1961 List of Largest Employers
From Graces Guide
A list of the largest manufacturing companies in the UK with the number of employees
- AEI 103,450
- Dunlop Rubber Co 100,000
- Hawker Siddeley 90,000
- English Electric Co 84,200
- British Motor Corporation 79,000
- GKN 75,000
- Vickers 60,000
- Ford 56,000
- Tube Investments 55,000
- Rolls-Royce 43,950
- Joseph Rank 40,000
- Morris 38,000
- Vauxhall 26,250
- EMI 26,000
- STC 25,000
- Rootes Group 25,000
- Metal Box Co 25,000
- Bristol Siddeley Engines 25,000
- Richard Thomas and Baldwins 25,000
- Steel Company of Wales 25,000
- Smiths Industries 25,000
- Cadbury Brothers 23,500
- Distillers Co 22,800
- Pressed Steel Co 22,170
- Austin 21,000
- Harland and Wolff 20,000
- Leyland Motors 19,000
- ICT 18,600
- Stone-Platt Industries 18,000
- Plessey Co 17,500
- BSA 17,000
- English Steel Corporation 16,000
- Babcock and Wilcox 16,000
- John Summers and Sons 16,000
- BICC 15,000
- Thorn Electrical Industries 15,000
- Beecham Group 14,450
- Fisher and Ludlow 14,000 (part of British Motor Corporation)
- Thomas Tilling 13,000
- Cammell, Laird and Co 12,000
- Metal Industries 12,000
- Colvilles 10,900
- Wiggins, Teape and Co 10,700
- United Glass Bottle Manufacturers 10,000
- British Aluminium Co 10,000
- Firth Cleveland 10,000
- Thomas Firth and John Brown 10,000
- Napier and Son 10,000
- Tate and Lyle 10,000
- Rediffusion 10,000
- Schweppes 10,000
- Kodak 9,000
- Lancashire Steel Corporation 9,000
- Stanton Ironworks 9,000 (part of Stewart and Lloyds)
- John Thompson 9,000
- Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Co 8,750 (subsidiary of English Electric Co)
- Morgan Crucible Co 8,000
- A. Reyrolle and Co 8,000
- Short Brothers and Harland 8,000
- Thornycroft 7,000
- ICI ??
- GEC ??
- Unilever ??
- Courtaulds ??
- Joseph Lucas Ltd ??
- Pilkington ??
- John Brown and Co ??
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Sources of Information
- 1961 Guide to Key British Enterprises