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Companies that create technology and SaaS platforms that marketers use to target, design, deliver and review the effectiveness of their advertising.
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AdTech: AdExchange73 companies
Companies creating a digital marketplace where advertisers and publishers can interact
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AdTech: Advertisers112 companies
Companies providing technology enabling advertisers to reach audiences and offer products/services
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AdTech: Data Management and Analysis199 companies
Companies offering online platforms that support data analytics and management for advertisers and publishers
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AdTech: Programmatic Platforms88 companies
Companies providing online platforms that automatically buy and sell online advertising
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AdTech: Publishers150 companies
Companies that offer technology to those that sell or hire online space for advertisement purposes
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Companies using the most innovative technologies and processes to increase productivity, often in the highest value-add parts of manufacturing sectors.
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Advanced Manufacturing: Advanced Measurement180 companies
Companies which can complete the measurement of workpieces between operations with high speed, high efficiency, high accuracy and high flexibility.
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Advanced Manufacturing: Aerospace2147 companies
Manufacture of aerospace transport equipment, and parts and accessories, including motors and engines for aircraft.
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Advanced Manufacturing: Artificial Intelligence416 companies
Companies leveraging AI and machine learning, manufacturers can improve operational efficiency, launch new products, customize product designs and plan future financial action.
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Advanced Manufacturing: Augmented and Virtual Reality137 companies
Enhancing and augmenting existing product and service design and enabling entirely new techniques using virtual worlds
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Advanced Manufacturing: Automotive865 companies
Manufacture of motor vehicles and parts and accessories for motor vehicles.
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Advanced Manufacturing: Coating Tech1091 companies
Companies offering services for covering that is applied to the surface of an object, usually referred to as the substrate. The purpose of applying the coating may be decorative, functional, or both.
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Advanced Manufacturing: Computer Aided Manufacturing1624 companies
Companies using software and computer-controlled machinery to automate a manufacturing process.
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Advanced Manufacturing: Cutting and Machining1193 companies
Cutting is a technique where the operator moves a material (workpiece) such as metal and the tool in relation to each other in order to shape the workpiece into the desired form through shaving, drilling, etc
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Advanced Manufacturing: Data Services278 companies
Companies that use data to improve efficiency, responsiveness, and decision-making in production and operations.
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Advanced Manufacturing: Digital Design1037 companies
Digital Design, Manufacturing & Services (DDMS) is a digital-first approach to the way products are designed, manufactured and operated.
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Advanced Manufacturing: Digital Twins130 companies
The digital twin is a virtual representation of the as-designed, as-built, and as-maintained physical product
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Advanced Manufacturing: Forging733 companies
Forging is a manufacturing process involving the shaping of a metal through hammering, pressing, or rolling.
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Advanced Manufacturing: Forming1007 companies
Forming is a mechanical process used in manufacturing industries wherein materials (mostly metals) undergo plastic deformations and acquire required shapes and sizes by application of suitable stresses such as compression, shear and tension
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Advanced Manufacturing: Industrial IoT314 companies
The industrial internet of things (IIoT) refers to interconnected sensors, instruments, and other devices networked together with computers’ industrial applications.
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Advanced Manufacturing: Moulding443 companies
A process that involves shaping a liquid or malleable raw material by using a fixed frame; known as either a mould or a matrix.
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Advanced Manufacturing: Prototyping1075 companies
Companies creating early samples, models, or releases of a product built to test a concept or process.
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Advanced Manufacturing: Robotics and Automation770 companies
Companies design and build physical robotic systems and automation hardware, including industrial robots, collaborative robots, automated machines, smart sensors and software based automation (RPA)
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Companies involved in Advanced Materials Innovation and development. This RTIC has been developed through a collaboration between DSIT policy experts, analysts, and external subject matter experts. The development of this RTIC ran concurrently to National Materials Innovation Strategy (Royce Institute), identifying companies specifically focusing on advanced materials. To understand the taxonomy or the caveats associated with the RTIC do get in touch with the DSIT Advanced Materials team or with Data City. The current RTIC will have future updates, if and when there are new sources that are brought to the attention of the DSIT Advanced Materials team or DSIT deem the list to need a substantive update due to time elapsed or if there are new subsectors to include.
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Advanced Materials: 2D Materials and Other Nanomaterials120 companies
Companies developing material with any external dimension in the nanoscale (length range from 1 atomic layer to 100 nm) or having internal structure or surface structure in the nanoscale. (NOTE this doesn’t cover smart dust, as smart dust is several orders of magnitude larger than the nanoscale and so isn’t a nanomaterial)
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Advanced Materials: Advanced Composites165 companies
Companies developing filament and matrix system with significant improvements in properties or performance.
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Advanced Materials: Emerging Functional Materials81 companies
Any new material, or a material applied for new purposes, that provides intrinsic functionality beyond structural.
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Advanced Materials: Metal Alloys289 companies
Combination of more than one metal, where the alloy has a metal as the principal element. (NOTE this assumes the ‘single crystal nickel’ is referring to single crystal nickel superalloys, rather than a single crystal of nickel).
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Advanced Materials: Polymers160 companies
Polymers are materials made of long, repeating chains of molecules. The materials have unique properties, depending on the type of molecules being bonded and how they are bonded. Some polymers bend and stretch, like rubber and polyester. Others are hard and tough, like epoxies and glass.
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Advanced Materials: Textiles87 companies
Textile is an umbrella term that includes various fiber-based materials, including fibers, yarns, filaments, threads, different fabric types, etc.
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The RTIC includes companies specialising in creative industries applications of advanced screen-based technologies, with a physical presence in the UK and a focus across immersive media, real-time content creation, and interactive digital environments. This RTIC has been developed through a collaboration between The Data City and BOP Consulting in 2025. This RTIC includes firms working with virtual production, volumetric capture, spatial audio, real-time 3D rendering, holography, and large-scale projection—developing the enabling technologies that underpin next-generation experiences in film, gaming, live performance, digital fashion, and virtual heritage. It excludes generalist creative industries and media producers that do not apply advanced digital technologies in their workflows, as well as applications of these technologies outside of the creative industries (e.g. 3D scanning in advanced manufacturing or the extractive industries).
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Advanced Screens: 3D Scanning And Digital Asset Capture219 companies
Companies involved in scanning real-world assets for VFX, gaming, AR/VR, digital fashion, museums and cultural heritage and digital twins.
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Advanced Screens: AI-Generated Content And Machine Learning39 companies
AI-assisted animation, deepfake VFX, voice synthesis, procedural world-building, and generative music, dialogue, and NPCs (Non-Playing Characters).
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Advanced Screens: AR/VR for Entertainment And Spatial computing641 companies
Companies developing interactive exhibits, virtual museum tours, games, theatre, AR fashion & heritage applications , Digital overlays and sensors for blending digital and physical environments to create immersive experiences.
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Advanced Screens: Digital Fashion And Metaverse53 companies
Companies developing simulated textiles for fashion design, digital clothing in metaverse & gaming – AI-assisted pattern generation ,Virtual showrooms for fashion brands and digital try-ons.
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Advanced Screens: Holography And Volumetric Displays45 companies
Companies developing holographic performances & interactive 3D projection mapping.
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Advanced Screens: Live Event Lighting And Video Synchronization44 companies
Companies developing digital lighting control systems and real-time data feeds from video projections for immersive performances; LED wristband audience synchronization
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Advanced Screens: Motion Capture And Virtual production191 companies
Companies involved in real-time facial/body capture ,Virtual Production and LED displays
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Advanced Screens: Spatial Audio And Immersive Sound58 companies
Companies developing 360-degree sound and binaural audio for AR/VR, site-specific theatre, gaming and exhibitions.
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Advanced Screens: VFX , 3D rendering and CGI469 companies
Companies working on VFX , 3D rendering and CGI for the creative sector
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Companies providing marketing, advertising and product promotion and sales services.
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Agency Market: Analytics998 companies
Companies providing analytics products or services oriented to marketing purposes.
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Agency Market: Branding3924 companies
Companies offering products or services aimed towards the definition and reinforcement of commercial brands
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Agency Market: Creative2811 companies
Companies specialised in the design of strategies and resources (i.e., imagery or video) to attract audiences.
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Agency Market: Customer Relationship Management689 companies
Companies providing services, tactics and technologies to improve the interaction between businesses and clients.
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Agency Market: Digital Transformation743 companies
Companies focused on the desing of technologies and implementation strategies for further digitalisation of marketing practices.
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Agency Market: E-commerce platforms2583 companies
Companies providing services and technologies to allow third parties to sell online.
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Agency Market: Performance Marketing3001 companies
Companies providing digital marketing products such as Pay Per Click, Search Engine Optimisation or Conversion Rate Optimisation.
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Agency Market: Public Relations1912 companies
Companies designing strategic communications to maintain and strengthen the links with clients and audiences.
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Agency Market: Social Media1242 companies
Companies specialised in the commercialisation of products and services through social media platforms.
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Agency Market: User Experience2527 companies
Companies dedicated to the study, design and publicitation of products from the point of view of the consumer.
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Companies developing and implementing new agricultural technologies, with an additional focus on Net Zero advancements in the field.
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AgriTech: AgSciences345 companies
Companies in the field of life sciences pushing for agricultural innovation by providing specialised products or services, like GMO seeds
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AgriTech: Automation184 companies
Companies producing machinery and/or technology that enable the automation of agricultural processes
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AgriTech: Drone Technology153 companies
Companies providing drone technology, or services reliant on drone technology, to the agricultural industry
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AgriTech: Management Platforms214 companies
Companies providing software and/or platforms that enable agricultural data management and analytics
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AgriTech: Precision Farming94 companies
Set of products and/or services that enable real-time and off-field monitoring and control of agricultural processes
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AgriTech: Remote Sensing270 companies
Companies providing products that make possible agricultural monitoring off-field
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AgriTech: Vertical Farming109 companies
Companies producing the technology and related services and infrastructure that enable vertical farming
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Companies engaged in the development, deployment, and application of artificial intelligence technologies. Created in collaboration with The Data City and the Department of Science, Innovation, and Technology (DSIT) in 2024, it has been further validated by AI specialist Andrew Bennet from Form Ventures. The RTIC is structured around categories that represent the AI value chain, with each category focusing on critical stages and components involved in designing, deploying, implementing, and maintaining AI systems. Unlike the AI Technologies RTIC, this sector definition includes a broader scope, encompassing the wider supply chain, including deployment, implementation, and ongoing maintenance.
