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UK Streaming Economy

Get closer to the UK’s emerging Streaming Economy and the companies investing in live streaming, on-demand services and more with our Real-Time Industrial Classification (RTIC) data. View our sector summary, see growth potential and download our free report today.

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What is the Streaming Economy?

When we talk about the UK’s Streaming Economy, we’re referring to companies that stream or enable the streaming of content from the internet.

This includes technology developed to support the streaming infrastructure, live streaming services, real-time data steaming, as well as the companies offering on-demand content through streaming platforms.

Streaming Economy sector summary

Key information you should know about the Streaming Economy sector from our AI-driven platform of over 5 million companies:

  • Streaming Economy has turnover of £20.19bn, meaning it is our 30th largest RTIC, and our 12th fastest growing sector.
609
COMPANIES CONSIDERED
£20,190,270,524
TOTAL TURNOVER
42,353
TOTAL EMPLOYEES
£10,415,370,000
TOTAL INVESTMENT FUNDING
£6,097,341
TOTAL INNOVATE UK GRANT FUNDING
7.3%
AVERAGE COMPANY GROWTH PER YEAR

Streaming Economy verticals

Our Streaming Economy RTIC is made up of 5 individual industry verticals, including verticals such as Enabling Tech, Immersive Tech, Live Streaming. You can find out more about the verticals by buying a report, visualising the sector on our platform, or by downloading the data.

  • Sector Code Description Records
  • RTIC0060 Streaming Economy 609 companies

    Companies working with technologies and services that allow users to access content directly transmitted from the internet.

    • Streaming Economy: Enabling Tech

      Companies developing the infrastructure and technologies that allow content streaming

      182 companies
    • Streaming Economy: Immersive Tech

      Companies developing the technology for immersive content streaming

      105 companies
    • Streaming Economy: Live Streaming

      Companies offering live streaming services and/or servers

      276 companies
    • Streaming Economy: On Demand Streaming

      Companies offering on-demand content to platform users

      215 companies
    • Streaming Economy: Realtime Data Stream

      Companies providing technology and services that enable real-time data streaming

      113 companies

Streaming Economy industry growth

We estimate that the UK Streaming Economy sector could be worth approximately £28.7bn by 2027, based on the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.3%. Below you can see the five year turnover forecast for the RTIC from 2023 to 2027.

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Dig deeper into the UK’s Streaming Economy industry with our free 2022 RTIC report, which includes:

– Summary of RTIC data & industry performance
– Overview of key verticals
– Geographic analysis & breakdown
– Key insights & trends

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Real-Time Industrial Classifications (RTICs)

At The Data City we’re mapping the emerging economy through accurate and reliable real-time data. We’ve produced Real-Time Industrial Classifications (RTICs) for some of the UK’s fastest growing sectors, across over 350 industry verticals, including the Streaming Economy.

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