AQA A Level Business past papers
18 AQA A Level Business papers from 2020 to 2025, 18 with a mark scheme and 15 with an examiners' report. Every link opens the document on AQA's own website; we list them in one place and show which topics each series tested.
Which topics come up most
The topics that have carried the most marks across the AQA A Level Business papers we have tagged question by question. Topics with a revision guide link to it.
| Topic | Questions | Marks | Papers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price and Income Elasticity of Demand | 3 | 243 | 3 of 12 |
| Critical Path Analysis: Network Diagrams and the Critical Path | 2 | 158 | 2 of 12 |
| Calculating Gross Profit Margin and Net Profit Margin | 2 | 143 | 2 of 12 |
| Capital Expenditure and Revenue Expenditure | 1 | 142 | 1 of 12 |
| Analysing Operational Performance: Unit Cost and Capacity | 8 | 89 | 7 of 12 |
| Methods of Business Growth: Mergers, Joint Ventures and Franchising | 5 | 69 | 3 of 12 |
| Ethical and environmental considerations | 3 | 69 | 3 of 12 |
| Technology and business | 3 | 69 | 3 of 12 |
| The competitive environment | 2 | 67 | 2 of 12 |
| Branding and Its Role in Marketing | 2 | 65 | 2 of 12 |
| Leadership Styles and Theories of Leadership | 5 | 58 | 5 of 12 |
| Sources of Finance: Share Capital, Loan Capital and Venture Capital | 3 | 37 | 3 of 12 |
| Pricing strategies | 2 | 34 | 2 of 12 |
| Employment contracts and types of working | 1 | 34 | 1 of 12 |
| Stakeholders and their conflicting interests | 3 | 33 | 3 of 12 |
Counted from our own question-by-question tagging of 12 papers. A question that tests two topics counts towards both, so the marks column ranks topics rather than adding up to a paper total. Showing the top 15 of 46 topics.
All AQA A Level Business papers by year
June 2025
| Paper | Official documents (AQA) |
|---|---|
| Paper 1 | Question paperMark schemeExaminers' report |
| Paper 2 | Question paperMark schemeExaminers' report |
| Paper 3 | Question paperMark schemeInsertExaminers' report |
June 2024
| Paper | Official documents (AQA) |
|---|---|
| Paper 1 | Question paperMark schemeExaminers' report |
| Paper 2 | Question paperMark schemeExaminers' report |
| Paper 3 | Question paperMark schemeInsertExaminers' report |
June 2023
| Paper | Official documents (AQA) |
|---|---|
| Paper 1 | Question paperMark schemeExaminers' report |
| Paper 2 | Question paperMark schemeExaminers' report |
| Paper 3 | Question paperMark schemeInsertExaminers' report |
June 2022
| Paper | Official documents (AQA) |
|---|---|
| Paper 1 | Question paperMark schemeExaminers' report |
| Paper 2 | Question paperMark schemeExaminers' report |
| Paper 3 | Question paperMark schemeInsertExaminers' report |
November 2021
| Paper | Official documents (AQA) |
|---|---|
| Paper 1 | Question paperMark scheme |
| Paper 2 | Question paperMark scheme |
| Paper 3 | Question paperMark schemeInsert |
November 2020
| Paper | Official documents (AQA) |
|---|---|
| Paper 1 | Question paperMark schemeExaminers' report |
| Paper 2 | Question paperMark schemeExaminers' report |
| Paper 3 | Question paperMark schemeInsertExaminers' report |
Revise before you sit one
A Level Business past papers from other boards
- CCEA A Level Business13 papers
- Edexcel A Level Business27 papers
- Eduqas A Level Business27 papers
- OCR A Level Business15 papers
- WJEC A Level Business30 papers
Other AQA A Level past papers
- Biology23 papers
- Chemistry27 papers
- Computer Science12 papers
- Economics18 papers
- English Language12 papers
- English Literature54 papers
- French12 papers
- Further Maths35 papers
- Geography12 papers
- History171 papers
- Maths24 papers
- PE12 papers
- Physics72 papers
- Politics17 papers
- Psychology18 papers
- Religious Studies30 papers
- Sociology18 papers
- Spanish12 papers
Practise the questions, not just the papers.
The past-paper tool lists every indexed Business question by topic, with its paper, question number, marks and page, so you can sit only the ones you need.