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Top 25 Auction companies based in the United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 610 auction companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 11,046 professional contacts across them, including 3,829 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.
This list covers auction 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 21, 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 auction companies based in the United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,760 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1766, Christie’s is a world-leading art and luxury business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 1,712 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Europe's No.1 Vehicle Remarketing Company Specialises in multi-channel auctions of second hand cars, vans and trucks from leading European vehicle vendors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 845 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Bonhams is a privately owned international auction house.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 465 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Manheim - a Cox Automotive product brand - helps manufacturers, fleets and dealers buy, sell, process and manage their vehicle assets efficiently, profitably and confidently.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 411 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Global leader in online vehicle remarketing and recycling, Copart UK, was established in 2007 and handles over vehicles each year through online auctions for a variety of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 371 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “A global technology company with over 450 employees, ATG is transforming the way billions of pounds, euros and dollars' worth of items are bought and sold globally via auction.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 199 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Voted UK Asset Valuers / Auctioneers of the Year for a record five years running Since John Pye was founded in 1968, we’ve become the UK’s fastest growing and largest auction…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 127 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Euro Auctions has been specializing in conducting unreserved auctions of Industrial Equipment and Construction Machinery since 1998 and continues to go from strength to strength.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 93 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The family owned business, Wilsons Auctions, was formed in 1936 by William J Wilson.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 81 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Operating since 1826, Lyon & Turnbull is one of the longest established fine art and antiques auction houses in the United Kingdom.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 75 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Collecting Cars is the leading global digital auction platform for collectible cars, bikes, and automobilia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 66 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Dreweatts 1759 is a leading UK auctioneer of Fine Art, Furniture and Works of Art, European and Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, Jewellery, Watches, Silver, Clocks, Wine, Live…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 63 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Chiswick Auctions is a leading West London auction house, specialising in fine art, antiques, and collectables across all eras and mediums.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 62 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “BPI specialises in fast, hassle-free commercial asset disposal.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 61 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Autorola UK is part of Autorola Group, the world’s fastest growing online vehicle remarketing company with subsidiaries in over 20 countries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 53 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since beginning in 2007, we have always been aware that doing right by our customers is the only way to grow a healthy and sustainable business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 48 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We are a Nationwide leading auction house when it comes to straight forward property solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 48 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Operating in London for more than 30 years, Roseberys Fine Art Auctioneers is a privately owned specialist fine art and antiques auction house and valuers, located in the heart of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 48 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “G3 Vehicle Auctions are one of the UK's leading remarketing and vehicle disposal companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 45 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Established in 1876, Fellows is one of the UK's leading auction houses specialising in antiques, jewellery and watches.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 40 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 1782, Sworders have firmly established a reputation as one of the UK's leading regional auctioneers, selling fine and decorative arts, Asian art, wine, prints…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We’re transforming property auctions, making buying and selling fast, fuss-free, and secure.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 38 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since its foundation in the Spink name has become synonymous with tradition, experience and integrity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 35 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “W&H Peacock and Locke & England Auctioneers and Valuers together form one of the largest independent auction companies in the UK with weekly auctions in Bedford, St Neots and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 34 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “SIA Group is a leading asset valuation, advisory, and auction firm acquired by Gordon Brothers in 2025.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 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: auction companies. 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 auction companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of auction companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name auction companies. 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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Auction companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance
As of Sep 21, 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 610 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 auction 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 “auction 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 auction 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 auction 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, 3,829 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 21, 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.
Auction companies by metro
- Auction companies in London114
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 auction 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 auction companies are there based in the United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 610 auction 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?
Christie's, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most auction companies?
London leads with 114 headquartered companies, followed by Glasgow (12) and Edinburgh (10).
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 3,829 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 610 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 21, 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.