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Public programmes & agencies in United Kingdom_

As of 4 November 2026, 4,335 public programmes & agencies companies are based in United Kingdom; 171 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
4,335
Hiring now
171 · 89 new in 30 d
Largest niche
Municipal authorities & general public bodies · 908
Top city
London · 130
Parent market
Public, community & associations · 112,804
4,335public programmes & agencies companies in United Kingdom
171hiring today
89opened a role in the last 30 days
20niches inside the segment
02 — Niches, sizes, cities

Public programmes & agencies in United Kingdom, broken down

By niche
companiesshare
Municipal authorities & general public bodies
90821%
Other public programmes & agencies
89721%
Regional development initiatives
62614%
Government agencies & ministries
47211%
Local social welfare foundations
2065%
Parish councils
1774%
Youth & education programmes
1654%
Advocacy campaign nonprofits
1453%
Public employment & welfare agencies
1413%
Youth welfare organisations
1163%
Conservation & environmental charities
1072%
Eu funded project consortia
942%
Other municipal government
862%
Neighbourhood community associations
792%
Other nonprofit civic associations
712%
By company size
companies · hiring
Self-employed
668 · 1
2-10 employees
2,278 · 18
11-50 employees
768 · 24
51-200 employees
236 · 19
201-500 employees
139 · 26
501-1000 employees
62 · 11
1001-5000 employees
98 · 34
5001-10000 employees
49 · 21
10,001+ employees
37 · 17
By city
companiesshare
London
1303%
Edinburgh
461%
Belfast
421%
Bristol
421%
Glasgow
271%
Newington
251%
Cardiff
241%
Birmingham
200%
Manchester
180%
Liverpool
160%
Oxford
160%
Nottingham
150%
03 — Largest companies

The biggest public programmes & agencies companies in United Kingdom

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

Derby City CouncilMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Derby10,001+ employeesLancashire CouncilMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Preston10,001+ employeesKent County CouncilMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Sandling10,001+ employeesEast Sussex County CouncilMunicipal authorities & general public bodies10,001+ employeesLeeds City CouncilMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Leeds10,001+ employeesFife CouncilMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Glenrothes10,001+ employeesWarwickshire County CouncilMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Longbridge10,001+ employeesNottinghamshire County CouncilMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Nottingham10,001+ employeesHampshire County CouncilMunicipal authorities & general public bodies10,001+ employeesWest Sussex County CouncilMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Chichester10,001+ employeesSurrey County CouncilMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Reigate10,001+ employeesWakefield CouncilMunicipal authorities & general public bodies10,001+ employeesSouth Lanarkshire CouncilMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Hamilton10,001+ employeesNorth Yorkshire CouncilOther municipal government · Heslington10,001+ employeesWest Yorkshire Health and Care PartnershipOther public programmes & agencies · Bolton10,001+ employeesLuton CouncilMunicipal authorities & general public bodies5001-10000 employeesCornwall CouncilMunicipal authorities & general public bodies5001-10000 employeesWest Dunbartonshire CouncilMunicipal authorities & general public bodies5001-10000 employeesPeterborough City CouncilMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Peterborough5001-10000 employeesSomerset CouncilMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Bathpool5001-10000 employees
4,335 public programmes & agencies companies in United Kingdom.

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04 — What they run

The stack of public programmes & agencies in United Kingdom

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4,335 public programmes & agencies companies are based in United Kingdom; 171 are hiring right now and London has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/community_associations_public/united-kingdom/public_programmes_and_agencies)
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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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Public programmes & agencies in United Kingdom: questions

How many public programmes & agencies companies are there in United Kingdom?

4,335 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.

What is a sub-vertical?

The middle level of our industry tree: Public, community & associations → Public programmes & agencies → leaf niches such as municipal authorities & general public bodies, other public programmes & agencies, regional development initiatives. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.

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