Buckinghamshire Business First has a straightforward purpose where inward investment is concerned: to attract and assist business investment and to help companies realise their potential in the local, national and international markets. 

With over 15,000 business members of the 31,000 businesses in the county, Buckinghamshire Business First is well placed to network you with local, innovative businesses, making sure you are part of something bigger.

If you have any questions please contact us at [email protected] or on 01494 927130.

Invest in Buckinghamshire

Over the years a steady stream of indicators has emerged that have stood Buckinghamshire at the top table of business:

• Location - A central, strategic location with first-class export links provided by the M4 corridor, close proximity to London without the congestion, with Heathrow airport only a 45 minute drive away, and accessible via the Elizabeth Line from Iver, Langley, and Burnham. The region also boasts good rail connections to London. 
• Entrepreneurs – A top 5 area for scale-up density in 2025, as well as being a top area for scale-up density growth since 2013, according to the Scale-Up Institute. High 5 year survival rate for businesses started in 2019, compared to the national average and surrounding areas (44% vs 38% nationally).
• Talent – Home to two Universities, with 54% of economically active resident educated to degree level, and 38% of local secondary schools are selective grammar schools – the highest share in England. Plus, the county is the home of the National Film and Television School, which has provided leading talent for the UK Film & TV sector for over 50 years.
• Inventors – Buckinghamshire is one of the UK's leading centres for innovation. Almost half (48%) of businesses in the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire region were classed as innovation-active between 2022 and 2024. Buckinghamshire also leads the UK for the proportion of women inventors filing patents and ranks among the top 30 regions in Europe for female innovation activity. (European Patent Office, 2026)
• Oxford to Cambridge Growth Corridor – Buckinghamshire sits at the heart of the Oxford to Cambridge Growth Corridor region, and benefits from proximity to two of the world’s leading universities and their innovation clusters. For more information, view the Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor Investment Prospectus. 

In Buckinghamshire, we quietly work hard to provide for a great life. Despite the deceptive leafy look to our wonderful environment, Buckinghamshire has particular strengths in sectors backed by globally recognised brands; high performance engineering centred on Silverstone, assistive technologies associated with the spinal injuries specialisation of Stoke Mandeville Hospital and the creative industries clustering around Pinewood Studios, producing globally acclaimed films and High-end TV series.

Bucks by numbers

The cumulative total of what Buckinghamshire has to offer businesses makes for impressive reading, as the statistics below indicate:

Business

• £17.6 billion economy
• 31,000 active businesses are succeeding in Bucks
• 57 businesses per 1,000 residents, well above the national average of 43 
• A top 5 area for scale-up business density nationally. 
• Over 1,200 foreign-owned companies have their European UK Head Office here, including: Arla, BYD, McCormick, Robert Bosch, Xerox and more.
• Buckinghamshire the top area for the Women Inventor Rate (women securing patents as a percentage of all individuals filing patents) in the UK, and it's in the top 30 for Europe!

Location

• 584,000 total population
• Three major international airports in close proximity – Heathrow (45 mins, also accessible via the Elizabeth Line), Luton (45 mins) and Gatwick (85 mins), and five in total within 1.5 hours drive (the three mentioned plus Stansted (85 mins) and Birmingham (95 mins)
• 30 minutes drive to London
• One of the most heavily wooded, and closets to London, areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in Britain – over a third of the area is covered by the Chilterns AONB

Future Workforce

• Home to two Universities: 
  • Buckinghamshire New University: ranked number 1 nationally for postgraduate resources, research culture, community, progression, responsibilities, and support.
  • The University of Buckingham: 2nd place for University of the Year in South-East England, Whatuni Student Choice Awards, 2025
• 3,110 graduates achieved their first degree from these universities in 2024/25
• Nearly two thirds (64%) of HE leavers from Buckinghamshire universities entered full time employment (2021/22) 
• Home to the National Film and Television School, with graduates contributing to productions worth 89% of UK high-end television spend and 75% of UK film production spend since 2020. 
• 54% of economically active (working or available to work) residents are educated to degree level 
• 38% of local secondary schools are selective grammar schools – the highest concentration  in England.  

Chandler Garvey 

"Moving to a new area can be daunting, but Bucks Business First can reduce the hassle and smooth the path to establishing your presence here."