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Top 25 Answering services companies based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 125 answering services companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 1,586 professional contacts across them, including 229 with verified work emails and 61 with mobile numbers. London is the largest hub.

This list covers answering services companies 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 7, 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 7, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
125Companies
1,586Contacts tracked
229Verified emails
61Mobile numbers
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The 25 largest answering services companies based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 125 answering services companies based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 7, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to answering services companies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceHull, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 2026501-1,000205 contacts →

“Established since 1998 Clearanswer is an expert provider of contact centre solutions.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
2Indirect evidenceNewcastle Upon Tyne, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 2026201-500140 contacts →

“Echoing our clients in every conversation.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
3Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 20261,001-5,00059 contacts →

“CallCare is your outsourced contact centre and customer service partner.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
4Strong evidenceNottingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-20057 contacts →

“Founded in 2004 by the ICS Group Ltd, Answer4u is one of the UK’s fastest-growing 24/7 telephone answering services, trusted by more than businesses nationwide.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
5Strong evidenceFerndown, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-20057 contacts →

“Message Direct has been one of the UK’s leading 24/7 telephone answering and virtual receptionist services, trusted by thousands of businesses to make sure every call and every…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
6Indirect evidenceRomsey, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 2026201-50054 contacts →

“We are an established AI-enabled call centre specialising in every aspect of sales and customer service.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
7Strong evidenceWrexham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-20054 contacts →

“Orca offers flexible and adaptable call answering and live chat services that help clients manage costs effectively.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
8Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-5040 contacts →

“Kingdom Vision is a medium to take your business from good to great.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
9Indirect evidenceCroydon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 2026501-1,00039 contacts →

“For over 20 years, Chase Response has delivered unrivalled standards in call centre outsourcing and customer management services.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
10Strong evidenceOrmskirk, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-5032 contacts →

“Face For Business is on a mission to delight all of our customers by delighting yours with best in class telephone answering and managed live chat services.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
11Strong evidencePortsmouth, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-20026 contacts →

“Established in Frontline has become one of the UK's leading Telephone Answering Services.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
12Indirect evidenceWare, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-5019 contacts →

“Best Reception was established in 2006 and offers Virtual Reception services for businesses and organisations of all sizes.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
13Indirect evidenceRedruth, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-20018 contacts →

“At Phoneta we’re always on the phone so you don’t have to be.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
14Strong evidenceLowestoft, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-5016 contacts →

“Professional Telephone Answering Service, Fully Managed Live Chat & Business VoIP Phone System”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
15Strong evidenceBradford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 20261-1016 contacts →

“Uncomplicated & friendly call answering based in Bradford, West Yorkshire.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
16Indirect evidenceTunbridge Wells, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-5016 contacts →

“We understand your calls are important to you – and we understand that customers prefer to speak to a real person when they call.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
17Indirect evidencePlymouth, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-5015 contacts →

“Everything we do at Telebizz is informed by our original founding values-a commitment to excellence.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
18Indirect evidenceColchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-5014 contacts →

“MyRuby provides customer engagement solutions to companies all over the UK.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
19Indirect evidenceDaventry, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-5013 contacts →

“At SinglePoint Calls, we pride ourselves on being the 'Best Kept Secret' Our aim is to provide an exceptional level of service that is indistinguishable from having an in-house…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
20Strong evidenceRuncorn, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-5012 contacts →

“Your Office & PA offers telephone answering, virtual reception and PA services to businesses.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
21Indirect evidenceIlkley, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-5010 contacts →

“Netcall Solutions is an established call bureau, offering businesses of all sizes and sectors throughout the United Kingdom the opportunity to divert their incoming telephone…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
22Strong evidenceNewmarket, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-509 contacts →

“If you’re looking for a personalised telephone answering service, one that works in partnership with you and your business, where the people answering your calls are part of your…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
23Indirect evidenceBrighton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-508 contacts →

“Customer enquiries don’t just come through phone calls anymore.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
24Strong evidenceCambridge, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-508 contacts →

“Established in Zoom Answer Call is a Telephone Answering Service genuinely dedicated to providing the highest level of Customer Service in the industry.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
25Strong evidenceNewbury, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-508 contacts →

“Call Answering and Web Chat from The Phone Answering Specialists.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026

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Answering services companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 7, 2026
14.4%Verified-email coverage
3.8%Mobile-number coverage
12.7Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
12.8%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 7, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
42
11-50
48
51-200
19
201-500
9
501-1,000
3
1,001-5,000
3

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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 answering services companies, 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 “answering services companies”. 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 answering services companies), 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 answering services companies, 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, 229 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 7, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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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 answering services companies, 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 answering services companies are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 125 answering services companies 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?

Clearanswer Call Centres, headquartered in Hull, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most answering services companies?

London leads with 16 headquartered companies, followed by Andover (3) and Hull (3).

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 229 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 125 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 7, 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.