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Artificial Intelligence Ecosystem: Infrastructure419 companies
The foundational elements required to build and support AI technologies, such as compute power, data storage, cloud services, and networking. These are essential for the development and operation of AI systems.
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Artificial Intelligence Ecosystem: Products1557 companies
Tangible AI applications and tools available in the market, such as foundation models, narrow AI models, chatbots, and other AI software or hardware products.
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Artificial Intelligence Ecosystem: Services1000 companies
The professional services that support the implementation and management of AI technologies, including advisory and deployment services, AI safety and assurance, and maintenance services.
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Companies working with artificial intelligence (often machine learning) in areas such as; Data Analysis, Enabling Platforms, Image Processing, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Blockchain, GreenTech, Life Sciences, Industry 4.0 and Automation, Systems Optimisation, Signal Processing. This RTIC takes a technological and application based approach in mapping the sector. The RTIC does not capture the extensive supply chain of the sector.
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Artificial Intelligence Technologies and Applications: Blockchain129 companies
Companies producing AI algorithms for blockchain products and services
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Artificial Intelligence Technologies and Applications: Data Analysis1200 companies
Companies providing AI technology for data processing and analysis
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Artificial Intelligence Technologies and Applications: Enabling Platforms489 companies
Companies that build AI applications into intuitive platforms for non-expert users
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Artificial Intelligence Technologies and Applications: Green Tech242 companies
Companies using AI to create products and/or services aimed towards net zero, environmental monitoring or energy management
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Artificial Intelligence Technologies and Applications: Image Processing173 companies
Companies providing AI products that allow for the in-depth analysis of still images
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Artificial Intelligence Technologies and Applications: Industry 4.0 and Automation284 companies
Companies creating AI products that supporting smart factories and automation for the manufacturing sector
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Artificial Intelligence Technologies and Applications: Life Sciences214 companies
Companies creating AI applications supporting innovation and research in the field of life sciences
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Artificial Intelligence Technologies and Applications: Machine Learning855 companies
Companies integrating machine learning algorithms into AI products
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Artificial Intelligence Technologies and Applications: Natural Language Processing128 companies
Companies developing AI technology capable to find patterns, meaning and tone in text data
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Artificial Intelligence Technologies and Applications: Signal Processing194 companies
Companies producing AI technology that can identify, process and analyse inputs (voice, video, movement, temperature, etc.) in real-time
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Artificial Intelligence Technologies and Applications: Systems Optimisation100 companies
Companies producing AI applications aimed to improve the functionality and precision of other technologies/applications
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Companies focused on supporting businesses with solutions for client acquisition, market understanding, and strategic growth. It includes lead generation and market research to drive informed decision-making and sales success.
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B2B Services: B2B Lead Generation Agencies1054 companies
Companies that specialised in lead generation activities on behalf of clients or customers. Business to Business (B2B) Lead Generation agencies specialise in helping businesses identify and connect with potential clients, often through targeted outreach, data analysis, marketing strategies and telemarketing. Their goal is to generate high-quality leads that match their client’s Ideal Customer Profile (ICP), ultimately driving sales and improving conversion rates.
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B2B Services: B2B Market Research Agencies508 companies
B2B market research agencies specialise in gathering, analysing, and interpreting data about businesses, industries, and markets to provide actionable insights for their clients. Unlike consumer-focused research firms, B2B agencies focus on the dynamics, trends, and behaviours of businesses as buyers, suppliers, and competitors. Their services are designed to help companies make informed decisions about market entry, growth strategies, competitive positioning, and customer acquisition.
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Companies involved in the major parts of the battery supply chain, including mining, refining and production of critical minerals and chemicals, designing and manufacturing battery parts, semi-finished products, cells, modules, and packs, and designing and operating recycling facilities. This RTIC has been developed through a collaboration between The Data City, sector experts and the Department of Business and Trade (DBT) in 2024-25. This RTIC focuses on firms with a physical UK presence targeting battery supply chains and for these purposes therefore excludes vendors that are based outside of the UK or companies that may sell into batteries but primarily focus on an alternative sector. Every effort has been made to manually exclude firms whose main operations are based outside of the UK (e.g. a mining company with headquarters in the UK but whose mines are abroad), but some may still remain.
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Battery Supply Chain: Battery Cells, Modules and Packs701 companies
Companies developing, producing and assembling battery cells, modules and/or packs, including pack components such as thermal management and BMS systems.
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Battery Supply Chain: Battery Parts and Semi-Finished Products8 companies
Companies developing and producing cathode and anode materials for batteries, and/or other semi-finished parts such as electrolyte and separators.
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Battery Supply Chain: Critical Minerals and Chemicals35 companies
Companies engaged in mining, refining or trading critical minerals used in the production of batteries and/or manufacturing and supplying of chemicals.
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Battery Supply Chain: Recycling60 companies
Companies designing and providing battery recycling services.
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Companies involved in the development and production of innovative medical solutions, including antibodies, vaccines, advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs), small molecule therapeutics, and blood and cell products.
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Biopharmaceutical: Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs)554 companies
Companies engaged in the research and manufacturing of Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs) encompassing cell therapies, tissue engineered products (TEPs), combination products, and gene therapies.
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Biopharmaceutical: Antibodies499 companies
Companies involved in the research and/or manufacture of polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies as well as antibody fragments.
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Biopharmaceutical: Blood & Tissue Product94 companies
Companies engaged in the manufacture or research of human cells or tissue products intended for implantation, transplantation, infusion or transfer into a human.
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Biopharmaceutical: Small Molecules538 companies
Companies involved in the manufacturing and research of small organic compounds with low molecular weight that can be taken orally and easily enter cells to target specific areas within them.
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Biopharmaceutical: Therapeutic protein335 companies
Companies involved in the manufacturing and research of protein-based drug including recombinant, non-recombinant, blood factors and peptides.
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Biopharmaceutical: Vaccines156 companies
Companies involved in the manufacutring/research of vaccines such as viral, DNA-based, cell-based, recombinant protein, and cellular vaccines.
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Companies in clean energy, environmentally sustainable product or service design and provision such as water purification, biofuels and other adapted goods.
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CleanTech: Adapted Goods350 companies
Companies reformulating products in order to make them more sustainable
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CleanTech: Agriculture, Forestry and Biodiversity136 companies
Companies providing technologies that allow the environmental monitoring of agricultural processes, forests and wildlife.
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CleanTech: Energy Production, Management and Storage1933 companies
Companies providing products for the effective supervision of energy usage, management and efficiency
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CleanTech: Environmental Protection and Monitoring108 companies
Companies specialised in the production of technologies that facilitate environmental management and environmental health monitoring
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CleanTech: Mining, Fuels and Biofuels577 companies
Companies developing new technologies and/or products aimed to make the fuel/mining industries more sustainable
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CleanTech: Water Processing345 companies
Companies creating technologies that allow for an in-depth analysis of water quality and usage
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Companies offering or managing services, infrastructure or platforms via the cloud.
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Cloud Computing: General Cloud Services and Managed Hosting3641 companies
Companies that provide outsourced support, infrastructure, and environments for organisations to run digital services and applications in the cloud.
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Cloud Computing: IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service)292 companies
Companies that sell remote computing infrastructure (in the cloud) to consumers or buisnesses.
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Cloud Computing: Platform as a Service (PaaS)312 companies
Companies that sell platforms that allow for development on the cloud.
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Companies designing, integrating, or reselling computer hardware including but not limited to; Central Processing Units, Embedded Systems, Graphics Processing Unit, Field Programmable Gate Arrays, Semiconductor electronics.
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Computer Hardware: Central Processing Units162 companies
Companies providing central processing units
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Computer Hardware: Embedded Systems596 companies
Companies providing services related to/developing proprietary embedded systems
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Computer Hardware: Field Programmable Gate Arrays163 companies
Companies that produce, maintain or develop FPGAs
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Computer Hardware: Graphics Processing Unit93 companies
Companies providing graphic processing units
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Computer Hardware: Semiconductor electronics675 companies
Companies designing and/or manufacturing semiconductor technologies
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Computer Hardware: Tools391 companies
Companies providing or utilising specialised tools for the computer hardware industry.
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Companies offering products and/or services enabling or assisting with the transaction, investment or mining of blockchain currencies or the application of non fungible tokens to other uses.
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Cryptocurrency Economy: Blockchain280 companies
Companies providing blockchain technology for cryptocurrency transactions
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Cryptocurrency Economy: Investment425 companies
Companies creating structures that enable guided investment in cryptocurrencies
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Cryptocurrency Economy: Legal Services139 companies
Companies specialised in the provision of legal advice and services to individuals/organisations involved in the cryptocurrency market
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Cryptocurrency Economy: Mining52 companies
Companies developing technology or providing digital spaces for crypto mining
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Cryptocurrency Economy: Wallet544 companies
Companies offering digital wallets that allow for cryptocurrency trading and storage
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Companies working across the cybersecurity and computer safety sector; Cryptographic Authentication, Endpoint Security, Identity Management, IoT Security, Network Security, Incident Detection and Response, Risk Management, Threat Management.
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Cyber: Cryptographic Authentication211 companies
Companies specialising in technologies and processes that enable cryptographic authentication within the identity access space
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Cyber: Endpoint Security786 companies
Companies providing hardware or software that protects devices when accessing networks.
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Cyber: Identity Management429 companies
Companies developing products or services that control user access, for example with passwords, biometrics, or multi-factor authentication.
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Cyber: Incident Detection and Response1034 companies
Companies helping other organisations react, respond or recover from cyber-attacks
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Cyber: IoT Security130 companies
Companies offering products or services to embed or retrofit security for Internet of Things devices or networks
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Cyber: Network Security996 companies
Companies providing hardware or software designed to protect the usability and integrity of a network.
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Cyber: Risk Management2226 companies
Companies providing products or services that support other organisations to manage cyber risks, for example around security compliance or data leakage
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Cyber: Threat Management1453 companies
Companies involved in the development of products for monitoring/detecting threats to networks and systems.
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Companies involved in; Data Centre Cooling, Data Centres, Data Storage, Data Infrastructure Hardware, Data Infrastructure Services, Data Infrastructure Software, Trusted Execution Environments.
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Data Infrastructure: Data Centre Cooling238 companies
Companies developing and providing highly efficient cooling technologies for data centres.
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Data Infrastructure: Data Centres945 companies
Companies providing the technological resources to process the information coming from one or various organisations.
