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Top 25 Anime studios based in the United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 176 anime studios headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 4,015 professional contacts across them, including 892 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.
This list covers anime studios headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest anime studios based in the United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 415 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Aardman, based in Bristol (UK) co-founded and run by Peter Lord and David Sproxton, is a world leader in animation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 356 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Celebrating over 25 years of Blue Zoo!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 329 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “PASSION PICTURES is an independent production company founded in 1987.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 300 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Snipple we produce, create and deliver high quality animation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 120 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Locksmith Animation is a global independent animation studio, developing and producing high-quality features, series, and shorts for audiences of all ages around the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 119 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Animation with character.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 114 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The goal at Wild Child Animation is to build a cutting edge animation studio by creating an inclusive workplace that combines creative talent with innovative technology; all with…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 93 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Hello, we are the Axis Studios, a multi-award-winning animation and VFX studio.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 89 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We’re a globally renowned animation studio based in East LDN, working across advertising, interactive media, music videos, and original content.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 88 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Blink Industries is an Emmy, BAFTA and Annie award winning production company and animation studio based in London.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 85 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in late 2012 and based out of Glasgow, Scotland and operating in the UK and France – Anime Limited brings a fresh approach to distributing the best in anime direct from…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 72 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are a vibrant animation studio in London, specialising in character, design and storytelling using digital traditional animation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 63 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We make iconic, award-winning animated content for children’s TV & film - and we've been telling stories authentically since 1985.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 59 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “STUDIO AKA is a multi-BAFTA winning, EMMY awarded & OSCAR-nominated independent animation studio.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 58 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Cookie is the animation studio busily cooking up animation on behalf of brand, broadcast, and advertising patrons.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 46 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are 3D Sparrow, an independent animation studio creating beautiful animated content for our smallest fans globally, aged 2-7.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 30 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Cloth Cat is one of the leading animation and games companies in the UK and we’ve produced over 100 hours of content from our studio in the heart of Cardiff, the capital city of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “CharacterShop are an award-winning animation studio and production company, based in Worcester, UK.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Brighton Zoo is a joint venture between Plug-in Media and Blue Zoo, a next generation production company making digital kids’ content on the south coast of England.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Established in 2015, A Running Commentary is an independent production company specializing in animation, documentary & and live-action production across feature films, series…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 2013 by Miles Bullough & Jesse Cleverly, Wildseed Studios is a multi-award winning development and production studio for live action and animation – focussed on working…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “ALT animation passionately providing imaginative and creative work through considered collaboration and efficient delivery.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “SPUD GUN STUDIOS IS A STORY DRIVEN INDEPENDENT ANIMATION STUDIO WITH AN UNMATCHED TRACK RECORD IN CREATING ONLINE ANIMATED CONTENT FOR YOUNG VIEWERS.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Bumpybox is an animation company based in Cardiff created by Sam Wright, Leon Dexter and Toke Jepsen.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are Seed, a passionate animation studio sat in the heart of London’s Soho.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: anime studios. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names anime studios.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of anime studios, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name anime studios. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Anime studios based in the United Kingdom at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 176 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among anime studios, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “anime studios”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names anime studios), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among anime studios, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 892 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Anime studios by metro
- Anime studios in London73
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names anime studios, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many anime studios are there based in the United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 176 anime studios headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Aardman, headquartered in Bristol, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most anime studios?
London leads with 73 headquartered companies, followed by Bristol (12) and Manchester (7).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 892 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 176 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.