Industry reports & research

Our real-time data and RTICs feature in reports shaping policy, investment, and strategy across the UK. From local government to national think tanks, this is where our data helps map emerging sectors, uncover economic strengths, and drive decisions.

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THINK TANKS
Cities outlook 2026
JANUARY 2026

Cities Outlook 2026

Cities Outlook 2026 focuses on the cities that offer lessons for a government looking to raise living standards everywhere.
Centre for Cities
THINK TANKS
Decarbonisation in & beyond the Northern Growth Corridor
JANUARY 2026

Decarbonisation in & beyond the Northern Growth Corridor

New analysis using The Data City’s data shows the North’s net zero economy is already delivering £13bn in GVA and 140,000 jobs.
Northern Powerhouse Partnership
ECONOMIC CONSULTANTS
GC Insight Mapping the Industrial Strategy Combined Authorities
NOVEMBER 2025

Mapping the Industrial Strategy

These reports bring together The Data City's real-time IS-8 sector definitions with Growth Flag’s business growth potential data.
GC Insight
TRADE ASSOCIATIONS
NOVEMBER 2025

Local Digital index 2025

Local Digital Index 2025: A regional view of the UK’s digital economy, growth, jobs and infrastructure
techUK
ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS
NOVEMBER 2025

Powering Up: The Scaleup Economy

This report tracks the UK’s 44K+ scaleups in 2025 and calls for better data, capital and support systems.
ScaleUp Institute
ECONOMIC CONSULTANTS
NOVEMBER 2025

Ending extraction in the UK care system

This report exposes profit extraction in UK care and shows how local systems can work better.
CLES
B2B
NOVEMBER 2025

Take 10 – Celebrating 10 years of the UK B Corp movement

B Corps grow faster, hire more, and drive UK impact. This report shows their growth, impact, and plans for the decade ahead.
B Lab UK
ECONOMIC CONSULTANTS
JULY 2025

Defining and measuring the UK digital economy Phase 2: Report

Delivered collaboratively this new report looks to deliver a new definition of the UK Digital Economy using RTICs.
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), Cambridge Econometrics
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