Matolcsi, AndreaMulvihill, NatashaLilley‑Walker, Sarah‑JaneLanau, AlbaHester, Marianne2023-05-192023-05-192021Matolcsi A, Mulvihill N, Lilley‑Walker SJ, Lanau A, Hester M. The current landscape of prostitution and sex work in England and Wales. Sex Cult. 2021;25(1):39-57. DOI: 10.1007/s12119-020-09756-y1095-5143http://hdl.handle.net/10230/56901This paper presents a comprehensive typology of the sex industry based on primary data collected between 2018 and 2019 for a UK Home Office-funded study. Typologies of the contemporary sex industry in England and Wales have tended to be limited to particular sectors or have been developed from a specific disciplinary perspective or theme (e.g. sexual health programming, income). Situated in the context of international sex industry typologies, this paper seeks to address this gap. Data was derived from an online survey, questionnaires and consultations with stakeholders including individuals currently or formerly involved in selling sex, service providers/NGOs, police, local authority representatives and others. The data was supplemented with insights from a systematic literature search. This work aims to assist with programme and policy planning in the UK context. Our methods can assist in developing typologies in other contexts.application/pdfeng© The Author(s) 2020. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licen ses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12119-020-09756-ySex workProstitutionSex industryClassifcationTypologyinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess