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As of 4 November 2026, 178,481 commerce & trade companies are based in United Kingdom: 3,113 with 51+ employees, 488 hiring right now, led by general consumer goods ecommerce and London.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies, confident classification
- 178,481
- 51+ employees
- 3,113 · 2%
- Hiring now
- 488 · 194 new in 30 d
- Largest segment
- General consumer goods ecommerce · 86,045
- Top city
- London · 7,070
- Running cold outbound
- 31
Commerce & trade in United Kingdom, by segment
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| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| General consumer goods ecommerce | 86,045 · 165 |
| Fashion & apparel ecommerce | 31,846 · 76 |
| Food production, wholesale & retail | 21,273 · 110 |
| Health, beauty & food ecommerce | 18,554 · 35 |
| Trade & technical equipment ecommerce | 15,711 · 59 |
| Industrial & chemical distribution | 8,484 · 53 |
| Pet supplies ecommerce | 8,026 · 13 |
| Jewellery & watch ecommerce | 7,465 · 12 |
| Machinery equipment wholesale | 6,986 · 48 |
| Plants, flowers & fresh produce trade | 4,960 · 8 |
| Flowers, plants & home fragrance ecommerce | 4,905 · 0 |
| Tobacco, vape & cannabis retail | 3,595 · 7 |
| General & specialty stores | 2,730 · 26 |
| Ticket & subscription resellers | 436 · 0 |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 93,662 · 6 |
| 2-10 employees | 71,476 · 77 |
| 11-50 employees | 10,230 · 104 |
| 51-200 employees | 2,142 · 133 |
| 201-500 employees | 504 · 64 |
| 501-1000 employees | 196 · 31 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 191 · 52 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 32 · 11 |
| 10,001+ employees | 48 · 10 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| London | 7,070 | 4% |
| Birmingham | 1,390 | 1% |
| Glasgow | 1,006 | 1% |
| Manchester | 984 | 1% |
| Sheffield | 767 | 0% |
| Bristol | 755 | 0% |
| Leeds | 635 | 0% |
| Liverpool | 563 | 0% |
| Leicester | 560 | 0% |
| Hoxton | 544 | 0% |
| Nottingham | 520 | 0% |
| Rode | 499 | 0% |
The biggest commerce & trade companies in United Kingdom
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The stack of commerce & trade in United Kingdom
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178,481 commerce & trade companies are based in United Kingdom: 3,113 with 51 or more employees, 488 hiring right now (194 opened a role in the last 30 days), led by general consumer goods ecommerce and London. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/commerce_trade/united-kingdom)
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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.
- StackScripts and embeds on the company's pages plus SPF, DKIM, MX and CNAME records of its domain.
Commerce & trade in United Kingdom: questions
How many commerce & trade companies are there in United Kingdom?
178,481 with a confident industry and country classification, read from their own websites; 3,113 of them have 51 or more employees.
How do you know a company belongs to commerce & trade?
We classify every company from its own website into a vertical, a sub-vertical and a leaf, each with a confidence score. This page counts companies with industry confidence of at least 0.7 and country confidence of at least 0.8; the company list shows only rich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount.
Which commerce & trade companies in United Kingdom are hiring?
488 have an open role on their own career site today and 194 opened one in the last 30 days. The full list with the hiring manager is in the product; counting is free.
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