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    UK quantum technology, in one place

    Who does what in the UK's quantum sector: 138 companies and start-ups, 28 universities, the national labs and funders, and 70 projects linking them, from 9 national hubs to the NQCC testbeds. Each project links to its partners and its sources.

    Latest news UK quantum companies UK quantum start-ups National hubs The sector at a glance

    Organisations
    213
    Projects
    70
    National hubs
    9
    Sourced funding
    £733.3m

    Latest quantum news

    From Quantum Zeitgeist, linked to the organisations and projects each article names.

    All 649 articles

    University-led consortia running 2024 to 2029, with £111.7m of EPSRC and UKRI grants between them. 4 earlier hubs have finished.

    All UK quantum hubs

    Quantum in the UK, by theme

    Computing has the most projects (43), then sensing (23) and communications (17).

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    Quantum companies by nation and region

    London has 67 organisations, South East 38 and Scotland 23.

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    From the people behind Entangled Future and Quantum Zeitgeist

    Entangled Future The global directory of 1,597 quantum companies. Visit Entangled Future → Quantum Zeitgeist Daily quantum technology news. Read Quantum Zeitgeist →

    UK quantum: common questions

    Answers worked out from the directory's data when the site was last built.

    How many quantum companies are there in the UK?

    This directory lists 138 UK quantum companies and start-ups among 213 organisations, which also include 28 universities, 15 national labs and research organisations, 11 government bodies and funders, and 12 investors. It covers organisations with a public profile we can source, so it is not a complete census.

    UK quantum companies and organisations

    What are the UK's national quantum technology hubs?

    They are multi-year research consortia, led by universities with industry partners, funded by Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK Research and Innovation and National Institute for Health and Care Research. 5 are active: QCi3 (University of Oxford), IQN (Heriot-Watt University), QEPNT (University of Glasgow), Q-BIOMED (University College London) and QuSIT (University of Birmingham). 4 earlier hubs have finished.

    UK quantum technology hubs

    How much public funding goes into UK quantum projects?

    Project-level figures that a source states add up to £733.3m across 25 of the 70 projects listed. The largest is ISCF Commercialising Quantum Technologies Challenge at £174m. This is not a full account of UK public spending on quantum, since many projects have no published project-level figure.

    UK quantum funding by project and funder

    Where are UK quantum companies based?

    London has 67 of the 211 organisations with a location (32%), followed by South East (38), Scotland (23) and East of England (20). By city, the most companies are in London (41), Cambridge (12), Glasgow (11) and Oxford (8).

    Quantum organisations by nation and region

    Where does this information come from, and can I reuse it?

    Every project lists the public sources for its facts, such as UKRI grant records and official announcements. Company profiles come from Entangled Future and news from Quantum Zeitgeist. All 213 organisations and 70 projects can be downloaded as CSV or JSON and reused with credit.

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