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Accounting & tax advisory in United Kingdom_

As of 4 November 2026, 20,991 accounting & tax advisory companies are based in United Kingdom; 208 are hiring right now and London has the most.

As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.

Companies
20,991
Hiring now
208 · 45 new in 30 d
Largest niche
SME accounting tax practice · 16,010
Top city
London · 1,589
Parent market
Business & finance services · 239,426
20,991accounting & tax advisory companies in United Kingdom
208hiring today
45opened a role in the last 30 days
20niches inside the segment
02 — Niches, sizes, cities

Accounting & tax advisory in United Kingdom, broken down

By niche
companiesshare
SME accounting tax practice
16,01076%
Bookkeeping services
2,09410%
Specialist tax advisers
1,6988%
Outsourced cfo finance BPO
1,3346%
Payroll outsourcing bureau
8834%
Statutory audit firms
7143%
Personal tax preparation services
5122%
Other accounting & tax advisory
2901%
Tax refund recovery agencies
2291%
Online accounting micro business
1711%
General management consulting
1641%
Independent financial advisers
1051%
Registered agent & company secretarial services
910%
Corporate finance advisers
720%
Employer of record peo providers
710%
By company size
companies · hiring
Self-employed
4,799 · 4
2-10 employees
13,636 · 51
11-50 employees
2,124 · 73
51-200 employees
293 · 41
201-500 employees
82 · 17
501-1000 employees
27 · 10
1001-5000 employees
18 · 4
5001-10000 employees
6 · 4
10,001+ employees
6 · 4
By city
companiesshare
London
1,5898%
Birmingham
2511%
Manchester
1901%
Glasgow
1431%
Bristol
1281%
Canary Wharf
1051%
Ilford
930%
Sheffield
880%
Croydon
870%
Hoxton
870%
Aldgate East
860%
Liverpool
860%
03 — Largest companies

The biggest accounting & tax advisory companies in United Kingdom

The largest companies of the segment, by headcount; job boards and portals left out.

20,991 accounting & tax advisory companies in United Kingdom.

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04 — What they run

The stack of accounting & tax advisory in United Kingdom

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20,991 accounting & tax advisory companies are based in United Kingdom; 208 are hiring right now and London has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/business_finance_services/united-kingdom/accounting_and_tax_advisory)
How we know

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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.
  • Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
  • HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
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Accounting & tax advisory in United Kingdom: questions

How many accounting & tax advisory companies are there in United Kingdom?

20,991 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.

What is a sub-vertical?

The middle level of our industry tree: Business & finance services → Accounting & tax advisory → leaf niches such as sme accounting tax practice, bookkeeping services, specialist tax advisers. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.

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