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Top 25 Automotive companies based in the United Kingdom
This directory lists 1,086 automotive companies based in the United Kingdom, with 50,146 contacts and 12,805 email addresses. Updated September 2026, London is the single most-represented city among the companies on the list.
Automotive companies design, manufacture, distribute, sell, repair, or support motor vehicles, vehicle components, and related systems. This list covers companies whose primary business involves motor vehicles, automotive parts, vehicle systems, or related automotive services. Ranked by team size, largest first. Data current as of September 6, 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 automotive companies based in the United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | RevenueBase Smart Search | Contacts | ||
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| 1 | Strong evidence | 7,650 contacts → | |||
“On February 3, 2026, Dauch Corporation (formerly American Axle & Manufacturing) acquired Dowlais Group plc and its subsidiaries – GKN Automotive and GKN Powder Metallurgy.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | Indirect evidence | 3,090 contacts → | |||
“Aston Martin.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | Strong evidence | 2,294 contacts → | |||
“Nearly 50 years, automotive retail has run on Keyloop.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | Indirect evidence | 1,848 contacts → | |||
“We are the UK’s largest dealership group representing 25 brands up and down the country.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | Strong evidence | 1,742 contacts → | |||
“GKN plc no longer exists as a company, it was acquired by Melrose PLC in 2018 and split into three separate businesses: GKN Automotive: GKN Powder Metallurgy: GKN Aerospace:” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | Strong evidence | 1,410 contacts → | |||
“Founded in the UK in 1857, Vauxhall has been manufacturing cars since 1903 and is the only automotive brand dedicated exclusively to Britain.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | Strong evidence | 1,394 contacts → | |||
“Inchcape is the world's leading independent automotive distribution partner.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | Indirect evidence | 946 contacts → | |||
“Design.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | Indirect evidence | 887 contacts → | |||
“Toyota's decision to establish a manufacturing operation in Europe was announced in 1989 and Toyota Manufacturing UK was established in December that year.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | Strong evidence | 746 contacts → | |||
“JATO is the global leader in automotive data, analysis, and intelligence.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | Strong evidence | 507 contacts → | |||
“UNIPRES (UK) LIMITED is an Automotive company located in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | Strong evidence | 475 contacts → | |||
“Group 1 Automotive is an international automotive retailer group and has come to be a trusted seller of vehicles by a range of manufacturers.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | Strong evidence | 426 contacts → | |||
“Sertec has over 60 years’ experience, specialising in the manufacture of complex lightweight body structures and electric vehicle components for major automotive OEMs and…” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | Indirect evidence | 355 contacts → | |||
“Harwoods is a trusted retailer of new and used vehicles across Hampshire, Sussex, Surrey and Kent.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | Indirect evidence | 338 contacts → | |||
“Crafting unforgettable cars that blend British luxury with visionary technologies, forever.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | Strong evidence | 329 contacts → | |||
“At JD Power Autovista, we provide pricing and specification intelligence for Europe’s automotive decision-makers.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | Strong evidence | 324 contacts → | |||
“ECARX is a global automotive technology provider partnering with OEMs to accelerate the future of software-defined vehicles.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | Indirect evidence | 307 contacts → | |||
“Vindis Group is a family owned business, that has grown by delivering both a personal and professional service.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | Indirect evidence | 286 contacts → | |||
“From humble beginnings in 1967, the RRG Group has grown to become one of the biggest and most successful Dealer Groups in the North West, with new and used car dealerships across…” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | Indirect evidence | 266 contacts → | |||
“Today, MG is more than an iconic octagonal badge; it is once again a motoring force to be reckoned with.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | Indirect evidence | 256 contacts → | |||
“Tetrosyl was established in 1954 to serve the needs of body shops with the first ever mobile paint mixing scheme.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | Indirect evidence | 248 contacts → | |||
“The Donnelly Group has been synonymous with the motor industry in Northern Ireland since 1947 when Peter Donnelly started a vehicle repair and taxi business in Caledon on the…” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | Strong evidence | 214 contacts → | |||
“Dingbro Ltd is a family owned automotive component wholesale & distribution company based out of United Kingdom with the head office situated in Aberdeen.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | Indirect evidence | 212 contacts → | |||
“Drive Motor Retail are an award-winning car and van dealership with a turnover of approximately £400 million per annum and over 800 members of staff employed in 30 dealerships…” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | Strong evidence | 209 contacts → | |||
“We are proud to be Wales’ largest motor group and to represent a selection of the world’s most prestigious automotive brands: AUDI, BYD, CUPRA, GWM ORA, HYUNDAI, JAGUAR, LAND…” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 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: automotive 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 automotive companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of automotive companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name automotive 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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Automotive companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance
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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 automotive 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 “automotive 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 automotive 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 automotive 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, 12,805 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 6, 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.
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Frequently asked
How many automotive companies are based in the United Kingdom?
The list contains 1,086 automotive companies based in the United Kingdom.
Which city has the most automotive companies on the list?
London is the single most-represented city among the companies on the list.
How many contacts and email addresses are available for automotive companies?
The list includes 50,146 contacts and 12,805 email addresses for automotive companies.
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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.