United Kingdom innovation ecosystem

The Innovative EcoSystems registry lists 9,993 innovation ecosystem organizations in the United Kingdom, including 2,850 corporate R&D centers, 2,568 research organizations and 1,400 health research organizations.

The largest concentrations are in London (2,264), Oxford (444) and Cambridge (308).

The United Kingdom scores 67.4 out of 100 on the IEPA (2024 edition), ranking 24 of 117 economies.

See the United Kingdom on the IEPA ↗

9,993 organizations

• CPL Scientific Publishing Services (United Kingdom)
  Corporate R&D · Newbury
• Creative Folkestone
  Investor or fund · Folkestone
• Creative Media Centre, Hastings
  Innovation hub · Hastings
• Credit Suisse International
  Investor or fund · London
• Creo International
  Startup · Llanelli
• Criterion Games (EA)
  Company · Guildford
• Crossflow Energy Company
  Startup
• CSR (United Kingdom)
  Corporate R&D · Closed · Cambridge
• Cube Incubator Limited
  Incubator · Northampton
• Cumbria Institute of the Arts
  University or research institute · Closed · Carlisle
• Custom Interconnect Limited (United Kingdom)
  Corporate R&D · Andover
• CVD Technologies (United Kingdom)
  Corporate R&D · Salford
• CXO School
  College or training provider · Oxford
• Cyden
  Company · Swansea
• Cywain
  Program
• D R Communications
  Company · Newbury
• Dacord (United Kingdom)
  Corporate R&D · Sheffield
• Dartmouth Hospital
  Health research · Dartmouth
• Darwin Science Park Limited
  Science or technology park · Shrewsbury
• Data Revival
  Startup · Southampton
• Deep Tech Innovation Accelerator Ltd
  Accelerator · London
• Deliverics (United Kingdom)
  Corporate R&D · Edinburgh
• Delsys
  Startup · Southampton
• Derbyshire Children's Hospital
  Health research · Derby
• Devon and Cornwall Police
  Government or public body · Exeter
• DevOps & GitHub Meetup Brighton
  Network or association · Brighton and Hove
• DHL Supply Chain
  Company · Milton Keynes
• Diagnostics for Low and Middle-Income Countries Conference
  Program · Oxford
• Didcot Growth Accelerator Enterprise Zone
  Program · Didcot
• Digital Infrastructure Programme
  Program
• Digostics
  Startup
• DISC (Harwell)
  Innovation hub · Harwell
• Discovery Park (Sandwich) and CoLab
  Science or technology park · Sandwich
• Discovery Park Ventures
  Investor or fund · Sandwich
• Discovery Spark
  Accelerator · Sandwich
• Disruptive Innovation for Space Centre
  Innovation hub · Harwell
• Docking Station Medway
  Innovation hub · Chatham
• Double-Barrelled Brewery
  Company · Reading
• Droplet Scientific
  Startup · Southampton
• Dryden Road Clinic
  Health research · Gateshead
• Duchess Of Kent Hospital
  Health research · Catterick Garrison
• Duncairn Centre for Culture and Arts
  Science or technology park · County Antrim
• Dundee, Gemini Crescent, Technology Park, Grianan Centre
  Science or technology park
• Dxtrus
  Startup · Southampton
• Dyna Therapeutics
  Startup · Oxford
• E3 Business Incubator Limited
  Incubator · Barnsley
• Ealing Hospital NHS Trust
  Health research · London
• East London Tech City
  Science or technology park
• East Midlands Hydrogen Innovation Centre Cic
  Incubator · Nottingham
• East X Ventures
  Investor or fund · London
• Eastbourne DigiFest
  Program · Eastbourne
• EBS Automation
  Company · Llanelli
• eChai Southampton
  Network or association · Southampton
• Eco-Energy (NI) (United Kingdom)
  Corporate R&D · Holywood
• EDBI
  Investor or fund
• Edge Challenges
  Program · Oxford
• Edge Hackathons
  Program · Oxford