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Data Infrastructure: Data Infrastructure Hardware1986 companies
Companies providing and developing hardware and infrastructural components that make possible systematic data transfer.
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Data Infrastructure: Data Infrastructure Services4192 companies
Companies offering complementary services for overall data practice.
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Data Infrastructure: Data Infrastructure Software2047 companies
Companies developing and commercialising software that contribute to efficient data management, transfer and storage -among others.
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Data Infrastructure: Data Storage1996 companies
Companies focusing in the provision of data governance and storage services.
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Data Infrastructure: Trusted Execution Environments312 companies
Companies structuring secure locations within a principal processor, ensuring that the information is protected.
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Companies involved in developing secure communications, advanced military platforms, AI-driven surveillance, and critical logistics for the defence sector. This RTIC has been built based on the taxonomy adapted from MOD
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Defence: Comprehensive Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance158 companies
Companies involved in development and integration of sensor systems, AI-driven analytics, autonomous platforms, and secure networks to enhance Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR). By leveraging advanced materials, electronics, and energy solutions, they provide real-time situational awareness, ensuring informed decision-making and operational advantage in complex environments.
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Defence: Modernised Logistics and Support131 companies
Companies in the defence sector providing critical logistics and support services such as Material Management , personnel transport , facility construction, maintenance and operation and medical & health support.
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Defence: Platforms132 companies
Companies involved in development manned and unmanned military platforms (building and upgrading military vehicles , ships , aircraft etc.)
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Defence: Space and Resilient Communications190 companies
Companies developing secure, resilient, and interoperable space and communication systems to support military operations across all domains. They provide satellite-based intelligence, navigation, and global communications, alongside advanced radio, optical, and AI-driven traffic management technologies
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Companies providing technological products and services that support design, prototyping and production.
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Design and Modelling Technologies: 3D Modelling and Scanning877 companies
Companies providing the technology and/or services that enable 3D modelling and professional image rendering
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Design and Modelling Technologies: Computer Aided Design911 companies
Companies producing and/or applying computer applications that facilitate the design process.
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Design and Modelling Technologies: Digital Twins234 companies
Companies developing the technology and expertise that support the creation of digital twins
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Design and Modelling Technologies: XReality193 companies
Companies applying augmented, virtual or mixed reality technologies to aid design processes
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Companies using new technologies in creative markets such as advertising, film, and music.
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Digital Creative Industries: Advertising6638 companies
Companies using digital technologies for advertising and marketing campaigns, products or services
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Digital Creative Industries: Architecture497 companies
Companies using computer aided design (CAD) software and similar technology for architecture
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Digital Creative Industries: Culture and Heritage282 companies
Companies providing digital technologies to culture and heritage sites to enhance visitors’ experience
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Digital Creative Industries: Design2719 companies
Companies applying digital tools for design purposes
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Digital Creative Industries: Digital Native Art78 companies
Companies involved in the production of NFTs, crypto or AI generated digital art
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Digital Creative Industries: Film/TV5341 companies
Companies involved in digital services such as animation or vfx for film and tv sector
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Digital Creative Industries: Gaming667 companies
Companies using digital technologies for developing videos and interactive games
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Digital Creative Industries: Music2042 companies
Companies using digital technologies for music production and publishing.
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Digital Creative Industries: Photography1273 companies
Companies applying digital tools for photography production or post-production
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Digital Creative Industries: Streaming438 companies
Companies offering streaming services and infrastructure for the distribution of digital content
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Digital Creative Industries: Visual and Performing arts668 companies
Companies involved in digital services such as animation or vfx performing arts
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Companies supporting E-Commerce sector through platform development, inventory management, tracking and logistics services.
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E-Commerce: Inventory242 companies
Companies offering digital inventory management services. They track stock, automate reordering, sync across sales channels, forecast demand, and optimize warehouse operations
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E-Commerce: Platform1568 companies
Companies aiding in the development and the design of e-commerce platforms
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E-Commerce: Tracking553 companies
Companies offering shipment and tracking services. They monitor shipments in real time, provide delivery updates, optimize routes, and ensure timely, accurate order fulfillment.
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ESG: ESG Consultants896 companies
This vertical includes companies that provide consulting, advisory, and strategy services focused on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) issues. These organisations support clients in aligning with ESG frameworks, achieving sustainability goals, meeting regulatory requirements, and reporting on ESG performance.
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Companies creating technology that supports teaching and learning and enhances educational outcomes.
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EdTech: AI detection/authentication17 companies
Companies that help detect AI involvement and companies that help prevent academic cheating.
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EdTech: Artificial Intelligence112 companies
Companies applying AI technologies to manage digital learning environments and related data.
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EdTech: Devices398 companies
Companies providing devices such as computers, tablets, whiteboards and others specifically used for educational uses
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EdTech: Gamification68 companies
Platforms that use game mechanics to make learning more engaging and fun for the education sector.
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EdTech: Immersive Experiences115 companies
Companies applying immersive technologies for training and education purposes
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EdTech: Learning Apps and Software Providers143 companies
Companies providing software and apps that aid in learning and educational development within the education sector.
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EdTech: Learning Management Systems326 companies
Companies offering LMS software, which is used for delivering, tracking and managing training/education to the education sector.
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Companies that design, integrate or manufacture electronics, especially microelectronics, or that provide allied services to the electronics industry.
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Electronics Manufacturing: Communications1382 companies
Companies producing communications equipment and infrastructures
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Electronics Manufacturing: Computer manufacture451 companies
Companies manufacturing the building blocks of computers, accessories. Companies assembling computers.
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Electronics Manufacturing: Electromedical technologies424 companies
Companies producing professional medical electrical equipment
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Electronics Manufacturing: Electronic components and boards820 companies
Companies involved in the manufacturing of electronic components and boards (printed circuit boards, systems on chip, FPGAs, ASICs)
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Electronics Manufacturing: Energy generation or distribution tech620 companies
Companies manufacturing and supplying different equipment for energy distribution and management
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Electronics Manufacturing: Measuring and metrology devices1056 companies
Companies dedicated to the manufacture of measuring instruments
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Electronics Manufacturing: Optical devices219 companies
Companies involved in the manufacture of optics products and components.
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Electronics Manufacturing: Repair services916 companies
Organisations providing the technologies and infrastructure involved in the ground segment of data downlink including ground stations, services, and terminals.
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Companies involved in techniques used to generate energy from fossil fuels, nuclear power plants, solar panels, biofuels, wind amongst other sources.
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Energy Generation: Bioenergy324 companies
Companies generating energy from organic materials, such as biomass and biofuels.
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Energy Generation: Fossil Fuels384 companies
Companies generating energy from fossil fuels.
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Energy Generation: Hydrogen563 companies
Companies generating energy from hydrogen, contributing to sustainable power solutions and carbon-neutral practices.
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Energy Generation: Hydropower122 companies
Companies generating energy from hydropower (flowing water).
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Energy Generation: Nuclear384 companies
Companies generating energy from nuclear sources.
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Energy Generation: Nuclear Fusion21 companies
Companies using nuclear fusion to produce electricity.
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Energy Generation: Offshore Wind435 companies
Companies using offshore wind to produce electricity and companies engaged in the maintenance of offshore wind facilities.
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Energy Generation: Onshore Wind786 companies
Companies using onshore wind to produce electricity.
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Energy Generation: Renewable Thermal84 companies
Companies generating energy from sustainable heat sources, such as solar, geothermal, or biomass.
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Energy Generation: Solar1272 companies
Companies generating energy from solar sources
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Companies creating infrastructural networks, technology and software and the provision of services to administrate energy use and consumption
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Energy Management: AI and IoT180 companies
Companies applying AI and/or IoT technology to monitor and manage energy consumption
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Energy Management: Energy Management Systems543 companies
Companies developing software products that aid with energy monitoring and management
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Energy Management: Smart Grid190 companies
Companies developing and maintaining smart grids
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Energy Management: Smart Meter214 companies
Companies developing smart meters technologies and infrastructures
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Companies designing and producing innovative technologies to store electricity or heat that has been previously produced.
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Energy Storage: Batteries1987 companies
Companies engaging in the production and development of battery technology.
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Energy Storage: Hydrogen332 companies
Companies using hydrogen as a resource for energy storage.
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Energy Storage: Mechanical494 companies
Companies providing the infrastructure and products that enable mechanical energy storage
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Energy Storage: Thermal149 companies
Companies providing the infrastructure and products that enable thermal energy storage.
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Energy Storage: Uninterruptible power supply219 companies
Companies developing the technologies and related products to build infrastructures that allow for uninterrupted energy supply
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Companies involved in the Applications side of Engineering biology sector. This RTIC has been developed through a collaboration between DSIT internal subject matter experts and analysts, soliciting feedback with the cross-Whitehall Engineering Biology network and The Data City over summer 2023. They have been integral in the taxonomy development as well as quality assurance. To understand the taxonomy or the caveats associated with the RTIC do get in touch with the DSIT engbio team or with Data city. The current RTIC will have future updates, if and when there are new sources that are brought to the attention of the DSIT EngBio team. Or, DSIT deem the list to need a substantive update due to time elapsed or if there are new subsectors to include. To suggest updates, please email [email protected] with the title ‘The Data City RTIC: New company suggestions’
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Engineering Biology Application: Agriculture & Food – Agriculture / Eco-Friendly Agrochemicals23 companies
Companies using engineering biology to create products for the agricultural sector.
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Engineering Biology Application: Agriculture & Food – Foods (such as alternative meat/protein/fat)20 companies
Companies involved in using engineering biology to create foods such as cultured meats, alternative proteins and fats that offer an environmentally friendly alternative to traditional farming methods.
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Engineering Biology Application: Biofuels & Hydrogen7 companies
Companies involved in developing engineering biology systems for producing chemical fuels.
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Engineering Biology Application: Biological Materials & Reagents – Nucleotide synthesis & sequencing40 companies
Companies engaged in the manufacturing of equipment and serving as suppliers for DNA sequencing, synthesis, and various nucleotide-related products.
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Engineering Biology Application: Chemicals & Materials – Biosensing3 companies
Companies involved in etecting molecules using living systems/organic technology inspired by living systems.
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Engineering Biology Application: Chemicals & Materials – High Value Compounds34 companies
Companies involved in fermenting engineered organisms to create high value chemicals
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Engineering Biology Application: Chemicals & Materials – Products (such as biobased/degradable products & sustainable fashion)8 companies
Companies involved in developing biobased & biodegradable material products, such as environmentally friendly and novel ways to produce dyes, silk, and packaging etc.
