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Training & online courses in United Kingdom_

As of 4 November 2026, 30,872 training & online courses companies are based in United Kingdom; 311 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
30,872
Hiring now
311 · 93 new in 30 d
Largest niche
Corporate workplace training · 5,927
Top city
London · 2,306
Parent market
Consumer services & leisure · 283,647
30,872training & online courses companies in United Kingdom
311hiring today
93opened a role in the last 30 days
20niches inside the segment
02 — Niches, sizes, cities

Training & online courses in United Kingdom, broken down

By niche
companiesshare
Corporate workplace training
5,92719%
Other training & online courses
3,19610%
Vocational training centres
2,5948%
Teacher professional development
2,1837%
Beauty training academies
1,9436%
Health & social care training
1,9116%
Medical continuing education
1,8756%
Communication & leadership soft skills training
1,5125%
Personal development courses
1,2964%
Personal finance education
1,1484%
Mindfulness & wellbeing training
8793%
It & cybersecurity training
8603%
Coach certification programmes
8543%
Entrepreneurship training schools
8473%
AI skills training
8403%
By company size
companies · hiring
Self-employed
20,436 · 18
2-10 employees
6,894 · 56
11-50 employees
2,720 · 98
51-200 employees
551 · 66
201-500 employees
149 · 44
501-1000 employees
71 · 15
1001-5000 employees
41 · 10
5001-10000 employees
3 · 0
10,001+ employees
7 · 4
By city
companiesshare
London
2,3067%
Birmingham
3081%
Manchester
2171%
Glasgow
2141%
Bristol
1821%
Hoxton
1721%
Liverpool
1510%
Canary Wharf
1500%
Sheffield
1340%
Leeds
1300%
Edinburgh
1250%
Cardiff
1200%
03 — Largest companies

The biggest training & online courses companies in United Kingdom

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

CognitaTeacher professional development · London10,001+ employeesCoventry & Warwickshire Training HubHealth & social care training · Droitwich1001-5000 employeesTEC PartnershipVocational technical schools · Grimsby1001-5000 employeesQAAI skills training · London1001-5000 employeesBPPGeneral adult education providers · Westway1001-5000 employeesGrimsby InstituteGeneral adult education providers · Grimsby1001-5000 employeesKirklees CollegeVocational training centres · Huddersfield1001-5000 employeesUnited TeachingTeacher professional development · Warwick Park501-1000 employeesEuroMaTechCorporate workplace training · Baganga501-1000 employeesMultiverseAI skills training · Queensway501-1000 employeesWindsor Forest Colleges GroupFurther education colleges · Maidenhead501-1000 employeesNCFEVocational training centres · Newcastle upon Tyne501-1000 employeesBolton CollegeGeneral adult education providers · Rode501-1000 employeesForth Valley CollegeVocational technical schools · Polmont501-1000 employeesBradford CollegeFurther education colleges · Bradford501-1000 employeesLearning Curve GroupCorporate workplace training · Kirk Merrington501-1000 employeesOldham College and University Campus OldhamVocational training centres · Norwich501-1000 employeesHeart of Yorkshire Education GroupFurther education colleges · Wakefield501-1000 employeesBurnley CollegeFurther education colleges · Barley501-1000 employeesTack TMICorporate workplace training · Chesterfield201-500 employees
30,872 training & online courses companies in United Kingdom.

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04 — What they run

The stack of training & online courses in United Kingdom

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

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30,872 training & online courses companies are based in United Kingdom; 311 are hiring right now and London has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/consumer_services_leisure/united-kingdom/training_and_online_courses)
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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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Training & online courses in United Kingdom: questions

How many training & online courses companies are there in United Kingdom?

30,872 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.

What is a sub-vertical?

The middle level of our industry tree: Consumer services & leisure → Training & online courses → leaf niches such as corporate workplace training, other training & online courses, vocational training centres. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.

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