• Edinburgh Napier University Fab Lab
  Fab lab or makerspace · Edinburgh
• Elmwood College
  University or research institute · Dormant · Cupar
• Eltek Semiconductors (United Kingdom)
  Corporate R&D · Dartmouth
• Emergence Tech Limited (United Kingdom)
  Corporate R&D · Gravesend
• Eminate (United Kingdom)
  Corporate R&D · London
• Energy Power Resources (United Kingdom)
  Corporate R&D · Woodbridge
• Energy Transition Skills Hub Pembrokeshire
  College or training provider · Haverfordwest
• EnSpire Founders Grant
  Program · Oxford
• EnSpire Idea Lab
  College or training provider · Oxford
• Enterprise Hub, Royal Holloway
  Incubator · Egham
• Enterprise Incubator Limited
  Incubator
• Enterprise M3 LEP
  Government or public body · Closed
• Enterprising Women, MPLS Division, University of Oxford
  Program · Oxford
• Enzen
  Company · Solihull
• ESA Business Incubation Centre UK (ESA BIC UK)
  Incubator · Harwell
• Esperance Hospital
  Health research · Eastbourne
• Essex County Hospital
  Health research · Colchester
• Essex Dance Theatre
  Science or technology park · Chelmsford
• ETF Partners
  Investor or fund · London
• European Engineering Consultancy Ltd (EECL)
  Company
• European Multimedia Forum (United Kingdom)
  Corporate R&D · Rochester
• European Space Agency
  Government or public body · Harwell
• evtonomy
  Startup · Southampton
• Fab City Hub BTN
  Fab lab or makerspace · Brighton
• Fab Lab Hartlepool
  Fab lab or makerspace · Hartlepool
• Fab Lab Pembrokeshire
  Fab lab or makerspace · Pembroke Dock
• Fab Lab Sandwell
  Fab lab or makerspace · West Bromwich
• Fab:Social Shantallow
  Fab lab or makerspace · Derry
• FabLab North Greenwich
  Fab lab or makerspace · Planned · London
• Fablab@Ironbridge
  Fab lab or makerspace · Coalbrookdale
• Fareham Innovation Centre
  Innovation hub · Fareham
• Farfield Group (United Kingdom)
  Corporate R&D · Closed · Crewe
• Farming Connect
  Program
• Farnborough Aerospace Consortium
  Network or association · Farnborough
• Felixstowe Community Hospital
  Health research · Felixstowe
• FemTech Society
  Network or association · Oxford
• FFinc
  Accelerator
• Fire and Ice
  Company
• First Milk Haverfordwest Creamery
  Company · Haverfordwest
• Flexible Lab Solutions
  Startup · Sittingbourne
• Flourish
  Startup · Sussex
• Focus Carmarthen Enterprise Hub
  Incubator · Closed · Carmarthen
• Folkestone Creative Quarter
  Innovation hub · Folkestone
• Foresight Williams Technology
  Investor or fund · London
• ForestRe (United Kingdom)
  Corporate R&D · London
• Forres Enterprise Park
  Science or technology park
• Fortescue WAE
  Company · Kidlington
• Foster Wheeler (United Kingdom)
  Corporate R&D · Closed · Reading
• Founders & Funders Foundation
  Network or association · Oxford
• Fourier Audio
  Startup
• Frances and Augustus Newman Foundation
  Research organization · Milton Keynes
• Freedom Works
  Innovation hub · Crawley
• Freescale Semiconductor (United Kingdom)
  Corporate R&D · Closed · Glasgow
• FSE Group
  Investor or fund
• FSP
  Company · Reading
• Fuel Ventures
  Investor or fund · London
• Future Angels (South East Angels)
  Program · Brighton and Hove
• G Nie Venture Studio Limited
  Venture studio · London
• Games and Innovation Nexus (GAIN)
  Program · Guildford
• Gatwick Diamond Business (gdb)
  Network or association · Crawley
• Gavin Griffiths Group
  Company · Swansea
• GEC (United Kingdom)
  Corporate R&D · Dormant · Coventry
• Gelli Aur Campus (Coleg Sir Gâr)
  College or training provider · Llandeilo

