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As of 4 November 2026, 36,109 plumbing heating sanitary trades companies are based in United Kingdom; 123 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
- 36,109
- Hiring now
- 123 · 9 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Plumbing heating contractor · 19,430
- Top city
- London · 486
- Parent market
- Property & construction · 282,765
Plumbing heating sanitary trades in United Kingdom, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Plumbing heating contractor | 19,430 | 54% |
| Boiler installation repair | 6,105 | 17% |
| Drain unblocking sewer cleaning | 5,237 | 15% |
| HVAC air conditioning contractor | 4,000 | 11% |
| Chimney sweeping & stove installation | 1,787 | 5% |
| Commercial refrigeration contractor | 1,058 | 3% |
| Heat pump installation | 968 | 3% |
| Water leak detection | 871 | 2% |
| Other plumbing heating sanitary trades | 481 | 1% |
| Bathroom renovation | 479 | 1% |
| Kitchen bathroom fitters | 389 | 1% |
| Septic system services | 315 | 1% |
| Electrical contractors | 273 | 1% |
| Other specialist building services contractors | 165 | 0% |
| Water treatment installers | 145 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 3,236 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 30,964 · 44 |
| 11-50 employees | 1,673 · 51 |
| 51-200 employees | 199 · 23 |
| 201-500 employees | 28 · 2 |
| 501-1000 employees | 5 · 2 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 4 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| London | 486 | 1% |
| Garissa | 306 | 1% |
| Glasgow | 179 | 0% |
| Bristol | 176 | 0% |
| Sheffield | 135 | 0% |
| Croydon | 121 | 0% |
| Birmingham | 113 | 0% |
| Leeds | 112 | 0% |
| Rode | 109 | 0% |
| Liverpool | 104 | 0% |
| Nottingham | 90 | 0% |
| Leicester | 82 | 0% |
The biggest plumbing heating sanitary trades companies in United Kingdom
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The stack of plumbing heating sanitary trades in United Kingdom
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Other segments of property & construction in United Kingdom
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36,109 plumbing heating sanitary trades companies are based in United Kingdom; 123 are hiring right now and London has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/property_construction/united-kingdom/plumbing_heating_sanitary_trades)
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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.
Plumbing heating sanitary trades in United Kingdom: questions
How many plumbing heating sanitary trades companies are there in United Kingdom?
36,109 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Property & construction → Plumbing heating sanitary trades → leaf niches such as plumbing heating contractor, boiler installation repair, drain unblocking sewer cleaning. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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