Industry Breakdown of Companies
in United Kingdom

Explore more than 7,787,566 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 7,787,566 (16.6%)
Total Number of Companies in Europe 47,053,672

According to our database, a total of more than 7,787,566 businesses are registered in United Kingdom . That represents 16.55% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These United Kingdom-based companies have a share of 26.26% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 19.48% of all EU employees.

United Kingdom: TOP Industries

According to our database, the industry with the highest number of companies registered is Services (2,715,569 companies in total), followed by Unknown industry (1,601,875) and Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate (1,126,535).

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 7,787,566 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of
Companies
Services 2,715,569 34.9% 2,715,569
Unknown industry 1,601,875 20.6% 1,601,875
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 1,126,535 14.5% 1,126,535
Retail Trade 962,155 12.4% 962,155
Construction 500,897 6.4% 500,897
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 273,640 3.5% 273,640
Manufacturing 258,081 3.3% 258,081
Wholesale Trade 218,070 2.8% 218,070
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 102,728 1.3% 102,728
Public Sector 18,231 0.2% 18,231
Mining 9,785 0.1% 9,785

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 (20.57%), Business services (4.62%) and Subdivider/developer (4.36%).

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 7,787,566 registered companies

United Kingdom: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales

According to our database, companies registered in the United Kingdom generated € 22,253,674,506,863 in sales, which represents 26.26% 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 7,787,566 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. SHELL PLC € 262.7B 1.18% € 262.7B
2. GLENCORE PLC € 213.4B 0.96% € 213.4B
3. JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION € 192.8B 0.87% € 192.8B
4. CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION LONDON BRANCH € 182.7B 0.82% € 182.7B
5. BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION € 181B 0.81% € 181B
6. INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED € 174B 0.78% € 174B
7. BANK OF CHINA LIMITED € 163.5B 0.73% € 163.5B
8. CHINA RAILWAY GROUP LIMITED UK BRANCH € 163B 0.73% € 163B
9. BP P.L.C. € 148.8B 0.67% € 148.8B
10. HSBC HOLDINGS PLC € 142.9B 0.64% € 142.9B
Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies € 1.825T

United Kingdom: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees

According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 74,544,010 people, which represents 19.48% 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 (376,847), followed by TESCO PLC (337,518) and BANK OF CHINA LIMITED (312,757).

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 7,787,566 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Number of Employees
1. CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION LONDON BRANCH 376,847 0.51% 376,847
2. TESCO PLC 337,518 0.45% 337,518
3. BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 312,757 0.42% 312,757
4. TESCO STORES LIMITED 243,820 0.33% 243,820
5. STATE BANK OF INDIA 235,858 0.32% 235,858
6. LIDL U.K. GMBH 223,327 0.3% 223,327
7. HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 220,928 0.3% 220,928
8. BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 213,000 0.29% 213,000
9. APTIV PLC 200,000 0.27% 200,000
10. INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION SERVICES PLC 166,203 0.22% 166,203
Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies 2,530,258

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