A landmark report from B Lab UK — the non-profit behind the UK B Corp movement — details the outperformance of UK B Corps across multiple metrics, including growth, investment and resilience, alongside creating significant positive impact on the environment and for employees.

London is the B Corp capital of the world, with over 1,000 B Corps in the city.

The report, released to mark the 10-year anniversary of B Corps in the UK, shows B Corps have the potential to drive sustained economic growth whilst delivering broader positive impact, demonstrating that profit and purpose go hand in hand.

Between 2024 and 2025, UK SME B Corps saw 20 percent turnover growth (almost 7 times higher than the 3 percent for all UK SMEs) and 11 percent employee headcount growth (compared to just 2 percent for all UK SMEs).

This follows 23 percent turnover growth for UK SME B Corps, compared to 17 percent for all UK SMEs, between 2023 and 2024, showing that B Corps have outperformed and sustained stronger growth even as the wider market has slowed.

UK B Corps may be more attractive to investors who seek well-governed, high-impact businesses. Over the past decade, B Corps received a median of £1.5 million in growth funding from external investors, 18 percent more than other UK businesses (£1.3 million).

The report also underscores the greater resilience of B Corps, revealing that they are significantly more likely to have weathered the Covid-19 pandemic; 93 percent of B Corps have remained active since 2020, compared to just 84 percent of UK businesses.

B Corps’ positive environmental impact is also clear. Since 2022, UK B Corps have saved over 20 billion litres of water, equivalent to over a week of the UK’s non-household water use. They are also nearly twice as likely to use 100 percent renewable energy compared to ordinary businesses.

Employee treatment remains integral to the B Corp movement. Compared to ordinary businesses, UK B Corps are 26 percent more likely to pay family living wages to all workers and 31 percent more likely to limit wage gaps between the highest and lowest earners to less than 5:1. Moreover, 14 percent of UK B Corps are now employee-owned, compared to less than 1 percent of all UK businesses.

The thriving UK B Corp community of over 2,600, the largest in the world, now employs over 200,000 people and has a combined annual turnover of £38 billion across 120 different industries.

Chris Turner, CEO of B Lab UK, said: “Over the past decade, our community has shown that a more human approach to business is both possible and profitable. With real momentum, B Corps are demonstrating the leadership we need at a time of uncertainty by creating lasting impact and demonstrating what’s possible when companies lead with purpose.”