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As of 4 November 2026, 3,490 games development & publishing companies are based in United Kingdom; 41 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
- 3,490
- Hiring now
- 41 · 15 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Game studios · 1,454
- Top city
- London · 355
- Parent market
- Media & content · 157,266
Games development & publishing in United Kingdom, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Game studios | 1,454 | 42% |
| Game portals | 783 | 22% |
| Mobile casual game studios | 672 | 19% |
| Tabletop game publishers | 553 | 16% |
| Video game media | 410 | 12% |
| Other games development & publishing | 260 | 7% |
| Private game servers | 208 | 6% |
| Game development service studios | 159 | 5% |
| Other user content aggregator platforms | 14 | 0% |
| General content farms | 11 | 0% |
| Game & 3d asset stores | 10 | 0% |
| Composers | 9 | 0% |
| Hobby electronics & radio publishers | 9 | 0% |
| Novelist author sites | 8 | 0% |
| Youtube channels | 8 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 2,804 · 6 |
| 2-10 employees | 420 · 3 |
| 11-50 employees | 193 · 11 |
| 51-200 employees | 49 · 13 |
| 201-500 employees | 16 · 6 |
| 501-1000 employees | 4 · 0 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 4 · 2 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| London | 355 | 10% |
| Somers Town | 50 | 1% |
| Coventry | 47 | 1% |
| Aldgate East | 42 | 1% |
| Manchester | 42 | 1% |
| Leeds | 34 | 1% |
| Bristol | 32 | 1% |
| Liverpool | 31 | 1% |
| Sheffield | 30 | 1% |
| Nottingham | 29 | 1% |
| Oxford | 27 | 1% |
| Brighton | 25 | 1% |
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The stack of games development & publishing in United Kingdom
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Other segments of media & content in United Kingdom
Media & content in United Kingdom, the whole market →
News & content portals · 80,275 →
User content aggregator platforms · 20,573 →
Visual art galleries & prints · 15,860 →
Writers & independent publishing · 13,122 →
Music & radio · 10,392 →
Travel blogs guides · 9,700 →
Creator channels & influencers · 8,578 →
Books publishing & retail · 8,079 →
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3,490 games development & publishing companies are based in United Kingdom; 41 are hiring right now and London has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/media_content/united-kingdom/games_development_and_publishing)
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- 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.
Games development & publishing in United Kingdom: questions
How many games development & publishing companies are there in United Kingdom?
3,490 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
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The middle level of our industry tree: Media & content → Games development & publishing → leaf niches such as game studios, game portals, mobile casual game studios. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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