Manchester has the largest office-based work sector in the United Kingdom outside London. Many of these office jobs are based in Manchester city centre and Salford Quays.

Greater Manchester is home to various companies which operate in the United Kingdom or further afield in Europe and around the world. The city has a highly diversified economy and is a centre for cultural industries, retail, transport, logistics, financial, legal and manufacturing sectors.

Many of these companies have a regional base (regional base for Greater Manchester, North West England or Northern England) in Manchester. A number of globally trading companies are based in Manchester including PZ Cussons, Co-operative Group, Umbro and Peel Group. International companies such as the Kellogg's, Adidas, Siemens have their UK headquarters in Manchester with various warehouse and manufacturing facilities across the Greater Manchester region.

List of companies

Company (bold denotes global trading company) Country of origin Borough Type of base Notes
2ergo UK Manchester global head office part of Eagle Eye
Adidas Germany Stockport and Trafford national head office national office in Stockport and national warehouse located at Trafford Park
AJ Bell UK Manchester head office
Amazon (company) US Manchester regional head office office based in Hanover Building, opposite from Manchester Victoria
Apadmi UK Trafford head office head office located at Trafford Park
Arup UK Manchester regional office based at St James Buildings from 1958 until 2015; before moving to 3 Piccadilly Place[1][2]
AstraZeneca UK and Sweden Manchester and North West England regional office and factory world's sixth-largest pharmaceutical company; Macclesfield
ATIC Records UK Manchester national head office
Auto Trader UK Manchester regional head office based at First Street with approximately 600 staff[3]
Avecia United States Manchester national head office
BA CityFlyer UK Manchester national head office regional airline; a wholly owned subsidiary of British Airways, based at Pioneer House in Didsbury
Banter Media UK Manchester national head office
Barclays UK Manchester regional office based at 4 Piccadilly Place from 2015
Barclays Wealth UK Manchester regional office based at 3 Hardman Street
BBC UK Salford regional head office national television broadcaster; MediaCityUK in Salford Quays is the new home of the BBC for its North operations
Begbies Traynor UK Manchester world head office international accounting firm specialising corporate restructuring
Betfred UK Manchester national head office
BNY Mellon UK Manchester national head office based at 1 New York Street
Bosch Germany Stockport regional office Automotive Service Solutions business unit based in Orion Business Park
Britannia Hotels UK Trafford national head office
Brother Industries Japan Audenshaw European head office
Bruntwood UK Manchester national head office
Building Design Partnership UK Manchester regional head office
Co-operative Group UK Manchester national head office based at an eight-building complex in Manchester city centre which includes the CIS Tower and One Angel Square
DAC Beachcroft UK Manchester regional office based at 3 Hardman Street
Deloitte UK Manchester regional office
Fast Web Media UK Manchester national head office
First Greater Manchester UK Oldham head office part of FirstGroup
Gazprom Russia Manchester national head office fourth-largest gas supplier for UK businesses[4]
Google United States Manchester regional head office based at Peter House, Oxford Street[5] established in 2005, only Google office outside London in the UK[6]
Guardian Media Group UK Manchester regional office publisher of The Guardian and The Observer newspapers
Henri Lloyd UK Manchester global head office
Hydes UK Manchester national head office
In Touch Networks UK Manchester global head office
ITV Granada UK Salford head office based at Orange Building, MediaCity
ITV Studios UK Trafford and Salford joint head office
JJB Sports UK Wigan head office
Joseph Holt's Brewery UK Manchester national head office
Kellogg's US Trafford Park national head office and factory Mentioned on Inside the Factory about cereal.
Kitbag UK Manchester global head office
KPMG UK Manchester regional office based at One St Peter's Square
Landis+Gyr Switzerland Stockport regional office
LateRooms UK Salford national head office
Leonard Curtis UK Manchester national head office
Manchester Airports Group UK Manchester national head office group owns and operates Manchester, Stansted, Bournemouth and East Midlands Airports[7]
Manchester Building Society UK Manchester head office
Manchester City F.C. UK Manchester head office employs over 800 people
Manchester United F.C. UK Manchester head office 2nd most successful club in English Football[8]
Marks & Spencer UK Manchester
Salford Quays		 regional office and departmental based at 3 Hardman Street and Salford Quays; human resources and financial administration division
McVitie's UK Manchester regional head office and factory
N Brown Group UK Manchester national head office
National Car Parks UK Manchester regional head office
Network Rail UK Manchester regional office owns and operates Manchester Piccadilly railway station and has offices adjacent to the station; North West rail management centre based at Ardwick adjacent to Ashburys railway station
Nexperia Netherlands Stockport national head office
Northern Trains UK Manchester regional office operates train services in Greater Manchester; operates many train stations in Greater Manchester, including Manchester Victoria, the second-busiest station in Manchester
Outsourcery UK Manchester head office
Pannone UK Manchester national head office
Patak's UK Wigan head office
Peel Group UK Trafford global head office one of the largest property companies in the UK
PH Media Group UK Trafford global head office the world's largest audio branding agency
PG Tips UK Trafford national head office manufactured at Brook Bond factory in Trafford Park[9]
Pinsent Masons UK Manchester regional office based at 3 Hardman Street
PZ Cussons UK Manchester global head office
Red Production Company UK Salford head office based at MediaCity
Regatta UK Trafford head office
Renovo UK Manchester global head office
Royal Bank of Scotland UK Manchester regional head office based at 3 Hardman Street in Spinningfields and 38 and 42 Mosley Street
RSM UK UK Manchester regional office based at 3 Hardman Street
Siemens Germany Manchester regional head office
departmental		 Siemens Industry Automation and Drive Technologies office is based at Siemens House in Withington; Siemens also operates a large train depot in Ardwick, east Manchester on approach to Manchester Piccadilly station[10]
SimpsonHaugh UK Manchester global head office
Sky UK UK Salford regional head office national television broadcaster
Stagecoach Manchester UK Manchester head office part of Stagecoach Group
Swinton Colonnade UK Manchester national head office
The Tote UK Wigan national head office
THG plc UK Manchester global head office Icon Technology Campus at Manchester Airport
TransPennine Express UK Manchester national head office based at Bridgewater House
UKFast UK Manchester national head office
Umbro UK Manchester, Northern Quarter global head office
Urban Splash UK Manchester national head office
VoxelStorm UK Manchester head office
Warburtons UK Bolton head office
The Warehouse Project UK Manchester head office
Williams & Glyn UK Manchester global head office

Companies with other bases of significant importance in Manchester and Greater Manchester

See also

References

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