Restaurants pubs cafes in United Kingdom
As of 4 November 2026, 57,820 restaurants pubs cafes companies are based in United Kingdom; 221 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
- 57,820
- Hiring now
- 221 · 102 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Pubs inns · 10,901
- Top city
- London · 1,365
- Parent market
- Hospitality & travel · 107,513
Restaurants pubs cafes in United Kingdom, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Pubs inns | 10,901 | 19% |
| Indian restaurants | 9,229 | 16% |
| Full service restaurants | 7,520 | 13% |
| Pizzerias | 6,116 | 11% |
| Cafes coffee shops | 5,038 | 9% |
| Chinese restaurants | 4,531 | 8% |
| Kebab doner shops | 4,459 | 8% |
| Bars cocktail lounges | 2,857 | 5% |
| Other restaurants pubs cafes | 2,857 | 5% |
| Burger restaurants | 2,852 | 5% |
| Italian restaurants | 2,302 | 4% |
| Fish & chip shops | 2,129 | 4% |
| Middle eastern restaurants | 1,931 | 3% |
| Fried chicken takeaways | 1,385 | 2% |
| Fine dining restaurants | 1,360 | 2% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 251 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 54,406 · 64 |
| 11-50 employees | 2,337 · 41 |
| 51-200 employees | 549 · 50 |
| 201-500 employees | 163 · 28 |
| 501-1000 employees | 55 · 14 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 49 · 18 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 3 · 2 |
| 10,001+ employees | 7 · 4 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| London | 1,365 | 2% |
| Birmingham | 506 | 1% |
| Glasgow | 496 | 1% |
| Edinburgh | 441 | 1% |
| Sheffield | 376 | 1% |
| Bristol | 366 | 1% |
| Liverpool | 355 | 1% |
| Manchester | 328 | 1% |
| Leeds | 313 | 1% |
| Rode | 241 | 0% |
| Leicester | 231 | 0% |
| Nottingham | 228 | 0% |
The biggest restaurants pubs cafes companies in United Kingdom
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The stack of restaurants pubs cafes in United Kingdom
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57,820 restaurants pubs cafes companies are based in United Kingdom; 221 are hiring right now and London has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/hospitality_travel/united-kingdom/restaurants_pubs_cafes)
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- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Restaurants pubs cafes in United Kingdom: questions
How many restaurants pubs cafes companies are there in United Kingdom?
57,820 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Hospitality & travel → Restaurants pubs cafes → leaf niches such as pubs inns, indian restaurants, full service restaurants. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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