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As of 4 November 2026, 790 energy retail & trading companies are based in United Kingdom; 23 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
- 790
- Hiring now
- 23 · 17 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Energy procurement consulting · 541
- Top city
- London · 53
- Parent market
- Utilities & infrastructure · 6,486
Energy retail & trading in United Kingdom, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Energy procurement consulting | 541 | 68% |
| Energy tariff comparison | 284 | 36% |
| Energy retail suppliers | 203 | 26% |
| Energy trading & wholesale marketers | 184 | 23% |
| Energy service companies & contracting | 16 | 2% |
| Oil & gas exploration production | 9 | 1% |
| Telecom plan comparison | 9 | 1% |
| Electricity grid operators | 8 | 1% |
| Consumer isp broadband | 4 | 1% |
| Refineries & biofuel plants | 4 | 1% |
| Demand response & virtual power plants | 3 | 0% |
| It & telecoms provider | 3 | 0% |
| Other energy grids & heat networks | 3 | 0% |
| Community energy cooperatives | 2 | 0% |
| Gas grid operators | 2 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 230 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 368 · 1 |
| 11-50 employees | 125 · 0 |
| 51-200 employees | 37 · 8 |
| 201-500 employees | 6 · 2 |
| 501-1000 employees | 7 · 2 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 9 · 5 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 3 · 1 |
| 10,001+ employees | 5 · 4 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| London | 53 | 7% |
| Manchester | 14 | 2% |
| Glasgow | 13 | 2% |
| Birmingham | 10 | 1% |
| Bolton | 7 | 1% |
| Ilford | 7 | 1% |
| Liverpool | 7 | 1% |
| Leicester | 6 | 1% |
| Bury | 5 | 1% |
| Canary Wharf | 5 | 1% |
| Aldgate East | 4 | 1% |
| Blackpool | 4 | 1% |
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The stack of energy retail & trading in United Kingdom
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Other segments of utilities & infrastructure in United Kingdom
Utilities & infrastructure in United Kingdom, the whole market →
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790 energy retail & trading companies are based in United Kingdom; 23 are hiring right now and London has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/utilities_infrastructure/united-kingdom/energy_retail_and_trading)
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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.
Energy retail & trading in United Kingdom: questions
How many energy retail & trading companies are there in United Kingdom?
790 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Utilities & infrastructure → Energy retail & trading → leaf niches such as energy procurement consulting, energy tariff comparison, energy retail suppliers. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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