The UK's most consistent hirers — headcount up every year on record

Headcount rose every single filed year — the steadiest job creators, ranked by the length of the run · 399 qualifying · snapshot 2026-07-01

# Company Industry Years growingStaff addedHeadcount now
01 MRI SOFTWARE LIMITED Technology 5 yrs +1,714 1,745
02 CLEANTEC SERVICES LIMITED Industrials 5 yrs +1,297 2,464
03 J.BARBOUR & SONS,LIMITED Consumer Discretionary 5 yrs +1,178 1,178
04 GREEN DESTINATIONS LTD Industrials 5 yrs +808 814
05 L BURRIDGE LTD Industrials 5 yrs +751 1,129
06 THE PANTRY (UK) LIMITED Consumer Discretionary 5 yrs +622 747
07 HUTCHISON CATERING LIMITED Consumer Discretionary 5 yrs +589 763
08 BISHOPSGATE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES LIMITED Industrials 5 yrs +569 622
09 COMMUNITY HEALTH AND EYECARE LIMITED Health Care 5 yrs +552 655
10 KBEVERAGE LTD Consumer Discretionary 5 yrs +512 676
11 STANTEC HYDROCK LIMITED Industrials 5 yrs +455 919
12 PARETO FACILITIES MANAGEMENT LIMITED Industrials 5 yrs +418 539
13 THE MAGIC BEAN CO. LIMITED Consumer Discretionary 5 yrs +406 637
14 OPENCAST SOFTWARE EUROPE LIMITED Technology 5 yrs +404 470
15 ROCKSTEADY MUSIC SCHOOL LIMITED Consumer Discretionary 5 yrs +343 546
16 SMARTER SERVICES LTD Industrials 5 yrs +327 518
17 CAFE FORTUNE LIMITED Consumer Staples 5 yrs +312 447
18 SALTROCK SURFWEAR LIMITED Consumer Discretionary 5 yrs +299 467
19 TIME 4 U LTD Consumer Discretionary 5 yrs +296 410
20 LOSSIE SEAFOODS LTD. Consumer Staples 5 yrs +294 424
21 LAPLAND LIVE LIMITED Industrials 5 yrs +292 336
22 STONEGATE FARMERS LIMITED Consumer Staples 5 yrs +289 558
23 RENAISSANCE LEARNING UK LIMITED PE-backed educational software provider Technology 5 yrs +279 390
24 HEXAGON CARE SERVICES LIMITED Health Care 5 yrs +268 815
25 BOX TO BOX FILMS LIMITED Consumer Discretionary 5 yrs +261 270

All figures from each company's latest filed Companies House accounts; detailed filers only, with implausible outliers and scale artifacts excluded. Filed accounts lag the present by roughly 12–24 months, and group-vs-parent scope changes can move a figure between filings. Banks and insurers that don't report a turnover line are under-represented on the turnover-based boards.