Other sectors

In addition to the seven main sector propositions, Kent and Medway also has a strong business community representing the following industrial sectors;

 

Within Kent and Medway there are over 80 automative related companies and over 3,000 people directly employed . Click here for factsheet.

 

Within Kent and Medway there is a strong company base of almost 50 companies, employing over 2,500 people. Click here for factsheet.

 

There are over 130 contact centres in Kent and Medway, housing more than 5,600 workstations. Click here for factsheet.

In Kent and Medway over 3,000 people are employed in some 930 companies, over 300 of which are in media in production. Click here for factsheet.

 

With an existing cluster of over 1,300 companies, employing more than 20,000 people, Kent and Medway accounts for 11% of the financial services workforce of South East England. Click here for factsheet.

 

Identified as 1 of 3 food clusters within the UK, Kent is home to almost 500 food related companies employing over 18,000 people. Click here for factsheet.

 

Kent and Medway have some 400 engineering companies, employing over 17,000 people. Click here for factsheet.

Kent and Medway has a cluster of almost 3,000 ICT companies and almost 9,000 employees. Click here for factsheet..

 

As 1 of 2 identified clusters in the South East, the county is home to almost 250 companies and employs over 13,00 people. Click here for factsheet.

 

There are over 3,500 manufacturing companies in Kent and Medway, employing almost 70,000 people. Click here for factsheet.

 

There are 15 railway transportation companies in Kent employing almost 2,000 people. Click here for factsheet.

With over 2,400 companies employing over 35,000 people, transport and distribution is a major contributor to the Kent economy. Click here for factsheet.