GEM UK 2025/26: Beyond the Unicorns
27 October 2026
Record surge in UK entrepreneurship as support for founders weakens for a fifth year
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor UK 2025/26 – “Beyond the Unicorns: Everyday Ambition, Uneven Support”
• Early-stage entrepreneurial activity jumps from 12.0% to 16.8% of UK adults
• Growth ambition among new entrepreneurs more than doubles in three years, to a record 35%
• But the UK’s entrepreneurial environment falls to 37th in the world, from 29th
