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As of 4 November 2026, 552 power generation companies are based in United Kingdom; 14 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
- 552
- Hiring now
- 14 · 9 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Renewable energy project developers · 310
- Top city
- London · 79
- Parent market
- Utilities & infrastructure · 6,486
Power generation in United Kingdom, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Renewable energy project developers | 310 | 56% |
| Wind farm operators | 104 | 19% |
| Other power generation | 86 | 16% |
| Bioenergy plant operators | 45 | 8% |
| Community energy cooperatives | 39 | 7% |
| Renewable power generation operators | 33 | 6% |
| Other energy asset services | 27 | 5% |
| Hydropower operators | 19 | 3% |
| Conventional & nuclear power generators | 16 | 3% |
| Solar park operators | 14 | 3% |
| Energy service companies & contracting | 9 | 2% |
| Waste treatment & disposal facilities | 9 | 2% |
| Energy trading & wholesale marketers | 8 | 1% |
| Oil & gas exploration production | 8 | 1% |
| Energy retail suppliers | 5 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 112 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 273 · 0 |
| 11-50 employees | 103 · 2 |
| 51-200 employees | 34 · 3 |
| 201-500 employees | 16 · 4 |
| 501-1000 employees | 4 · 3 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 7 · 2 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 1 · 0 |
| 10,001+ employees | 2 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| London | 79 | 14% |
| Edinburgh | 26 | 5% |
| Bristol | 10 | 2% |
| Aberdeen | 6 | 1% |
| Glasgow | 6 | 1% |
| Fulham Palace Road | 5 | 1% |
| Kings Langley | 5 | 1% |
| Perth | 5 | 1% |
| Cardiff | 4 | 1% |
| Chiswick | 4 | 1% |
| Liverpool | 4 | 1% |
| Manchester | 4 | 1% |
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The stack of power generation in United Kingdom
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Other segments of utilities & infrastructure in United Kingdom
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552 power generation companies are based in United Kingdom; 14 are hiring right now and London has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/utilities_infrastructure/united-kingdom/power_generation)
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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.
Power generation in United Kingdom: questions
How many power generation companies are there in United Kingdom?
552 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Utilities & infrastructure → Power generation → leaf niches such as renewable energy project developers, wind farm operators, other power generation. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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