Exporting from across Britain: Financial and related professional services 2022

UK exports of financial and related professional services are those industry services which originate in the UK and are sold abroad.

In 2020, financial and related professional services exports from Britain (data for Northern Ireland was not available) totalled £129.7bn, according to our estimates.

Financial and related professional services
exports from Britain totalled
£129.7bn
in 2020

43%
of this total originated outside London

Financial services exports, imports and trade surplus by region and nation:

Click on a region or nation on the map below for details of its industry exports and imports.

North East
North West
Yorkshire & The Humber
East Midlands
West Midlands
East of England
London
South East
South West
Scotland
Wales*

Select region for information

UK

(excluding Northern Ireland)
• Exports - £99.7bn
• Imports - £36.6bn
• Trade surplus - £60.5bn

North East

• Exports - £1.5bn
• Imports - £0.6bn
• Trade surplus - £0.9bn

North West

• Exports - £5.9bn
• Imports - £2.3bn
• Trade surplus - £3.5bn

Yorkshire & The Humber

• Exports - £4.4bn
• Imports - £1.5bn
• Trade surplus - £2.9bn

East Midlands

• Exports - £1.9bn
• Imports - £0.8bn
• Trade surplus - £1.1bn

West Midlands

• Exports - £4.3bn
• Imports - £1.3bn
• Trade surplus - £3.0bn

East of England

• Exports - £4.1bn
• Imports - £1.1bn
• Trade surplus - £3.0bn

London

• Exports - £56.8bn
• Imports - £22.8bn
• Trade surplus - £34bn

South East

• Exports - £7bn
• Imports - £1.9bn
• Trade surplus - £5.1bn

South West

• Exports - £3.8bn
• Imports - £1.3bn
• Trade surplus - £2.5bn

Scotland

• Exports - £7.6bn
• Imports - £3.0bn
• Trade surplus - £4.6bn

Wales*

• Exports - £2.6bn
• Imports - na
• Trade surplus - na

*Wales financial services imports are not available.

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