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Engineering Biology Application: Environment & CO2 capture – Bio Energy & Carbon Capture6 companies
Companies involved in engineering biology for creating electricity, and for converting carbon dioxide or other gasseous carbon compounds into products.
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Engineering Biology Application: Health & Life Sciences590 companies
Companies invcolved in Engineering biology for the healthcare industry, human or veterinary
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Companies involved in the supplychain side of engineering biology sector.This RTIC has been developed through a collaboration between DSIT internal subject matter experts and analysts, soliciting feedback with the cross-Whitehall Engineering Biology network and The Data City over summer 2023. They have been integral in the taxonomy development as well as quality assurance. To understand the taxonomy or the caveats associated with the RTIC do get in touch with the DSIT engbio team or with Data city. The current RTIC will have future updates, if and when there are new sources that are brought to the attention of the DSIT EngBio team. Or, DSIT deem the list to need a substantive update due to time elapsed or if there are new subsectors to include. To suggest updates, please email [email protected] with the title ‘The Data City RTIC: New company suggestions’
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Engineering Biology Supply Chain: Biological Materials & Reagents – Biological Materials & Reagents218 companies
Companies providing biological materials and reagent-related products and services to engineering biology firms
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Engineering Biology Supply Chain: Biological Materials & Reagents – Nucleotide synthesis & sequencing40 companies
Companies engaged in the manufacturing of equipment and serving as suppliers for DNA sequencing, synthesis, and various nucleotide-related products.
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Engineering Biology Supply Chain: Computational – AI / Bioinformatics / Omics / Software68 companies
Companies providing computational-related services and products to engineering biology firms
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Engineering Biology Supply Chain: Computational – Robotics107 companies
Companies providing computational-related services and products to engineering biology firms
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Engineering Biology Supply Chain: Computational – Supercomputing52 companies
Companies providing computational-related services and products to engineering biology firms
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Engineering Biology Supply Chain: Diagnostics144 companies
Companies providing equipment for diagnostics including tools for quality assurance and control
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Engineering Biology Supply Chain: Physical Assets – Pilot / Mass Manufacturing55 companies
Companies hardware-related products and services to engineering biology firms
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Engineering Biology Supply Chain: Physical Assets – Supply Chain Small Scale Manufacturing351 companies
Companies providing hardware-related products and services to engineering biology firms
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Companies developing innovative technologies, products, and services tailored to women’s health and wellness, addressing areas such as reproductive health, menstrual care, fertility, menopause, maternal health, and breast health.
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FemTech: Breast Health4 companies
Companies developing tools and wearables to monitor breast health, including devices specifically designed for early detection of abnormalities.
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FemTech: Menopause80 companies
Companies involved in developing/providing platforms, wearables, hormone replacement therapy, and digital resources to support women going through menopause.
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FemTech: Menstrual Health48 companies
Companies involved in developing period tracking apps, pain management devices (CBD, wearables, pain management patches), and sustainable menstrual products.
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FemTech: Reproductive, Pregnancy & Postpartum Health25 companies
Companies involved in providing/developing platforms, wearables, hormone replacement therapy, and digital resources for fertility tracking, pregnancy care, and reproductive conditions like PCOD.
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Companies involved in the creation, facilitation and commercialisation of software, service, and intelligent technologies to support financial institutions and personal finance products.
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FinTech: Alternative Credit Analysis493 companies
Companies providing analytics products/services for the financial sector
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FinTech: Consensus Services103 companies
Companies involved in utilising advanced technologies such as blockchain and smart contracts to transform the verification of financial agreements, enhancing trust and transparency in transaction processes
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FinTech: Crypto Asset Exchange407 companies
Companies developing/providing secure and user-friendly platforms for buying, selling, and exchanging cryptocurrencies
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FinTech: Digital Banks57 companies
Companies developing technologies and services that allow for the digitalisation of banking products or services
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FinTech: Digital Capital Raising618 companies
Companies developing/providing novel platforms and strategies that enable efficient and accessible capital acquisition for businesses and projects
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FinTech: Digital Custody303 companies
Companies dedicated to the development of digital products that provide robust and reliable solutions for safeguarding and managing digital assets.
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FinTech: Digital Identity354 companies
Companies supplying digital technologies aimed towards verifying identities in digital financial transactions.
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FinTech: Digital Lending692 companies
Companies producing digital platforms and technologies for lending services
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FinTech: Digital Payments1045 companies
Companies offering digital payments technologies
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FinTech: Digital Savings103 companies
Companies developing and providing digital solutions such as platforms, applications and technologies for individuals and businesses to save money efficiently.
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FinTech: Insurtech204 companies
Companies developing specialised digital products for the insurance sector
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FinTech: Regtech455 companies
Companies developing technologies that facilitate regulations and assets management
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FinTech: Tech for Enterprise1529 companies
Companies creating software products to financial institutions
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FinTech: Wealthtech465 companies
Companies creating software products to financial institutions
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Companies developing food and drink processing technologies.
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FoodTech: Agri Tech613 companies
Companies offering services and technologies that aim to increase farming efficiency and sustainability
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FoodTech: Consumer Products and Services414 companies
Companies developing apps and services that facilitate access to food and the information behind it.
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FoodTech: Food Delivery303 companies
Companies offering direct-to-consumers food delivery services on-demand.
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FoodTech: Food Processing161 companies
Companies providing products or services that leverage innovative techniques to process food or to improve food ingredients’ functionality
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FoodTech: Food Safety and Traceability256 companies
Companies supplying tech-powered solutions to sanitise machineries and other food processing equipment, assess products’ freshness and prolong their shelf-life.
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FoodTech: Food Surplus234 companies
Companies offering products and solutions that help reducing food waste.
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FoodTech: Kitchen Tech320 companies
Companies developing smart kitchen appliances for consumers as well as smart equipment or technologies that help restaurants managing their business more efficiently
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FoodTech: Next Generation Foods370 companies
Companies developing solutions and processes that leverage science and technology to create new types of foods and beverages.
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Companies involved in the design and manufacture of components and (sub-) systems relating to the technologies relevant to future telecommunications supply chains. This RTIC has been developed through a collaboration between The Data City, sector experts and the Department of Science, Innovation, and Technology (DSIT) in 2024. This RTIC focuses on specialist telecoms firms with a physical UK presence targeting future telecoms supply chains and for these purposes therefore excludes those companies with a wider service and product offering such as telecoms operators, vendors that are based outside of the UK or companies that may sell into telecoms but primarily focus on an alternative sector. A full assessment of the future telecommunications sector and ecosystem would also include these firms.
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Future Telecoms Supply Chain: Compute Continuum20 companies
Provision of computational capacity for communication networks, including public and private cloud, distributed and edge compute, and specialist network processing hardware. The design and provision of the containerisation, security, management and orchestration software that integrate and organise this resource across the network.
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Future Telecoms Supply Chain: Non-terrestrial Networking77 companies
Design and manufacture of technologies and processes using airborne or spaceborne equipment for networking. This includes satellite communications, as well as high-altitude platforms systems (HAPS) and drones.
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Future Telecoms Supply Chain: Photonic and Optical84 companies
Design and manufacture of components and (sub-)systems relating to the use of the optical and infrared spectrum for data transmission, both fixed and free-space.
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Future Telecoms Supply Chain: Radio Frequency Wireless79 companies
Design and manufacture of components and (sub-)systems relating to the propagation of radio (including potentially microwave and THz) waves for wireless communication networks.
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Companies focused on the development, commercialisation, and advertising of video games and allied industries such as gaming events.
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Gaming: E-Sports122 companies
Companies and organizations involved in the competitive gaming industry
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Gaming: Enabling Technology133 companies
Companies producing software, platforms or devops for game developers
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Gaming: Game Development Studios1094 companies
Companies dedicated to the production of videogames
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Gaming: Immersive321 companies
Companies that produce immersive games and/or tech that enables immersive gaming
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Gaming: Media225 companies
Studios that provide animation, character design and/or music to game developers
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Gaming: Publishers173 companies
Companies dedicated to publishing and supplying videogames to the public
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Companies working with geographical data in some form, including but not limited to; Data Capture, Data Processing and Visualisation, Geospatial and GIS Technologies, Navigation Technologies.
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Geospatial Economy: Data Capture1567 companies
Companies focused on the production of geospatial datasets
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Geospatial Economy: Data Processing and Visualisation1505 companies
Companies offering geolocation data processing and visualisation services
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Geospatial Economy: Geospatial and GIS Technologies461 companies
Companies providing Geographic Information System products
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Geospatial Economy: Navigation Technologies374 companies
Companies providing technologies and/or services that enable the collection, processing and analysis of navigation data
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Companies and start-ups focused on the development, manufacturing, and delivery of Immersive Technologies, including Augmented Reality, Haptics, Hardware, the Metaverse and more.
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Immersive Technologies: 360°540 companies
Companies that transform live filmed content into an immersive 360-degree experience.
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Immersive Technologies: Architecture & Construction281 companies
Companies adapting immersive technologies for architectural design, property sale and construction activities.
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Immersive Technologies: Augmented Reality508 companies
Companies developing technology to enhance the real world by overlaying computer generated content.
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Immersive Technologies: Edtech131 companies
Companies applying immersive technologies in education.
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Immersive Technologies: Emerging Markets88 companies
Companies applying immersive technologies to a variety of non-traditional markets, like data analytics, 5G or the creation of digital humans.
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Immersive Technologies: Gaming248 companies
Companies developing immersive experiences and games utilising immersive technologies.
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Immersive Technologies: Haptics30 companies
Companies developing technologies that can create touch-based experiences to be used along other immersive technologies.
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Immersive Technologies: Hardware106 companies
Companies manufacturing the hardware that embeds immersive technology software.
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Immersive Technologies: Healthcare264 companies
Companies applying immersive technologies for the development of medical practice.
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Immersive Technologies: Manufacturing & Engineering136 companies
Companies developing immersive tools to aid in engineering and manufacturing processes.
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Immersive Technologies: Media747 companies
Companies developing media for Immersive Technologies, including animation, character development, sound effects and soundtracks.
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Immersive Technologies: Metaverse133 companies
Companies building the digital infrastructure and tools for the development of the metaverse as a digital space.
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Immersive Technologies: Mixed Reality270 companies
Companies developing technology in a similar way to Augmented Reality, with a concentration on interaction between real world and computer-generated objects.
