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Its strongest result is on Investment, where it ranks 63rd nationally and outperforms 82.5% of authorities. Scaling is the relative weak point, sitting 24 points below the UK benchmark.",[108,109,110],"Canterbury's composite score of 994 is built from four pillars: Innovation, Scaling, Investment and ESG, weighted 30%, 30%, 30% and 10% respectively.","Each score is an average across the authority's active companies, with corporate groups counted once. That averaging means a smaller authority with highly active companies can outscore a much larger one, making this a fair comparison between places of very different sizes.","The UK as a whole scores 1,000, so Canterbury's 994 sits just below the national benchmark. Every score is published alongside a likely range showing how much it could shift with a slightly different mix of companies; a score only appears when that range is narrow enough to rely on.",{"innovation":112,"scaling":113,"investment":114,"esg":115},"Innovation captures patents, academic spinout status, R&D grant value, and activity in innovative and IS-8 sectors. Canterbury ranks 114th of 361 authorities on this pillar, scoring 998, just 2 points below the UK benchmark, outperforming 68.4% of authorities.","Scaling measures whether companies are high-growth scaleups, their annualised headcount growth, and accelerator attendance. Canterbury ranks 267th of 360 on this pillar, scoring 976, which is 24 points below the UK benchmark and the authority's weakest result across all four pillars.","Investment covers equity raised in the last five years, whether companies raised equity at all, and whether any of those deals were a company's first equity raise ever. Canterbury ranks 63rd of 360 on this pillar, placing it in the top 20% nationally and outperforming 82.5% of authorities, making Investment its clearest area of relative strength.","ESG looks at clean energy activity, other green activity, environmental accolades, social and governance signals, and not-for-profit proxy status. Canterbury scores 1,028 on this pillar, 28 points above the UK benchmark, ranking 131st of 361 authorities and outperforming 63.7% of them.","The chart below places Canterbury's composite score alongside its neighbours in Kent, where it ranks 2nd of 13 authorities, 27 points above the county score of 967.",[118,121,124,127,130,133],{"question":119,"answer":120},"What is Canterbury's score on the UK Local Growth Index?","Canterbury scores 994, placing it 118th of 361 local authorities and 6 points below the UK benchmark of 1,000.",{"question":122,"answer":123},"How does Canterbury compare to the rest of Kent?","Canterbury ranks 2nd of 13 authorities in Kent and scores 27 points above the Kent average of 967.",{"question":125,"answer":126},"Which pillar is Canterbury strongest on?","Investment is Canterbury's strongest pillar. It ranks 63rd of 360 authorities and outperforms 82.5% of local authorities on that measure.",{"question":128,"answer":129},"Where does Canterbury rank on Scaling?","Canterbury ranks 267th of 360 on Scaling, scoring 976, which is 24 points below the UK benchmark and its lowest result across the four pillars.",{"question":131,"answer":132},"How many companies does Canterbury's score cover?","The score is based on 8,763 active companies, with corporate groups counted once rather than as separate registered entities.",{"question":134,"answer":135},"What does the likely range on Canterbury's score mean?","The likely range of 978 to 1,010 shows how much the composite score could shift with a slightly different mix of companies. Scores are only published when this range is narrow enough to rely on.","Canterbury scores 994 on the UK Local Growth Index, ranking 118th of 361 authorities, 6 points below the UK benchmark. See pillar scores and county comparisons.",{"source":138,"cached":21,"generatedAt":139},"claude:claude-sonnet-4-6","2026-10-20 10:40:14",2021,2026,"2026-10-20"]