Fashion & apparel ecommerce in United Kingdom_
As of 4 November 2026, 28,288 fashion & apparel ecommerce stores are based in United Kingdom; 55 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
- 28,288
- Hiring now
- 55 · 30 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Own brand casual apparel · 4,643
- Top city
- London · 1,374
- Parent market
- Ecommerce · 156,553
Fashion & apparel ecommerce in United Kingdom, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Own brand casual apparel | 4,643 | 16% |
| Print on demand merch | 4,407 | 16% |
| Womens general fashion webshops | 3,501 | 12% |
| Clothing fashion webshops | 2,265 | 8% |
| Bags accessories webshops | 1,900 | 7% |
| Footwear webshops | 1,703 | 6% |
| Other apparel fashion webshops | 1,618 | 6% |
| Childrens clothing webshops | 1,530 | 5% |
| Activewear webshops | 1,433 | 5% |
| Sporting goods webshops | 1,288 | 5% |
| Menswear webshops | 1,020 | 4% |
| Lingerie webshops | 839 | 3% |
| Secondhand & vintage clothing | 798 | 3% |
| South asian ethnic wear | 727 | 3% |
| Luxury designer resale | 542 | 2% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 21,147 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 5,847 · 3 |
| 11-50 employees | 925 · 14 |
| 51-200 employees | 204 · 14 |
| 201-500 employees | 67 · 6 |
| 501-1000 employees | 42 · 5 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 48 · 10 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 7 · 3 |
| 10,001+ employees | 1 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| London | 1,374 | 5% |
| Manchester | 218 | 1% |
| Birmingham | 187 | 1% |
| Leeds | 121 | 0% |
| Glasgow | 120 | 0% |
| Aldgate East | 118 | 0% |
| Bristol | 104 | 0% |
| Stonebridge | 102 | 0% |
| Hoxton | 101 | 0% |
| Liverpool | 95 | 0% |
| Rode | 78 | 0% |
| Sheffield | 73 | 0% |
The biggest fashion & apparel ecommerce stores in United Kingdom
The largest ecommerce stores of the segment, by headcount; marketplaces and portals left out.
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What these ecommerce stores run on
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The stack of fashion & apparel ecommerce in United Kingdom
From their websites and DNS records, page plumbing left out.
Other segments of ecommerce in United Kingdom
Ecommerce in United Kingdom, the whole market →
General consumer goods ecommerce · 76,967 →
Health, beauty & food ecommerce · 17,894 →
Trade & technical equipment ecommerce · 13,607 →
Food production, wholesale & retail · 10,619 →
Pet supplies ecommerce · 7,186 →
Jewellery & watch ecommerce · 6,015 →
Vehicle & parts retail · 5,910 →
Flowers, plants & home fragrance ecommerce · 4,651 →
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28,288 fashion & apparel ecommerce stores are based in United Kingdom; 55 are hiring right now and London has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/ecommerce/united-kingdom/apparel_fashion_webshops)
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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.
Fashion & apparel ecommerce in United Kingdom: questions
How many fashion & apparel ecommerce stores are there in United Kingdom?
28,288 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Ecommerce → Fashion & apparel ecommerce → leaf niches such as own brand casual apparel, print on demand merch, womens general fashion webshops. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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