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Immersive Technologies: Retail & Fashion120 companies
Companies applying immersive technologies in large retail complexes, E-commerce and fashion design and advertising.
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Immersive Technologies: Virtual Reality1202 companies
Companies providing technologies that allow for users’ complete immersion in an alternative environment.
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Companies creating objects with the capability of communicating with each other and sharing data over the internet.
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Internet of Things: Connectivity Platforms81 companies
Companies developing enabling platforms which allow and or foster connectivity between IoT devices
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Internet of Things: Energy Management & Smart Buildings322 companies
Companies developing IoT devices to gather data, control and/or manage energy management systems, as well as other management systems that could be used in buildings.
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Internet of Things: Industrial IoT157 companies
Companies offering IoT used in industrial settings such as automation of assembly lines or other industrial settings.
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Internet of Things: Smart Cities and Transport180 companies
Companies supplying IoT devices used across transportation and mobility services, and to enable smart cities
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Internet of Things: e-Health88 companies
Companies providing IoT devices to the healthcare sector
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Companies supporting land remediation process through brownfield restoration, remediation and project management services.
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Land Remediation: Brownfield Regeneration303 companies
Companies regenerating the brown field sites to green infrastructure.
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Land Remediation: Regulatory Services568 companies
Companies assessing the objectives , risks and the output of the operation
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Land Remediation: Remediation Services1080 companies
Companies providing remediation services
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This field includes companies and organizations involved in research, manufacturing, human health, biology, biotechnology, and chemistry. Key components of the Life Sciences sector.
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Life Sciences: Biology and Biotech1408 companies
Companies working in the field of biology and biotechnology, may that be developing products or providing services.
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Life Sciences: Chemical Products and Services910 companies
Companies working in the field of chemistry, developing products or providing services.
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Life Sciences: Environmental Sciences Products and Services2542 companies
Companies that work in the field of environmental monitoring, ecology, geography and/or any sector that directly investigates the state of inhabited territories
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Life Sciences: Human Health Services12623 companies
Companies providing health services
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Life Sciences: Life Sciences Manufacturing2997 companies
Companies that provide the technologies, products and services that enable manufacturing specialised in life sciences materials
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Life Sciences: Research1875 companies
Companies that base their economic activity in Life Sciences research
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Life Sciences: Synthetic Biotechnology445 companies
Companies involved in the use and development of synthetic biotechnology products in areas such as agriculture , healthcare and environmental sustainability.
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Companies involved in shipping, logistics, port operations, offshore energy, fisheries, aquaculture, marine engineering, coastal management, marine research, and leisure marine activities.
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Marine and Maritime: Aquaculture376 companies
Companies involved in aquatic farming (fish, shellfish, algea), marine biology and environmental services.
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Marine and Maritime: Autonomy & Robotics687 companies
Companies involved in development of marine vessels and platforms designed for autonomous operation, autonmous control systems and technologies.
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Marine and Maritime: Leisure399 companies
Companies involved in luxury vessel design, manufacture, operation and chartering.
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Marine and Maritime: Marine Engineering & Naval Architecture920 companies
Companies involved in design and manufacuture of marine systems.
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Marine and Maritime: Naval Defence95 companies
Companies involved in vessel design, construction, refitting, and maintenance for naval defence, search and rescue, and law enforcement services.
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Marine and Maritime: Ports Ecosystem578 companies
Companies involved in port operation and range of organisations within ports ecosystem such as energy infrastructure and logistics
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Marine and Maritime: Professional services1640 companies
Companies that support and provide administrative services to the marine and maritime industry, which includes insurance, trade associations, registry, legal, consultancy, data processing & cybersecurity.
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Marine and Maritime: Shipping – Container, bulk, RoRo, tanker676 companies
Companies engaged in shipping container, bulk, and Roll-on/Roll-off (RoRo) chartering, as well as ship ownership and operations for bulk, container, gas, and tanker freight transport
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Marine and Maritime: Shipping – Cruise & Passenger251 companies
Companies involved in Cruise operation, logistics, supply chain and ferry transport of passengers
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Marine and Maritime: Shipping – Workboats1034 companies
Companies in the workboat sector, catering to offshore wind operations, anchor handling, marine civil construction, aquaculture, dredging, and seagoing towing
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Companies developing or deploying medical devices and medical technologies.
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MedTech: Advanced Materials187 companies
Companies providing and/or using advanced materials in the development of new medical devices
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MedTech: Artificial Intelligence575 companies
Companies developing technologies that apply artificial intelligence to improve healthcare. They create tools like smart imaging systems, diagnostic algorithms, remote monitoring platforms, and clinical decision support
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MedTech: Extended Reality47 companies
Companies using virtual reality, augmented reality and/or mixed reality as aid in medical environments.
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MedTech: Imaging194 companies
Companies developing new imaging medical devices
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MedTech: Monitoring Technologies120 companies
Companies producing technologies to enable telehealth and remote monitoring
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MedTech: Photonics148 companies
Companies applying photonics technology to the development of medical devices
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MedTech: Robotics67 companies
Companies applying robotics and automation technologies to medical devices
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Companies involved with the distribution of information in any form or medium.
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Media and Publishing: Broadcasting Services810 companies
Companies offering the technology and services that make broadcasting content possible.
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Media and Publishing: Printing Services3095 companies
Companies offering printing services
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Media and Publishing: Publishing Services1204 companies
Companies offering publishing services for printed media.
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Media and Publishing: Sound and Music production1632 companies
Companies engaged in sound recording and publishing.
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Media and Publishing: Video and Motion Graphics production2061 companies
Companies involved in the development of video content
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Companies producing buildings or parts of buildings in factories for later assembly on site.
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Modular Construction: Off site construction213 companies
Companies supplying buildings constructed offsite that fulfil a temporal need (i.e., temporary office space)
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Modular Construction: Permanent Modular Buildings268 companies
Companies producing permanent infrastructures constructed off-site
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Modular Construction: Supply Chain607 companies
Companies part of the supply chain of materials for modular construction
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Companies in the Net Zero Supply chain, which covers many industries working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These include; Agritech, Building Technologies, Carbon Capture, Diversion of Biodegradable Waste from Landfill, Energy Cooperatives, Energy Storage, Green Finance, Grid, Heating, Low Carbon, Low Carbon Consultancy Advisory and Offsetting Services, Low Emission Vehicles, Pollution Control and Mitigation, Renewables, Renewable Energy Planning Database, Waste Management and Recycling.
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Net Zero: Agritech823 companies
The application and integration of agricultural technologies, innovations and systems that enable farming and food production to reduce, avoid, or sequester greenhouse gas emissions or make farming practices more resilient to climate change
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Net Zero: Building Technologies3476 companies
Companies providing technology and services for increased energy efficiency and resource usage in the design, construction and operation of urban environments.
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Net Zero: Carbon Capture379 companies
Companies dedicated to carbon capture, storage and utilisation.
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Net Zero: Community-Focused Renewable Energy719 companies
Any company that has a purpose to bring renewable energy to local communities or make current energy and environmental practices more efficient. Communities are both improved and have control in the process through which energy is generated. Not for profits and social enterprises are included.
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Net Zero: Emissions Monitoring and Mitigation1522 companies
Companies that develop measures to avoid, track and minimize industrial emissions. This is focused on the aviation and marine industries and involves long term mitigation options rather than short term fixes such as oil spill cleans. The monitoring on the environments effected is broad due to their sensitivity to emissions.
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Net Zero: Energy Storage3751 companies
Companies that are providing technology for the capture and later release of energy sources, including electromagnetic storage, high temperature thermal energy storage, chemical energy storage, electrochemical energy storage (batteries) and mechanical storage.
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Net Zero: Green Finance and Sustainable Investment4131 companies
Structured financial activity that enables people and places have greater access to net zero practices.
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Net Zero: Heat Pumps and other Renewable Heating Sources3327 companies
Companies developing, manufacturing or installing low carbon and renewable heat sources.These primarily include heat pumps and biomass boilers but also geothermal and solar thermal energy sources.
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Net Zero: Low Carbon Consultancy, Advisory & Offsetting Services4092 companies
Organisations and businesses that offer carbon footprint auditing, environmental assessments, tailored reduction plans, carbon tracking, low carbon strategies or other services for monitoring and reducing carbon emissions.
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Net Zero: Low Carbon and Renewable Energy Generation12661 companies
This vertical includes all companies that operate and/or provide renewable and low carbon energy, including nuclear, hydrogen, wind, solar, biogas/biofuels, geothermal and hydropower. This vertical was made with reference to the REPD.
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Net Zero: Low Emission Vehicles3245 companies
Companies focusing on all levels of the development, technology, infrastructure and directly of LEVs (which emit less than 75 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometre). Including cars, vans, lorries/trucks bikes, scooters and construction vehicles.
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Net Zero: Pollution Remediation1696 companies
Companies that monitor and treat the effects of pollution on soil and freshwater quality. Companies that recycle wastewater prevent pollution from further causing these effects and minimise carbon emissions. The treatments methods involve soil stabilisation and bioremediation.
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Net Zero: Renewable Energy Infrastructure3467 companies
Companies involved in the medium to large scale generation and distribution of energy, that is either renewable or traditional but made to be more efficient through grid management software or consultancy.
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Net Zero: Waste Management and Recycling5431 companies
Companies dedicated to solid waste removal, management, processing and recycling.
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Companies involved in the Neurotechnology sector. This RTIC has been developed through a collaboration between DSIT policy experts and analysts as an initial attempt to understand the scale of the new sector. To understand the taxonomy or the caveats associated with the RTIC do get in touch with Datacity. The current RTIC will have future updates, if and when there are new sources that are brought to the attention of the DSIT Neurotech team or DSIT deem the list to need a substantive update due to time elapsed or if there are new subsectors to include. To suggest updates, please email The Data City.
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Neurotechnology: Invasive Technologies – Stimulating18 companies
Companies involved in stimulating sub technology such as Cochlear implants ,deep brain nerve stimulation, retinal implants, vestibular implant and electrical spinal cord stimulation (SCS)
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Neurotechnology: Non Invasive Technologies – Recording24 companies
Companies involved in sub technology such as Electroencephalography, Magnetoencephalography, Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); Magnetic resonance imaging, (MRI) , Functional near-infrared spectroscopy and Mechanomyography
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Neurotechnology: Non Invasive Technologies – Stimulating17 companies
Companies involved in functional electrical stimulation ,transcranial direct current stimulation, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, transcranial magnetic stimulation, tactile stimulation ,transcranial ultrasound stimulation (TUS), vagus nerve stimulation.
