Basingstoke is a dynamic town that has a robust and diverse economy and a highly-skilled and well-educated local labour pool. Key business sectors in and around Basingstoke include pharmaceutical, digital, construction, engineering, food and beverage and financial and professional services.
Skills
42,000
highly-educated employees (NVQ4+)
480,000
highly-skilled people within a 60-minute drive
Education
- 6 universities within a 30-mile radius
- 6th form colleges perform in the top 5% nationally for 16-18 results
Population
Young population with
20%
under 16
Average age
39 years
Employment /
sector
5,400
jobs in Information and Communication sector –
7% of all jobs
Home to key players
- The AA
- ENI
- WSP
- Sovereign Housing
- Pennington Manches Cooper
- Fraser Nash
- UNUM
- Handlesbanken
- Storck
- Network Rail
- Sun Life Financial
Innovation & enterprise
Home to
7,900
businesses, of which
1,300
operate in digital and information and communication sector
900
new start ups every year with a 66% 3-year start-up survival rate
- Access to comprehensive supply chain
- Ranked 4th in UK for investment in growing technology companies in 2019 TechNation report
- Top 10 placing in CompTIA’s 2019 UK Tech Town Index
- Home to 5G emulator
- Home to Google Developer Group for whole of Surrey and Hampshire
Quality of life
