Job cuts by sector
36 of 826 employers and shared programmes have a checked single sector. The rest remain unclassified or have activities in more than one sector.
These are published records from 1 January 2025 to 9 October 2026. Sector coverage is incomplete. This table cannot show which industries have lost the most jobs across the UK.
- Jobs proposed or under consultation
- 36,990
- Jobs confirmed or reduced
- 8,679
- Published records
- 869
| Sector | Employers and shared programmes | Published records | Jobs proposed or under consultation | Jobs confirmed or reduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 12 | 12 | 180 | 1,086 |
| Construction | 7 | 8 | 0 | 307 |
| Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles | 8 | 9 | 0 | 228 |
| Accommodation and food services | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Information and communication | 2 | 2 | 0 | 173 |
| Administrative and support services | 3 | 3 | 0 | 239 |
| Human health and social work | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| Other services | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Extraterritorial organisations | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| More than one sector | 8 | 8 | 0 | 114 |
| Unclassified | 782 | 823 | 36,810 | 6,432 |
Sectors use the Companies House SIC 2007 sections. SIC means Standard Industrial Classification. A registered business activity describes the employer, which can differ from the affected workplace. We do not infer sectors from employer names.