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Categories

• Corporate R&D centers in the United Kingdom 2,850
• Research organizations in the United Kingdom 2,568
• Health research organizations in the United Kingdom 1,400
• Universities and research institutes in the United Kingdom 962
• Government and public bodies in the United Kingdom 463
• Startups in the United Kingdom 330
• Other organizations in the United Kingdom 248
• Companies in the United Kingdom 220
• Programs in the United Kingdom 188
• Networks and associations in the United Kingdom 164
• Science and technology parks in the United Kingdom 138
• Investors and funds in the United Kingdom 114
• Incubators in the United Kingdom 112
• Innovation hubs in the United Kingdom 56
• Fab labs and makerspaces in the United Kingdom 53
• Accelerators in the United Kingdom 46
• Venture studios in the United Kingdom 42
• Colleges and training providers in the United Kingdom 39

Cities

• London 2,264
• Oxford 444
• Cambridge 308
• Edinburgh 198
• Bristol 168
• Glasgow 163
• Southampton 157
• Manchester 142
• Birmingham 136
• Swansea 123
• Guildford 108
• Reading 106
• Belfast 103
• Nottingham 96
• Sheffield 95
• Liverpool 86
• Cardiff 84
• Leeds 82
• Brighton and Hove 81
• Newcastle upon Tyne 79
• Milton Keynes 60
• York 58
• Norwich 57
• Leicester 56
• Coventry 55
• Aberdeen 49
• Brighton 46
• Abingdon 45
• Canterbury 40
• Exeter 40
• Harwell 40
• Swindon 39
• Bath 36
• Northampton 34
• Portsmouth 34
• Dundee 32
• Warrington 30
• Maidstone 29
• Stoke-on-Trent 29
• Basingstoke 28
• Carmarthen 27
• Winchester 27
• Bradford 26
• Colchester 26
• Pembroke Dock 26
• Peterborough 26
• Slough 25
• Crawley 23
• Cheltenham 22
• Durham 22
• Gloucester 22
• Sandwich 22
• Sunderland 22
• Salisbury 21
• St Albans 21
• Wakefield 21
• Warwick 21
• Bedford 20
• Didcot 20
• Llanelli 20
• Watford 20
• Bracknell 19
• Chelmsford 19
• Derby 19
• Fareham 19
• Farnborough 19
• High Wycombe 19
• Livingston 19
• Macclesfield 19
• Plymouth 19
• Chester 18
• Salford 18
• Gateshead 17
• Huddersfield 17
• Ipswich 17
• Newbury 17
• Port Talbot 17
• Preston 17
• Chatham 16
• Lancaster 16
• Leatherhead 16
• Lincoln 16
• Loughborough 16
• Newport 16
• Aylesbury 15
• Bridgend 15
• Haverfordwest 15
• Horsham 15
• Hull 15
• Luton 15
• Maidenhead 15
• Stockport 15
• Chesterfield 14
• Chichester 14
• Perth 14
• Poole 14
• Rotherham 14
• Stevenage 14
• Worcester 14
• Andover 13
• Harlow 13
• Harrogate 13
• Welwyn Garden City 13
• Wolverhampton 13
• Worthing 13
• Aberystwyth 12
• Bolton 12
• Daresbury 12
• Farnham 12
• Inverness 12
• Sittingbourne 12
• Wokingham 12
• Banbury 11
• Barnsley 11
• Bournemouth 11
• Carlisle 11
• Doncaster 11
• Egham 11
• Hemel Hempstead 11
• Kettering 11
• Runcorn 11
• Taunton 11
• Woking 11
• Ashford 10
• Buxton 10
• Darlington 10
• Dudley 10
• Eastleigh 10
• Hatfield 10
• Middlesbrough 10
• Shrewsbury 10
• Solihull 10