1907 Table of 50 Largest Employers
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From 'A Business History of Britain 1900-1990s' by David J. Jeremy. OUP 1998. ISBN 0198773765
- General Post Office - 212,310 employees
- London and North Western Railway - 77,662
- Great Western Railway - 70,014
- Midland Railway - 66,839
- North Eastern Railway - 47,980
- Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway - 34,900
- Great Northern Railway - 32,422
- Fine Cotton Spinners and Doublers Association - 30,000
- Great Eastern Railway - 29,289
- Royal Dockyards - 25,580
- Great Central Railway - 25,489
- Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Co - 25,000
- North British Railway - 24,063
- Vickers, Sons and Maxim - 22,500
- London and South Western Railway - 22,285
- Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds - 21,710
- Caledonian Railway - 21,545
- John Brown and Co - 20,000
- Prudential Assurance Co
- South Eastern and Chatham Railway - 18,837
- Bolckow, Vaughan and Co - 18,000
- Co-operative Wholesale Society
- United Collieries - 16,000
- Royal Ordnance Factories - 15,651
- London, Brighton and South Coast Railway - 15,095m
- Gas Light and Coke Co - 15,000
- Metropolitan Amalgamated Railway Carriage and Wagon Co - 14,000
- Fife Coal Co - 12,947
- J. and P. Coats - 12,700
- Sir James Joicey and Co - 12,000
- United Alkali Co - 12,000
- Platt Brothers and Co - 12,000
- Bleachers Association - 11,280
- Stewarts and Lloyds - 10,602
- Wigan Coal and Iron Co - 10,000
- Calico Printers Association - 10,000
- Manchester Ship Canal Co - 10,000
- Dorman, Long and Co - 9,500
- Pilkington Brothers - 9,000
- Glasgow and South Western Railway - 8,775
- Harland and Wolff - 8,500
- Pickfords - 8,500
- W. H. Smith and Son - 8,285
- Great Southern and Western Railway - 8,111
- Kynoch - 8,000
- Workman, Clark and Co - 8,000
- I. and R. Morley - 8,000
- Rylands and Sons - 8,000
- North British Locomotive Co - 7,854
- Scottish CWS - 7,109
Total of employees in the Top 50 companies: 1,179,528 persons
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