This is a list of largest United Kingdom employers. There are four main kinds of employers,
Partial statistics for public bodies are available from the Office for National Statistics. As of September 2018, public sector employees represent 16.5% of all people in paid work, with the remaining 83.5% employed in the private sector.
Statistics are available on an ad hoc basis from public company annual reports.
Currently Tesco and Compass Group are the largest plc employers.
Statistics on staff numbers were compiled in the Sunday Times' "Top Track 100" of private companies for 2012. The three largest private employers in that list were John Lewis Partnership, Swire Group and Alliance Boots.
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