• Note also the significant number of manufacturers with a workforce of 250 or more, compared to MROs.
• A breakdown of the 60 aerospace companies in the UK that employ more than 250 workers is provided in the graph below and highlights the sheer scale of some of the country’s aerospace businesses.
No. of manufacture and MRO companies with 250+ employees, 2019
10 12 14 16
0 2 4 6 8
250-499 500-999 1,000-2,999 3,000-9,999 Manufacture aerospace MRO
• The graph also shows that 94.5 per cent of aerospace manufacturers in the UK employ less than 250 people, compared to just over 99 per cent of MRO companies.
• In addition, 92.6 per cent of MRO companies employ less than five workers, compared to 78.6 per cent for aerospace manufacturers.
• Next we compare the aerospace sector to manufacturing generally. In the aerospace sector, 94 per cent of companies employ few than 250 workers. The same figure for manufacturing generally is 98.5 per cent. The overall size profile of the companies in both is markedly different, indicating a structural difference that demands further analysis.
10,000+
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