Size & Health of the UK Space Industry 2024

Welcome to the annual survey of the UK space sector. 

Commissioned by the UK Space Agency (UKSA), and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), the Size and Health of the UK Space Industry study is the most important resource to assess the health of the industry and track the effectiveness of UKSA and DSIT strategies and activities. To achieve this, all organisations in the UK who supply and/or make use of space or satellite services are surveyed once a year to provide input. Survey responses allow UKSA and DSIT to make evidence-based decisions about how to support the space sector and understand trends across measures including income, employment, and investment. This information is used to demonstrate the breadth and scale of the sector and justify public investment in space.

Dr Paul Bate, Chief Executive of the UKSA, and Sir Chris Bryant, Minister of State at DSIT, have written to you to explain the importance of your input. You can access their letter by clicking this link.

Participation in this survey is voluntary and your decision to complete or not complete the survey will not affect your relationship with the UKSA or DSIT in any way. We are very grateful for you making the time to participate, and even approximate information or a partial response will be valuable.

Based on extensive feedback, we have significantly reduced the survey size for this year. There are 16 core questions covering UK operations in the 2021/22 and 2022/23 financial year (with an estimate also requested for the 2023/24 financial year) that should take around 20 minutes to complete. These questions concern high-level financial and employment data related to your organisation’s space-related activities, as well as more detailed breakdowns of these figures. A further 4 supplementary questions consider broader aspects of your organisation.

Before starting, we strongly recommend gathering all relevant information in advance (much of which can be found in your financial accounts – see list). Where actual data is not available (e.g. detailed breakdowns), please provide approximations and indicate the evidence-base (actual data, input data used to create a projection or estimate, or an estimate based on limited information or personal experience). 

All responses will be kept confidential, only aggregate results will be published, and only UKSA and DSIT will receive raw data – for more information, please consult our data protection and privacy policy, and the UKSA privacy policy.

The survey will remain open until 29th November. We welcome participation online, by email or by phone (please email for an appointment).

For help, please contact us. 
A PDF version of the full questionnaire is available by following this link.
 

If you wish to save your progress and continue at a later point, make sure to press 'save and continue'. This will generate a unique link that will return you to the same point in the survey.

Thank you.