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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 £18.16bn, meaning it is our 37th largest RTIC, and our 47th fastest growing sector.
The Streaming Economy sector has not received additional investor attention in recent years and the amount of venture capital funding is not increasing as fast as our other emerging economy sectors.

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COMPANIES CONSIDERED

£18,161,962,827

TOTAL TURNOVER

83,636

TOTAL EMPLOYEES

£3,122,530,000

TOTAL INVESTMENT FUNDING

£2,927,251

TOTAL INNOVATE UK GRANT FUNDING

2.5%

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 677 companies
Companies working with technologies and services that allow users to access content directly transmitted from the internet
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- Streaming Economy: Enabling Tech
  Companies developing the infrastructure and technologies that allow content streaming
  195 companies
- Streaming Economy: Immersive Tech
  Companies developing the technology for immersive content streaming
  118 companies
- Streaming Economy: Live Streaming
  Companies offering live streaming services and/or servers
  280 companies
- Streaming Economy: On Demand Streaming
  Companies offering on-demand content to platform users
  231 companies
- Streaming Economy: Realtime Data Stream
  Companies providing technology and services that enable real-time data streaming
  119 companies

Streaming Economy industry growth

We estimate that the UK Streaming Economy sector could be worth approximately £20.5bn by 2027, based on the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.5%. Below you can see the five year turnover forecast for the RTIC from 2023 to 2027.

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