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As of 4 November 2026, 16,414 specialist building services contractors companies are based in United Kingdom; 44 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
- 16,414
- Hiring now
- 44 · 5 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Other specialist building services contractors · 3,581
- Top city
- London · 220
- Parent market
- Property & construction · 282,765
Specialist building services contractors in United Kingdom, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Other specialist building services contractors | 3,581 | 22% |
| Roofing contractors | 3,110 | 19% |
| Hard landscaping & paving | 1,128 | 7% |
| Fencing & gate installers | 828 | 5% |
| Heritage restoration contractors | 734 | 4% |
| Scaffolding contractors | 710 | 4% |
| Lift escalator & stairlift services | 489 | 3% |
| Insulation contractors | 417 | 3% |
| Waterproofing contractors | 399 | 2% |
| General building contractors | 328 | 2% |
| Masonry contractors | 321 | 2% |
| Other building finishing contractors | 308 | 2% |
| Drywall interior fitout | 288 | 2% |
| Loft & attic conversions | 260 | 2% |
| Foundation repair & basement waterproofing | 258 | 2% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 3,009 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 12,005 · 9 |
| 11-50 employees | 1,187 · 16 |
| 51-200 employees | 186 · 14 |
| 201-500 employees | 17 · 1 |
| 501-1000 employees | 5 · 2 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 3 · 2 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 1 · 0 |
| 10,001+ employees | 1 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| London | 220 | 1% |
| Crewe | 117 | 1% |
| Mon | 102 | 1% |
| Abbot's Salford | 99 | 1% |
| Birmingham | 90 | 1% |
| Bristol | 86 | 1% |
| Manchester | 82 | 0% |
| Glasgow | 76 | 0% |
| Liverpool | 66 | 0% |
| Sheffield | 53 | 0% |
| Leeds | 45 | 0% |
| Croydon | 40 | 0% |
The biggest specialist building services contractors companies in United Kingdom
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The stack of specialist building services contractors in United Kingdom
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16,414 specialist building services contractors companies are based in United Kingdom; 44 are hiring right now and London has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/property_construction/united-kingdom/specialist_building_services_contractors)
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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.
Specialist building services contractors in United Kingdom: questions
How many specialist building services contractors companies are there in United Kingdom?
16,414 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Property & construction → Specialist building services contractors → leaf niches such as other specialist building services contractors, roofing contractors, hard landscaping & paving. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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