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Companies aiming at the collective characterisation and quantification of biological molecules that translate into the structure, function, and dynamics of an organism.
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Omics: Epigenomics66 companies
Companies providing services and/or products to study chemical tags in the genome
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Omics: Genomics244 companies
Companies providing services and/or products to investigate the genome
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Omics: Lipidomics32 companies
Companies focusing on the study of cellular lipids and associated products and/or services
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Omics: Metabolomics89 companies
Companies dedicated to the study of metabolites and to the provision of related products and/or services
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Omics: Proteomics80 companies
Companies focusing on researching the proteome (set of proteins produced by an organism or cell).
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Omics: Transcriptomics146 companies
Companies dedicated to the study of the transcriptome (RNA transcripts produced by the genome) and the provision of associated products/services
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Companies providing new technologies and services to the pharmaceutical industry, largely in the develompent, testing, production, distribution, and marketing of medicines.
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Pharma: Additive Manufacturing112 companies
Companies using advanced manufacturing techniques (i.e., 3D printing) for the development of pharmaceutical products
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Pharma: Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain234 companies
Companies applying AI technology for the advancement of pharma research, products and/or services
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Pharma: Automation215 companies
Companies developing the technology and infrastructure for the automation of pharmaceutical processes and laboratories.
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Pharma: Pharma and BioPharma667 companies
Companies dedicated to the production of pharmaceutical products and biotechnology research
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Pharma: Precision Medicine101 companies
Companies providing products and/or services that enable or enhance precision medicine techniques
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Pharma: Research and Data Analytics688 companies
Companies developing technologies for the facilitation of research and data analysis for pharmaceuticals and research centres
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Pharma: Targeted Therapies263 companies
Pharmaceutical companies dedicated to the advancement and supply of targeted therapeutics
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Companies working with advanced optical technologies, often lasers, fibre optic cables, rapid data transmission, etc.
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Photonics: Industry 4.0349 companies
Companies providing products using photonics technology (i.e, light sensors) for smart factories
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Photonics: Microelectronics133 companies
Companies using advanced photonics technology (i.e, laser) for the manufacture of microelectronics
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Photonics: Optics312 companies
Companies developing specialised optical products
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Photonics: Photovoltaics319 companies
Companies producing photovoltaic technology and/or derived products
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Photonics: Quantum Tech168 companies
Companies applying photonics technology and knowledge into the development of quantum technologies
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Photonics: Smart Sensors365 companies
Companies supplying remote monitoring products that use photonics technology
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Photonics: Telecommunications131 companies
Companies applying photonics technology and knowledge to the development of telecommunications infrastructure, products and services
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PropTech is enhancing every aspect of real estate, including buying, selling, renting, and management, by making interactions smoother and processes more efficient. Think Building Management platforms, Smart buildings, interactive 3D models, virtual viewings and property AI that helps investors find undervalued gems.
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PropTech: Construction and Development391 companies
This vertical includes technology companies that support the planning, design, and delivery of real estate and infrastructure projects.
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PropTech: Property Management and Leasing218 companies
Using technology to enhance and streamline various aspects of managing real estate, from buying and selling to tenant interactions and property operations. This includes digital tools, software, and platforms designed to optimise workflows, improve efficiency, and enhance tenant experiences.
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PropTech: Real Estate Investment Tech68 companies
Companies that leverage digital tools and solutions to enhance various aspects of the real estate investment process, such as research and analysis
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PropTech: Smart Buildings and IoT193 companies
Smart buildings, powered by the Internet of Things (IoT), are transforming the PropTech sector by enhancing efficiency, sustainability, and occupant well-being. These buildings utilise connected sensors, devices, and software to collect and analyse data, optimising operations and creating more comfortable, secure, and sustainable spaces.
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Companies involved in software, components, materials or expertise relating to quantum computing and relevant area of photonics. The scope of this RTIC is much broader than the Quantum Technology RTIC, as it includes participants from the photonics sector as well as firms that form part of the supply chain.
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Quantum Economy: Components and Materials352 companies
Companies providing equipment, materials and raw resources to organisations dedicated to quantum research
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Quantum Economy: Photonics125 companies
Companies integrating photonics technology into quantum technologies
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Quantum Economy: Quantum Computing49 companies
Companies developing and manufacturing quantum computers
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Technologies that exploit the principles of quantum mechanics based on the ability to generate, detect and/or control quantum effects. This RTIC was created in collaboration with DSIT, Go Science and Innovate UK KTN. The scope of this RTIC is more focused than the Quantum Economy RTIC, as it concentrates on companies who sell or are developing products which directly exploit quantum phenomena.
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Quantum Technology: Quantum Communication23 companies
Companies developing technologies that use quantum effects to transmit, encrypt or decrypt classical information or the communication of quantum information.
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Quantum Technology: Quantum Computing38 companies
Companies developing hardware and software to process information and perform computations based on the use of quantum bits (qubits).
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Quantum Technology: Quantum Materials14 companies
Companies developing materials whose properties are primarily defined and governed by quantum mechanical effects at macroscopic scales.
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Quantum Technology: Quantum Sensing27 companies
Companies developing technologies that use the principles of quantum mechanics to sense and measure physical attributes with high sensitivity and resolution.
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Companies aiding recovery of any physical, psychological, cognitive, vocational and speech impairment/disability
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Rehabilitation: Cognitive Rehabilitation350 companies
Companies aiding the recovery of individuals with nerological impairment
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Rehabilitation: Physical Rehabilitation1735 companies
Companies aiding the recovering for physical impairments / injuries
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Rehabilitation: Psychiatric Rehabilitation2466 companies
Companies supporting the recovery of mental health and emotional disorder/disability
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Rehabilitation: Speech and Language Rehabilitation310 companies
Companies helping patients with various speech, language and communication problems.
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Rehabilitation: Vocational Rehabilitation362 companies
Companies supporting individuals with disabilities to achieve their employment and individuals goals.
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Companies providing complementary research and consulting services in the fields of environmental, life, physical sciences, and engineering.
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Research and Consulting – Physical Sciences and Engineering: Achitectural Consulting2243 companies
Companies offering in consulting and advisory services for the architectural/construction sectors
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Research and Consulting – Physical Sciences and Engineering: Architectural Research1515 companies
Companies involved in research for the architectural/construction sectors
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Research and Consulting – Physical Sciences and Engineering: Engineering Consulting1983 companies
Companies providing consulting and advisory services for engineering and/or related processes
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Research and Consulting – Physical Sciences and Engineering: Engineering Research1328 companies
Companies engaging in research for engineering and/or related processes
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Research and Consulting – Physical Sciences and Engineering: Physical Sciences Consulting1329 companies
Companies providing consulting services for companies in the field of physical sciences
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Research and Consulting – Physical Sciences and Engineering: Physical Sciences Research2114 companies
Companies focused in research activity within the field of physical sciences
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Companies involved in the Robotics and Autonomous Systems sector. This RTIC has been developed through a collaboration between DSIT policy experts, analysts, and external subject matter experts. Feedback with cross-Whitehall colleagues and industry specialists was consulted during the development, providing quality assurance. To understand the taxonomy or the caveats associated with the RTIC do get in touch with the DSIT RAS team or with Datacity. The current RTIC will have future updates, if and when there are new sources that are brought to the attention of the DSIT RAS team or DSIT deem the list to need a substantive update due to time elapsed or if there are new subsectors to include. To suggest updates, please email The Data City.
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Robotics and Autonomous systems: AI Software79 companies
Covers specialised AI service and module provision related to Robotics and Robotic operations.
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Robotics and Autonomous systems: Agriculture : Weeding Seeding and Harvesting25 companies
Robot systems used to manage arable land and crops including pest control and fertilisation.
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Robotics and Autonomous systems: Agriculture: Milking Animals78 companies
Robot systems used to manage and tend animal livestock covering all aspects of animal husbandry and the supply of robot specific services.
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Robotics and Autonomous systems: Agriculture: Vertical Farming76 companies
Robot systems used in all aspects of crop production in vertical farms. Covers equipment supply and robot related service provision.
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Robotics and Autonomous systems: Consumer: Cleaning11 companies
Robotics and automation used to provide domestic assistance in everyday tasks. [consider adding value]
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Robotics and Autonomous systems: Consumer: Educational6 companies
Robotics used for educational purposes and in training.
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Robotics and Autonomous systems: Consumer: Mowing8 companies
Robotics and automation used to provide domestic assistance in everyday tasks. [consider adding value]
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Robotics and Autonomous systems: Consumer: Retail & Hospitality14 companies
Robotics used in hospitality and retail, in shops, malls, retail parks, hotels, conference and exhibition venues. Covering cleaning, delivery, advertising, marketing, promotions, guest relations, hotel services, navigation services and stock monitoring and control.
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Robotics and Autonomous systems: Consumer: Sports and Entertainment13 companies
Robotics used in sports and entertainment services. Covering sports and recreational activities and the use of robotics in entertainment venues.
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Robotics and Autonomous systems: Energy: Nuclear15 companies
Robotics and automation used in the nuclear supply chain covering development, operation, maintenance, decommissioning and waste management activities. Covers robotics related service provision and relevant inspection and monitoring support services.
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Robotics and Autonomous systems: Energy: Oil Gas ,Grid & Other181 companies
Robotics and automation used in the production and distribution of oil and gas products including the services related to oil and gas infrastructure including inspection, drilling, extraction, processing and decommissioning.
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Robotics and Autonomous systems: Energy: Recycling15 companies
Robotics and automation used in waste management and recycling. Covering sorting machinery and robotic systems for the recycling industry
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Robotics and Autonomous systems: Energy: Renewables124 companies
Robotics used in the production of renewable energy either land or sea based. Including robotics related service provision and the development of renewable energy infrastructure.
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Robotics and Autonomous systems: Healthcare: Assistive7 companies
Robots used to provide assistance to patients or assistance for clinical staff in interacting with patients. Covers both at home and clinical environments.
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Robotics and Autonomous systems: Healthcare: Diagnostic2 companies
Robots used in non-surgical procedures covering non-invasive sample taking, internal and external diagnostics and patient positioning for diagnostics.
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Robotics and Autonomous systems: Healthcare: Pharma108 companies
Robots and automation used in pharmaceutical laboratories, in sample testing laboratories, pharma industry manufacturing and in pharmacy logistics within a clinical environment.
