List of companies based in Greater Manchester

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

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, The Co-operative Group, Umbro and The Peel Group. International companies such as the Kellogg's Company, 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
Apadmi	UK	Trafford	head office	head office located at Trafford Park
Arup	UK	Manchester	regional office	based at St James Buildings since 1958; transferring to 3 Piccadilly Place in 2015[1]
ASB Marketing Ltd	UK	Manchester	national head office	based at 49 Piccadilly from 2015
AstraZeneca	UK and Sweden	Manchester and North West England	regional office and factory	world's sixth-largest pharmaceutical company; Alderley Park and Macclesfield
ATIC Records	UK	Manchester	national head office
Auto Trader	UK	Manchester	regional head office	based at First Street with approximately 600 staff[2]
Avecia	United States	Manchester	national head office
Banter Media	UK	Manchester	national head office
Baker Tilly LLP	UK	Manchester	regional office	based at 3 Hardman Street
The Bank of New York Mellon	UK	Manchester	national head office	based at 1 New York Street
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
BDP Architects	UK	Manchester	regional head office
Begbies Traynor	UK	Manchester	world head office	international accounting firm specialising corporate restructuring
Betfred	UK	Manchester	national head office
Britannia Hotels	UK	Trafford	national head office
Brother International Europe Ltd	Japan	Audenshaw	European head office
Brother UK	Japan	Audenshaw	national head office
Bruntwood	UK	Manchester	national head office
Coalfire Systems	United States	Manchester	European head office	based at Manchester One, Portland Street
Connect2Media	UK	Manchester	national head office
The Co-operative Group	UK	Manchester	national head office	based at an eight-building complex in Manchester city centre which includes the CIS Tower and 1 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
First TransPennine Express	UK	Manchester	national head office	based at Bridgewater House
Gazprom	Russia	Manchester	national head office	fourth-largest gas supplier for UK businesses[3]
Glued Films	UK	Manchester	head office	based at 4 Back Grafton Street, Altrincham
Google	United States	Manchester	regional head office	based at Peter House, Oxford Street[4] established in 2005, only Google office outside London in the UK[5]
Great Fridays	UK	Manchester	national head office
Guardian Media Group	UK	Manchester	regional office	publisher of The Guardian and The Observer newspapers
Hargreaves Ductwork Ltd.	UK	Bury	head office
Henri Lloyd	UK	Manchester	global head office
Hydes	UK	Manchester	national head office
ITV Granada Television	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 Company	US	Trafford Park	national head office and factory
Kitbag	UK	Manchester	global head office
KPMG	UK	Manchester	regional office	due to move to the 1 St Peter's Square building in 2014
Landis+Gyr	Switzerland	Stockport	regional office
LateRooms.com	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 Airport, Bournemouth Airport, Humberside Airport and East Midlands Airport
Manchester Building Society	UK	Manchester	head office
Manchester City F.C.	UK	Manchester	head office	employs over 800 people
Manchester United F.C.	UK	Trafford	head office
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 Manchester Piccadilly station and has offices adjacent to the station; North West rail management centre based at Ardwick adjacent to Ashbury's station
Northern Rail	UK	Manchester	regional office	operates to train stations in Greater Manchester; operates Manchester Victoria, the second-busiest station after Piccadilly in Manchester
OTONE Audio	UK	Altrincham	head office
Outsourcery	UK	Manchester	head office
Pannone	UK	Manchester	national head office
Patak's	UK	Wigan	head office
The 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[6]
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
Redetec Limited	UK	Trafford	head office	19" rack-mount fire protection solutions based at Unit 1, Fifth Street, The Village, Trafford Park
Regatta	UK	Trafford	head office
Renovo plc	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
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[7]
SimpsonHaugh and Partners	UK	Manchester	global head office
Stagecoach Manchester	UK	Manchester	head office
Swinton Colonnade	UK	Manchester	national head office
Thomas Cook Airlines	UK	Manchester	national head office
The Tote	UK	Wigan	national head office
Think Money Group	UK	Trafford	national head office	Parent company of Ocean Finance, thinkmoney and Gregory Pennington.
UKFast	UK	Manchester	national head office	based at City Tower
Umbro	UK	Stockport	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	due to re-launch in 2015

• Abbey Business Centres
• Britannia Hotels
• The Co-operative Group
  • Co-operative Bank
  • Co-operative Financial Services
  • Co-operative Insurance Society
• Fast Web Media
• ISOFT Group
• JJB Sports
• LateRooms
• Manchester Building Society
• Marble Brewery
• Mayne Coaches
• Texet Sales
• Thomas Cook Airlines
• Transitive Corporation
• United Utilities
• Urban Splash

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

• Direct Line – Quay Street, Manchester City Centre^[8]
• Guardian Media Group – Manchester City Centre^{[9][10][11][12]}
• H J Heinz – Wigan produce over two million cans of food every day including soup and baked beans
• Highways Agency – City Tower, Manchester City Centre^[13][14]
• RAC plc – Breakdown Control Centre, Business Solutions; Aviva Motoring Centre of Excellence Stretford^[15]

See also

• Economy of Manchester
• Greater Manchester Employer Coalition
• Lists of companies

References

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2. "Auto Trader to Move 600 Staff to First Street, Manchester". Manchester Evening News. 21 February 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
3. "Manchester Energy Provider Becomes Fourth Largest in UK". bdaily.com. 18 March 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
4. "Google Locations". Google. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
5. "Manchester Passion". Guardian Media Group. 24 April 2006. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
6. "PG Tips: A Manchester Brew". BBC News. 8 May 2005. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
7. "Siemens Helps People Understand the Science Behind the Rail Business". Siemens. 20 October 2009. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
8. "Direct Line Building Profile". City Offices. Retrieved 9 September 2007.
9. "GMG". Guardian Media Group Contact. Retrieved 9 September 2007.
10. GMG "Regional Media".
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12. "Other Interests". Guardian Media Group.
13. "Highways Agency 'Office Locations'". Highways Agency. Retrieved 9 September 2007.
14. "City Tower". Bruntwood. Archived from the original on 24 August 2007. Retrieved 9 September 2007.
15. "RAC Business Solutions". RAC plc.