List of British companies

This is a list of companies from the United Kingdom. See lists of companies for lists of companies from other countries.

Current companies

• Alvis (no longer makes cars)
• Ariel
• Astra Zeneca (Anglo-Swedish)
• BAE SYSTEMS (merger of Marconi Electronic Systems and British Aerospace)
• BP (Amoco)
• Barclays Bank
• The BOC Group (formerly Brin Oxygen Company, British Oxygen Company)
• Brintons
• BAA plc (formerly the British Airports Authority)
• British Airways
• British Rail
• Cameron Balloons
• Civil Aviation Authority
• Easyjet
• GKN plc
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Go Fly Limited
• HBOS
• HSBC
• Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
• Jardine Matheson
• J Sainsbury (formally J Sainsbury and Son)
• Kangol
• Laura Ashley
• Lloyds TSB plc
• Marconi plc (formerly The General Electric Company plc)
• Marks and Spencer plc
• Manganese Bronze
• MG Rover Group
• mmO2
• Orange
• Railtrack
• Remarkable
• Rolls Royce
• Royal Bank of Scotland
• Save a Cup Recycling Company
• Shell Oil (Anglo-Dutch)
• Tate & Lyle
• Tesco
• Triumph Motor Company
• Unilever (Anglo-Dutch)
• Uniross
• Vestey Group
• Virgin Atlantic Airways
• Vodafone
• W H Smith (formally W H Smith and Son)
• Woolworths
• Xrefer

Former companies, including acquired and merged ones

• Acorn, Ltd, acquired by Olivetti
• AEI
• Austin
• Blue Star Line
• British Aerospace
• East India Company
• British Leyland Motor Corporation
• British Motor Corporation
• British Motor Holdings
• British Thomson-Houston Company (BTH)
• BSA
• Daimler
• David Brown Limited
• Dowlais Iron Company
• English Electric
• Great Western Railway
• Hawker Siddeley Company
• Lanchester
• Leyland Motors (commercial vehicles)
• London, Midland and Scottish Railway
• Metropolitan Vickers
• MG
• Morris Motor Company
• Napier & Son
• Nettlefolds Limited
• Nuffield Organisation
• Patent Nut and Bolt Company
• Qualiton Records
• Riley
• Rover
• South Sea Company
• Standard
• Standard Triumph
• Vanden Plas
• Wolseley

See Also

• UK topics

External link

• Synchronic.info ; Businesses in the UK