Aerospace & defence manufacturing in United Kingdom
As of 5 November 2026, 841 aerospace & defence manufacturing companies are based in United Kingdom; 36 are hiring right now and London has the most.
As of 5 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 841
- Hiring now
- 36 · 14 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Defence systems manufacturers · 202
- Top city
- London · 22
- Parent market
- Manufacturing & industry · 82,599
Aerospace & defence manufacturing in United Kingdom, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Defence systems manufacturers | 202 | 24% |
| Aerospace component suppliers | 124 | 15% |
| Other aerospace & defence manufacturing | 93 | 11% |
| Civilian firearms & ammunition manufacturers | 90 | 11% |
| Uav aerospace manufacturers | 70 | 8% |
| Precision CNC machining | 44 | 5% |
| Aircraft manufacturers | 31 | 4% |
| Other electronics & electrical manufacturing | 27 | 3% |
| Other consumer goods manufacturing | 26 | 3% |
| Workwear & uniform manufacturers | 20 | 2% |
| Optics & photonics manufacturers | 19 | 2% |
| Industrial safety equipment | 17 | 2% |
| Other industrial machinery manufacturing | 16 | 2% |
| Sensor instrument manufacturers | 16 | 2% |
| Space systems manufacturers | 16 | 2% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 132 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 338 · 2 |
| 11-50 employees | 234 · 9 |
| 51-200 employees | 89 · 13 |
| 201-500 employees | 30 · 5 |
| 501-1000 employees | 10 · 2 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 5 · 2 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 1 · 1 |
| 10,001+ employees | 2 · 2 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| London | 22 | 3% |
| Birmingham | 11 | 1% |
| Bristol | 6 | 1% |
| Glasgow | 6 | 1% |
| Canary Wharf | 4 | 0% |
| Nottingham | 4 | 0% |
| Woolston | 4 | 0% |
| Aberdeen | 3 | 0% |
| Abingdon | 3 | 0% |
| Aldershot | 3 | 0% |
| Andover | 3 | 0% |
| Arkesden | 3 | 0% |
The biggest aerospace & defence manufacturing companies in United Kingdom
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The stack of aerospace & defence manufacturing in United Kingdom
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841 aerospace & defence manufacturing companies are based in United Kingdom; 36 are hiring right now and London has the most. (Breaknorm, 5 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/manufacturing_industry/united-kingdom/aerospace_and_defence_manufacturing)
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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.
Aerospace & defence manufacturing in United Kingdom: questions
How many aerospace & defence manufacturing companies are there in United Kingdom?
841 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Manufacturing & industry → Aerospace & defence manufacturing → leaf niches such as defence systems manufacturers, aerospace component suppliers, other aerospace & defence manufacturing. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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Yes: the first 20 largest are on this page; the full list with verified e-mails is in the product. Counting is free.
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