London tech in numbers

What the 759 companies on the map look like, by sector, money raised, place and age. Updated 9 Oct 2026.

Headlines from Companies House

As of 9 Oct 2026, from Companies House
Companies
759
Disclosed equity raised
$39B
309 of 759 with a sourced total
Boroughs
22
On Companies House
99%
Hiring in London
191
1,810 open roles on 246 public job boards
Licensed visa sponsors
597
On the Home Office register
Went through Y Combinator
41
Matched by website on the public YC directory
On a recognition list
215
Sifted 100, Tech Nation, Deloitte Fast 50, LinkedIn, Forbes AI 50
Staff in filed accounts
10,827
Average employees in the latest Companies House accounts of 340 companies
London presence checked
756
712 HQ, 40 office, 4 team only
Companies by main sector
  • Fintech195
  • AI177
  • Other139
  • Health87
  • Climate74
  • Crypto33
  • Deeptech28
  • Defence18
  • Quantum8
Equity raised by sector (USD, approx)
  • AI$17B
  • Fintech$9.7B
  • Other$6.6B
  • Climate$2.8B
  • Health$2.2B
  • Deeptech$560M
  • Crypto$556M
  • Defence$255M
  • Quantumnot sourced yet
Companies by year founded (hover a bar for the count)
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Companies by year incorporated, by sector (743 with a Companies House date)
  • Fintech
  • AI
  • Health
  • Climate
  • All other sectors
Show as a table
YearFintechAIHealthClimateAll other sectorsTotal
Before 2010161612549
2010310059
20117021414
20126611721
201393241028
2014148351444
2015218762466
20162461021557
201715161041964
20181214841957
201915810141663
2020171313111266
20218137141759
2022514251541
202372932546
202441730327
202541300623
2026 (so far)350019

Incorporation dates come from the public Companies House register. A company can be incorporated after it was founded, for example when it moved its legal entity to the UK. How we read the register.

Top London hirers (open roles)
  • Deliveroo102
  • Humanoid74
  • Wayve55
  • Teya54
  • Fuse Energy53
  • Monzo52
  • Helsing (London)39
  • Octopus Energy36
  • Voy35
  • iwoca34
Where the jobs are

Open roles are counted from each company's public job board, London roles only. We found a board for 246 of 759 companies. A company with no board found may still be hiring.

Visa sponsors are matched by exact name to the Home Office register of licensed Worker sponsors. How we check.

Top boroughs
  • City of London148
  • Westminster125
  • Camden105
  • Islington102
  • Hackney93
  • Southwark57
  • Tower Hamlets47
  • Hammersmith and Fulham34
  • Lambeth19
  • Kensington and Chelsea8
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