Warehouse operative jobs in Blackpool

Warehousing and storage in Blackpool is counted at 200 employee jobs, 0.32% of the 63,000 employee jobs the survey records in the area.

Picking and packing sit inside that count, along with goods in, stock control and shift management, because the survey counts sites rather than tasks. The 75 freight transport by road jobs in Blackpool are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.

UK Business Counts recorded 10 warehousing and storage sites in Blackpool at the March 2025 reference date. Every one of them is recorded as employing under ten: small stores and yards rather than distribution centres.

Of the warehousing and storage employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Blackpool, 30 are part time, 16.7% of the split. The middle across the North West is 14.3%, so Blackpool sits above it, 10th of 24 areas on this measure. Warehousing carries real part-time hours in most areas, and a share at this level generally means twilight and weekend shifts alongside the core rota.

Two further counts round out the Blackpool picture: 70 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 345 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Blackpool ranks 21st of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 0.84%, against 0.32% in Blackpool. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.87%. Next to Blackpool in that order sit Sefton at 0.34% and Tameside at 0.29%.

On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Blackpool ranks 24th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 15, against 0 in Blackpool. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 10. Next to Blackpool in that order sit Westmorland and Furness at 5.

The figures describe 200 warehouse jobs across 10 sites that exist in Blackpool. How many are open this week is the live list above.