Top companies in the United Kingdom
Europe's biggest tech market, with London the centre of gravity.
Ranked by current headcount across companies headquartered in the United Kingdom. Refreshed daily.
- 1EY· London, England, United Kingdom
- 399k employees
- Founded 1989
- 2PwC· London, England, United Kingdom
- Grant
- 296.7k employees
- Founded 1998
- 3NHS· United Kingdom
- 247.4k employees
- Founded 1948
- 4UK Civil Service· London Colney, England, United Kingdom
- 233.3k employees
- 5HSBC· London, England, United Kingdom
- Post-IPO debt
- 195.4k employees
- 6Shell· London, England, United Kingdom
- Grant
- 193.9k employees
- Founded 1907
- 7Vodafone· London, England, United Kingdom
- Post-IPO equity
- 148.1k employees
- Founded 1982
- 8Unilever· London, England, United Kingdom
- Grant
- 137.4k employees
- 9G4S· London, England, United Kingdom
- Post-IPO equity
- 115.2k employees
- Founded 1901
- 10Aon· London, England, United Kingdom
- Post-IPO debt
- 92.6k employees
- Founded 1979
- 11GSK· London, England, United Kingdom
- 92k employees
- Founded 2000
- 12ANY Company· London Colney, England, United Kingdom
- 88.8k employees
- Founded 2018
- 13Tesco· Welwyn Garden City, England, United Kingdom
- Post-IPO debt
- 87.6k employees
- Founded 1919
- 14bp· London, England, United Kingdom
- Post-IPO equity
- 80.9k employees
- Founded 1909
- 15Barclays· London, England, United Kingdom
- 80.9k employees
- 16AstraZeneca· Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
- Post-IPO debt
- 79.1k employees
- Founded 1913
- 17Standard Chartered· London, England, United Kingdom
- Post-IPO debt
- 78.6k employees
- 18Avon· Northampton, England, United Kingdom
- 74.2k employees
- 19Any· England, United Kingdom
- 73.5k employees
- Founded 1971
- 20BT Group· London, England, United Kingdom
- Post-IPO equity
- 73k employees
- Founded 1969
- 21Sainsbury's· London, England, United Kingdom
- 70.8k employees
- 22Lloyds Banking Group· London, England, United Kingdom
- 62.9k employees
- Founded 1985
- 23Compass Group· Chertsey, England, United Kingdom
- Post-IPO equity
- 60.2k employees
- Founded 1941
- 24WTW· London, England, United Kingdom
- 57.3k employees
- Founded 1950
- 25NHS England· London Colney, England, United Kingdom
- 57k employees
- Founded 2012
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the United Kingdom is one of the densest markets for technology talent in the world. The list above ranks the largest companies headquartered in the United Kingdom by current headcount, drawn from public LinkedIn and Crunchbase records. With 96,739 matching companies in our index, the depth of engineers, designers, product managers, and founders is broad across stages and industries.
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