Chemicals & materials production in United Kingdom
As of 4 November 2026, 4,089 chemicals & materials production companies are based in United Kingdom; 68 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
- 4,089
- Hiring now
- 68 · 28 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Industrial chemicals manufacturers · 573
- Top city
- London · 161
- Parent market
- Manufacturing & industry · 82,599
Chemicals & materials production in United Kingdom, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Industrial chemicals manufacturers | 573 | 14% |
| Other chemicals & materials production | 562 | 14% |
| Paint & coatings manufacturers | 540 | 13% |
| Construction chemicals & adhesives | 470 | 11% |
| Cleaning & household chemicals manufacturers | 435 | 11% |
| Biobased & recycled materials | 253 | 6% |
| Biotech reagents & ingredients | 237 | 6% |
| Polymer & plastics raw materials | 236 | 6% |
| Fertiliser manufacturers | 208 | 5% |
| Concrete & mortar products | 141 | 3% |
| Steel & non ferrous metal producers | 112 | 3% |
| Agrochemical manufacturers | 107 | 3% |
| Lubricant manufacturers | 92 | 2% |
| Other building products manufacturing | 68 | 2% |
| Other industrial machinery manufacturing | 41 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 384 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 2,020 · 5 |
| 11-50 employees | 1,159 · 14 |
| 51-200 employees | 378 · 14 |
| 201-500 employees | 79 · 14 |
| 501-1000 employees | 35 · 6 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 23 · 11 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 3 · 1 |
| 10,001+ employees | 8 · 3 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| London | 161 | 4% |
| Sheffield | 43 | 1% |
| Glasgow | 25 | 1% |
| Cambridge | 23 | 1% |
| Nottingham | 23 | 1% |
| Bristol | 20 | 0% |
| Birmingham | 19 | 0% |
| Manchester | 19 | 0% |
| Hoxton | 15 | 0% |
| Cardiff | 13 | 0% |
| Leeds | 12 | 0% |
| Liverpool | 12 | 0% |
The biggest chemicals & materials production companies in United Kingdom
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The stack of chemicals & materials production in United Kingdom
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4,089 chemicals & materials production companies are based in United Kingdom; 68 are hiring right now and London has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/manufacturing_industry/united-kingdom/chemicals_and_materials_production)
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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.
Chemicals & materials production in United Kingdom: questions
How many chemicals & materials production companies are there in United Kingdom?
4,089 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Manufacturing & industry → Chemicals & materials production → leaf niches such as industrial chemicals manufacturers, other chemicals & materials production, paint & coatings manufacturers. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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