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As of 4 November 2026, 2,730 general & specialty stores are based in United Kingdom; 26 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
- 2,730
- Hiring now
- 26 · 13 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Other general & specialty stores · 538
- Top city
- London · 30
- Parent market
- Commerce & trade · 178,481
General & specialty stores in United Kingdom, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Other general & specialty stores | 538 | 20% |
| Convenience stores & kiosks | 283 | 10% |
| Kitchen & bathroom showrooms | 159 | 6% |
| Tile & flooring webshops | 146 | 5% |
| Farm feed & country stores | 142 | 5% |
| Vending & micro market operators | 123 | 5% |
| Garden plant webshops | 111 | 4% |
| Antique & vintage dealers | 100 | 4% |
| General merchandise webshops | 90 | 3% |
| Construction materials distribution | 87 | 3% |
| Consumer electronics appliance webshops | 85 | 3% |
| Hvac & plumbing webshops | 70 | 3% |
| Independent supermarkets | 59 | 2% |
| Kitchenware household goods webshops | 59 | 2% |
| Gift & giftware webshops | 57 | 2% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 192 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 2,237 · 9 |
| 11-50 employees | 211 · 4 |
| 51-200 employees | 43 · 2 |
| 201-500 employees | 23 · 2 |
| 501-1000 employees | 9 · 1 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 9 · 3 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 3 · 2 |
| 10,001+ employees | 3 · 3 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| London | 30 | 1% |
| Sheffield | 16 | 1% |
| Birmingham | 15 | 1% |
| Glasgow | 15 | 1% |
| Rode | 11 | 0% |
| Bristol | 10 | 0% |
| Leicester | 9 | 0% |
| Street | 9 | 0% |
| Bradford | 8 | 0% |
| Newry | 6 | 0% |
| Belfast | 5 | 0% |
| Nottingham | 5 | 0% |
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The stack of general & specialty stores in United Kingdom
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Other segments of commerce & trade in United Kingdom
Commerce & trade in United Kingdom, the whole market →
General consumer goods ecommerce · 86,045 →
Fashion & apparel ecommerce · 31,846 →
Food production, wholesale & retail · 21,273 →
Health, beauty & food ecommerce · 18,554 →
Trade & technical equipment ecommerce · 15,711 →
Industrial & chemical distribution · 8,484 →
Pet supplies ecommerce · 8,026 →
Jewellery & watch ecommerce · 7,465 →
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2,730 general & specialty stores are based in United Kingdom; 26 are hiring right now and London has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/commerce_trade/united-kingdom/general_and_specialty_stores)
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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.
General & specialty stores in United Kingdom: questions
How many general & specialty stores are there in United Kingdom?
2,730 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Commerce & trade → General & specialty stores → leaf niches such as other general & specialty stores, convenience stores & kiosks, kitchen & bathroom showrooms. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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