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As of 4 November 2026, 82,599 manufacturing & industry companies are based in United Kingdom: 5,799 with 51+ employees, 703 hiring right now, led by handmade craft makers and London.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies, confident classification
- 82,599
- 51+ employees
- 5,799 · 7%
- Hiring now
- 703 · 225 new in 30 d
- Largest segment
- Handmade craft makers · 12,840
- Top city
- London · 2,332
- Running cold outbound
- 56
Manufacturing & industry in United Kingdom, by segment
Click a segment for its own map. Second column: companies hiring right now.
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Handmade craft makers | 12,840 · 0 |
| Print signage packaging production | 10,052 · 40 |
| Furniture makers & sellers | 8,531 · 0 |
| Metal fabrication workshops | 8,530 · 92 |
| Industrial machinery manufacturing | 8,266 · 147 |
| Textiles clothing & bedding | 8,102 · 0 |
| Food & beverage production | 6,441 · 59 |
| Electronics & electrical manufacturing | 5,708 · 109 |
| Supplement & cosmetics manufacturing | 5,172 · 40 |
| Windows doors & precast concrete | 4,724 · 35 |
| Consumer goods manufacturing | 4,555 · 0 |
| Building products manufacturing | 4,326 · 37 |
| Chemicals & materials production | 4,089 · 68 |
| Plastics & rubber processing | 3,358 · 38 |
| Medical device manufacturing | 2,031 · 35 |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 22,689 · 5 |
| 2-10 employees | 39,335 · 59 |
| 11-50 employees | 14,776 · 173 |
| 51-200 employees | 4,343 · 230 |
| 201-500 employees | 874 · 99 |
| 501-1000 employees | 291 · 45 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 210 · 60 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 35 · 15 |
| 10,001+ employees | 46 · 17 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| London | 2,332 | 3% |
| Birmingham | 681 | 1% |
| Sheffield | 559 | 1% |
| Bristol | 477 | 1% |
| Glasgow | 449 | 1% |
| Leeds | 316 | 0% |
| Nottingham | 294 | 0% |
| Leicester | 291 | 0% |
| Liverpool | 261 | 0% |
| Manchester | 256 | 0% |
| Rode | 234 | 0% |
| Cambridge | 205 | 0% |
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82,599 manufacturing & industry companies are based in United Kingdom: 5,799 with 51 or more employees, 703 hiring right now (225 opened a role in the last 30 days), led by handmade craft makers and London. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/manufacturing_industry/united-kingdom)
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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.
- StackScripts and embeds on the company's pages plus SPF, DKIM, MX and CNAME records of its domain.
Manufacturing & industry in United Kingdom: questions
How many manufacturing & industry companies are there in United Kingdom?
82,599 with a confident industry and country classification, read from their own websites; 5,799 of them have 51 or more employees.
How do you know a company belongs to manufacturing & industry?
We classify every company from its own website into a vertical, a sub-vertical and a leaf, each with a confidence score. This page counts companies with industry confidence of at least 0.7 and country confidence of at least 0.8; the company list shows only rich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount.
Which manufacturing & industry companies in United Kingdom are hiring?
703 have an open role on their own career site today and 225 opened one in the last 30 days. The full list with the hiring manager is in the product; counting is free.
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