Two views of Manchester's economy: the registered/startup layer and the street-level business fabric, with the largest tracked employers.
Manchester's economy looks service-heavy, digital and broad. Marketing and advertising leads with 483 tracked companies, financial services has 391, and technology scores 9/10; retail, healthcare, logistics and education also show strength across the combined evidence.
| Industry | Companies |
|---|---|
| Marketing and Advertising | 483 |
| Financial Services | 391 |
| Information Technology and Services | 345 |
| Computer Software | 291 |
| Real Estate | 258 |
| Internet | 250 |
| Staffing and Recruiting | 222 |
| Health, Wellness and Fitness | 207 |
| Apparel & Fashion | 200 |
| Design | 191 |
| Retail | 166 |
| Construction | 144 |
| Automotive | 139 |
| Food & Beverages | 139 |
| Management Consulting | 135 |
| Hospital & Health Care | 131 |
| Telecommunications | 117 |
| Sports | 112 |
| Accounting | 104 |
| Legal Services | 102 |
| Education Management | 97 |
| Insurance | 96 |
| Consumer Goods | 95 |
| Media Production | 90 |
| Electrical/electronic Manufacturing | 81 |
| Sector | Places | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Software company | 17 | 4.52 |
| Website designer | 5 | 4.88 |
| Marketing agency | 5 | 4.78 |
| Web hosting company | 5 | 4.8 |
| Internet marketing service | 4 | 4.21 |
| Corporate office | 2 | 3.3 |
| Advertising agency | 2 | 4.9 |
| Lawyer | 2 | 4.6 |
| Freight forwarding service | 2 | 4.3 |
| Business to business service | 2 | 3.7 |
| Business management consultant | 2 | 4.35 |
| Criminal justice attorney | 2 | 4.6 |
| Unclassified | 2 | 5.0 |
| Computer support and services | 1 | 5.0 |
| Telephone answering service | 1 | 4.3 |
| Company | Industry | Employees | Founded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Co-op | retail | 70,000 | 1844 |
| Department for Education | government administration | 30,420 | 2010 |
| Co-op | retail | 19,221 | |
| THG | internet | 8,607 | 2004 |
| Iwantoneofthose | retail | 5,699 | 2000 |
| AQA | education management | 4,621 | 2000 |
| boohooMAN | apparel & fashion | 4,212 | 2013 |
| Alpha | logistics and supply chain | 3,500 | 2012 |
| Pennine Care Nhs Foundation Trust | hospital & health care | 3,439 | |
| Fudge Professional | personal products | 3,377 | 2012 |
| Peninsula Group | human resources | 3,134 | 2001 |
| Lookers | automotive | 3,060 | |
| Revolution Bars Group | hospitality | 2,827 | 1991 |
| Veolia | environmental services | 2,821 | |
| Alliance Manchester Business School | education management | 2,672 | |
| NCC Group | network management software | 2,500 | 2000 |
| Geoamey | outsourcing/offshoring | 2,425 | 2011 |
| higher education | 2,349 | ||
| Well Pharmacy | health, wellness and fitness | 2,312 | |
| Arrow Global | financial services | 2,300 | 2005 |
| NCC Group | information technology and services | 2,219 | |
| Mydentist | hospital & health care | 2,212 | 1996 |
| Health Assured | health, wellness and fitness | 2,019 | 2009 |
| British Council | non-profit organization management | 1,941 | 1934 |
| Morson | staffing and recruiting | 1,933 | 1969 |
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