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As of 4 November 2026, 3,595 tobacco, vape & cannabis retail are based in United Kingdom; 7 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
- 3,595
- Hiring now
- 7 · 1 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Vape & ecigarette shops · 1,783
- Top city
- London · 178
- Parent market
- Commerce & trade · 178,481
Tobacco, vape & cannabis retail in United Kingdom, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Vape & ecigarette shops | 1,783 | 50% |
| Cbd & hemp webshops | 681 | 19% |
| Other tobacco vape & cannabis retail | 481 | 13% |
| Cannabis dispensaries & coffeeshops | 449 | 12% |
| Smoke shop webshops | 441 | 12% |
| Tobacconists & cbd shops | 210 | 6% |
| Home fragrance webshops | 47 | 1% |
| Other health beauty & food webshops | 28 | 1% |
| Other consumer goods webshops mixed | 25 | 1% |
| General merchandise webshops | 24 | 1% |
| Online liquor shops | 23 | 1% |
| Gourmet food webshops | 22 | 1% |
| Coffee roasters | 21 | 1% |
| Vitamins & supplements webshops | 21 | 1% |
| Candy & snack shops | 18 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 1,379 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 2,008 · 4 |
| 11-50 employees | 160 · 2 |
| 51-200 employees | 40 · 0 |
| 201-500 employees | 6 · 1 |
| 501-1000 employees | 2 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| London | 178 | 5% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 57 | 2% |
| Manchester | 40 | 1% |
| Birmingham | 38 | 1% |
| Cheetham Hill | 35 | 1% |
| Stonebridge | 24 | 1% |
| Preston | 23 | 1% |
| Liverpool | 19 | 1% |
| Sheffield | 18 | 1% |
| Blackburn | 17 | 0% |
| Bolton | 17 | 0% |
| Edinburgh | 17 | 0% |
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3,595 tobacco, vape & cannabis retail are based in United Kingdom; 7 are hiring right now and London has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/commerce_trade/united-kingdom/tobacco_vape_and_cannabis_retail)
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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.
Tobacco, vape & cannabis retail in United Kingdom: questions
How many tobacco, vape & cannabis retail are there in United Kingdom?
3,595 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Commerce & trade → Tobacco, vape & cannabis retail → leaf niches such as vape & ecigarette shops, cbd & hemp webshops, other tobacco vape & cannabis retail. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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