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Membership associations & unions in United Kingdom_

As of 4 November 2026, 11,651 membership associations & unions companies are based in United Kingdom; 209 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
11,651
Hiring now
209 · 78 new in 30 d
Largest niche
Industry & employer associations · 3,571
Top city
London · 992
Parent market
Public, community & associations · 112,804
11,651membership associations & unions companies in United Kingdom
209hiring today
78opened a role in the last 30 days
20niches inside the segment
02 — Niches, sizes, cities

Membership associations & unions in United Kingdom, broken down

By niche
companiesshare
Industry & employer associations
3,57131%
Professional bodies
3,11227%
Other membership associations & unions
2,05818%
Healthcare professional societies
1,55413%
Networking communities
5565%
Chambers of commerce
4554%
Trade unions
4444%
Other nonprofit civic associations
4084%
Advocacy campaign nonprofits
4073%
Local trade & craft associations
3563%
Service & social clubs
3493%
Collector hobby clubs
2412%
Sports federations
1601%
Cultural arts associations
1531%
School support associations
1481%
By company size
companies · hiring
Self-employed
5,769 · 7
2-10 employees
2,585 · 85
11-50 employees
2,333 · 61
51-200 employees
656 · 33
201-500 employees
176 · 14
501-1000 employees
67 · 6
1001-5000 employees
33 · 1
5001-10000 employees
20 · 2
10,001+ employees
12 · 0
By city
companiesshare
London
9929%
Newington
1301%
Edinburgh
1021%
Glasgow
951%
Coventry
771%
Birmingham
751%
Bristol
651%
Manchester
641%
Somers Town
530%
Hoxton
500%
Sheffield
470%
Liverpool
440%
03 — Largest companies

The biggest membership associations & unions companies in United Kingdom

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

11,651 membership associations & unions companies in United Kingdom.

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04 — What they run

The stack of membership associations & unions in United Kingdom

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11,651 membership associations & unions companies are based in United Kingdom; 209 are hiring right now and London has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/community_associations_public/united-kingdom/membership_associations_and_unions)
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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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Membership associations & unions in United Kingdom: questions

How many membership associations & unions companies are there in United Kingdom?

11,651 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.

What is a sub-vertical?

The middle level of our industry tree: Public, community & associations → Membership associations & unions → leaf niches such as industry & employer associations, professional bodies, other membership associations & unions. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.

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