Crop & arable farming in United Kingdom_
As of 4 November 2026, 1,040 crop & arable farming companies are based in United Kingdom; 5 are hiring right now and Cambridge has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 1,040
- Hiring now
- 5 · 1 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Mixed farm direct sales · 457
- Top city
- Cambridge · 8
- Parent market
- Agriculture & forestry · 5,421
Crop & arable farming in United Kingdom, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Mixed farm direct sales | 457 | 44% |
| Arable & grain farms | 299 | 29% |
| Produce growers wholesale | 142 | 14% |
| Fruit berry farms | 126 | 12% |
| Seed producers | 87 | 8% |
| General livestock farms | 68 | 7% |
| General horticulture operations | 65 | 6% |
| Direct sale livestock farms | 62 | 6% |
| Other crop & arable farming | 24 | 2% |
| Mushroom farms | 19 | 2% |
| Plant nurseries growers | 19 | 2% |
| Poultry & egg farms | 14 | 1% |
| Agricultural field contracting | 12 | 1% |
| Other agricultural contracting services | 7 | 1% |
| Forestry contracting harvesting | 5 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 209 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 684 · 0 |
| 11-50 employees | 82 · 0 |
| 51-200 employees | 37 · 2 |
| 201-500 employees | 16 · 1 |
| 501-1000 employees | 8 · 1 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 4 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Cambridge | 8 | 1% |
| London | 6 | 1% |
| Arbroath | 5 | 0% |
| Dennington | 5 | 0% |
| Aldham | 4 | 0% |
| Bristol | 4 | 0% |
| Downham Market | 4 | 0% |
| Gedney Broadgate | 4 | 0% |
| Newport | 4 | 0% |
| Abbots Morton | 3 | 0% |
| Barham | 3 | 0% |
| Beverley | 3 | 0% |
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The stack of crop & arable farming in United Kingdom
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Other segments of agriculture & forestry in United Kingdom
Agriculture & forestry in United Kingdom, the whole market →
Livestock & animal breeding · 3,191 →
Horticulture & plant nurseries · 996 →
Forestry & logging · 324 →
Fishing & aquaculture · 221 →
Agricultural contracting services · 207 →
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1,040 crop & arable farming companies are based in United Kingdom; 5 are hiring right now and Cambridge has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/agriculture_forestry/united-kingdom/crop_and_arable_farming)
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- ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
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- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Crop & arable farming in United Kingdom: questions
How many crop & arable farming companies are there in United Kingdom?
1,040 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Agriculture & forestry → Crop & arable farming → leaf niches such as mixed farm direct sales, arable & grain farms, produce growers wholesale. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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