Oxford is a lively city employing a total of 135,000 people across almost 4,900 businesses. The city's most prominent industries include education, public administration, hospitality, technology, publishing and tourism. The latter is particularly important; around seven million people visit the city every year, contributing £780 million to the local economy.
Oxford enjoys substantial foreign investment, and also has one of the highest GVA rates per worker of any UK city. The city exports almost £18,000 per job, and also has one of the lowest unemployment levels nationally, sitting at below 1% for several years. Oxford has seen growth of almost 20% in private sector jobs over the last six years - the quickest growth seen outside of London.
In order to establish who the current market leaders in the city are, we've used our Oxford business intelligence platform to put together the following list. Find out which companies are currently top of the leaderboard based on their most recent revenues below.
MoreOxford is enjoying great revenues and continued growth across a variety of sectors. The digital and creative sectors are becoming increasingly valuable to the city, currently contributing £1.4 billion to the economy every year. Vehicle manufacturing is also extremely lucrative to Oxford, as the city is located within a cluster for the sector worth £9 billion.
Biotechnology is also thriving in the city, it currently employs around 13% of the total working population, and ten companies in the sector have seen more than £1 billion in investment since 2014. Higher education remains crucial to Oxford, providing 21,800 jobs in the city and welcoming some 42,000 students each year.
