Industry Breakdown of Companies
in United Kingdom

Explore more than 6,879,753 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 6,879,753 (15.0%)
Total Number of Companies in Europe 45,836,063

According to our database, a total of more than 6,879,753 businesses are registered in United Kingdom . That represents 15.01% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These United Kingdom-based companies have a share of 23.96% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 17.95% of all EU employees.

United Kingdom: TOP Industries

According to our database, the industry with the highest number of companies registered is Services (2,647,321 companies in total), followed by Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate (999,219) and Unknown industry (989,037).

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 6,879,753 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of
Companies
Services 2,647,321 38.5% 2,647,321
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 999,219 14.5% 999,219
Unknown industry 989,037 14.4% 989,037
Retail Trade 879,250 12.8% 879,250
Construction 488,627 7.1% 488,627
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 274,322 4.0% 274,322
Manufacturing 258,773 3.8% 258,773
Wholesale Trade 211,430 3.1% 211,430
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 103,906 1.5% 103,906
Public Sector 17,511 0.3% 17,511
Mining 10,357 0.2% 10,357

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 (14.38%), Business services (5.51%) and Subdivider/developer (4.24%).

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 6,879,753 registered companies

United Kingdom: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales

According to our database, companies registered in the United Kingdom generated € 20,264,366,869,813 in sales, which represents 23.96% 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 6,879,753 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. SHELL PLC € 361.9B 1.79% € 361.9B
2. GLENCORE PLC € 242.9B 1.2% € 242.9B
3. BP P.L.C. € 229.1B 1.13% € 229.1B
4. CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION LONDON BRANCH € 194B 0.96% € 194B
5. INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED € 190.5B 0.94% € 190.5B
6. CHINA RAILWAY GROUP LIMITED UK BRANCH € 163.1B 0.8% € 163.1B
7. MITSUBISHI CORPORATION € 156.3B 0.77% € 156.3B
8. BANK OF CHINA LIMITED € 149.2B 0.74% € 149.2B
9. JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION € 130B 0.64% € 130B
10. BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION € 111.8B 0.55% € 111.8B
Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies € 1.929T

United Kingdom: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees

According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 70,546,519 people, which represents 17.95% of all people employed by companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION LONDON BRANCH (352,621), followed by TESCO PLC (336,926) and BANK OF CHINA LIMITED (306,322).

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 6,879,753 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Number of Employees
1. CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION LONDON BRANCH 352,621 0.5% 352,621
2. TESCO PLC 336,926 0.48% 336,926
3. BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 306,322 0.43% 306,322
4. TESCO STORES LIMITED 259,472 0.37% 259,472
5. HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 232,642 0.33% 232,642
6. LIDL U.K. GMBH 223,327 0.32% 223,327
7. BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 171,057 0.24% 171,057
8. INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTIONS SERVICES PLC 159,819 0.23% 159,819
9. SAINSBURY'S SUPERMARKETS LTD 148,100 0.21% 148,100
10. ASDA STORES LIMITED 143,349 0.2% 143,349
Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies 2,333,635

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