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Robotics and Autonomous systems: Healthcare: Rehab11 companies
Robots used to provide rehabilitation and patient assessment services. Includes exoskeletons and rehabilitation services for recovery from surgery and trauma
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Robotics and Autonomous systems: Healthcare: Surgical15 companies
Robots used in invasive procedures with varying degrees of autonomy or guided by a clinician. Covers surgical procedures and invasive sample taking.
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Robotics and Autonomous systems: Infrastructure: Construction36 companies
Robots used in the construction of infrastructure, on land, underground, on sea and undersea. Covers building and demolition, preparation of building materials, land clearance and preparation for construction, and construction of bridges, tunnels and other elements of transport, industry and energy infrastructure
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Robotics and Autonomous systems: Infrastructure: Inspection and Maintenance41 companies
Robots used in the inspection and maintenance of infrastructure in transport, energy and industry. Covers the inspection and maintenance of bridges, tunnels, chimneys, pipes, cables etc. and the provision of robotics related services. Includes facilities on land and at sea.
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Robotics and Autonomous systems: Integrators573 companies
Covers the service providers around the integration of robotics into end user environments across all sectors.
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Robotics and Autonomous systems: Logistics / warehousing153 companies
Mobile robots operating within warehouses and in logistics operations, e.g. in factories, supermarkets, delivery centres etc. Covers robot suppliers, whole system suppliers and warehouse operators with robotics as a core capability
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Robotics and Autonomous systems: Manufacturing464 companies
Robotics used in the manufacture of goods including the manufacture of parts, sub assembles and full product assembly. Robotics used in the manufacturing of goods, including food, and the production of materials. Includes circular economy
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Robotics and Autonomous systems: Mobility: CAV / Self-driving vehicles57 companies
Land based robots that carry people or goods either on the national road network, or on private road networks or off-road. Covers vehicle suppliers and related professional service providers.
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Robotics and Autonomous systems: Mobility: Maritime208 companies
Robots operating on or under the water, either at sea or within inland waterways. Covers robot suppliers, operators and those delivering professional services based on robots working on or under water.
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Robotics and Autonomous systems: Mobility: Unmanned Aerial Systems / Drones379 companies
Robots that fly, whether operating in general airspace or in enclosed spaces. Covers drone suppliers, suppliers of drone components and professional operators as well as those delivering services based on drone technology.
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Robotics and Autonomous systems: Packaging184 companies
Robots and automation used in packaging, particularly focusing on fast moving consumer goods
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Robotics and Autonomous systems: RAS Component Suppliers102 companies
Robotics component and sub-system suppliers, technology developers and robotics industry service suppliers including robotics manufacturing services.
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Robotics and Autonomous systems: Security75 companies
Robots used in any military-based use case across land, sea and air. Covers all aspects from logistics to operational use and includes military related service provision relevant to military robotics.
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Robotics and Autonomous systems: Space50 companies
Robotics and automation used within the space sector either in orbit or in planetary exploration. Covers manufacture of space infrastructure and vehicles and the space-based servicing and delivery of services using robotic systems
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Companies working in the semiconductor sector developing highly specialized components that provide the essential functionality for electronic devices to process, store and transmit data. This RTIC has been developed in collaboration with DSIT policy experts.
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Semiconductors: Functional – Analog Integrated189 companies
An analog integrated circuit mainly refers to an integrated circuit in which analog circuits composed of capacitors, resistors, transistors, etc. are integrated to process analog signals. Mixed signal consists of analog and digital signaling on the same IC.
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Semiconductors: Functional – Digital Integrated195 companies
A digital integrated circuit (IC) is a semiconductor device that combines various digital logic circuits or systems on a single chip. These circuits process discrete digital signals, primarily represented by binary values (0s and 1s).
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Semiconductors: Functional – Discrete148 companies
Products such as diodes and transistors that are designed to perform a single electrical function.
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Semiconductors: Functional – Photonics109 companies
Photonic integrated circuits use photons to process and distribute information. These photonic chips incorporate optical components such as waveguides, lasers, polarizers, and phase shifters to achieve efficient light-based communication and computation.
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Semiconductors: Functional – Power34 companies
Power semiconductors are specialized transistors and diodes. They start, stop, and adjust the voltage in electronic systems. They are able to operate at higher voltages.
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Semiconductors: Functional – RF108 companies
RF (Radio Frequency) involves the integration of radio-frequency, analog, and digital electronics on a mixed-signal CMOS (complementary MOS) circuit chip. RF CMOS technology is widely used in modern wireless telecommunications.
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Semiconductors: Functional – Sensors156 companies
Sensors are semiconductor devices that detect and measure physical quantities such as temperature, pressure, light, motion, or magnetic fields. They convert these real-world signals into electrical signals that can be processed by electronic circuits.
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Semiconductors: Materials – Compound237 companies
Compound refers to materials used in semiconductor devices made of two or more elements.
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Semiconductors: Materials – Emerging Materials128 companies
Emerging material is non-traditional, novel materials used more recently in semiconductor devices to improve performance
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Semiconductors: Materials – Silicon198 companies
Silicon is raw material used in the production of silicon based semiconductor.
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Semiconductors: Supply Chain – Chip Design296 companies
Semiconductor companies involved in design of chips. These are often called “fabless”.
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Semiconductors: Supply Chain – Chip Fabrication59 companies
Foundries which create and etch chip designs onto silicon wafers. The fabrication process can include front-end processing, die-banking, back-end processing, and warehousing of finished goods.
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Semiconductors: Supply Chain – Electronic Design Automation92 companies
Electronic Design Automation tools facilitate the development and integration of specialised software tools that allow the simulation, design and verification of chips.
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Semiconductors: Supply Chain – Emerging99 companies
Emerging materials companies in the semiconductor sector focus on developing and supplying novel materials that enhance semiconductor performance.
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Semiconductors: Supply Chain – Equipment and Tools193 companies
Companies specialised in the development and production of equipment used in semiconductor manufacturing.
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Semiconductors: Supply Chain – IP Core123 companies
IP core companies specialising in creating intellectual property (IP) cores. These cores include reusable units of logic, cells, or integrated circuit layouts that serve as building blocks for chip design.
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Semiconductors: Supply Chain – Intergrated Device Manufacturers81 companies
Companies that designs, manufactures and integrates ICs in its own fabs. Typically, they sell these chips to companies that make end products, although some may integrate chips into their end products.
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Semiconductors: Supply Chain – Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test46 companies
Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test (OSAT) companies are third-party vendors that provide assembly and testing services, including packaging integrated circuits and wafer and final testing.
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Semiconductors: Supply Chain – Specialized Materials175 companies
Specialized material companies in the semiconductor sector focus on producing and supplying critical materials used during semiconductor fabrication. These materials include chemicals, gases, photoresists, polishing slurries, and substrates.
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Companies designing or deploying devices or management systems related to those devices that enable products to sense their environment and respond or create data for further analysis.
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Sensors: Autonomous vehicles503 companies
Companies integrating photonics technology into quantum technologies
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Sensors: Environmental Monitoring564 companies
Companies supplying sensors to measure weather, climate, environment and their conditions such as radiation, humidity or particles
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Sensors: Image and Video Analysis223 companies
Companies providing sensor technology that can capture and analyse motion, imaging or video
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Sensors: Industry 4.0880 companies
Companies developing sensors applied in industrial settings to collect data, automate processes or detect specific anomalies.
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Sensors: Medical189 companies
Companies manufacturing sensors in the field of healthcare, enabling remote patient monitoring and precision medicine
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Sensors: Mobility293 companies
Companies providing sensors that analyse movement and travelling objects (i.e., people counting sensors)
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Companies involved in creating, designing, and maintaining computer programs.
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Software Development: API Development and Integration508 companies
Companies involved in the development of Application programming interface.
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Software Development: Cloud Computing1717 companies
Companies involved in cloud-based software development
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Software Development: Desktop1221 companies
Companies involved in the development of applications that work on laptop and desktop devices.
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Software Development: DevOps1059 companies
Companies specialising in DevOps Consulting.
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Software Development: Embedded Software279 companies
Companies involved in the software development of embedded systems.
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Software Development: Games Development885 companies
Companies involved in the development of video gaming applications.
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Software Development: Mobile Development2096 companies
Companies involved in the development of applications for smartphone devices.
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Software Development: Security Engineering3056 companies
Companies involved in security system development / Cyber security process development.
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Software Development: UI/UX Development1155 companies
Companies involved in developing UI/UX design.
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Software Development: Web Development3329 companies
Companies involved in the development of browser-based applications.
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Companies selling software subscriptions, often hosted in the cloud, either directly to consumers or to businesses.
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Software as a Service (SaaS): Analytics840 companies
Companies producing SaaS platforms that facilitate data analytics processes
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Software as a Service (SaaS): Communications339 companies
Companies supplying SaaS platforms that facilitate communication between people
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Software as a Service (SaaS): Development564 companies
Companies providing specialised services to SaaS developers
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Software as a Service (SaaS): Finance and Accounting551 companies
Companies providing SaaS platforms applied within accounting and / or for financial purposes
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Software as a Service (SaaS): Healthcare437 companies
Companies developing SaaS platform for the healthcare sector
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Software as a Service (SaaS): Human Resources553 companies
Companies selling access to SaaS platform for HR departments
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Software as a Service (SaaS): Marketing553 companies
Companies offering SaaS platforms used to increase sales or support marketing processes.
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Software as a Service (SaaS): Real Estate258 companies
Companies providing SaaS platforms for the real estate industry
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Companies in the Space ecosystem, including manufacturing, operations, applications, and support services. This RTIC, developed by The Data City and DSIT, explores innovative ways to identify space companies. It complements, rather than replaces, existing sector intelligence like the Size and Health of the UK Space Sector series and the UK Space Capabilities Catalogue (UKSCC).Given the diverse activities of space companies, it can be challenging to determine the exact proportion of their work in the vertical.
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Space Economy: Communications & Connectivity275 companies
Products which make use of communications to provide connectivity services in downstream markets.
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Space Economy: Computer Vision Software3 companies
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Space Economy: Data Infrastructure108 companies
Technologies involved in the storage and processing of satellite data after downlink.
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Space Economy: Debris Removal16 companies
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Space Economy: Geospatial Analytics94 companies
Analytics capabilities for optical imagery, radar imagery, and geolocation data.
