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As of 4 November 2026, 8,530 metal fabrication workshops are based in United Kingdom; 92 are hiring right now and Birmingham has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 8,530
- Hiring now
- 92 · 14 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Custom metal fabrication & installation · 2,438
- Top city
- Birmingham · 122
- Parent market
- Manufacturing & industry · 82,599
Metal fabrication workshops in United Kingdom, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Custom metal fabrication & installation | 2,438 | 29% |
| Precision CNC machining | 1,739 | 20% |
| Metal products manufacturers | 1,371 | 16% |
| Structural steel fabrication | 1,120 | 13% |
| Welding & fabrication services | 993 | 12% |
| Sheet metal cutting & forming | 866 | 10% |
| Ornamental ironwork & gates | 717 | 8% |
| Metal stamping & casting | 541 | 6% |
| Laser cutting & engraving services | 466 | 5% |
| Metal surface treatment | 247 | 3% |
| Roofing & cladding products manufacturers | 91 | 1% |
| Industrial coating & blasting contractors | 87 | 1% |
| Other industrial machinery manufacturing | 86 | 1% |
| Cutting tool manufacturers | 84 | 1% |
| Other building products manufacturing | 80 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 469 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 5,363 · 13 |
| 11-50 employees | 2,110 · 28 |
| 51-200 employees | 491 · 35 |
| 201-500 employees | 65 · 8 |
| 501-1000 employees | 15 · 2 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 12 · 4 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 3 · 1 |
| 10,001+ employees | 2 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | 122 | 1% |
| Sheffield | 119 | 1% |
| London | 73 | 1% |
| Leicester | 41 | 0% |
| Liverpool | 34 | 0% |
| Bristol | 33 | 0% |
| Walsall | 32 | 0% |
| Coventry | 29 | 0% |
| Glasgow | 29 | 0% |
| Nottingham | 28 | 0% |
| Rode | 27 | 0% |
| West Bromwich | 26 | 0% |
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8,530 metal fabrication workshops are based in United Kingdom; 92 are hiring right now and Birmingham has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/manufacturing_industry/united-kingdom/metal_fabrication_workshops)
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- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Metal fabrication workshops in United Kingdom: questions
How many metal fabrication workshops are there in United Kingdom?
8,530 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Manufacturing & industry → Metal fabrication workshops → leaf niches such as custom metal fabrication & installation, precision cnc machining, metal products manufacturers. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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