobs, claimant count trends, and labour market indicators.
Sector employment, location quotients, and shift-share analysis.
Gross annual earnings distribution from the 10th to 90th percentile.
Census 2021 qualification levels and occupation profiles.
Enterprise counts, size distribution, and growth trends.
Median house prices, affordability ratios, and 10-year price trends.
Index of Multiple Deprivation rankings across seven domains.
Side-by-side comparison of up to four local authorities.
All data comes from official UK government sources, accessed via public APIs and open data portals. Key sources include:
Data is refreshed periodically as new releases become available. See the Methodology page for detailed information on calculations and limitations.
Monthly: Claimant count data (typically published 2-3 weeks after the reference month).
Annual: Employment (BRES), earnings (ASHE), business counts, and house prices.
Periodic: Census data (2021), Indices of Deprivation (2019).
EconProfile covers 391 local authorities across England, Wales, and Scotland. Northern Ireland is not yet included. All profiles use consistent methodologies and benchmark against England averages to enable fair comparison across areas.
This product contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source data is Crown Copyright: Office for National Statistics, HM Land Registry, and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.