*Including repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles
**Unabbreviated title: 'Mining and Quarrying; Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply; Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities'
The wholesale and retail trade sector employed approximately *** million people in the United Kingdom in 2025, the most of any sector in that year. After this sector, administrative, and support service activities were the largest sector employer, at almost million.
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