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Top 9 Antiquarian societies based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 32 antiquarian societies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 369 professional contacts across them, including 66 with verified work emails and 39 with mobile numbers. London is the largest hub.

This list covers antiquarian societies 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
32Companies
369Contacts tracked
66Verified emails
39Mobile numbers
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The 9 largest antiquarian societies based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 9 of 32 antiquarian societies 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 antiquarian societies: 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 evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-5054 contacts →

“The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
2Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-5040 contacts →

“Based in the heart of London, we are the centre of antiquarian learning, discovery and community.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
3Indirect evidenceEdinburgh, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 20261-1023 contacts →

“Founded in 1780 and incorporated by Royal Charter in 1783 the Society is a membership charity registered in Scotland whose purpose is “to investigate both antiquities and natural…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
4Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 20261-1011 contacts →

“The British Antique Dealers' Association (BADA) is the trade association for the leading antique dealers in Britain.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
5Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-509 contacts →

“Founded in 1847, Bernard Quaritch Ltd is one of the oldest antiquarian book dealers in the world.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
6Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-508 contacts →

“Founded in York in 1761, established in London in 1815, Henry Sotheran Limited has a long and distinguished history.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
7Indirect evidenceMaidstone, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 20261-108 contacts →

“The Society was founded in 1857 and is now a registered charity with the following objective - To promote the study and publication of archaeology and history in all their…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
8Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-507 contacts →

“Established in 1853, Maggs Bros.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
9Indirect evidenceLlandudno, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 7, 20261-101 contacts →
Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026

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Antiquarian societies based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 7, 2026
17.9%Verified-email coverage
10.6%Mobile-number coverage
11.5Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
43.8%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 7, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
23
11-50
6
201-500
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Freshness & accuracy

How recently the business emails on this list were verified

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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 antiquarian societies, 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 “antiquarian societies”. 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 antiquarian societies), 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 antiquarian societies, 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, 66 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 antiquarian societies, 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 antiquarian societies are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 32 antiquarian societies 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?

SPAB, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most antiquarian societies?

London leads with 14 headquartered companies, followed by York (2) and Abinger (1).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

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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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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.