List of largest United Kingdom employers
This is a list of largest United Kingdom employers. There are four main kinds of employer,
- public sector bodies
- public listed companies (plc) such as those on the FTSE 100
- private companies (ltd), partnerships (often LLP) or other traders
- charitable sector organisations
Contents
Public sector employers
Partial statistics for public bodies are available from the Office for National Statistics.[1]
|
Employer |
est. | Sector | Employees | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NHS (England) | 1945 | Health | 1,400,000 | |
| NHS Scotland | 1948 | Health | 160,000 | |
| British Army | 1660 | Military | 125,430[2] | |
| Department of Work and Pensions | 2001 | Welfare | 111,000[3] | |
| HM Revenue & Customs | 2005 | Taxation | 76,890[4] | |
| NHS Wales | 1946 | Healthcare | 72,000 | |
| Ministry of Justice | 2007 | Law | 68,670 | |
| Ministry of Defence | 1940 | Military | 65,000 | |
| Metropolitan Police Service | 1829 | Police | 50,000 (approx.) | |
| Royal Air Force | 1918 | Military | 37,200[5] | |
| Network Rail | 2002 | Transport | 34,000 | |
| BBC | 1922 | Media | 23,000 | |
| Home Office | 25,850 | |||
| Scottish Government | 1999 | Devolved Government | 17,000 | |
| Department for Transport | Transport | 17,640 | ||
| Welsh Government | 1999 | Devolved Government | 5,682 | |
| HM Houses of Parliament | 1707 | Political Representation | 1,475 | |
Public listed company employers
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Statistics are available on an ad hoc basis from public company annual reports.[6]
Currently Royal Mail, G4S, Tesco and Compass Group are the largest plc employers.
Private company employers
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Statistics on staff numbers were compiled in the Sunday Times "Top Track 100" of private companies for 2012.[7] The three largest private employers in that list are John Lewis Partnership, Swire Group and Alliance Boots.
See also
- UK labour law
- UK company law
- FTSE 100 and FT 30
- List of UK trade unions
- List of largest employers
- List of German companies by employees in 1938
- List of German companies by employees in 1907
- List of private equity firms
- List of corporate scandals
Notes
- ↑ ONS, Public Sector Employment, Q3 2012 (12 December 2012)
- ↑ British Army (Regular and Army Reserve)
- ↑ Includes "temporary and casual" employees.
- ↑ Includes "temporary and casual" employees.
- ↑ Regular and RAuxAF
- ↑ nb, calculations differ depending on the company's subjective perception of who counts as an "employee". See UK labour law.
- ↑ See Fast Track 100' (24 June 2012) Sunday Times
