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UK Electronics Manufacturing Industry

Get to know the UK’s Electronics Manufacturing industry and the companies that design, integrate or manufacture electronics. View company data, industry trends, market size, financials and download our free sector report today.

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What is Electronics Manufacturing?

Electronics Manufacturing covers everything involved in the design and production of electronic products and microelectronics. The industry also includes companies that provide services for the electronic industry, such as those that specialise in component repair and equipment supply.

Today, the UK’s Electronics Manufacturing sector includes a wide range of companies and organisations. Examples of companies include those building communication devices, computer hardware, circuit boards, optical devices and medical electrical equipment.

Electronics Manufacturing sector summary

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Here are the key facts about the Electronics Manufacturing sector. The sector has a turnover of £60.6bn currently, has received £3.5bn of investment and the sector is growing at 2.9% per year.

7,194
COMPANIES CONSIDERED
£60.6bn
TOTAL TURNOVER
258,491
TOTAL EMPLOYEES
£3.5bn
TOTAL INVESTMENT FUNDING
£285.9m
TOTAL INNOVATE UK GRANT FUNDING
2.9%
AVERAGE COMPANY GROWTH PER YEAR

Electronics Manufacturing verticals

Our industry data goes deep. See the top verticals and specialisms making waves in the UK Electronics Manufacturing industry today.

Our Electronics Manufacturing RTIC is made up of 8 individual verticals. The top verticals in this sector include Communications, and Measuring and metrology devices. You can find out more about the verticals by downloading our RTIC report, or by signing up for a free trial of The Data City platform.

  • Sector Code Description Records
  • RTIC0067 Electronics Manufacturing 7194 companies

    Companies that design, integrate or manufacture electronics, especially microelectronics, or that provide allied services to the electronics industry.

    • Electronics Manufacturing: Communications

      Companies producing communications equipment and infrastructures

      1725 companies
    • Electronics Manufacturing: Computer manufacture

      Companies manufacturing the building blocks of computers, accessories. Companies assembling computers.

      558 companies
    • Electronics Manufacturing: Electromedical technologies

      Companies producing professional medical electrical equipment

      532 companies
    • Electronics Manufacturing: Electronic components and boards

      Companies involved in the manufacturing of electronic components and boards (printed circuit boards, systems on chip, FPGAs, ASICs)

      954 companies
    • Electronics Manufacturing: Energy generation or distribution tech

      Companies manufacturing and supplying different equipment for energy distribution and management

      767 companies
    • Electronics Manufacturing: Measuring and metrology devices

      Companies dedicated to the manufacture of measuring instruments

      1309 companies
    • Electronics Manufacturing: Optical devices

      Companies involved in the manufacture of optics products and components.

      477 companies
    • Electronics Manufacturing: Repair services

      Organisations providing the technologies and infrastructure involved in the ground segment of data downlink including ground stations, services, and terminals.

      1090 companies

Electronics Manufacturing industry growth

Based on a growth rate of 2.9%, we expect that this sector could be worth £69.2bn by 2026. Below you can see our forecast of the growth of the sector.

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