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Law firms in United Kingdom_

As of 4 November 2026, 19,313 law firms companies are based in United Kingdom; 347 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
19,313
Hiring now
347 · 93 new in 30 d
Largest niche
Generalist law firms · 5,892
Top city
London · 2,501
Parent market
Business & finance services · 239,426
19,313law firms companies in United Kingdom
347hiring today
93opened a role in the last 30 days
20niches inside the segment
02 — Niches, sizes, cities

Law firms in United Kingdom, broken down

By niche
companiesshare
Generalist law firms
5,89231%
Wills estates probate law
2,53913%
Other law firms
2,10811%
Commercial corporate law firms
1,84110%
Personal injury law
1,5018%
Immigration law firms
1,4598%
Real estate property law
1,3217%
Consumer debt relief claims
1,2116%
Family law practices
1,1216%
Outsourced legal counsel
8384%
Criminal defence law
7794%
Employment law firms
7174%
Notary offices
6433%
Mediation & adr services
5673%
Insolvency restructuring law
5643%
By company size
companies · hiring
Self-employed
5,473 · 4
2-10 employees
10,145 · 47
11-50 employees
2,735 · 93
51-200 employees
767 · 120
201-500 employees
112 · 41
501-1000 employees
42 · 21
1001-5000 employees
36 · 20
5001-10000 employees
1 · 1
10,001+ employees
2 · 0
By city
companiesshare
London
2,50113%
Manchester
3732%
Birmingham
3122%
Glasgow
2821%
Liverpool
1881%
Leeds
1731%
Aldgate East
1231%
Edinburgh
1231%
Belfast
1061%
Cardiff
1051%
Leicester
1021%
Bristol
981%
03 — Largest companies

The biggest law firms companies in United Kingdom

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

19,313 law firms companies in United Kingdom.

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04 — What they run

The stack of law firms in United Kingdom

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19,313 law firms companies are based in United Kingdom; 347 are hiring right now and London has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/business_finance_services/united-kingdom/law_firms)
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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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Law firms in United Kingdom: questions

How many law firms companies are there in United Kingdom?

19,313 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.

What is a sub-vertical?

The middle level of our industry tree: Business & finance services → Law firms → leaf niches such as generalist law firms, wills estates probate law, other law firms. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.

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