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Top 25 Automotive design companies based in the United Kingdom

Name: Automotive design companies based in the United Kingdom
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 16, 2026 186 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 186 automotive design companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 2,428 professional contacts across them, including 658 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers automotive design 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 16, 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 16, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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2,428Contacts tracked

658Verified emails

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The 25 largest automotive design companies based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 186 automotive design companies based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 16, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to automotive design 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.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	CAR Design News	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	n/a	225 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Since Car Design News (CDN) has been the leading platform for the professional automotive design community, providing exclusive access and inspiration for all facets of car…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
2	Contechs	Strong evidence	Basildon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	501-1,000	159 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Contechs is a strategic partner to the automotive industry, providing innovative design and engineering services to global OEMs, from concept to production.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
3	Gordon Murray Group	Partial evidence	Shalford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	201-500	139 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The group has a clear mission: To push Automotive and Technology boundaries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
4	Envisage Group Limited	Indirect evidence	Coventry, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	111 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Envisage Group is an Engineering service provider, focussed on creating beautifully bespoke, perfectly engineered vehicles, show vehicles, classic cars and restorations, future…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
5	Tecniq	Strong evidence	Witham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	97 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We are a creative, technology-driven automotive design, engineering and manufacturing business developing and producing vehicle body, structures and interior trim.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
6	Ms-Rt	Strong evidence	Pontypool, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	71 contacts →
	Strong evidence “MS-RT are a design-led automotive engineering company creating bespoke Ford vehicles that stand out on the road.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
7	HPL Prototypes Limited	Partial evidence	Coventry, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	65 contacts →
	Partial evidence “HPL PROTOTYPES LIMITED is an automotive company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
8	Pelican Engineering Company Sales Limited	Partial evidence	Castleford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	59 contacts →
	Partial evidence “PELICAN ENGINEERING COMPANY (SALES), LIMITED is an automotive company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
9	Force Motors LTD	Indirect evidence	Stanmore Middlesex, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	50 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “FORCE MOTORS LTD is a mechanical or industrial engineering company based out of 2 FAUNA CLOSE, STANMORE, MIDDLESEX, United Kingdom.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
10	Futura	Indirect evidence	Coventry, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	45 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Futura: Our Passion.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
11	PENSO	Indirect evidence	Coventry, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	201-500	44 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Penso is a world leading manufacturing specialist, providing a complete turnkey engineering service to customers across the globe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
12	JPA Design	Partial evidence	City Of London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	40 contacts →
	Partial evidence “JPA Design is a multinational design company operating in the transportation, interiors and product design arenas, with over thirty years of experience creating the environments…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
13	Jaguar Land Rover UK	Partial evidence	Coventry, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	n/a	38 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Jaguar’s reputation for elegant design and breath-taking performance and Land Rover’s passion for adventure and discovery has thrilled the world for decades.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
14	DRIVE	Partial evidence	Ripley, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	35 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Welcome to drive, where quality design meets digital craftsmanship.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
15	VITAL	Partial evidence	Coventry, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	34 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Integrated Mock-ups & Demonstrators Across Automotive, Aerospace & Mobility.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
16	BEE Lighting LTD	Strong evidence	Redditch, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	32 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Founded in January 2006 Bee Lighting Ltd has developed into a leading supplier of design services to the Automotive Lighting Industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
17	Skyships Automotive Limited	Partial evidence	Great Saling, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	24 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Skyships Automotive Limited is an automotive technology company located in Essex, United Kingdom.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
18	Taylor Design Architects LTD	Strong evidence	Wilmslow, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	20 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Taylor Design is an Architects’ Practice specialising in the automotive sector.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
19	Dee-Ltd Development, Engineering & Enterprise LTD	Partial evidence	Leamington Spa, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1-10	17 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Established in 2005, Development Engineering Enterprise ltd (DEE) was created by its founder following many successful years working within the automotive and defence industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
20	RHEL	Indirect evidence	Little Staughton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “RHEL is Ralph Hosier Engineering Ltd.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
21	Gordon Murray Technologies	Partial evidence	Guildford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	13 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Gordon Murray Technologies combines the expertise of visionary designers and engineers to bring disruptive technologies and low environmental impact innovations to the mobility…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
22	Astheimer Design	Strong evidence	Warwick, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	10 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Astheimer Design is an automotive design studio developing mobility solutions for a sustainable future.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
23	Frankstephenson Design	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1-10	10 contacts →
	Partial evidence “frankstephenson design blends innovation with beauty, creativity with ingenuity and epitomises design excellence.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
24	Makkina	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	9 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Makkina is an established automotive design house based in London, specializing in providing innovative and creative solutions to the global automotive industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
25	Autofast Limited	Partial evidence	Blackburn, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	8 contacts →
	Partial evidence “AUTOFAST LIMITED is an automotive company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026

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 design 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 design companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of automotive design companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name automotive design 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 design companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 16, 2026

27.1%Verified-email coverage

13.1Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

9.1%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 16, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

115

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

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 186 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 automotive design 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 design 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 design 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 design 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, 658 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 16, 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.

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 automotive design 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 automotive design companies are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 186 automotive design 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?

CAR Design News, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most automotive design companies?

London leads with 17 headquartered companies, followed by Coventry (15) and Bradford (4).

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 658 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 186 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 16, 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.