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Space Economy: Geospatial Platforms89 companies
Platforms which involve software to process, analyse, and access geospatial data.
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Space Economy: Ground Segment169 companies
Technologies involved in the ground segment of data downlink including ground stations, services, and terminals.
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Space Economy: High-Altitude Platforms10 companies
Aerial platforms which operate in the atmosphere and stratosphere including balloons, airships, drones, and other UAVs.
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Space Economy: In-Orbit Assembly4 companies
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Space Economy: In-Space R&D & Manufacturing49 companies
Technologies which enable in-orbit activities including research and manufacturing in microgravity.
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Space Economy: In-Space Robotics9 companies
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Space Economy: Launch Infrastructure25 companies
Infrastructure which enables the operation of launch vehicles including launch pads, spaceports, and mission control facilities.
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Space Economy: Launch Services51 companies
Services which enable the design, testing, and operation of launching space missions.
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Space Economy: Launch Vehicles84 companies
Launch vehicles and sub-systems which include rockets, sub-orbital flight, and spaceplanes.
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Space Economy: Mapping & Imaging316 companies
Products which make use of satellite and aerial imagery to provide mapping or monitoring services in downstream markets.
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Space Economy: Operations29 companies
Logistics between manufacture, integration, and launch facilities.
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Space Economy: Orbital Life Extension6 companies
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Space Economy: Orbital Refuelling12 companies
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Space Economy: Orbital Servicing19 companies
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Space Economy: Orbital Transfer24 companies
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Space Economy: Planetary & Asteroid Mining6 companies
Technologies which enable the discovery and exploitation of space resources including asteroid mining.
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Space Economy: Positioning, Navigation, & Timing248 companies
Products which make use of satellite navigation to provide location services in downstream markets.
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Space Economy: Robotic Systems8 companies
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Space Economy: Satellite Inspection3 companies
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Space Economy: Satellite Relay Systems55 companies
Technologies involved in providing inter-satellite or satellite to ground communications for data downlink.
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Space Economy: Satellite Testing15 companies
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Space Economy: Satellites – Earth Observation38 companies
Satellites and satellite constellations which are operated to provide Earth observation imagery.
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Space Economy: Satellites – Global Navigation33 companies
Satellites and satellite constellations which are operated to provide global navigation services.
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Space Economy: Satellites – Telecoms85 companies
Satellites and satellite constellations which are operated to provide telecommunications and connectivity.
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Space Economy: Security Software and Services97 companies
Technologies involved in the security of satellite data including cybsersecurity software and cryptography.
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Space Economy: Space Ecosystem418 companies
Organisations which are involved in the space governance, research, and business ecosystems.
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Space Economy: Space Engineering338 companies
Equipment, facilities, and services which enable the engineering, manufacturing, and testing of space systems.
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Space Economy: Space Exploration24 companies
Technologies which enable human spaceflight activities for tourism, science, and exploration.
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Space Economy: Space Hardware135 companies
Hardware which includes satellites and space sub-systems for propulsion, thermal, mechanical, power, control, robotic, communications, and payloads.
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Space Economy: Space Infrastructure22 companies
Infrastructure which enables the operation and logistics of in-orbit systems including space stations and satellites.
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Space Economy: Space Materials183 companies
Materials which are involved in the manufacturing of space systems to provide structural, thermal, and propulsion properties.
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Space Economy: Space Software162 companies
Software which enables the design, manufacturing, and operation of space systems.
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Space Economy: Space-Based Solar Power24 companies
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Space Economy: in-Space Hardware124 companies
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Companies operating ion the sports and physical Activity sector. This RTIC has been built in collaboration with the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sports and Physical Activity (CIMSPA)
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Sports And Physical Activities: Adventure Sport1863 companies
Activities, services and venues both indoor and outdoor improving participation in physical activity perceived as having a high level of risk
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Sports And Physical Activities: Affiliates1275 companies
Supporting and supplying to the industries within sport and physical activity, including but not limited to manufacturing, software, marketing, local authority and insurers.
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Sports And Physical Activities: Community Sport2405 companies
Sport/skill based services, activities and venues that increase participation and develop skill, sometimes targeting under represented groups and inequalities
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Sports And Physical Activities: Exercise and Fitness5634 companies
Services, activities and venues that predominantly improve participant physical fitness
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Sports And Physical Activities: Health And Wellbeing5692 companies
Holistic services and activities that promote improvements across all aspects of health, sometimes involving health care and other non-sector professionals
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Sports And Physical Activities: Leisure Operations1002 companies
Services, activities and venues that predominantly improve participation in physical activity
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Sports And Physical Activities: Performance Sport4749 companies
Competitive sport and activities including those in which athletes receive payment for their performance; professional, semi-professional and grass roots sport
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Sports And Physical Activities: Play Activity463 companies
Companies involved in integrating play-based approaches to enhance sports performance, training, and engagement
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Sports And Physical Activities: Sector Bodies687 companies
Sector bodies for the sports and physical sector
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Sports And Physical Activities: Training Development And Education1264 companies
Delivering industry qualifications, training and development to the sport and physical activity workforce including Higher Education, Further Education, Training Providers and Awarding Organisations.
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Companies working with technologies and services that allow users to access content directly transmitted from the internet
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Streaming Economy: Enabling Tech159 companies
Companies developing the infrastructure and technologies that allow content streaming
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Streaming Economy: Immersive Tech75 companies
Companies developing the technology for immersive content streaming
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Streaming Economy: Live Streaming299 companies
Companies offering live streaming services and/or servers
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Streaming Economy: On Demand Streaming135 companies
Companies offering on-demand content to platform users
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Streaming Economy: Realtime Data Stream94 companies
Companies providing technology and services that enable real-time data streaming
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Companies that optimise logistics often by tracking products and improving operational efficiency across supply chains through innovative technology or processes.
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Supply Chain Logistics: Artificial Intelligence324 companies
Companies applying AI technology to supply chain control and data analytics
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Supply Chain Logistics: Automation248 companies
Companies introducing automation technologies into supply chain processes
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Supply Chain Logistics: Blockchain and Digital Twins65 companies
Companies providing specialised blockchain or digital twin services for logistics
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Supply Chain Logistics: Freight Tracking Tech458 companies
Companies developing tracking technology for freight monitoring
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Supply Chain Logistics: Management Platforms708 companies
Companies selling software and digital platforms that allow for supply chain data management and storage
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Supply Chain Logistics: Service Providers3091 companies
Companies supplying supply chain and logistics services
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Supply Chain Logistics: Supply Chain Visibility280 companies
Companies developing technology, often related to IoT, for the real-time acquisition of supply chain data
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Companies involved in; 5G Radio Access Network, Broadcasting, Fibre Connectivity, Network Providers, Satellite Communications, Site Services, Wireless Connectivity.
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Telecommunications: 5G Radio Access Network260 companies
Companies specialised in the development of 5G technology and networks.
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Telecommunications: Broadcasting793 companies
Companies dedicated to the distribution of audio-visual content (digital and analogue) / bilateral communication techniques.
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Telecommunications: Fibre Connectivity1958 companies
Companies involved in the administration/development of fibre networks.
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Telecommunications: Network Providers2389 companies
Network connectivity suppliers.
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Telecommunications: Satellite Communications549 companies
Companies focused on the development/maintenance of satellite-based connectivity.
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Telecommunications: Site Services2132 companies
Companies dedicated to the development/maintenance/administration of infrastructures that provide telecommunication services to geographic zones.
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Telecommunications: Wireless Connectivity1881 companies
Companies involved in the administration/development of wireless networks.
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Companies engaged in Precision and Traditional Breeding of Plants and Animals. The RTIC reflects the company level data of firms that both engage in the use and /or development of modern biotechnology, gene editing or genetic modifications to breed plants and animals, as well as those that use and /or develop conventional and non-biotechnological breeding practices. This RTIC has been created in collaboration between The Data City and the Department of Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs and is split into four separate verticals: Traditional Plant Breeding, Traditional Animal Breeding, Precision Plant Breeding, Precision Animal Breeding.
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Traditional and Precision Breeding: Precision Animal Breeding44 companies
This vertical includes organisations involved in the development of animals through modern biotechnology, such as gene editing, that has genetic changes that could have occurred through traditional breeding. This does not include where biotechnology has been used to introduced genetic changes that are considered to be transgenic, containing genetic changes that could not have occurred through traditional breeding. For example, the introduction of exogenous DNA or DNA from an unrelated species.
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Traditional and Precision Breeding: Precision Plant Breeding46 companies
This vertical includes organisations involved in the development of crops and plants through modern biotechnology, such as gene editing, that has genetic changes that could have occurred through traditional breeding. This does not include where biotechnology has been used to introduced genetic changes that are considered to be transgenic, containing genetic changes that could not have occurred through traditional breeding. For example, the introduction of exogenous DNA or DNA from an unrelated species.
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Traditional and Precision Breeding: Traditional Animal Breeding183 companies
This vertical includes organisations involved in the selective breeding of livestock using established, non-biotechnological methods. It covers the application of genetics, husbandry, and performance data to improve traits such as growth rate, fertility, disease resistance, and physical conformation in animals.
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Traditional and Precision Breeding: Traditional Plant Breeding63 companies
This vertical includes organisations involved in the improvement and development of crops and plants using conventional breeding techniques and without the use of genetic modification or advanced gene editing.
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Companies creating or deploying wearable devices and other technologies that collect data about the wearer such as fitness and sleep and provide insight via analysis.
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Wearables and Quantified Self: AR/Smart Glasses and Haptic Tech42 companies
Glasses that enable people with real-time information to help them with day to day activates and specialised tasks . This Vertical also includes Haptic tech. This is tech that can be worn on the body. The Tech uses forces, vibrations, and motion to recreate the sense of touch in human-computer interactions, providing tactile feedback to a user’s hands, skin, or other parts of the body.
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Wearables and Quantified Self: Apps91 companies
Companies developing apps for self-tracking of data acquired by wearable devices
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Wearables and Quantified Self: Enabling Tech68 companies
Companied producing the technologies (i.e., sensors) that enable wearable devices
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Wearables and Quantified Self: Fitness Tracking45 companies
Companies manufacturing wearable devices for fitness tracking
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Wearables and Quantified Self: Industrial Wearables57 companies
Companies that are providing wearable tech for businesses. tech like wearable computers or scanners that help improve individuals productivity.
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Wearables and Quantified Self: Medical171 companies
Companies developing wearable devices for health tracking
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