Industry Breakdown of Companies
in United Kingdom

Explore more than 6,982,522 United Kingdom-based companies available in the HitHorizons database and see top industries and biggest players with highest sales and number of employees.

Current Country: United Kingdom 6,982,522 (15.7%)
Total Number of Companies in Europe 44,495,561

According to our database, a total of more than 6,982,522 businesses are registered in United Kingdom . That represents 15.69% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These United Kingdom-based companies have a share of 26.19% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 19.08% of all EU employees.

United Kingdom: TOP Industries

According to our database, the industry with the highest number of companies registered is Services (2,679,748 companies in total), followed by Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate (1,019,874) and Unknown industry (979,341).

This TOP 10 list was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

United Kingdom: TOP Industries 6,982,522 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of
Companies
Services 2,679,748 38.4% 2,679,748
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 1,019,874 14.6% 1,019,874
Unknown industry 979,341 14.0% 979,341
Retail Trade 918,419 13.2% 918,419
Construction 492,708 7.1% 492,708
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 276,898 4.0% 276,898
Manufacturing 263,347 3.8% 263,347
Wholesale Trade 219,603 3.1% 219,603
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 104,312 1.5% 104,312
Public Sector 17,890 0.3% 17,890
Mining 10,382 0.1% 10,382

United Kingdom: Breakdown of Companies by SIC Code

The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC Code) is used to assign companies to specific industries. According to our database, the top 3 SIC Codes for United Kingdom are Non classified establishment (14.03%), Business services (5.43%) and Subdivider/developer (4.28%).

This breakdown was generated automarically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and find companies leading within individual SIC Codes, SIC Code distribution among individual countries, or SIC Code breakdowns within other industries using HitHorizons Screener.

United Kingdom: Breakdown of Companies by SIC Code 6,982,522 registered companies

United Kingdom: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales

According to our database, companies registered in the United Kingdom generated € 21,447,706,885,868 in sales, which represents 26.19% of all sales generated by companies available in the HitHorizons database.

This TOP 10 list of companies operating in United Kingdom was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

United Kingdom: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales 6,982,522 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. SHELL PLC € 352.3B 1.64% € 352.3B
2. GLENCORE PLC € 236.5B 1.1% € 236.5B
3. BP P.L.C. € 223B 1.04% € 223B
4. CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION LONDON BRANCH € 188.6B 0.88% € 188.6B
5. INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED € 176B 0.82% € 176B
6. CHINA RAILWAY GROUP LIMITED UK BRANCH € 150.7B 0.7% € 150.7B
7. MITSUBISHI CORPORATION € 141.9B 0.66% € 141.9B
8. BANK OF CHINA LIMITED € 137.8B 0.64% € 137.8B
9. HSBC HOLDINGS PLC € 134B 0.62% € 134B
10. JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION € 126.6B 0.59% € 126.6B
Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies € 1.868T

United Kingdom: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees

According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 73,756,355 people, which represents 19.08% of all people employed by companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is TESCO PLC (336,926), followed by BANK OF CHINA LIMITED (306,322) and TESCO STORES LIMITED (241,340).

This TOP 10 list of companies with the highest number of employees was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

United Kingdom: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees 6,982,522 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Number of Employees
1. TESCO PLC 336,926 0.46% 336,926
2. BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 306,322 0.42% 306,322
3. TESCO STORES LIMITED 241,340 0.33% 241,340
4. HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 231,556 0.31% 231,556
5. LIDL U.K. GMBH 223,327 0.3% 223,327
6. BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 171,057 0.23% 171,057
7. INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTIONS SERVICES PLC 169,164 0.23% 169,164
8. SAINSBURY'S SUPERMARKETS LTD 148,100 0.2% 148,100
9. APTIV PLC 143,000 0.19% 143,000
10. ASDA STORES LIMITED 141,293 0.19% 141,293
Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies 2,112,085

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