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Fashion & apparel ecommerce in United Kingdom_

As of 4 November 2026, 31,846 fashion & apparel ecommerce stores are based in United Kingdom; 76 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
31,846
Hiring now
76 · 40 new in 30 d
Largest niche
Own brand casual apparel · 4,942
Top city
London · 1,469
Parent market
Commerce & trade · 178,481
31,846fashion & apparel ecommerce stores in United Kingdom
76hiring today
40opened a role in the last 30 days
20niches inside the segment
02 — Niches, sizes, cities

Fashion & apparel ecommerce in United Kingdom, broken down

By niche
companiesshare
Own brand casual apparel
4,94216%
Print on demand merch
4,55514%
Womens general fashion webshops
3,67012%
Clothing fashion webshops
2,3017%
Bags accessories webshops
1,9686%
Footwear webshops
1,8756%
Childrens clothing webshops
1,7065%
Other apparel fashion webshops
1,6465%
Bridal wear
1,4925%
Activewear webshops
1,4675%
Sporting goods webshops
1,3684%
Menswear webshops
1,1484%
Secondhand & vintage clothing
9843%
Lingerie webshops
9143%
Fashion retail stores
8543%
By company size
companies · hiring
Self-employed
21,913 · 0
2-10 employees
8,350 · 5
11-50 employees
1,124 · 19
51-200 employees
260 · 18
201-500 employees
78 · 8
501-1000 employees
50 · 8
1001-5000 employees
58 · 13
5001-10000 employees
9 · 4
10,001+ employees
4 · 1
By city
companiesshare
London
1,4695%
Manchester
2291%
Birmingham
2101%
Glasgow
1500%
Aldgate East
1310%
Leeds
1310%
Bristol
1130%
Hoxton
1120%
Liverpool
1060%
Stonebridge
1060%
Sheffield
1040%
Cheetham Hill
900%
03 — Largest companies

The biggest fashion & apparel ecommerce stores in United Kingdom

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

31,846 fashion & apparel ecommerce stores in United Kingdom.

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04 — What they run

The stack of fashion & apparel ecommerce in United Kingdom

From their websites and DNS records, page plumbing left out.

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31,846 fashion & apparel ecommerce stores are based in United Kingdom; 76 are hiring right now and London has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/commerce_trade/united-kingdom/apparel_fashion_webshops)
How we know

Read from the source, not self-reported

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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.
FAQ

Fashion & apparel ecommerce in United Kingdom: questions

How many fashion & apparel ecommerce stores are there in United Kingdom?

31,846 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.

What is a sub-vertical?

The middle level of our industry tree: Commerce & trade → Fashion & apparel ecommerce → leaf niches such as own brand casual apparel, print on demand merch, womens general fashion webshops. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.

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Yes: the first 20 largest are on this page; the full list with verified e-mails is in the product. Counting is free.

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