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As of 4 November 2026, 6,441 food & beverage production companies are based in United Kingdom; 59 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
- 6,441
- Hiring now
- 59 · 37 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Distillery · 1,278
- Top city
- London · 215
- Parent market
- Manufacturing & industry · 82,599
Food & beverage production in United Kingdom, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Distillery | 1,278 | 20% |
| Other food & beverage production | 921 | 14% |
| Preserves sauces & spices | 829 | 13% |
| Snack & sweet manufacturing | 623 | 10% |
| Craft brewery | 621 | 10% |
| Packaged food manufacturing | 562 | 9% |
| Winery | 450 | 7% |
| Contract produced drinks brands | 326 | 5% |
| Dairy & cheese manufacturing | 300 | 5% |
| Pet food manufacturing | 289 | 4% |
| Food ingredient & flavour manufacturers | 284 | 4% |
| Mineral water & soft drink bottlers | 253 | 4% |
| Meat processing & charcuterie | 246 | 4% |
| Tea & infusion producers | 245 | 4% |
| Fruit & vegetable processing | 200 | 3% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 1,760 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 3,166 · 2 |
| 11-50 employees | 895 · 3 |
| 51-200 employees | 369 · 17 |
| 201-500 employees | 149 · 12 |
| 501-1000 employees | 48 · 4 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 43 · 16 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 6 · 3 |
| 10,001+ employees | 5 · 2 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| London | 215 | 3% |
| Glasgow | 60 | 1% |
| Bristol | 48 | 1% |
| Edinburgh | 34 | 1% |
| Birmingham | 27 | 0% |
| Leeds | 23 | 0% |
| Newington | 20 | 0% |
| Sheffield | 19 | 0% |
| Hoxton | 16 | 0% |
| Burton Latimer | 15 | 0% |
| Rode | 14 | 0% |
| Ladbroke Grove | 11 | 0% |
The biggest food & beverage production companies in United Kingdom
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The stack of food & beverage production in United Kingdom
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6,441 food & beverage production companies are based in United Kingdom; 59 are hiring right now and London has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/manufacturing_industry/united-kingdom/food_and_beverage_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.
Food & beverage production in United Kingdom: questions
How many food & beverage production companies are there in United Kingdom?
6,441 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Manufacturing & industry → Food & beverage production → leaf niches such as distillery, other food & beverage production, preserves sauces & spices. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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