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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. Spinningfields - geograph.org.uk - 1639624.jpg
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.

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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 originBoroughType of baseNotes
2ergo UK Manchester global head officepart of Eagle Eye
Adidas Germany Stockport and Trafford national head officenational office in Stockport and national warehouse located at Trafford Park
AJ Bell UK Manchester head office
Amazon (company) US Manchester regional head officeoffice based in Hanover Building, opposite from Manchester Victoria
Apadmi UK Trafford head officehead office located at Trafford Park
Arup UKManchesterregional officebased at St James Buildings from 1958 until 2015; before moving to 3 Piccadilly Place [1] [2]
AstraZeneca UK and SwedenManchester and North West England regional office and factoryworld's sixth-largest pharmaceutical company; Macclesfield
ATIC Records UKManchesternational head office
Auto Trader UKManchesterregional head officebased at First Street with approximately 600 staff [3]
Avecia United StatesManchesternational head office
BA CityFlyer UKManchesternational head office regional airline; a wholly owned subsidiary of British Airways, based at Pioneer House in Didsbury
Banter MediaUKManchesternational head office
Barclays UKManchesterregional officebased at 4 Piccadilly Place from 2015
Barclays Wealth UKManchesterregional officebased at 3 Hardman Street
BBC UKSalfordregional head officenational television broadcaster; MediaCityUK in Salford Quays is the new home of the BBC for its North operations
Begbies Traynor UKManchesterworld head officeinternational accounting firm specialising corporate restructuring
Betfred UKManchesternational head office
BNY Mellon UKManchesternational head officebased at 1 New York Street
Bosch GermanyStockportregional officeAutomotive Service Solutions business unit based in Orion Business Park
Britannia Hotels UKTraffordnational head office
Brother Industries Japan Audenshaw European head office
Bruntwood UKManchesternational head office
Building Design Partnership UKManchesterregional head office
Co-operative Group UKManchesternational head officebased at an eight-building complex in Manchester city centre which includes the CIS Tower and One Angel Square
DAC Beachcroft UKManchesterregional officebased at 3 Hardman Street
Deloitte UKManchesterregional office
Fast Web Media UKManchesternational head office
First Greater Manchester UK Oldham head officepart of FirstGroup
Gazprom RussiaManchesternational head officefourth-largest gas supplier for UK businesses [4]
Google United StatesManchesterregional head officebased at Peter House, Oxford Street [5] established in 2005, only Google office outside London in the UK [6]
Guardian Media Group UKManchesterregional officepublisher of The Guardian and The Observer newspapers
Henri Lloyd UKManchesterglobal head office
Hydes UKManchesternational head office
In Touch Networks UKManchesterglobal head office
ITV Granada UKSalfordhead officebased at Orange Building, MediaCity
ITV Studios UKTrafford and Salfordjoint head office
JJB Sports UKWiganhead office
Joseph Holt's Brewery UKManchesternational head office
Kellogg's USTrafford Parknational head office and factoryMentioned on Inside the Factory about cereal.
Kitbag UKManchesterglobal head office
KPMG UKManchesterregional officebased at One St Peter's Square
Landis+Gyr Switzerland Stockport regional office
LateRooms UKSalfordnational head office
Leonard Curtis UKManchesternational head office
Manchester Airports Group UKManchesternational head officegroup owns and operates Manchester, Stansted, Bournemouth and East Midlands Airports [7]
Manchester Building Society UKManchesterhead office
Manchester City F.C. UKManchesterhead officeemploys over 800 people
Manchester United F.C. UKManchesterhead office2nd most successful club in English Football [8]
Marks & Spencer UKManchester
Salford Quays
regional office and departmentalbased at 3 Hardman Street and Salford Quays; human resources and financial administration division
McVitie's UKManchesterregional head office and factory
N Brown Group UKManchesternational head office
National Car Parks UKManchesterregional head office
Network Rail UKManchesterregional officeowns 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 UKManchesterregional officeoperates train services in Greater Manchester; operates many train stations in Greater Manchester, including Manchester Victoria, the second-busiest station in Manchester
Outsourcery UKManchesterhead office
Pannone UKManchesternational head office
Patak's UKWiganhead office
Peel Group UKTraffordglobal head officeone of the largest property companies in the UK
PH Media Group UKTraffordglobal head officethe world's largest audio branding agency
PG Tips UKTraffordnational head officemanufactured at Brook Bond factory in Trafford Park [9]
Pinsent Masons UKManchesterregional officebased at 3 Hardman Street
PZ Cussons UKManchesterglobal head office
Red Production Company UKSalfordhead officebased at MediaCity
Regatta UKTraffordhead office
Renovo UKManchesterglobal head office
Royal Bank of Scotland UKManchesterregional head officebased at 3 Hardman Street in Spinningfields and 38 and 42 Mosley Street
RSM UK UKManchesterregional officebased at 3 Hardman Street
Siemens GermanyManchesterregional 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 UKManchesterglobal head office
Sky UK UKSalfordregional head officenational television broadcaster
Stagecoach Manchester UKManchesterhead officepart of Stagecoach Group
Swinton Colonnade UKManchesternational head office
The Tote UKWigannational head office
THG plc UK Manchester global head officeIcon Technology Campus at Manchester Airport
TransPennine Express UKManchesternational head officebased at Bridgewater House
UKFast UKManchesternational head office
Umbro UKManchester, Northern Quarterglobal head office
Urban Splash UKManchesternational head office
VoxelStorm UKManchesterhead office
Warburtons UK Bolton head office
The Warehouse Project UKManchesterhead office
Williams & Glyn UKManchesterglobal head office

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

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