Official Statistics

Patent Box reliefs statistics

Information on the number of companies claiming relief under the UK Patent Box and its associated cost to the Exchequer.

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The Patent Box enables companies to apply a lower rate of Corporation Tax to profits earned after 1 April 2013 from its patented inventions.

This publication provides statistics on the number of companies claiming relief under the UK Patent Box, and the cost to the Exchequer of providing that relief. This year’s release includes figures up to 2018 to 2019 and partial figures for 2019 to 2020.

Previous releases of the Patent Box relief statistics can be found on The National Archives (TNA) website.

Further details, including data suitability and coverage, are included in the Background quality report.

Published 14 September 2016
Last updated 30 September 2021 + show all updates
  1. Removed pre-2021 publications and added a National Archives link. Added the 2021 publication.

  2. 2020 publication and tables have been added. Minor correction made to 2019 publication.

  3. Updated with new statistics for 2016 to 2017.

  4. Update with new statistics for 2015-16.

  5. Update with statistics for 2014-15

  6. First published.