Manchester tops list of the most innovative cities in the UK
At Geomiq our business revolves around helping inventors and designers create prototypes of their products, and since launching we’ve had the pleasure of working with thousands of inventors from every corner of the globe. So, as we begin to move into 2020, we decided to look at which areas of the UK are the most innovative, based on how many requests we’ve had from each city – here’s what we found.
Based on our request data we’ve curated a list of the ten most innovative cities in the UK, with Manchester coming out on top followed by London and Bristol.
To form this list we interrogated more than 48,000 data points from the last two years, relating to England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland they’ve received.
Manchester topped the list, with 13,695 requests for prototypes in the last two years. London and Bristol complete the top three, with 9,301 and 7,712 requests in each city since 2017, respectively.
The ten most innovative cities in the UK, and the number of requests for prototypes received from each, are as follows:
- Manchester – 13,695
- London – 9,301
- Bristol – 7,712
- Birmingham – 6,207
- Edinburgh – 3,337
- Brighton – 2,100
- Liverpool – 1,769
- Leeds – 1,731
- York – 1,486
- Southampton -1,342
The industries that have seen the most innovation in the last year, as well as the number of requests within each sector are as follows:
- Health – 8,836
- Eco-tech – 6,340
- Beauty – 4,002
- Education – 3,873
- Cooking – 3,201
- Energy – 2,997
- Robotics – 2,989
- Home Appliances – 2,871
- Baby-tech – 1,519
- Mechanic Appliances – 1,372
Outside of these sectors, the platform also serviced more than 13,000 additional requests.
Another interesting take away from our findings is that since the Brexit extension was announced on October 28th, we’ve actually seen seen a 31% increase in the number of requests coming in when compared with the month prior to that announcement, despite the widespread uncertainty and doubt gripping the UK.
Sam Al-Mukhtar, founder of Geomiq, said,
“Since launching a few years ago we’ve worked with thousands of inventors and businesses, almost all of whom were looking for a prototype of their new products, so with the year coming to a close we decided to look at which areas of the UK was the most innovative. As expected, eco-tech continues to be an area with huge potential for innovative solutions, and as ever health is one of the fastest growing sectors in terms of innovation.”
“There were thousands of data points to look at, but Manchester came in at the top by a surprisingly large margin – my assumption, prior to looking at the data would have been London given the number of amazing startups the city attracts! We’re excited to continue helping inventors realise their dreams going into 2020, and to see how this list changes over the next twelve months.”
