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 There are about 20 000 people involved in the UK cycle industry, mostly involved in distribution and retail. There are about 400 bicycle and bicycle accessory suppliers. (Source: BicycleBusiness).
Depending who you believe there are up to 4000 bicycle shops (Independent Bicycle Dealers, IBDs) although many of these will also sell other items such as prams and cannot be considered 'true' bike shops. The Association of Cycle Traders has about 600 shop members and the Consortium of Bicycle Retailers has about 150, many of whom belong to both organisations.
At the Cycle & Leisure Show held at the NEC in February 1999, 1309 individual IBDs attended, which is perhaps a measure of how many 'active' shops there are in the UK. Commercial mailing lists made up of entries from Yellow Pages and the like typically have c. 2300 IBDs.
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