Company Index Stats
How many Manufacturing companies are in United Kingdom?
There are 180,396 Manufacturing companies in United Kingdom as of October 2026, 3.9% of Manufacturing companies worldwide, and 3.7% of all companies in United Kingdom.
Companies can carry several industry labels, so counts overlap.
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#6
for Manufacturing companies
Share of United Kingdom
3.7%
of all companies in United Kingdom
By Sub-Industry
What Manufacturing companies in United Kingdom actually do
These 6 sub-industries account for 33% of the 180,396 Manufacturing companies in United Kingdom by label rather than by distinct company. Sub-categories can span adjacent industries, and a company carrying several labels is counted under each.
| 1 | Contract Manufacturer | 19,246 | |
| 2 | Metal Fabrication | 18,120 | |
| 3 | Packaging Manufacturer | 8,601 | |
| 4 | Machine Shop | 7,176 | |
| 5 | Robotics and Automation | 4,646 | |
| 6 | Injection Molding | 1,680 |
Who They Sell To
Manufacturing customer mix in United Kingdom
Shares of the customer types we recorded, not of companies: one selling to several counts under each, and one with no customer type recorded is left out entirely.
By Company Size
How big Manufacturing companies in United Kingdom are
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Methodology
Aggregate counts from the DiscoLike index of 80M+ companies. Companies without a resolvable location are counted under 'unknown', and cells below the minimum count threshold are folded into an 'other' bucket. Industry and business-type categories overlap: a company carrying several labels is counted in each.
Updated monthly. Current snapshot: October 2026. See the full Company Index Stats.
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